Steed Malbranque ?

[IFWaters]

Has been released by St Etienne and would be available on a free...

See link on BBC website...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/14797761.stm

wierd story but given our limited options surely worth a 10 month contract ?

[villadelph]

Wouldn't mind him in the squad, but I still can't get over the disgusting paper talk.

[Ross]

No thanks.  He's been going downhill for a long, long time.  He'd be this season's Pires.

[villadelph]

No thanks.  He's been going downhill for a long, long time.  He'd be this season's Pires.

Surely he'd be a more effective Prem player than Pires.

[PaulTheVillan]

Not good enough anymore, he'll go to QPR.

[Percy McCarthy]

We'll get McFadden.

[N'ZMAV]

No thanks. Would rather try Gary Gardner.

[Archbishop Herbert Cockthrottle]

I'd rather try Ava Gardner.

[darren woolley]

I wouldn't want him I would also like to give Gary Gardner a try.

[Dave Cooper please]

I'd rather have Bayleaf the Gardener.

[supertom]

I thought he retired?
Wouldn't want him though. It wouldn't be on a Pires level of badness, but he's definitely not the player he was, nor good enough at this level any more.

[barrysleftfoot]

  Did'nt he retire to look after his lad who has cancer?

[PeterWithe]

  Did'nt he retire to look after his lad who has cancer?

It turned out he didn't even have a son.

[Oscar Arce]

That's right apparently he doesn't even have a son, let alone one with cancer.
Who spreads these awful stories ?
 
Personally, I think he would be a much better bet than Pires as a useful squad player, if he is available.
He was a regular in the Prem last season and still one of Sunderland's best performers.

[richardhubbard]

I thought he retired?


Yes he did he went to sunderland!