<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="629" border="0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><div class="mxb"><div class="sh">Li Tie told he can leave Blades </div></div></td></tr><tr><td style="width: 416px" valign="top"><font size="2"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="203" align="right" border="0"><tbody><tr><td><div> <div class="cap">Li Tie has failed to impress at Sheffield United</div></div></td></tr></tbody></table>Sheffield United midfielder Li Tie has been told he can leave the club, reports BBC Radio Sheffield. The 30-year-old China international has made just one appearance for the Blades since arriving at the Bramall Lane club in July 2006. </p> Manager Bryan Robson said: "He's not in my plans and he is free to go wherever he wants on a free transfer." </p> Li Tie played 40 games for Everton before being released by the Goodison Park outfit in May 2006. </p></font></td></tr></tbody></table>
No Thanks Even when De Silva goes back after his third month and Mattis signs for Walsall, we will still be alright on the midfield front and if we were to bring one in, I would prefer one that's player plenty recently and isn't injury prone.
Warnock only signed him.............. for the shirt sales in China-they have a link with a club over there-and they wanted a Chinese presence in the squad</p> more detail</p> <span class="v_medium">Sheffield United buys 90 pct stake in China club</span> <font color="#990000"><strong class="v7"><font color="#993300">(AP) Updated: 2006-01-12 14:55</font>[/b]</font></p> England's Sheffield United has bought a 90 percent stake in China's Chengdu Five Bull, becoming the first foreign club to acquire a team in the struggling Chinese professional leagues. </p> Sheffield United officials confirmed the deal Wednesday and chairman Kevin McCabe was on hand at a news conference in the southwestern Chinese city on Thursday to relaunch the club, now named Chengdu Sheffield United. </p> Terms of the deal weren't disclosed, but United will send two coaches to the Chinese second-division club, Chinese media reports said Thursday. </p> Calls to the Chengdu club's offices were unanswered Thursday and McCabe was not immediately available for comment. </p> Sheffield United, which plays in England's League Championship, just below the Premier League, has moved aggressively into Chinese soccer in recent years, signing one of China's best-known players, veteran international Hao Haidong. </p> The English club also runs the Hainan Soccer Academy in the country's southern island province. This week it hired defender Zhang Yaokun on loan from the Chinese Super League club Dalian Shide until the end of the season. </p> The purchase of Chengdu was likely a bargain for Sheffield. Five Bull has been run by the Chengdu Soccer Association since it's previous owner, a state-run company, was forced to sell its shares last year. </p> Soccer's popularity in this nation of 1.3 billion people continues to draw foreign commercial interest. Real Madrid last year signed on to provide sporting, commercial and managerial support to Beijing Guo'an in return for the top-level team's owners boosting the Spanish club's brand in China. </p> Former Chinese champion Shenzhen Jianlibao also has a coaching and management partnership with Scotland's Glasgow Rangers. In both cases, financial terms of the deals weren't announced. </p>
If he's not good enough for a bottom of the table club why would he be any good for a promotion chasing team ha ha
One Win Away From Promotion As Well http://www.sufc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/ChengduBladesIndex/0,,10418,00.html Not bad for a team struggling when the Blunts bought them. Maybe we should sign him then for the extra revenue that he would bring in through shirt sales.
RE: One Win Away From Promotion As Well We don't have a team in China though. And I bet even the Chinese have realised he's sh*te.