Post by QPR Report on Aug 21, 2009 12:19:53 GMT
Just like we demanded 10 million for Cook?
Rangers quoted £10m for Leeds hitman Beckford
Aug 21 2009 By Paul Warburton, London Informer
QPR have been told they will have to pay £10million for a forward they could have had for £10,000 four years ago.
Last night (Wednesday) Leeds supremo Ken Bates quoted Rangers through the roof for Ealing-born marksman Jermaine Beckford, with the former Chelsea chairman adamant he was not going to let his star striker go for anything but a record Rangers fee.Beckford will be out of contract with the fallen giants at the end of the season - and Rs are keen to add firepower as they languish in the bottom half of the table following Tuesday night's defeat at Bristol City.
They also hope they might persuade Bates and Leeds to accept a compromise deal that sees the Yorkshire club get a massive sell-on fee as well as extras for appearances and goals.
An Rs insider admitted the club coveted the 25-year-old, who was on target again for Leeds on Tuesday night. He almost drifted out of football after being dumped by Chelsea's youth set-up in 2003.
"It looks as if it could be hard work to get Beckford, but you never know," said the source.
After Chelsea showed him the door, three seasons with Wealdstone, including a loan spell with Uxbridge, saw Beckford score 54 goals in 82 appearances for the Stones in the Ryman Premier Division, including
one spell in which he scored 35 in 40.
It was during this 2005-06 campaign, when Beckford was banging them in for fun, that Rs boss Ian
Holloway had a look, but decided Beckford might struggle to make it in a Rangers side that eventually escaped relegation by just one place.]
www.ealinggazette.co.uk/sport/football-ealing/2009/08/21/rangers-quoted-10m-for-leeds-hitman-beckford-113489-24490094/
Rangers quoted £10m for Leeds hitman Beckford
Aug 21 2009 By Paul Warburton, London Informer
QPR have been told they will have to pay £10million for a forward they could have had for £10,000 four years ago.
Last night (Wednesday) Leeds supremo Ken Bates quoted Rangers through the roof for Ealing-born marksman Jermaine Beckford, with the former Chelsea chairman adamant he was not going to let his star striker go for anything but a record Rangers fee.Beckford will be out of contract with the fallen giants at the end of the season - and Rs are keen to add firepower as they languish in the bottom half of the table following Tuesday night's defeat at Bristol City.
They also hope they might persuade Bates and Leeds to accept a compromise deal that sees the Yorkshire club get a massive sell-on fee as well as extras for appearances and goals.
An Rs insider admitted the club coveted the 25-year-old, who was on target again for Leeds on Tuesday night. He almost drifted out of football after being dumped by Chelsea's youth set-up in 2003.
"It looks as if it could be hard work to get Beckford, but you never know," said the source.
After Chelsea showed him the door, three seasons with Wealdstone, including a loan spell with Uxbridge, saw Beckford score 54 goals in 82 appearances for the Stones in the Ryman Premier Division, including
one spell in which he scored 35 in 40.
It was during this 2005-06 campaign, when Beckford was banging them in for fun, that Rs boss Ian
Holloway had a look, but decided Beckford might struggle to make it in a Rangers side that eventually escaped relegation by just one place.]
www.ealinggazette.co.uk/sport/football-ealing/2009/08/21/rangers-quoted-10m-for-leeds-hitman-beckford-113489-24490094/
