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Post by harr on Jan 17, 2016 18:36:02 GMT
This guy was the one that Burton fans thought we would come in for as soon as JFH took over. INTEREST is growing in Burton Albion star Nasser El Khayati. I understand that Birmingham City have sent scouts to watch the Dutchman play on more than one occasion this season. El Khayati, 26, is Albion's top scorer this season with eight goals to his name and the Blues are understood to be keen on the Dutchman. His creativity and flair on the left wing or just behind the striker has made him a real dangerman in League One. Read more: www.burtonmail.co.uk/Burton-Albion-transfer-news-Birmingham-City-Queen/story-28543351-detail/story.html#ixzz3xWnDF2L5
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Post by Ashdown_Ranger on Jan 17, 2016 22:48:37 GMT
We're apparently interested in Man Us 22 year old keeper Sam Johnsone for £1m....
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Post by sharky on Jan 17, 2016 23:01:55 GMT
We're apparently interested in Man Us 22 year old keeper Sam Johnsone for £1m.... Here is something on this from hereisthecity www.hitc.com/en-gb/2016/01/17/report-queens-park-rangers-target-manchester-uniteds-sam-johnsto/?Report: Queens Park Rangers target Manchester United's Sam JohnstoneQueens Park Rangers are reportedly keen to sign Manchester United goalkeeper Sam Johnstone for £1million. According to The Sun, Manchester United youngster Sam Johnstone is Queens Park Rangers’ first choice to replace Robert Green in goal. Green has slipped out of favour at Loftus Road since Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink took charge, and he was left out of the R’s match day squad against Rotherham United on Saturday. Alex Smithies and Joe Lumley both now appear to be ahead of Green in the pecking order for places, but Hasselbaink is said to be not entirely convinced by any of his current stoppers. As a result, QPR are hoping to sign Johnstone from United at the end of January. Rangers cannot currently pursue a deal as the impressive young 'keeper is on loan at Preston North End, but they allegedly intend to make a bid once his temporary spell at Deepdale comes to an end.
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Post by Macmoish on Jan 18, 2016 10:07:06 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2016 12:30:10 GMT
Why do we have t wait for his loan at Preston to end before making a bid. Unless Utd do not have a recall clause it would need all 3 clubs to agree but Caulker moved ok so why not this guy?
Do not know anything about him but the number of clean sheets Preston have kept recently may be a good sign. Memories of Phil Parkes .....I wish
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Post by nomar on Jan 18, 2016 13:03:45 GMT
We're apparently interested in Man Us 22 year old keeper Sam Johnsone for £1m.... Here is something on this from hereisthecity www.hitc.com/en-gb/2016/01/17/report-queens-park-rangers-target-manchester-uniteds-sam-johnsto/?Report: Queens Park Rangers target Manchester United's Sam JohnstoneQueens Park Rangers are reportedly keen to sign Manchester United goalkeeper Sam Johnstone for £1million. According to The Sun, Manchester United youngster Sam Johnstone is Queens Park Rangers’ first choice to replace Robert Green in goal. Green has slipped out of favour at Loftus Road since Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink took charge, and he was left out of the R’s match day squad against Rotherham United on Saturday. Alex Smithies and Joe Lumley both now appear to be ahead of Green in the pecking order for places, but Hasselbaink is said to be not entirely convinced by any of his current stoppers. As a result, QPR are hoping to sign Johnstone from United at the end of January. Rangers cannot currently pursue a deal as the impressive young 'keeper is on loan at Preston North End, but they allegedly intend to make a bid once his temporary spell at Deepdale comes to an end. I guess all this could have been avoided if they'd have just gone and bought Bentley instead when they had the chance.
