Post by QPR Report on Jan 31, 2009 15:00:08 GMT
Some of the posts suggest he was a Dowie guy; but of course he was actually signed under Sousa (whether by Sousa or someone else at QPR)
November 26 2008
Dave McIntre/Ealing Gazette - Borrowdale joins from Coventry
QPR have agreed the signing of Coventry full-back Gary Borrowdale.
The former England U21 international is set to join Rangers on loan with a view to a permanent move for an undisclosed fee when the transfer window opens in January.
Borrowdale, 23, joined Coventry from Crystal Palace for around £650,000 in July last year.
He has since lost his first team place and was recently told he could leave the Sky Blues if another club came in for him.
That alerted QPR, who were interested in buying him last January but were told then that he would cost £1.5m.
Borrowdale is likely to be in the Rangers squad for Saturday's game against old club Palace at Selhurst Park....Ealing Gazette
www.ealinggazette.co.uk/sport/football-ealing/2008/11/26/borrowdale-joins-from-coventry-64767-22346771/
SKY SPORT -Rangers target Sky Blues ace
Sousa could make defender first signing
- Skysports.com understands Queens Park Rangers are lining up a move for Coventry defender Gary Borrowdale.
- Borrowdale is well down the pecking order at the Ricoh Arena and Sky Blues boss Chris Coleman is willing to let him leave.
- The 23-year-old has not featured for Coventry this season and spent a month on loan at Colchester last month.
- The news has alerted QPR to Borrowdale's availability and they are ready to bring him to Loftus Road.
- Rangers are ready to sign Borrowdale initially on loan with a view to a permanent deal.
If Rangers tie up a deal for the versatile defender he will become new boss Paulo Sousa's first signing since taking charge at Loftus Road." Sky Sports
QPR Official Site - November 28 2008
QPR Official Site - BORROWDALE JOINS ON LOAN- Queens Park Rangers Football Club is pleased to confirm the emergency loan signing of Coventry City defender Gary Borrowdale.
- The 23 year-old left back has put pen to paper on a deal until 31st December 2008, and is in contention to make his R's debut against former Club, Crystal Palace, on Saturday.
- Speaking exclusively to www.qpr.co.uk, Borrowdale expressed his delight at the move, commenting: "I'm really pleased to be here - it's a great move for me.
- "Things have gone a bit stale for me since the change in management at Coventry, but I've got every belief in my own ability and I'm confident I'll be a success here."
- Borrowdale added: "It's a fresh start for me and I'm looking forward to the challenge that lies ahead." QPR
Dave McIntyre - December 29, 2008
Dave McIntyre - BBC606 - The Borrowdale problem
Rangers’ signing of Gary Borrowdale could turn out to be an expensive mistake.
Borrowdale has not made a single appearance since joining on an initial loan deal and is not rated by Paulo Sousa, who has chosen Damien Delaney and even an out-of-position Matt Connolly ahead of him at left-back.
The problem is that the deal to sign Borrowdale from Coventry for around £700,000 was agreed before Sousa’s appointment. As things stand, he is a QPR player.
That leaves the club with a full-back who is struggling to get a look in and Borrowdale facing the prospect of his Rangers career being halted before it’s even started – a far from ideal situation for both parties. ... BBC606
www.bbc.co.uk/dna/606/A45346377
QPR Official Site - January 2, 2009 EXCLUSIVE: BORROWDALE PENS DEAL
- Queens Park Rangers Football Club is pleased to confirm the permanent capture of Coventry City left-back Gary Borrowdale.
- The 23 year-old has penned a three-and-a-half year contract with the R's, after Rangers agreed an undisclosed fee with the Sky Blues for his services.
Borrowdale joined Rangers on loan in late November, but has so far failed to feature for the First Team. QPR
www.qpr.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10373~1503804,00.html
Coventry Evening Telegraph
Coventry City's Borrowdale in £500,000 move to QPR
Jan 5 2009 By Andy Turner
IT HAS to go down as one of the most baffling transfers in recent memory - Gary Borrowdale to Queens Park Rangers for what is believed to be £500,000.
IT HAS to go down as one of the most baffling transfers in recent memory - Gary Borrowdale to QPR for what is believed to be £500,000.
