{"id":285557,"date":"2011-03-01T10:54:27","date_gmt":"2011-03-01T10:54:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/01\/cardiff-miss-out-on-kirkland-loan\/"},"modified":"2011-03-01T10:54:27","modified_gmt":"2011-03-01T10:54:27","slug":"cardiff-miss-out-on-kirkland-loan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/01\/cardiff-miss-out-on-kirkland-loan\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardiff miss out on Kirkland loan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div>\n                        <!-- S BO --><br \/>\n<!-- S IIMA --><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" align=\"right\" width=\"226\" cellpadding=\"0\" readability=\"2\">\n<tr readability=\"4\">\n<td readability=\"5\">\n<div readability=\"9\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/90e2829and226_getty.jpg\" width=\"226\" height=\"170\" alt=\"Chris Kirkland\" border=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Chris Kirkland, 29, has won one England cap<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><!-- E IIMA --><!-- S SF --><\/p>\n<p><b>Cardiff City&#8217;s bid to sign former England goalkeeper Chris Kirkland on loan has fallen through, BBC Sport Wales understands.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The Bluebirds wanted the 29-year-old as current first-choice keeper Tom Heaton is struggling with a groin injury while David Marshall needs elbow surgery. <\/p>\n<p>But it is understood an emergency loan deal could not be agreed with Kirkland&#8217;s club Wigan Athletic. <\/p>\n<p>Kirkland has had two loan spells with Cardiff&#8217;s rivals Leicester this season. <\/p>\n<p><!-- E SF --><\/p>\n<p>He is regarded as one of the finest goalkeepers in the Premier League but his career has been blighted by injuries. <\/p>\n<p>Liverpool paid \u00a36m for the 6ft 3ins stopper in 2001 &#8211; making him the most expensive goalkeeper in British transfer history at the time &#8211; but was sent out on a season-long loan at West Bromwich Albion in the 2005\/2006 campaign. <\/p>\n<p>And Kirkland joined Wigan in 2006, initially on loan before the deal became permanent, where he rediscovered his best form winning the club&#8217;s Players&#8217; Player of the Year in the 2007-08 season. <\/p>\n<p>He joined his home-town club Leicester on loan until January but returned to the DW Stadium after just three games and an injury-hit spell at The Walkers Stadium. <\/p>\n<p>After returning to Wigan for treatment on a back injury, Kirkland played for Roberto Martinez&#8217;s men against Bolton Wanderers but was stretchered off after a collision with Johan Elmander in a 1-1 draw on 5 January.\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- E BO --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/90e2829and226_getty-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Read this article:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/go\/rss\/-\/sport1\/hi\/football\/teams\/c\/cardiff_city\/9408666.stm\" title=\"Cardiff miss out on Kirkland loan\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cardiff miss out on Kirkland loan<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Chris Kirkland, 29, has won one England cap Cardiff City&#8217;s bid to sign former England goalkeeper Chris Kirkland on loan has fallen through, BBC Sport Wales understands. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-285557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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