Stevie May: “I’m staying where I am”
Stevie May has today denied any
interest in leaving Sheffield Wednesday in light of speculated interest from
Rangers.
The former St Johnstone striker
admitted he had heard the rumours about him, but was not focused on them, and
his primary goal is to succeed for his current employers.
The Scottish international said:
“They are exciting times at the club (Wednesday)
with the new manager and the new style of play. Hopefully we can put it all
together and have a really good season. It was ups and downs for me last
season. I missed a lot of chances. If I had taken those chances I could easily
have been well into double figures. It was different. But you can’t expect to
step up and score 20 or 30 goals in a new league. There are lot of new players
and competition for places. But it’s a challenge and it’s one I’m relishing
this season.”
Directly on the rumours linking
him with a return to Scotland
and Rangers he added:
“I’m focused on one thing and that’s getting
into the Sheffield Wednesday first XI on the
first day of the season and progressing from there. That is all I have got on
my mind. All through my career there’s been speculation. You learn how to put
it to the back of your mind, if you even let it get in there at all. As I say,
I’m focused on playing football here. There is a lot to look forward to.”
With Rangers today nearing
completion on the deal to sign Wigan’s Martyn Waghorn,
a striker by trade, May’s testimony suggests the Owls’ forward, for now, is
staying where he is.
Waghorn and fellow Latic James
Tavernier have arrived at Murray
Park and carried out
their medicals, and the deals to secure both look imminent.