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Post by harr on Jan 18, 2016 13:41:55 GMT
Here is something on this from hereisthecity www.hitc.com/en-gb/2016/01/17/report-queens-park-rangers-target-manchester-uniteds-sam-johnsto/?Report: Queens Park Rangers target Manchester United's Sam JohnstoneQueens Park Rangers are reportedly keen to sign Manchester United goalkeeper Sam Johnstone for £1million. According to The Sun, Manchester United youngster Sam Johnstone is Queens Park Rangers’ first choice to replace Robert Green in goal. Green has slipped out of favour at Loftus Road since Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink took charge, and he was left out of the R’s match day squad against Rotherham United on Saturday. Alex Smithies and Joe Lumley both now appear to be ahead of Green in the pecking order for places, but Hasselbaink is said to be not entirely convinced by any of his current stoppers. As a result, QPR are hoping to sign Johnstone from United at the end of January. Rangers cannot currently pursue a deal as the impressive young 'keeper is on loan at Preston North End, but they allegedly intend to make a bid once his temporary spell at Deepdale comes to an end. I guess all this could have been avoided if they'd have just gone and bought Bentley instead when they had the chance. Agree Bentley over Smithies any day of the week for me. I'm certainly not convinced yet about Smithies, would prefer him as a 2 than 1.
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Post by sharky on Jan 18, 2016 14:14:09 GMT
Thought we wanted Bentley but Southend wouldn't release him so we had to go for "second best" Smithies. So we were never going to get Bentley unless we offered a ridiculous deal which IMO would have been lessons not learned and stupidity. But hell we all remember the past differently (except for Mac who will tell us exactly what the real story was!)
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Post by harr on Jan 18, 2016 14:40:43 GMT
Thought we wanted Bentley but Southend wouldn't release him so we had to go for "second best" Smithies. So we were never going to get Bentley unless we offered a ridiculous deal which IMO would have been lessons not learned and stupidity. But hell we all remember the past differently (except for Mac who will tell us exactly what the real story was!) Yeah It may have been something like that? Rory, may know, he follows Southend a little, being an Essex boy Cant remember if Bentley signed a new contract with shrimpers? Its a shame as I always liked Rob Green, good pro like Charlie but at 35 would be too costly a deal. The lad at Man U might be interesting.
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Post by sharky on Jan 18, 2016 14:55:33 GMT
For you harr, the latest on Bentley from The Boot Room tbrfootball.com/is-southend-uniteds-daniel-bentley-the-most-wanted-goalkeeper-in-england/Is Southend United’s Daniel Bentley the most wanted goalkeeper in England?Sam Leveridge January 10, 2016 It’s not often that a 22-year-old is considered one of the best players ever to have played for a club, particularly when their position is in goal. That said, there aren’t many goalkeepers with over 140 first team appearances in the Football League at that age, but that’s the case with Southend United’s Daniel Bentley. Linked with various Premiership and Championship clubs in the summer, he was signed by the Blues after he was released by Arsenal in his early teens, the Basildon based youngster came through the Shrimper’s youth system before establishing himself in the first team in 2013. He was famously brought on as a substitute for penalties by Paul Sturrock deep into injury time in a Johnstone’s Paint Trophy area semi-final tie at Oxford in 2012, and went on to save the deciding penalty. In his very first season as first choice, the 2013/14 season, he kept 19 clean sheets, a remarkable figure for even the most experienced of goalkeepers. He followed it up in 2014/15 by smashing several club records, including Mervyn Cawston’s 30-year-old record of consecutive home clean sheets, with Bentley reaching 12 in a row between October and April, winning the club’s Player of the Year