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Bournemouth Echo
Cherries exclusive: League puts block on Lovell signing
7:02pm Friday 9th October 2009
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Exclusive By Ian Wadley »
THE Football League has blocked Cherries' bid to sign Steve Lovell, the Echo can reveal.
Lovell, manager Eddie Howe's brother, had been hoping to complete a dream return to the Dean Court outfit after spending the past four months training with the club's squad.
However, it now appears that Cherries' ongoing transfer embargo means their lengthy pursuit of the sought-after striker will end in disappointment.
Revealing the news earlier today, Howe said: "The Football League had a meeting yesterday and made it clear that there would be no way that we could sign Steve Lovell.
"It's desperately disappointing to miss out on a player of his calibre."
For more Cherries news, including exclusive and candid interviews with Lovell, Howe and assistant manager Jason Tindall, see tomorrow's Daily Echo
www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/sport/4675109.Cherries_exclusive__League_puts_block_on_Lovell_signing/
Bournemouth Echo
Lovell: I had my heart set on joining Cherries
3:00pm Saturday 10th October 2009
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Exclusive By Ian Wadley »
BROTHERS Steve Lovell and Eddie Howe today break their silence on Cherriesâ failed attempts to sign the sought-after striker â revealing that he even offered to play for FREE to seal the deal.
Lovell saw his hopes of linking up with Howe dashed following a Football League board meeting on Thursday.
In exclusive interviews with the Echo, the siblings state that Lovell spent pre-season at Cherries without being paid and turned down offers from SEVEN other clubs as he waited patiently for a Dean Court switch.
But Cherriesâ ongoing transfer embargo now appears to have ruined the Verwood-raised forwardâs bid for a return.
Lovell, who came through the Cherries youth ranks before a shock ÂŁ250,000 transfer saw him move to Portsmouth in 1999, told the Echo: âItâs a great club and thatâs why I wanted to stay and thatâs why I stayed as long as I did without being paid.
âItâs hugely disappointing. It was so close, yet so far. It was always âfind out tomorrow whatâs going to happenâ. It just kept going on and on, then it came to a head and Iâve been told I canât stay.
âI had my hopes and heart set on coming here, so now Iâve got to go and try to find somewhere else.â
Manager Howe expressed his disappointment at not being able to recruit his brother, who has scored goals north of the border for Dundee, Aberdeen and Falkirk in recent seasons.
âSteve was prepared to sign for us for nothing,â revealed the Cherries boss.
âHe would have received no money at all, purely for the fact he wanted to play and understood the situation regarding all the behind the scenes stuff.
âWe went to the Football League and put that to them, that Steve would play for nothing to make up our 20th member of our squad, but they still declined that.â
Howe added: âThe Football League had a meeting on Thursday and made it clear that there would be no way that we could sign Steve Lovell.
âDue to the embargo, they wonât let us make up our 20-man squad, so we have unfortunately had to admit defeat in our quest to sign him.
âI think itâs best for Steve now that he goes and finds himself a club.
âItâs a massive shame because heâs worked ever so hard along with all the other lads. Heâs done all the training, heâs turned down seven clubs to wait for us and that was mainly because of my relationship with him.
âI feel desperately disappointed for him. He wonât struggle finding another club â thatâs not a problem. Itâs the fact he had his heart set on coming here.
âItâs desperately disappointing to miss out on a player of his calibre.â
With Cherries unable to bolster their injury-hit squad, Howe has named schoolboy Jayden Stockley and youth team players Danny Ings and Dan Thomas in his squad for this afternoonâs League Two clash against Chesterfield at Dean Court (3pm).
www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/sport/4675166.Lovell__I_had_my_heart_set_on_joining_Cherries/
Tindall: League is putting Cherries' players at risk
3:00pm Saturday 10th October 2009
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By Neil Perrett »
Cherries assistant manager Jason Tindall has accused the Football League of âplaying with peopleâs careersâ.
