Martin relieved at Holt stay

by Setanta Staff , 07 February 2012 football news

Norwich defender Russell Martin is delighted the Canaries kept hold of Grant Holt and other stars during the January transfer window.


Striker Holt was the subject of a late bid from SPL giants Rangers, but Norwich rejected the offer.

Martin believes the fact Norwich kept hold of Holt signals their intent and the defender feels there may have been others in the Canaries side who were attracting unwanted interest during last month's transfer window.

"There was no uncertainty in our group that anyone would go at any point," Martin told The Pink'un.

"When they put in a bid for Holty it was quite late on. It would take a lot of money to let him go from this club."

He added: "To be honest, I'm sure there are a few clubs looking at a few of our players because of how well everyone's done and that's the way football is.

"There will always be speculation but we've kept our group and it's a strong group and we've added two more (Jonny Howson from Leeds and Ryan Bennett from Peterborough) who will definitely be of benefit to the club.

"We're in a stronger position now than we were a week ago, so it's brilliant stuff for the club."

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Team P W D L +/- PTS
1.
Man City
38
28
5
5
64
89
2.
Man Utd
38
28
5
5
56
89
3.
Arsenal
38
21
7
10
25
70
4.
Tottenham
38
20
9
9
25
69
5.
Newcastle
38
19
8
11
5
65
6.
Chelsea
38
18
10
10
19
64
7.
Everton
38
15
11
12
10
56
8.
Liverpool
38
14
10
14
7
52
9.
Fulham
38
14
10
14
-3
52
10.
West Brom
38
13
8
17
-7
47
11.
Swansea
38
12
11
15
-7
47
12.
Norwich
38
12
11
15
-14
47
13.
Sunderland
38
11
12
15
-1
45
14.
Stoke
38
11
12
15
-17
45
15.
Wigan
38
11
10
17
-20
43
16.
Aston Villa
38
7
17
14
-16
38
17.
QPR
38
10
7
21
-23
37
18.
Bolton
38
10
6
22
-31
36
19.
Blackburn
38
8
7
23
-30
31
20.
Wolverhampton
38
5
10
23
-43
25
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