vote in the process. He then earned promotion with Southend in a dramatic play-off final, saving the deciding spot kick from Wycombe’s Sam Wood after Joe Jacobson’s free-kick had deflected off the keepers back and into his own net in extra time. Still only in his third season as first choice, the stopper has been linked with QPR, Leeds, Hull, West Ham and Sunderland and was given a place in the League Two PFA Team of the Year last season. However, the step up to League 1 football has provided Bentley with the biggest challenge of his career so far, and it has been one that he’s risen to. The Blues rejected several offers for him in the summer, the highest reportedly being QPR’s offer of £1.25 million, but Bentley’s contract is now into the final six months, and he has in fact turned down a new deal at Roots Hall. Unlike most similar scenarios, there is no anger from the fans or the club, with the vast majority of the opinion that he deserves a big move, but there is no denying that his value is falling as a result. With eight clean sheets in 29 games this season, Bentley has continued to impress and produced numerous man of the match displays, notably away at Coventry and in the Essex derby at Colchester, but he has also found his form questioned for the first time in his career. An error saw Doug Loft’s cross-cum-shot caught by the wind and taken over Bentley’s head to give Gillingham a late equaliser in October, only a week after he conceded a penalty on the edge of the box to give Barnsley an early lead at Roots Hall. The festive period brought more misery for the youngster, with a 4-0 home defeat at the hands of Millwall followed up by a 3-0 defeat to Doncaster, with Bentley being responsible for their final goal after miscontrolling a back pass. There is little doubt that Bentley will one day go on to play at a higher level, but there are question marks over whether he is ready to do so just yet. This is only his first season out of the basement division, and while Phil Brown has labelled him a “future England number one”, he will still have to prove himself to walk into any Championship side. It is notoriously difficult for any goalkeeper after making a January move, with them usually finding that a manager has a settled defensive unit and is reluctant to disrupt that midway through the season, providing there are no injuries. Bentley is fortunate in that he is getting regular game time at a young age at Southend, something which he may struggle to find if he moves this transfer window. A move in the summer seems best for both parties, with Southend still able to recover a fee by tribunal, and Bentley free to move on to one of the many potential suitors. Southend have capable cover in the form of young Ted Smith, another local lad who has been capped by England under 20s this season, who could follow in Bentley’s footsteps in a few years’ time. Another alternative is the possibility of him leaving in January, but being loaned back to Roots Hall for the remainder of the season, which could interest some of the bigger sides, such as Everton. Bentley undoubtedly has the potential to play in the Premier League one day, and these clubs could do well to follow the path of Stoke, who signed Jack Butland in 2013 and loaned him to various Championship clubs before replacing Asmir Begovic after the Bosnian signed for Chelsea. With Tim Howard ageing at Everton, Fabianski struggling at Swansea and John Ruddy reportedly on his way out of Norwich, Bentley could be appearing on these side’s radars. Shrimpers fans will be hoping that he will still be wearing the number one shirt at Roots Hall come February, as he continues to be the rock in a defensive minded Phil Brown set up that is surprising League 1 with a shock push for the play-offs. Whilst his future remains unclear, Bentley can rely on the fact that he will depart Roots Hall on good terms. Not only did he almost single handedly guarantee promotion last season, becoming a firm fan favourite in the process as a local lad and a star player, but has also handled a difficult situation very professionally for such a young player in a world where agents and money change everything for most youngsters.
