Post by QPR Report on Jan 3, 2010 8:10:57 GMT
QPR sign Agyemang...It wasn't a big problem we signed him...and he had that geat streak...But as many wondered at the time: FOUR AND A HALF YEAR DEAL...And once again reportedly offering very high wages...!
January 3, 2008
QPR Latest Signing:Preston's Patrick Agyemang for Reported £350,000 Pounds (+ Add-ons)
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QPR OFFICIAL SITE -EXCLUSIVE: STRIKER SIGNS
Queens Park Rangers Football Club are pleased to confirm the signing of Ghanaian international striker Patrick Agyemang.
The 27 year-old striker has penned a four-and-a-half year contract at Loftus Road, after the Club agreed an undisclosed fee with Preston North End for his signature.
Agyemang - who will wear squad number 17 - trained with his new team-mates for the first time this morning.
The Ghanaian, who made his name during a successful spell at Wimbledon, joined North End from Gillingham in November 2004 in a deal worth £300,000.
Despite injury curtailing the majority of his 2006/07 campaign, his scoring stats were highly commedable, with the powerful front-man bagging an impressive seven goals in just 10 starts for the Whites. QPR
PRESTON OFFICIAL SITE Agyemang Joins QPR
Ghanaian striker Patrick Agyemang has completed a £350,000 move to Queens Park Rangers after agreeing personal terms with the Loftus Road club.
Agyemang has signed a four-and-a-half-year deal with the Hoops after the North End board accepted a bid from the London club.
The Walthamstow born hitman was out of contract at Deepdale in the summer and had expressed a desire to move back to his London roots, the Lilywhites have managed to recoup the £350,000 they paid for Agyemang when he signed from Gillingham in November 2004. The fee could rise a further £100,000 dependent on various add-ons.
Agyemang made 135 appearances for PNE, the majority of those as a substitute, scoring a total of 21 goals. Preston
Lancaster Evening Post before Signing Finalized
Agyemang's Coming QPR Transfer...-
Lancashire Evening Post - Agyemang set for Rangers move
Patrick Agyemang looks set to leave Deepdale
Patrick Agyemang is set to join big-spending Queens Park Rangers this week after the London club's wealthy new backers made him an offer he could not refuse.
The Preston North End striker is expected to sign in at Loftus Road in the next 48 hours once the two clubs have settled on a price.
Agyemang was left out of Tuesday's 2-1 defeat at Sheffield Wednesday with the deal at an advanced stage.
But he should be a Rangers player in time to be considered for the FA Cup tie against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge at the weekend.
"I'm disappointed to lose Patrick because I wanted to keep him," said manager Alan Irvine. "But we can't match what QPR are prepared to offer Patrick."
North End say Rangers are not the only club interested in taking the speedy frontman.
But with motor racing moguls Bernie Ecclestone and Flavio Briatore now in charge at Loftus Road – and with steel billionaire Lakshmi Mittal adding further financial muscle – no one is likely to outbid them in the Championship.
Agyemang has been the subject of speculation for the past few weeks with Leicester City one of the other clubs reported to be tracking him.
The London-born striker, who recently turned down a new deal at Deepdale – his contract runs out in the summer – travelled with the North End squad to Hillsborough on Tuesday but watched the game from the stand as a precaution.
Irvine said: "It looks like Patrick will be leaving us – he has been made aware of a very good offer from QPR. And it is an offer which is out of our league.
"Patrick has played in the last few games with the knowledge that this move was pending and I appreciate what he has done as far as that is concerned.
"But it was a situation where he has been getting more and more nervous about getting injured as the time has gone on and it has been getting closer to the time of the window opening.
"I just felt it would have been probably asking a lot of him to put him out there at Hillsborough.
"When it will happen I'm not quite sure. But it is really a case of when it will happen rather than if it will.
"We can't match their offer and it is also an opportunity for him to go back down to London, which he is keen to do.
"So while we were trying to make an offer to Patrick, it was one that wouldn't have lived up to what QPR can do nowadays.
"He is a threat because of his pace and that is something everyone is looking for. And obviously QPR feel that way.
"There are other clubs interested in Patrick, but that is the only firm offer that we have received."
Rangers have already embarked on a January spending spree with Plymouth's Hungarian playmaker Akos Buzsaky the first player to pen a £500,000 deal.
Arsenal centre-halfMatt Connolly will be arriving for £1m, while winger Hogan Ephraim from West Ham (£800,000) is one of a long list of others reported to be heading to Loftus Road.
