Door remains open at Hull City for Cameron Stewart return
STEVE Bruce will leave the door open for Cameron Stewart to return to Hull City in January and hopes a loan move to Burnley can rebuild the winger's lost confidence.
Stewart was the high-profile casualty of Bruce's squad strengthening ahead of the transfer deadline when he was unexpectedly allowed to join the Clarets on a four-month loan deal last Friday.
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NEEDS TO PLAY MORE FOOTBALL: Steve Bruce says Cameron Stewart’s loan to Burnley can be mutually beneficial.
The capture of Ahmed Elmohamady and Stephen Quinn quickly pushed Stewart down the pecking order last week and within three days of starting the Tigers' League Cup exit at Doncaster, the winger was sent to Turf Moor.
It is a dramatic fall from grace for the 21-year-old at the KC Stadium after the Tigers rejected two seven-figure bids from Leicester City in January, but Bruce says he will monitor Stewart's progress with interest in the coming months.
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The former Manchester United rookie made his Burnley debut in their 3-1 defeat to Brighton on Saturday and Bruce hopes regular football will be mutually beneficial.
"There's no writing on the wall for him here, far from it," Bruce told the Mail.
"It's something we'll address in January. I hope he goes to Burnley and rips it up, I really do, but he just needs to play.
"Cameron's recovered from his cruciate ligament injury (suffered in February 2011) but he still needs that confidence back. You can only get that by playing games.
"Having come back from a serious knee injury in the last year, he just needs to keep playing games.
"His chances of featuring here were obviously reduced when we signed Elmohamady and Quinn, who can both play in wide areas, but it enables him to go out and play football."
Asked if there was any option in his loan for Burnley to make the move permanent in January, Bruce added: "Not at the moment, no. I just think Cameron needed to play and I couldn't guarantee him that here."
The changing face of the Tigers was accentuated in Saturday's 3-1 victory over Bolton at the KC Stadium.
Six of Bruce's eight signings, including debutants Elmohamady and Quinn, were included in City's starting XI, as well as the once forgotten pair of Seyi Olofinjana and Jay Simpson.
The closure of the transfer window on Friday will now limit Bruce's recruitment to loan deals and free agents until the New Year and it is an option he will consider ahead of City's next game with Millwall on September 15.
However, the Tigers boss has been pleased with the support of the City board since his appointment in June and believes his new arrivals underline the club's ambition.
Bruce added: "I think we've got to be reasonably content. We've been sensible.
"We've used the loan market well, we've used the Bosman market well and spent a bit of money too. All credit to the owners. Before I took over here there was a bit of doom and gloom around the place that it was about to implode.
"Fair play to them. They persuaded me with their powers and then they've gone and backed me. It's nice when you see it bearing fruits like it did on Saturday."
Comments
by Tigerjim
Tuesday, September 04 2012, 9:51AM
“I think SB's manouevres in the markets have been very astute. Aluko looks a real asset, as does Stephen Quin. Faye looks solid and reliable and actually scored, so that can't be bad. He looks a bit war weary, but is clearly a hardened warrior and is unlikely to let us down. Proschwitz: needs time to adapt: fair enough. Too early to judge him yet. Elmo: on paper looks great. Not seen enough of himj in practice to really say. Amos: looks a great signing to me. Very solid and confident. Real pillar of strength between the sticks.
Our bench now lookis very strong, which is what you need to be solid through the season.
With some tweaking in January and possibly the odd emergency loan it's looking a much stronger squad than last year and we've started quite well with a difficult set of early fixtures. More than happy going into the break. UTT!”
by jimmy_melton
Tuesday, September 04 2012, 8:47AM
“Whilst I agree with Bruce in principle, whos to say he will do anything at Burnley straight away and not end up benched there for 6 months, could have a detrimental impact on the lad. Hope it goes well for him but I dont want him to come back lacking even more confidence”
by GarethC2010
Tuesday, September 04 2012, 7:50AM
“I'd take the first £500,000 put on the table for Stewart. He's all step overs and no skill. He was awful against Doncaster against fairly poor opposition and has generally looked uninterested ever since he decided he was good enough to start wearing fancy coloured boots.
I'd move him on to anyone except Leicester.”
by EuroTiger
Tuesday, September 04 2012, 7:41AM
“Can find nothing to disagree in the piece, with confidence of the team,manger and board Saturdays performance should become the the norm. If not - changes will be wrought.
A good smell of fresh coffee in the air - UTT”
by Ambertigerfan
Tuesday, September 04 2012, 7:27AM
“Well done SB: Stewart is still young and should come good. He has had a bad injury.
Sensible policy of loaning players out that can't deliver right now, but have promise for the future!”