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Post by sharky on Jan 18, 2016 15:08:23 GMT
From bwin news.bwin.com/en/football-betting/premier-league/forget-arsenal-reject-signing-qpr-star-better-move-for-aston-villa,96420.html Forget Arsenal reject, signing QPR star better move for Aston VillaArsenal’s France international right back Mathieu Debuchy has discussed a potential move to Aston Villa, with Remi Garde, but is a right back really the Villans’ priority? “They are among the teams who want me,” said the 30-year-old. “I am looking at everything but it [moving to Villa Park] is not an option I have ruled out. It could be a great challenge. “Even if they are currently in trouble, Aston Villa are one of the big English clubs. I also had the coach on the phone. “The conversation went well. Whatever happens, even if it is to come back here in the summer and leave again, I have to leave this winter. I cannot stay at Arsenal.” While undoubtedly heartening that Villa’s history still holds some sway with a French international, the club already have four potential right backs in Alan Hutton, Leandro Bacuna, Micah Richards and Jose Angel Crespo. Garde, whose troops are now just 1/20 to go down despite collecting four points from their last two games, has greater need of a striker to share the scoring burden with Jordan Ayew, a creative midfielder or a goalkeeper. Current goings on at QPR present them with the opportunity to remedy the last of those issues. Former England gloveman Rob Green will not play for Rangers again this term as he is close to triggering an extension on his £40,000 a week contract. Unsurprisingly for a goalkeeper who performed with aplomb in the Super Hoops’ last Premier League campaign (2014/15), Green has already attracted interest from Bournemouth in the January window. More importantly the former Norwich and West Ham veteran has an uncanny knack of bouncing back from relegations with promotion in the very next season. He may have been relegated more than all bar two players in Premier League history (Hermann Hreidarsson and Nathan Blake), but on both occasions during the last five years he has taken part in an immediate return to the top flight. Still an excellent goalkeeper, who has taken part in three Championship promotion campaigns, he could be the ideal man to have around when Villa’s inevitable demotion comes home to roost in May.
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Post by sharky on Jan 18, 2016 15:22:17 GMT
From the Evening Standard, part of an article which refers to potential transfers/loans. www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/charlie-austin-rejected-leicester-offer-for-firstteam-place-at-southampton-a3158931.htmlRangers, who won their first game under manager Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink at Rotherham on Saturday, are already looking for Austin's replacement. They are looking at former striker Peter Crouch, who has not started a Premier League game for Stoke all season. They are also talking to Chelsea about taking Patrick Bamford on loan for the rest of the campaign. Bamford cut short his season-long spell at Crystal Palace after a lack of first team football and is open to a switch to Loftus Road. Meanwhile, Bournemouth face competition from Liverpool and Crystal Palace for QPR keeper Rob Green. Liverpool are considering making a move for Green to replace Adam Bogdan as back-up to Simon Mignolet. Palace are prepared to let Alex McCarthy go back to QPR as part of a deal to get Green and provide competition for struggling Wayne Hennessey. QPR also hope to sell Matt Phillips this month. The winger is wanted by Watford, West Brom, Crystal Palace, Newcastle, Leicester and Stoke.
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Post by sharky on Jan 18, 2016 15:25:23 GMT
The article above also mentioned some add ons for the 4 mil transfer fee for Charlie
"Ronald Koeman's side made a £4m offer on Friday night, but it is understood there is a possibility it will increase by £1m in add-ons.
QPR will receive another £500,000 if Austin makes England's Euro 2016 squad and another £500,000 if he scores 12 goals before the end of the season."
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Post by Ashdown_Ranger on Jan 18, 2016 15:44:19 GMT
The article above also mentioned some add ons for the 4 mil transfer fee for Charlie "Ronald Koeman's side made a £4m offer on Friday night, but it is understood there is a possibility it will increase by £1m in add-ons. QPR will receive another £500,000 if Austin makes England's Euro 2016 squad and another £500,000 if he scores 12 goals before the end of the season."Hmmmm, if he's on 10 goals with 5 games to go, he won't play for the rest of the season! The Green/McCarthy comment is interesting though (if remotely true...).