Agyemang has been at Preston for just over three years, but has only started 55 league games in that time, being used more as an impact player coming off the bench.North End bought him for £350,000 from Gillingham and he was previously with Wimbledon... Lancashire Evening Post
QPR OFFICIAL SITE - IN PROFILE: PATRICK AGYEMANG
Patrick Agyemang ended a long wait for Preston North End fans when he finally signed for the Club in November 2004, after numerous years linking him with a move to Deepdale.
Agyemang joined North End in a deal in the region of £300,000 from Gillingham after spending less than a year at Priestfield.
The pacy and powerful forward made his name at Wimbledon, where he came through the ranks and went on to make 116 appearances, scoring 22 goals.
He went on to make 31 appearances in his first season with the Whites, chipping in with four goals in all competitions, before netting six times in the following campaign.
His fine form earned him a recall to the Ghana squad, three years after his last and only other appearance, and he went on to pick up three caps for his country, but was left out of the final 23 man squad for the World Cup.
Injury curtailed much of his 2006/07 campaign, but his statistics were still highly impressive, bagging seven goals in just 10 starts. QPR
The ultimate example of a "Purple Patch"
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Agyemang on His Scoring Streak - Best Since Rodney Marsh More Than 40 Years Ago
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Ben Kosky/Kilburn Times
Pat's purple patch is best since '67
SUCCESS was just around the corner last time QPR had a player finding the net as frequently as Patrick Agyemang.
The Rangers hotshot has scored in each of his first six starts since moving to Loftus Road from Preston at the beginning of January.
Agyemang's incredible run of goalscoring form has not been matched since the 1966-67 season, when the legendary Rodney Marsh scored in six consecutive games.
Rangers, of course, went on to win the Division Three title and League Cup that season, heralding a period that saw the club elevated to the top flight and within a whisker of becoming League champions.
And Agyemang, who has spent virtually all his career at Championship level with Wimbledon, Gillingham and Preston, believes he has finally found his niche at the age of 27.
He told the Times: "I don't really look at stats and it doesn't bother me about records - my aim's just been to play well and get as many goals as possible.
"At the moment this is definitely the best spell of my career in terms of goals. When I was at Preston I scored about five in seven, I think, but nothing like I've done at QPR.
"Sometimes in the past I felt unappreciated because I was being played in different roles. I always felt I'd not really had the chance to show my ability, concentrating on what I can do.
"At QPR they've utilised my pace - they're looking for me to get in behind the defence more often and I'm where I want to be on the pitch. Basically this is the way I always wanted to play."
After making his QPR debut as a substitute in their FA Cup third round defeat at Chelsea, Agyemang started against Sheffield United and scored the opener in a 2-1 reverse.
Since then he has been looking unstoppable, with single strikes against Barnsley, Cardiff City and Burnley, as well as doubles in Rangers' victories over Bristol City and Southampton.
But the London-born Ghanaian international insists that credit for those successes must be shared with his QPR team-mates, particularly forward partner Rowan Vine.
"Rowan's great at running at players - with or without the ball. We're linking up really well in training and he's made quite a few of my goals," said Agyemang.
"Although I'm the one that's scored the majority of the goals, it's down to the way the team has been playing and working hard - that's why I'm getting a lot of chances."
If he scores in the return games against Sheffield United and Barnsley this week, Agyemang will equal the club record held by Brian Bedford, who netted in eight games in a row 46 years ago.
Bedford scored 12 goals during that period, including a hat-trick against Coventry but, despite his haul of 39 for the season, Rangers missed out on promotion to Division Two by just three points.
Marsh's scoring sequence during the 1966-67 season was identical to that of Agyemang - eight in six games - and, like Bedford, included a hat-trick, away to Mansfield. Kilburn Times
Flashback Interview with Ageymang
elwriteback.wordpress.com/2016/07/29/former-qpr-star-patrick-agyemang-looks-back-at-his-career/
Full name Patrick Agyemang[1]
Date of birth 29 September 1980 (age 37)[1]
Place of birth Walthamstow, England
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[1]
Playing position Striker
Youth career
–1998 Wimbledon
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1998–2004 Wimbledon 120 (20)
1999–2000 → Brentford (loan) 12 (0)
2004 Gillingham 33 (8)
2004–2008 Preston North End 122 (21)
2008–2012 Queens Park Rangers 75 (15)
2010 → Bristol City (loan) 7 (0)
2011 → Millwall (loan) 2 (0)
2012 → Stevenage (loan) 13 (1)
2012–2013 Stevenage 14 (0)
2013 → Portsmouth (loan) 15 (3)
2013–2015 Portsmouth 49 (4)
2014–2015 → Dagenham & Redbridge (loan) 4 (0)
National team
2003–2006 Ghana 2 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:29, 24 March 2015 (UTC).
