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Dirty Harry?

The latest player to join United on trial is Harry Worley. The uncompromising 6'4" centre-back left Leicester City by mutual consent earlier in the week after completing two years of a three-year contract without getting to play a first-team game for the Foxes, coincidentally Oxford's next home opponents. Worley played the final 20 minutes of United's win at Dumbarton, and is likely to start in place of fellow triallist Leigh Franks at Livingston on Tuesday night.

In his post-match interview, Chris Wilder intimated that the club may possibly offer deals to both Worley and Franks, which would cast some doubt over the injured Rhys Day's continued presence in the squad. Worley, who had a successful loan spell with Crewe Alexandra last season, would go some way towards introducing a healthy return to good solid names of the 1950s that have been conspicuous by their absence in English football recently, and Harry would combine well with Alfie Potter in that respect. In fact, Harry and Potter could form a decent combination.

Meanwhile, United's third pre-season triallist, Ryan Crockford (whose name is obviously not in this tradition) didn't travel to Scotland, but Wilder has hinted that he may take a look at him in the Leicester game. Present at the Dumbarton game was United's former Rangers loanee Ross Perry, but it appears that despite Wilder's best efforts he is too highly thought of at Ibrox to be allowed to leave on loan again.

Labels: Crockford, Dumbarton, Franks, Perry, Potter, Worley