Tindall has vented his fury after league chiefs earlier this week rejected the clubâs request for a second emergency signing.
The move came after Cherries had attempted to highlight the extent of the crippling Dean Court injury crisis by submitting medical records for all their walking wounded.
However, the league claimed one of those players â believed to have been Liam Feeney â then played 90 minutes of Cherriesâ 0-0 draw at Port Vale seven days ago.
The rebuff saw Cherries field a makeshift team during the JPT defeat at Northampton in midweek with twice-retired Tindall forced to don his boots.
Tindall told the Daily Echo: âItâs not an ideal situation and I think everybody knows Iâm not here to play games but we didnât have much choice.
âBut with the situation weâre in and the injury list weâve got, unfortunately, I may have to play whether I like it or not. Itâs very difficult and youâve only got to look at the players who werenât available.
âNot only are we fighting our own injury crisis but weâre fighting the Football League and an ongoing transfer embargo.
âIn my opinion, itâs unfair. But itâs the hand we have been dealt and weâre doing our best to overcome the problems. Weâre trying to jump the hurdles and to land safely the other side.â
No fewer than nine first-choice players were unavailable against the Cobblers as Cherries struggled to meet league requirements for six regulars to be named in the starting line-up.
Tindall added: âWeâve got people playing regularly who are only 50, 60 or 70 per cent fit. People look at it and think weâve got 11 players on the pitch but some of them donât train from week to week. We just have to patch them up and put them on the pitch because of the situation we find ourselves in.
âThe Football League has made it clear they wonât allow us to bring in any players. We donât hold that against them, they make the rules and weâve got to abide by them.
âBut those rules are not only punishing us as a football club and, potentially, could be damaging the playersâ careers. If you keep patching them up and forcing them to play through injuries, there has got to be a risk of long-term injury. Itâs unfortunate but weâve got no choice at the moment.â
www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/sport/4675164.Tindall__League_is_putting_Cherries__players_at_risk/
Bournemouth Echo
Cherries exclusive: League puts block on Lovell signing
7:02pm Friday 9th October 2009
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Exclusive By Ian Wadley »
THE Football League has blocked Cherries' bid to sign Steve Lovell, the Echo can reveal.
Lovell, manager Eddie Howe's brother, had been hoping to complete a dream return to the Dean Court outfit after spending the past four months training with the club's squad.
However, it now appears that Cherries' ongoing transfer embargo means their lengthy pursuit of the sought-after striker will end in disappointment.
Revealing the news earlier today, Howe said: "The Football League had a meeting yesterday and made it clear that there would be no way that we could sign Steve Lovell.
"It's desperately disappointing to miss out on a player of his calibre."
For more Cherries news, including exclusive and candid interviews with Lovell, Howe and assistant manager Jason Tindall, see tomorrow's Daily Echo
www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/sport/4675109.Cherries_exclusive__League_puts_block_on_Lovell_signing/
Bournemouth Echo
Lovell: I had my heart set on joining Cherries
3:00pm Saturday 10th October 2009
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Exclusive By Ian Wadley »
BROTHERS Steve Lovell and Eddie Howe today break their silence on Cherriesâ failed attempts to sign the sought-after striker â revealing that he even offered to play for FREE to seal the deal.
Lovell saw his hopes of linking up with Howe dashed following a Football League board meeting on Thursday.
In exclusive interviews with the Echo, the siblings state that Lovell spent pre-season at Cherries without being paid and turned down offers from SEVEN other clubs as he waited patiently for a Dean Court switch.
But Cherriesâ ongoing transfer embargo now appears to have ruined the Verwood-raised forwardâs bid for a return.
Lovell, who came through the Cherries youth ranks before a shock ÂŁ250,000 transfer saw him move to Portsmouth in 1999, told the Echo: âItâs a great club and thatâs why I wanted to stay and thatâs why I stayed as long as I did without being paid.
