YOU CAN CROSS HIM OFF YOUR LIST

Last updated : 18 October 2002 By Editor

Any hopes that Manchester United, or any other club, has of signing highly-rated Rennes defender Julien Escude will have to wait until the end of the season.

Rennes president Pierre Dreossi his re-iterated his club's stance over the France Under-21 international, who was the subject of intense interest from United during the summer.

Dreossi said: "We have not had any contact with Manchester United since August. Julien is in Rennes and will remain in Rennes until the end of the season as we have always said."