What’s so strange about that, I hear you ask? Well, given the fact that the Coventry City misfit has not yet kicked a ball for the Hoops despite having been there on loan for a month, his move to Loftus Road seems bizarre to say the least.
Surplus to requirement under Chris Coleman, the Sky Blues clearly snapped billionaire owners Flavio Briatore, Bernie Ecclestone, and Lakshmi Mittal’s hands off when off when they offered to reimburse the majority of the £650,000 they shelled out for the former Crystal Palace left-back who managed just 26 appearances for City.
That is no doubt small change for the second richest club in England, and a great bit of business from Coventry, but it remains a mystery why the club would buy a player, and give him a three and a half year deal, when he has been with them for a month and not even been used as a substitute.
Word has it that manager Paulo Souza has even played people out of position rather than play Borrowdale who, unfortunately, is not expected to feature in Saturday’s match against his former club.
It is not even as if he has been out injured, leaving the only conclusion that his early career reputation when he was close to an England under-21 call goes before him. He can’t have been pulling up any trees in training because he would no doubt have been used by now.
Brought to Coventry by Iain Dowie, it is almost as if Rangers are still working from his shopping list, given that they have just taken another of Dowie’s former players, Wayne Routledge, and are rumoured, and I stress only rumoured, to be interested in Jay Tabb who was a big favourite of the former manager.
But hats off to Coventry if they have managed to get virtually their money back on the player who, like many acquisitions in recent years, promised so much and delivered so little.
www.coventrytelegraph.net/coventry-city-fc/coventry-city-fc-news/2009/01/05/coventry-city-s-borrowdale-in-500-000-move-to-qpr-92746-22610954/
Ben Kosky/Kilburn Times January 7, 2009
Rangers forked out a fee in the region of £500,000 for Routledge, 24 - but are believed to have spent more on Borrowdale, whose loan from Coventry became permanent last week.
- The left-back followed his former Palace boss Iain Dowie to the Ricoh Arena 18 months ago, but Dowie's successor Chris Coleman made it clear that Borrowdale was not in his plans.
- Dowie was keen to bring Borrowdale to QPR during his brief spell in charge and, curiously, the club went ahead with the deal - despite sacking Dowie and then not using the player at all during his loan spell.
- "It all came out of the blue and I'm not 100 per cent sure about how the move was all sorted out," Borrowdale admitted. "But I knew it was always going to be made permanent when the transfer window opened.- "I'm delighted to be back in London with a massive club and now I've got to do my best to feature in the first team. We've been playing really well, so that's going to be a challenge.
- "I went on loan to Colchester and, after being frozen out at Coventry, that's the only football I've had, so it's taken me time to build up my fitness.
- "It's a while since I've been enjoying my football, but this is a new year and it's like a fresh start for me too."
- Borrowdale played a full 90 minutes for Rangers' reserves in their 2-0 win over Charlton on Tuesday, but is unlikely to feature against his former club this weekend.
Kilburn Times www.kilburntimes.co.uk/content/camden/kilburntimes/QPR/story.aspx?brand=KLBTOnline&category=QPRNews&tBrand=KLBTOnline&tCategory=defaultQPR&itemid=WeED07%20Jan%202009%2015%3A09%3A14%3A633
Dave Mcintyre/January 9, 2009
Dave McIntyre/London Informer - Bolder Left in Limbo
- "..... Meanwhile, Gary Borrowdale could be included in the squad to face his former club Coventry this Saturday, although Sousa continues to prefer Damien Delaney at left-back.
- Rangers say they paid Coventry an initial £100,000 for Borrowdale, with the fee possibly rising to £200,000 depending on appearances.
Sousa was appointed just after Borrowdale's arrival and has overlooked him. But the player's permanent move was agreed as part of the initial loan deal, meaning Rangers had no choice but to sign him when the transfer window opened this month. "
London Informer
www.londoninformer.co.uk/london-sport/london-football/london-qpr/2009/01/09/wayne-routledge-debut-for-qpr-113489-22656133/
January 9. 2009 Dave McIntyre - BBC606
The Maligned Men
"...Damien Delaney is another much-maligned player this season. He has done well for Rangers in the past and still has the support of Sousa, who prefers him to Gary Borrowdale.
