KELLY DELAY TO LET IN UNITED?
Kelly's £600,000 switch to White Hart Lane seemed certain to go through, only for Glenn Hoddle to admit that the keeping situation is still causing him some consternation, following the sale of Ian Walker to Leicester City.
Director of football David Pleat admitted on Wednesday: "We had talks yesterday, he has gone back to Blackburn and we will have further discussions.
"Nothing has been finalised."
United tried to bring in Benfica's German shot-stopper Robert Enke, only for the player to reject the opportunity to switch to Old Trafford, leaving Ferguson still looking for an able deputy for number one Fabien Barthez.
Raimond van der Gouw is unlikely to be the stand-in for the Frenchman, after the United manager admitted he is seeking a new goalie in order to allow the Dutch veteran to spend more time coaching.
Kelly was one of the names in the frame when The Red Devils searched for a new keeper last season, with Andy Goram finally joining the champions on a short-term basis.
Any move for the 32-year-old would certainly make a lot of sense as he may be content filling in for Barthez, but Spurs are still very much in the hunt for the transfer-listed Rover and developments are expected in the near future.
"It's all up in the air again now," he told the Lancashire Evening News.
"I'd said all my goodbyes to everyone at Blackburn and travelled down there just assuming it was all a formality, really.
"But when I got down there and met the chairman and David Pleat, I found the goalposts had changed substantially so I jumped in my car and headed back home.
"It was all quite a shock to be honest, but it's not all dead and buried. I didn't storm off or anything like that.
"It's been left open and we've now got to see what happens in the next few days."
Meanwhile, United have denied making an illegal approach for Patrick Vieira.
"I did speak to Arsenal of our interest and that was as far as it went," said chief executive Peter Kenyon.
"We made it quite clear we were interested if the player were available. I approached the club and that was the correct procedure."
