Former Sheffield Wednesday loanee linked with two League One clubs
Murphy Cooper was on loan at Sheffield Wednesday last season
Former Sheffield Wednesday loanee Murphy Cooper is being linked with two League One clubs.
The 24-year-old goalkeeper only made eight appearances last season after joining on loan from QPR in January but he made a positive impression and many fans have said they would like to re-sign him should Pierce Charles move on.
Cooper spent the first part of the campaign at Barnsley before he was recalled and sent to Wednesday to gain Championship experience. He made seven straight starts before suffering an injury that ruled him out of most of the remainder of the season. The stopper missed 10 successive matches before returning against Middlesbrough in April. He was on the bench for the last two games after Charles overcame an injury.
According to reports, MK Dons and Plymouth Argyle are interested in him this summer. Speaking to The Star in April, Cooper confirmed he would be open to returning to Wednesday if that was a possibility.
“Yes, 100 per cent,” he said. “Obviously, I'm a QPR player on loan at Sheffield Wednesday. I think my standpoint is that I absolutely love the club. I have only played seven games here and I have loved it. So I would 100 per cent be open to coming back. But I think it's difficult in my position. There might be a decision out of my hands. Obviously, I love QPR, I've been there for 15 years now, so it would be difficult to leave there. But if that decision was made, that I wasn't part of their future, then I'd be looking here straight away.”
Any permanent move would prove tricky because he is still under contract at QPR so Wednesday would need to pay a fee for him but another loan could be an option.
He added: “I think, say, if I have a discussion with QPR and they say, ‘you're not going to play here, we're looking at another loan’, then this would be the one and only club I'm looking at.I've got a great relationship with the fans and everyone at the club. And like I've said, I love living here, I love playing for this club. So, I think if that was the decision to be made that I needed another year out on loan, then I would definitely be hoping it would be here.”