âItâs hugely disappointing. It was so close, yet so far. It was always âfind out tomorrow whatâs going to happenâ. It just kept going on and on, then it came to a head and Iâve been told I canât stay.
âI had my hopes and heart set on coming here, so now Iâve got to go and try to find somewhere else.â
Manager Howe expressed his disappointment at not being able to recruit his brother, who has scored goals north of the border for Dundee, Aberdeen and Falkirk in recent seasons.
âSteve was prepared to sign for us for nothing,â revealed the Cherries boss.
âHe would have received no money at all, purely for the fact he wanted to play and understood the situation regarding all the behind the scenes stuff.
âWe went to the Football League and put that to them, that Steve would play for nothing to make up our 20th member of our squad, but they still declined that.â
Howe added: âThe Football League had a meeting on Thursday and made it clear that there would be no way that we could sign Steve Lovell.
âDue to the embargo, they wonât let us make up our 20-man squad, so we have unfortunately had to admit defeat in our quest to sign him.
âI think itâs best for Steve now that he goes and finds himself a club.
âItâs a massive shame because heâs worked ever so hard along with all the other lads. Heâs done all the training, heâs turned down seven clubs to wait for us and that was mainly because of my relationship with him.
âI feel desperately disappointed for him. He wonât struggle finding another club â thatâs not a problem. Itâs the fact he had his heart set on coming here.
âItâs desperately disappointing to miss out on a player of his calibre.â
With Cherries unable to bolster their injury-hit squad, Howe has named schoolboy Jayden Stockley and youth team players Danny Ings and Dan Thomas in his squad for this afternoonâs League Two clash against Chesterfield at Dean Court (3pm).
www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/sport/4675166.Lovell__I_had_my_heart_set_on_joining_Cherries/
Tindall: League is putting Cherries' players at risk
3:00pm Saturday 10th October 2009
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By Neil Perrett »
Cherries assistant manager Jason Tindall has accused the Football League of âplaying with peopleâs careersâ.
Tindall has vented his fury after league chiefs earlier this week rejected the clubâs request for a second emergency signing.
The move came after Cherries had attempted to highlight the extent of the crippling Dean Court injury crisis by submitting medical records for all their walking wounded.
However, the league claimed one of those players â believed to have been Liam Feeney â then played 90 minutes of Cherriesâ 0-0 draw at Port Vale seven days ago.
The rebuff saw Cherries field a makeshift team during the JPT defeat at Northampton in midweek with twice-retired Tindall forced to don his boots.
Tindall told the Daily Echo: âItâs not an ideal situation and I think everybody knows Iâm not here to play games but we didnât have much choice.
âBut with the situation weâre in and the injury list weâve got, unfortunately, I may have to play whether I like it or not. Itâs very difficult and youâve only got to look at the players who werenât available.
âNot only are we fighting our own injury crisis but weâre fighting the Football League and an ongoing transfer embargo.
âIn my opinion, itâs unfair. But itâs the hand we have been dealt and weâre doing our best to overcome the problems. Weâre trying to jump the hurdles and to land safely the other side.â
No fewer than nine first-choice players were unavailable against the Cobblers as Cherries struggled to meet league requirements for six regulars to be named in the starting line-up.
Tindall added: âWeâve got people playing regularly who are only 50, 60 or 70 per cent fit. People look at it and think weâve got 11 players on the pitch but some of them donât train from week to week. We just have to patch them up and put them on the pitch because of the situation we find ourselves in.
âThe Football League has made it clear they wonât allow us to bring in any players. We donât hold that against them, they make the rules and weâve got to abide by them.
âBut those rules are not only punishing us as a football club and, potentially, could be damaging the playersâ careers. If you keep patching them up and forcing them to play through injuries, there has got to be a risk of long-term injury. Itâs unfortunate but weâve got no choice at the moment.â
www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/sport/4675164.Tindall__League_is_putting_Cherries__players_at_risk/