† Appearances (goals)
January 3, 2008
QPR Latest Signing:Preston's Patrick Agyemang for Reported £350,000 Pounds (+ Add-ons)
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QPR OFFICIAL SITE -EXCLUSIVE: STRIKER SIGNS
Queens Park Rangers Football Club are pleased to confirm the signing of Ghanaian international striker Patrick Agyemang.
The 27 year-old striker has penned a four-and-a-half year contract at Loftus Road, after the Club agreed an undisclosed fee with Preston North End for his signature.
Agyemang - who will wear squad number 17 - trained with his new team-mates for the first time this morning.
The Ghanaian, who made his name during a successful spell at Wimbledon, joined North End from Gillingham in November 2004 in a deal worth £300,000.
Despite injury curtailing the majority of his 2006/07 campaign, his scoring stats were highly commedable, with the powerful front-man bagging an impressive seven goals in just 10 starts for the Whites. QPR
PRESTON OFFICIAL SITE Agyemang Joins QPR
Ghanaian striker Patrick Agyemang has completed a £350,000 move to Queens Park Rangers after agreeing personal terms with the Loftus Road club.
Agyemang has signed a four-and-a-half-year deal with the Hoops after the North End board accepted a bid from the London club.
The Walthamstow born hitman was out of contract at Deepdale in the summer and had expressed a desire to move back to his London roots, the Lilywhites have managed to recoup the £350,000 they paid for Agyemang when he signed from Gillingham in November 2004. The fee could rise a further £100,000 dependent on various add-ons.
Agyemang made 135 appearances for PNE, the majority of those as a substitute, scoring a total of 21 goals. Preston
Lancaster Evening Post before Signing Finalized
Agyemang's Coming QPR Transfer...-
Lancashire Evening Post - Agyemang set for Rangers move
Patrick Agyemang looks set to leave Deepdale
Patrick Agyemang is set to join big-spending Queens Park Rangers this week after the London club's wealthy new backers made him an offer he could not refuse.
The Preston North End striker is expected to sign in at Loftus Road in the next 48 hours once the two clubs have settled on a price.
Agyemang was left out of Tuesday's 2-1 defeat at Sheffield Wednesday with the deal at an advanced stage.
But he should be a Rangers player in time to be considered for the FA Cup tie against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge at the weekend.
"I'm disappointed to lose Patrick because I wanted to keep him," said manager Alan Irvine. "But we can't match what QPR are prepared to offer Patrick."
North End say Rangers are not the only club interested in taking the speedy frontman.
But with motor racing moguls Bernie Ecclestone and Flavio Briatore now in charge at Loftus Road – and with steel billionaire Lakshmi Mittal adding further financial muscle – no one is likely to outbid them in the Championship.
Agyemang has been the subject of speculation for the past few weeks with Leicester City one of the other clubs reported to be tracking him.
The London-born striker, who recently turned down a new deal at Deepdale – his contract runs out in the summer – travelled with the North End squad to Hillsborough on Tuesday but watched the game from the stand as a precaution.
Irvine said: "It looks like Patrick will be leaving us – he has been made aware of a very good offer from QPR. And it is an offer which is out of our league.
"Patrick has played in the last few games with the knowledge that this move was pending and I appreciate what he has done as far as that is concerned.
"But it was a situation where he has been getting more and more nervous about getting injured as the time has gone on and it has been getting closer to the time of the window opening.
"I just felt it would have been probably asking a lot of him to put him out there at Hillsborough.
"When it will happen I'm not quite sure. But it is really a case of when it will happen rather than if it will.
"We can't match their offer and it is also an opportunity for him to go back down to London, which he is keen to do.
"So while we were trying to make an offer to Patrick, it was one that wouldn't have lived up to what QPR can do nowadays.
"He is a threat because of his pace and that is something everyone is looking for. And obviously QPR feel that way.
"There are other clubs interested in Patrick, but that is the only firm offer that we have received."
Rangers have already embarked on a January spending spree with Plymouth's Hungarian playmaker Akos Buzsaky the first player to pen a £500,000 deal.
Arsenal centre-halfMatt Connolly will be arriving for £1m, while winger Hogan Ephraim from West Ham (£800,000) is one of a long list of others reported to be heading to Loftus Road.
Agyemang has been at Preston for just over three years, but has only started 55 league games in that time, being used more as an impact player coming off the bench.North End bought him for £350,000 from Gillingham and he was previously with Wimbledon... Lancashire Evening Post
QPR OFFICIAL SITE - IN PROFILE: PATRICK AGYEMANG
Patrick Agyemang ended a long wait for Preston North End fans when he finally signed for the Club in November 2004, after numerous years linking him with a move to Deepdale.
