McCann Bid accepted

The club have accepted a bid from Aston Villa for Gavin McCann (figure officially undisclosed at the moment but rumoured to be around £2 million).
McCann is now free to talk to them and the transfer will be subject to him agreeing personal terms.

Shirt Number Shakeup

In perhaps what is the biggest clue to McCarthy's plans for the coming season the squad numbers have been announced today:
1 Poom
2 Wright
3 McCartney
4 McAteer
5 Craddock
6 Clark
7 Piper
8 Unused (Whitley?)
9 Kyle
10 Stewart
11 Kilbane
12 Oster
13 Ingham
14 Proctor
15 Thornton
16 Williams
17 Gray
18 Babb
19 Phillips
20 Butler
21 Thirlwell
22 Bjorklund
23 Black
24 Reyna
25 Sorensen
26 Dickman
27 Ryan
28 Collins
29 Flo
30 Leadbitter
31 Brown
32 Rossiter
33 Arca
34 James
35 Scott
36 Ramsden
37 Thome
38 Kingsberry
39 Teggart
40 Myhre
41 McCann
42 Medina
43 Reddy

Wasn't the plan to be down to 25 players by now?