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2016 16:02:08 GMT
The article above also mentioned some add ons for the 4 mil transfer fee for Charlie "Ronald Koeman's side made a £4m offer on Friday night, but it is understood there is a possibility it will increase by £1m in add-ons. QPR will receive another £500,000 if Austin makes England's Euro 2016 squad and another £500,000 if he scores 12 goals before the end of the season."Hmmmm, if he's on 10 goals with 5 games to go, he won't play for the rest of the season! The Green/McCarthy comment is interesting though (if remotely true...). They will play him if they are on the fringe of a European place - 500,000 is nothing for a place in Europe. McCarthy would be interesting - if he will agree to step back down to his true level - where he is good
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Post by sharky on Jan 18, 2016 16:07:37 GMT
From the Telegraph www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/newcastle-united/12106207/Tottenham-intransigence-over-Andros-Townsend-fee-puts-Matt-Phillips-on-Newcastles-radar.htmlTottenham intransigence over Andros Townsend fee puts Matt Phillips on Newcastle's radarShould Daniel Levy stick to his firm £14m valuation, Spurs and England winger worries QPR wide man may become more attractive option By Matt Law, Football News Correspondent 3:50PM GMT 18 Jan 2016 Newcastle United will consider turning their attention to Queens Park Rangers winger Matt Phillips if they cannot agree a deal with Tottenham Hotspur chairman Daniel Levy for Andros Townsend. Townsend is Newcastle’s first choice as they attempt to add more pace to their squad before the end of this month and they still hope to reach an agreement for the 24-year-old. Newcastle contacted Spurs about Townsend last Friday, but are yet to get back in touch after Levy reiterated his £14 million valuation of the player, who is not currently available for loan. Tottenham also underlined their tough approach by including Townsend in the club’s Under-21 game against Manchester City on Monday, rather than trying to protect him in readiness for a move. That is unlikely to stop Newcastle returning with a bid to try to tempt Levy into selling, but Phillips is on a list of alternative targets if Townsend's asking price remains too high. Bournemouth, West Bromwich Albion and Watford have already expressed an interest in Phillips, who is thought to be available for about £5m this month because QPR want to raise cash. Other than Newcastle, Watford and West Brom are the two other clubs to have made inquiries about Townsend this month but the player is concerned that Phillips will prove to be a more attractive option at his knock-down fee. Townsend is expected to be once again left out of the Tottenham first-team squad for Wednesday night’s FA Cup third-round replay against Leicester City, even though head coach Mauricio Pochettino will field a weakened team. His last Spurs appearance was in the Europa League against Anderlecht in October, the same month in which he played in his last Premier League game for the club as a substitute for the final three minutes against Liverpool. Townsend has not played 90 minutes for Spurs in any competition since January 21 last year and the last time he completed a full Premier League match was the 1-0 defeat by Arsenal on March 16, 2014, when Tim Sherwood was in charge.
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Post by harr on Jan 18, 2016 16:50:23 GMT
Thanks Sharky.
Re the McCarthy story above, that came out a few days ago and as far as I was aware , McCarthy refused that deal as he would not return to Loftus Rd
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Post by alfaranger on Jan 18, 2016 16:58:50 GMT
From the Evening Standard, part of an article which refers to potential transfers/loans. www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/charlie-austin-rejected-leicester-offer-for-firstteam-place-at-southampton-a3158931.htmlRangers, who won their first game under manager Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink at Rotherham on Saturday, are already looking for Austin's replacement. They are looking at former striker Peter Crouch, who has not started a Premier League game for Stoke all season. They are also talking to Chelsea about taking Patrick Bamford on loan for the rest of the campaign. Bamford cut short his season-long spell at Crystal Palace after a lack of first team football and is open to a switch to Loftus Road. Meanwhile, Bournemouth face competition from Liverpool and Crystal Palace for QPR keeper Rob Green. Liverpool are considering making a move for Green to replace Adam Bogdan as back-up to Simon Mignolet. Palace are prepared to let Alex McCarthy go back to QPR as part of a deal to get Green and provide competition for struggling Wayne Hennessey. QPR also hope to sell Matt Phillips this month. The winger is wanted by Watford, West Brom, Crystal Palace, Newcastle, Leicester and Stoke. I thought that Harry got some stick for being continuously linked with Crouch every window regardless of whether he was truly linked or not. It seems that 'journalism' is still a force and they are just trotting this out, or JFH is really looking at Crouchy to do a job - I wonder which it is.
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Post by harr on Jan 18, 2016 17:01:43 GMT
Apparently Mail saying we bid 3 Million for Connor Washington of Peterboro and he has been given permission to speak to us.