Agyemang joined North End in a deal in the region of £300,000 from Gillingham after spending less than a year at Priestfield.
The pacy and powerful forward made his name at Wimbledon, where he came through the ranks and went on to make 116 appearances, scoring 22 goals.
He went on to make 31 appearances in his first season with the Whites, chipping in with four goals in all competitions, before netting six times in the following campaign.
His fine form earned him a recall to the Ghana squad, three years after his last and only other appearance, and he went on to pick up three caps for his country, but was left out of the final 23 man squad for the World Cup.
Injury curtailed much of his 2006/07 campaign, but his statistics were still highly impressive, bagging seven goals in just 10 starts. QPR
The ultimate example of a "Purple Patch"
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Agyemang on His Scoring Streak - Best Since Rodney Marsh More Than 40 Years Ago
-
Ben Kosky/Kilburn Times
Pat's purple patch is best since '67
SUCCESS was just around the corner last time QPR had a player finding the net as frequently as Patrick Agyemang.
The Rangers hotshot has scored in each of his first six starts since moving to Loftus Road from Preston at the beginning of January.
Agyemang's incredible run of goalscoring form has not been matched since the 1966-67 season, when the legendary Rodney Marsh scored in six consecutive games.
Rangers, of course, went on to win the Division Three title and League Cup that season, heralding a period that saw the club elevated to the top flight and within a whisker of becoming League champions.
And Agyemang, who has spent virtually all his career at Championship level with Wimbledon, Gillingham and Preston, believes he has finally found his niche at the age of 27.
He told the Times: "I don't really look at stats and it doesn't bother me about records - my aim's just been to play well and get as many goals as possible.
"At the moment this is definitely the best spell of my career in terms of goals. When I was at Preston I scored about five in seven, I think, but nothing like I've done at QPR.
"Sometimes in the past I felt unappreciated because I was being played in different roles. I always felt I'd not really had the chance to show my ability, concentrating on what I can do.
"At QPR they've utilised my pace - they're looking for me to get in behind the defence more often and I'm where I want to be on the pitch. Basically this is the way I always wanted to play."
After making his QPR debut as a substitute in their FA Cup third round defeat at Chelsea, Agyemang started against Sheffield United and scored the opener in a 2-1 reverse.
Since then he has been looking unstoppable, with single strikes against Barnsley, Cardiff City and Burnley, as well as doubles in Rangers' victories over Bristol City and Southampton.
But the London-born Ghanaian international insists that credit for those successes must be shared with his QPR team-mates, particularly forward partner Rowan Vine.
"Rowan's great at running at players - with or without the ball. We're linking up really well in training and he's made quite a few of my goals," said Agyemang.
"Although I'm the one that's scored the majority of the goals, it's down to the way the team has been playing and working hard - that's why I'm getting a lot of chances."
If he scores in the return games against Sheffield United and Barnsley this week, Agyemang will equal the club record held by Brian Bedford, who netted in eight games in a row 46 years ago.
Bedford scored 12 goals during that period, including a hat-trick against Coventry but, despite his haul of 39 for the season, Rangers missed out on promotion to Division Two by just three points.
Marsh's scoring sequence during the 1966-67 season was identical to that of Agyemang - eight in six games - and, like Bedford, included a hat-trick, away to Mansfield. Kilburn Times
Flashback Interview with Ageymang
elwriteback.wordpress.com/2016/07/29/former-qpr-star-patrick-agyemang-looks-back-at-his-career/
Full name Patrick Agyemang[1]
Date of birth 29 September 1980 (age 37)[1]
Place of birth Walthamstow, England
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[1]
Playing position Striker
Youth career
–1998 Wimbledon
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1998–2004 Wimbledon 120 (20)
1999–2000 → Brentford (loan) 12 (0)
2004 Gillingham 33 (8)
2004–2008 Preston North End 122 (21)
2008–2012 Queens Park Rangers 75 (15)
2010 → Bristol City (loan) 7 (0)
2011 → Millwall (loan) 2 (0)
2012 → Stevenage (loan) 13 (1)
2012–2013 Stevenage 14 (0)
2013 → Portsmouth (loan) 15 (3)
2013–2015 Portsmouth 49 (4)
2014–2015 → Dagenham & Redbridge (loan) 4 (0)
National team
2003–2006 Ghana 2 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:29, 24 March 2015 (UTC).
† Appearances (goals)
