Watford hopes of signing Jeremy Helan end as Sheffield Wednesday re-sign him on loan from Manchester City

9:46pm Tuesday 29th January 2013 in Sport By Anthony Matthews, Group Sports Editor

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Watford’s hopes of signing Jeremy Helan are over – at least for the time being – after Manchester City confirmed this evening the player has returned to Sheffield Wednesday on a youth loan until the end of the season.

The 22-year-old joined the Hornets’ Championship rivals for the first time in November but it was revealed on Friday the Vicarage Road club were in talks with the Premier League champions to sign the Frenchman on a permanent basis.

Despite Dave Jones telling BBC Radio Sheffield “we cannot match what they [Watford] are offering” before the weekend, the Wednesday manager has got his wish and will now have the left-sided player for the remainder of the campaign.

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borohorn says...
10:13pm Tue 29 Jan 13

Bovved. Was never going to play unless pudil was injured or banned anyway.

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DuffmanWFC says...
10:17pm Tue 29 Jan 13

Instead of wasting time trying to sign average players like Helan we should concentrate on getting Pudil, Abdi and Vydra on permenant deals!

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D.unstable says...
11:18pm Tue 29 Jan 13

Maybe Man City still undecided over him and want to give the boy another 6 months to prove his worth.

Will be an interesting next 48 hours.

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PhilippineOrn says...
5:02am Wed 30 Jan 13

Silly half article. Why he didn't sign would have been nice to know.

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northofwatfordpete says...
8:46am Wed 30 Jan 13

I don't think City want to sell.

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Chris the Vic says...
12:07pm Wed 30 Jan 13

Did we try to sign him or was it a figment of Mr Jone's imagination?

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