Have we been told this ?

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Sheffield Wednesday manager Brian Laws has confirmed Barry Corr will join Swindon on a permanent basis in the summer.

The 21-year-old has initially teamed up with former Owls manager Paul Sturrock until the end of the season, but will sign a long-term contract at the County Ground at the end of the current campaign.

Laws told PA Sport: "The loan is with a view to a permanent move. Swindon are effectively taking his contract over for the remainder of this season.

"Barry's not quite where we hoped he would be, but he will do a good job at that level and it should get his career kick-started.

"It also gives me a bit of room for manoeuvre, but I'm not going to be diving into the market. I'm happy that the squad is good enough to see us through this season."

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Sturrock said it was likely he'd be staying permanently.

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Thanks, thought I must have missed that bit of news somewhere along the way.

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To be fair though, we weren't specifically told that he definately would be signing, which is the kind of impression I'm getting from Laws. Sturrock has mentioned signing him permanently a few times, but I don't think that will be decided until we see how he plays.

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At least it's 21-year-olds he's signing permanently, not aging has-beens (a la Whalley)

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At least it's 21-year-olds he's signing permanently, not aging has-beens (a la Whalley)

You can't fault King for not signing young players!

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But I can have a go at him for putting aging tossers on long contracts

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But I think at the time everyone though Whally would turn out to be a good player...hindsight is a wonderful thing