Borrowdale's permanent move was agreed when the initial loan deal went through, so Rangers had no choice but to sign him when the transfer window opened despite the fact that he is not Sousa's choice.
The loan was agreed before Sousa's appointment and the signing has understandably been linked by some to Dowie, who signed Borrowdale for Coventry and also knew him from his Crystal Palace days.
In fact the player was on QPR's radar even before Dowie took the QPR job.
De Canio's staff went to watch Borrowdale and Rangers made enquiries about him and Sheffield Wednesday's Tommy Spurr but could not agree a fee and eventually signed Delaney, who started well but has not been as impressive this season.
www.bbc.co.uk/dna/606/A45747868
January 29, 2009
Paul Warburton/London Informer - QPR defender Gary Borrowdale drops a league to get game
-Gary Borrowdale would rather play for lowly Southend than waste his time at QPR.
- The angry defender made it known after a showdown with club bosses this week when he demanded to know why the club bought him in the first place if they weren't going to give him a chance.- As a result, the disgusted defender is ready to drop down a league and give it a go on-loan with the Shrimpers rather than twiddle his thumbs at Loftus Road
- The irony is Rangers were almost willing to pay around £800,000 last season for the left-back but decided on shelling out another £400k to Hull for Damien Delaney instead.
- And it was the Irishman's form in November and early December at the time QPR signed Borrowdale permanently from Coventry for a knockdown £125k that's seen the 23-year-old begging to get away.
- An Rs source said: "You have to feel for the lad. He thought he would be given a chance, and boss Paulo Sousa was thinking about offloading Delaney before he came back into form.
- "But Borrowdale wasn't match fit when he came to Rangers, and either Matt Connolly or Delaney can fit into the left-back spot, so it could be that Gary will be sold at the end of the season without ever playing for the club."
- Rangers were tying up loose ends last night for a permanent free transfer of midfielder Adam Bolder to Millwall. London Informer
www.londoninformer.co.uk/london-sport/london-football/2009/01/29/qpr-defender-gary-borrowdale-drops-a-league-to-get-game-113489-22810195/
November 26 2008
Dave McIntre/Ealing Gazette - Borrowdale joins from Coventry
QPR have agreed the signing of Coventry full-back Gary Borrowdale.
The former England U21 international is set to join Rangers on loan with a view to a permanent move for an undisclosed fee when the transfer window opens in January.
Borrowdale, 23, joined Coventry from Crystal Palace for around £650,000 in July last year.
He has since lost his first team place and was recently told he could leave the Sky Blues if another club came in for him.
That alerted QPR, who were interested in buying him last January but were told then that he would cost £1.5m.
Borrowdale is likely to be in the Rangers squad for Saturday's game against old club Palace at Selhurst Park....Ealing Gazette
www.ealinggazette.co.uk/sport/football-ealing/2008/11/26/borrowdale-joins-from-coventry-64767-22346771/
SKY SPORT -Rangers target Sky Blues ace
Sousa could make defender first signing
- Skysports.com understands Queens Park Rangers are lining up a move for Coventry defender Gary Borrowdale.
- Borrowdale is well down the pecking order at the Ricoh Arena and Sky Blues boss Chris Coleman is willing to let him leave.
- The 23-year-old has not featured for Coventry this season and spent a month on loan at Colchester last month.
- The news has alerted QPR to Borrowdale's availability and they are ready to bring him to Loftus Road.
- Rangers are ready to sign Borrowdale initially on loan with a view to a permanent deal.
If Rangers tie up a deal for the versatile defender he will become new boss Paulo Sousa's first signing since taking charge at Loftus Road." Sky Sports
QPR Official Site - November 28 2008
QPR Official Site - BORROWDALE JOINS ON LOAN- Queens Park Rangers Football Club is pleased to confirm the emergency loan signing of Coventry City defender Gary Borrowdale.
- The 23 year-old left back has put pen to paper on a deal until 31st December 2008, and is in contention to make his R's debut against former Club, Crystal Palace, on Saturday.