I dont think we would go after Crouch.
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Post by harr on Jan 18, 2016 17:06:22 GMT
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Post by harr on Jan 18, 2016 17:10:59 GMT
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Post by RoryTheRanger on Jan 18, 2016 17:29:45 GMT
Thought we wanted Bentley but Southend wouldn't release him so we had to go for "second best" Smithies. So we were never going to get Bentley unless we offered a ridiculous deal which IMO would have been lessons not learned and stupidity. But hell we all remember the past differently (except for Mac who will tell us exactly what the real story was!) Southend wanted £1.5m, the exact same fee we paid for Smithies in the end.
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Post by harr on Jan 18, 2016 19:19:44 GMT
Cheers Rory, got the wrong keeper for sure.
Washington from Peterboro could be done in 48 hrs, with a medical tomorrow 2.5-3 million
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Post by harr on Jan 18, 2016 19:23:53 GMT
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Post by nomar on Jan 18, 2016 22:06:20 GMT
Am I missing something here?
Why does any Premier League team want Rob Green for?
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Post by sharky on Jan 18, 2016 22:09:10 GMT
Part of an article in the Mirror www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/axe-looms-crystal-palace-keeper-7194807Meanwhile, Fraizer Campbell is free to leave Palace, sparking a Championship scramble. Campbell, 28, is being eyed by promotion chasing Hull, one of his former clubs, while second-tier rivals Wolves, Ipswich and QPR have all declared an interest. Ian Walton/GettyFraizer Campbell battles for the ball with John Obi MikelFree to go: Campbell has only scored four times for Palace The striker has a prolific goal-scoring record in the Championship and is keen to drop down for regular football. Palace are prepared to allow £900,000 signing Campbell to leave on loan, provided they receive a hefty fee from whoever borrows him. Campbell has scored just four Premier League goals since joining from Cardiff 18 months ago. His poor return has left Pardew eyeing a new frontman, with Dwight Gayle also set to move on this month.
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Post by nomar on Jan 18, 2016 22:23:59 GMT
Part of an article in the Mirror www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/axe-looms-crystal-palace-keeper-7194807Meanwhile, Fraizer Campbell is free to leave Palace, sparking a Championship scramble. Campbell, 28, is being eyed by promotion chasing Hull, one of his former clubs, while second-tier rivals Wolves, Ipswich and QPR have all declared an interest. Ian Walton/GettyFraizer Campbell battles for the ball with John Obi MikelFree to go: Campbell has only scored four times for Palace The striker has a prolific goal-scoring record in the Championship and is keen to drop down for regular football. Palace are prepared to allow £900,000 signing Campbell to leave on loan, provided they receive a hefty fee from whoever borrows him. Campbell has scored just four Premier League goals since joining from Cardiff 18 months ago. His poor return has left Pardew eyeing a new frontman, with Dwight Gayle also set to move on this month. Not for me, thanks.
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Post by harr on Jan 18, 2016 22:38:16 GMT
Rather have the Chelsea lad or Gayle on loan
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Post by nomar on Jan 19, 2016 0:10:36 GMT
Rather have the Chelsea lad or Gayle on loan Rather have Kevin Campbell, even at his age!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2016 8:03:53 GMT
Am I missing something here? Why does any Premier League team want Rob Green for? Because he is still a good keeper and can do a good job for many PL teams.
Half the negative comments on here about him only come about because of his salary and clauses in his contract. Sure he has made a few mistakes but look at the mistakes being made by keepers in the PL right now.
This time last year he was the one player who was giving us a slim chance of staying in the PL - without his performances (which earned him a recall to the England squad) we would have been down by Christmas.
People recently have started again to blast on about us not keeping McCarthy but they cannot get the fact into their brains? that he had a release clause and did not want to play in the Championship. So that situation was totally beyond our control. Promising him he would be the No 1 would have made no difference because we are in the Championship and he wanted PL - end of story
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