8:00am Friday 22nd August 2008
By Adam Leitch
JACK Cork joined Saints on loan with glowing references that even called him the new Alan Hansen.' The 19-year-old who can play at centre half, right back or in central midfield has moved to St Mary's on loan from Chelsea until December 31.
Cork, son of former Wimbledon footballer Alan Cork, will bolster a Saints squad depleted by the departure of Andrew Davies.
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Jan Poortvliet was delighted with his new recruit and revealed he had heard great things about the England youth international from a variety of sources.
He said: "I think Jack is a good player.
"All the information about him is good coming out from Chelsea, our own players, Scunthorpe where he was player of the year, and that is all good news.
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