- Speaking exclusively to www.qpr.co.uk, Borrowdale expressed his delight at the move, commenting: "I'm really pleased to be here - it's a great move for me.
- "Things have gone a bit stale for me since the change in management at Coventry, but I've got every belief in my own ability and I'm confident I'll be a success here."
- Borrowdale added: "It's a fresh start for me and I'm looking forward to the challenge that lies ahead." QPR
Dave McIntyre - December 29, 2008
Dave McIntyre - BBC606 - The Borrowdale problem
Rangers’ signing of Gary Borrowdale could turn out to be an expensive mistake.
Borrowdale has not made a single appearance since joining on an initial loan deal and is not rated by Paulo Sousa, who has chosen Damien Delaney and even an out-of-position Matt Connolly ahead of him at left-back.
The problem is that the deal to sign Borrowdale from Coventry for around £700,000 was agreed before Sousa’s appointment. As things stand, he is a QPR player.
That leaves the club with a full-back who is struggling to get a look in and Borrowdale facing the prospect of his Rangers career being halted before it’s even started – a far from ideal situation for both parties. ... BBC606
www.bbc.co.uk/dna/606/A45346377
QPR Official Site - January 2, 2009 EXCLUSIVE: BORROWDALE PENS DEAL
- Queens Park Rangers Football Club is pleased to confirm the permanent capture of Coventry City left-back Gary Borrowdale.
- The 23 year-old has penned a three-and-a-half year contract with the R's, after Rangers agreed an undisclosed fee with the Sky Blues for his services.
Borrowdale joined Rangers on loan in late November, but has so far failed to feature for the First Team. QPR
www.qpr.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10373~1503804,00.html
Coventry Evening Telegraph
Coventry City's Borrowdale in £500,000 move to QPR
Jan 5 2009 By Andy Turner
IT HAS to go down as one of the most baffling transfers in recent memory - Gary Borrowdale to Queens Park Rangers for what is believed to be £500,000.
IT HAS to go down as one of the most baffling transfers in recent memory - Gary Borrowdale to QPR for what is believed to be £500,000.
What’s so strange about that, I hear you ask? Well, given the fact that the Coventry City misfit has not yet kicked a ball for the Hoops despite having been there on loan for a month, his move to Loftus Road seems bizarre to say the least.
Surplus to requirement under Chris Coleman, the Sky Blues clearly snapped billionaire owners Flavio Briatore, Bernie Ecclestone, and Lakshmi Mittal’s hands off when off when they offered to reimburse the majority of the £650,000 they shelled out for the former Crystal Palace left-back who managed just 26 appearances for City.
That is no doubt small change for the second richest club in England, and a great bit of business from Coventry, but it remains a mystery why the club would buy a player, and give him a three and a half year deal, when he has been with them for a month and not even been used as a substitute.
Word has it that manager Paulo Souza has even played people out of position rather than play Borrowdale who, unfortunately, is not expected to feature in Saturday’s match against his former club.
It is not even as if he has been out injured, leaving the only conclusion that his early career reputation when he was close to an England under-21 call goes before him. He can’t have been pulling up any trees in training because he would no doubt have been used by now.
Brought to Coventry by Iain Dowie, it is almost as if Rangers are still working from his shopping list, given that they have just taken another of Dowie’s former players, Wayne Routledge, and are rumoured, and I stress only rumoured, to be interested in Jay Tabb who was a big favourite of the former manager.
But hats off to Coventry if they have managed to get virtually their money back on the player who, like many acquisitions in recent years, promised so much and delivered so little.
www.coventrytelegraph.net/coventry-city-fc/coventry-city-fc-news/2009/01/05/coventry-city-s-borrowdale-in-500-000-move-to-qpr-92746-22610954/
Ben Kosky/Kilburn Times January 7, 2009
Rangers forked out a fee in the region of £500,000 for Routledge, 24 - but are believed to have spent more on Borrowdale, whose loan from Coventry became permanent last week.
- The left-back followed his former Palace boss Iain Dowie to the Ricoh Arena 18 months ago, but Dowie's successor Chris Coleman made it clear that Borrowdale was not in his plans.
