coventry city have strengthened their squad by signing manchester united midfielder oliver norwood on loan until the end of the season, pending football league registration.
the 20-year-old has already represented northern ireland at senior level after proving he has an eye for goal, scoring four times for northern ireland's under-21s in seven appearances.
Norwood signed a professional contract with manchester united in 2009 and has made significant progress since then, attracting the interest from championship clubs.
Sky blues chief executive tim fisher said: "we are delighted to have oliver on board. Andy thorn has been tracking him for quite a while and was very keen to bring him to the club and it's great news that we have been able to secure his services until the end of the season ahead of many other clubs.
But this is surely awful and the lads confidence must be rock bottom. after all, the manager always says a player is his 'number one target' when he is not the number one target doesn't he, to boost the player's confidence. :thinking about::thinking about: McDonald was the number one target, this guy we have only been 'tracking for quite a while.'