Holland linked with Tractors loan

Republic of Ireland international Matt Holland is willing to go out on loan to get first team football and full match fitness and his preferred move would be to his old club, Ipswich Town.

Questions have been raised about whether the Tractors could afford his wages, but in fact a club loaning a player does not necessarily have to meet the full wage bill as this is a matter for mutual agreement. The Suffolk club could also benefit from a half a million pound handout from the Addicks if Sven allows Darren Bent to get off the bench for even five minutes in tonight's international.

Holland told the Daily Mirror 'The team have been doing exceptionally well and it is hard to get back in, so I will speak to the manager about it. But I would also want to look at coming back to Charlton, I am no spring chicken but I want to start playing in the Premiership as soon as possible.'

Of course, the midfielder could find himself playing in another Premier League, that in Scotland. There have been rumours that his old manager at Ipswich, George Burley, could be interested in recruiting him to join high flying Hearts.

Holland is a decent guy and a methodical player, but there is a sense that in last year's indifferent performances by the Addicks he was as much a part of the problem as part of the solution.