- Dowie was keen to bring Borrowdale to QPR during his brief spell in charge and, curiously, the club went ahead with the deal - despite sacking Dowie and then not using the player at all during his loan spell.
- "It all came out of the blue and I'm not 100 per cent sure about how the move was all sorted out," Borrowdale admitted. "But I knew it was always going to be made permanent when the transfer window opened.- "I'm delighted to be back in London with a massive club and now I've got to do my best to feature in the first team. We've been playing really well, so that's going to be a challenge.
- "I went on loan to Colchester and, after being frozen out at Coventry, that's the only football I've had, so it's taken me time to build up my fitness.
- "It's a while since I've been enjoying my football, but this is a new year and it's like a fresh start for me too."
- Borrowdale played a full 90 minutes for Rangers' reserves in their 2-0 win over Charlton on Tuesday, but is unlikely to feature against his former club this weekend.
Kilburn Times www.kilburntimes.co.uk/content/camden/kilburntimes/QPR/story.aspx?brand=KLBTOnline&category=QPRNews&tBrand=KLBTOnline&tCategory=defaultQPR&itemid=WeED07%20Jan%202009%2015%3A09%3A14%3A633
Dave Mcintyre/January 9, 2009
Dave McIntyre/London Informer - Bolder Left in Limbo
- "..... Meanwhile, Gary Borrowdale could be included in the squad to face his former club Coventry this Saturday, although Sousa continues to prefer Damien Delaney at left-back.
- Rangers say they paid Coventry an initial £100,000 for Borrowdale, with the fee possibly rising to £200,000 depending on appearances.
Sousa was appointed just after Borrowdale's arrival and has overlooked him. But the player's permanent move was agreed as part of the initial loan deal, meaning Rangers had no choice but to sign him when the transfer window opened this month. "
London Informer
www.londoninformer.co.uk/london-sport/london-football/london-qpr/2009/01/09/wayne-routledge-debut-for-qpr-113489-22656133/
January 9. 2009 Dave McIntyre - BBC606
The Maligned Men
"...Damien Delaney is another much-maligned player this season. He has done well for Rangers in the past and still has the support of Sousa, who prefers him to Gary Borrowdale.
Borrowdale's permanent move was agreed when the initial loan deal went through, so Rangers had no choice but to sign him when the transfer window opened despite the fact that he is not Sousa's choice.
The loan was agreed before Sousa's appointment and the signing has understandably been linked by some to Dowie, who signed Borrowdale for Coventry and also knew him from his Crystal Palace days.
In fact the player was on QPR's radar even before Dowie took the QPR job.
De Canio's staff went to watch Borrowdale and Rangers made enquiries about him and Sheffield Wednesday's Tommy Spurr but could not agree a fee and eventually signed Delaney, who started well but has not been as impressive this season.
www.bbc.co.uk/dna/606/A45747868
January 29, 2009
Paul Warburton/London Informer - QPR defender Gary Borrowdale drops a league to get game
-Gary Borrowdale would rather play for lowly Southend than waste his time at QPR.
- The angry defender made it known after a showdown with club bosses this week when he demanded to know why the club bought him in the first place if they weren't going to give him a chance.- As a result, the disgusted defender is ready to drop down a league and give it a go on-loan with the Shrimpers rather than twiddle his thumbs at Loftus Road
- The irony is Rangers were almost willing to pay around £800,000 last season for the left-back but decided on shelling out another £400k to Hull for Damien Delaney instead.
- And it was the Irishman's form in November and early December at the time QPR signed Borrowdale permanently from Coventry for a knockdown £125k that's seen the 23-year-old begging to get away.
- An Rs source said: "You have to feel for the lad. He thought he would be given a chance, and boss Paulo Sousa was thinking about offloading Delaney before he came back into form.
- "But Borrowdale wasn't match fit when he came to Rangers, and either Matt Connolly or Delaney can fit into the left-back spot, so it could be that Gary will be sold at the end of the season without ever playing for the club."
- Rangers were tying up loose ends last night for a permanent free transfer of midfielder Adam Bolder to Millwall. London Informer
www.londoninformer.co.uk/london-sport/london-football/2009/01/29/qpr-defender-gary-borrowdale-drops-a-league-to-get-game-113489-22810195/
