No loan move for Ched Evans

Last updated : 19 July 2008 By Michael Morris
Evans spent a sucessful loan period at Norwich last season and made his Wales debut in the summer scoring the winning goal against Iceland on his debut.

Cardiff City have been linked for weeks with a possible loan move for Evans who has just signed a new contract at Man City. He played for the first team in their 2 - 0 Uefa Cup qualifying win in the Faroe Islands last week.

But Mark Hughes has decided to keep Evans at Eastlands and not loan him out.

"He's been excellent in pre-season and we're delighted we've secured him," said Hughes.

"I think I'm going to frustrate quite a lot of teams at Championship level because he won't be going anywhere in this window."

He continued: "His ability is demonstrated by the amount of phone calls I've had from Championship teams trying to get him out on loan."