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October 30, 2007: QPR Official Site - EXCLUSIVE: BUZSAKY JOINS

Queens Park Rangers Football Club are delighted to announce the two month loan signing of Hungarian international Akos Buzsaky, who has been handed the coveted No.10 shirt.
A dead-ball specialist with fantastic individual ability, Buzsaky becomes new First Team Coach Luigi De Canio's first signing and is expected to go straight into the R's squad for Saturday's Championship showdown against Hull City at Loftus Road.
Speaking exclusively to www.qpr.co.uk, the 25 year-old expressed his delight at the move, commenting: "I am really looking forward to playing here.
"It is a nice honour to be handed the No.10 shirt, but for me it is more important how you play rather than the shirt you wear.
"I haven't played a full match for three weeks, so I am excited at the prospect of playing against Hull City on Saturday."

R's fans know only too well the ability Buzsaky possesses. The Hungarian notched a contender for Championship goal of the season during the 1-1 draw between the two sides in October 2005.
It's an afternoon he recalls with some fondness.
"I remember the game really well," he added. "I opened the scoring with a nice goal, but Rangers equalised and the fans went crazy. As a visiting player, it was like hell!
"The QPR fans seem to be very appreciative. You know if you play well, they will really support you." --



Various Profiles and reports re Buzsaky
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Buzsaky Signs for QPR...Given #10 Shirt
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BBC - QPR capture Plymouth star Buzsaky
QPR have signed Hungarian playmaker Akos Buzsaky from Plymouth.
He has agreed a two-month loan deal ahead of a permanent move when the transfer window opens in January.
The skillful midfielder's Argyle contract was due to expire next summer and Buzsaky, 25, had indicated that he would not sign a new deal.
Buzsaky will wear QPR's coveted number 10 shirt, which has previously been worn by the likes of Rodney Marsh, Stan Bowles and Roy Wegerle.
"I am really looking forward to playing here," Buzsaky told QPR's website.
"The fans seem to be very appreciative. You know if you play well, they will really support you."
Rangers have money to spend in the transfer market because of a takeover by a group fronted by Formula One magnates Flavio Briatore and Bernie Ecclestone.
The Championship club are also hoping to complete the permanent signing of on-loan Birmingham striker Rowan Vine BBC


QPR Official Site EXCLUSIVE: BUZSAKY JOINS
Posted on: Tue 30 Oct 2007
Queens Park Rangers Football Club are delighted to announce the two month loan signing of Hungarian international Akos Buzsaky, who has been handed the coveted No.10 shirt.
A dead-ball specialist with fantastic individual ability, Buzsaky becomes new First Team Coach Luigi De Canio's first signing and is expected to go straight into the R's squad for Saturday's Championship showdown against Hull City at Loftus Road.
Speaking exclusively to www.qpr.co.uk, the 25 year-old expressed his delight at the move, commenting: "I am really looking forward to playing here.
"It is a nice honour to be handed the No.10 shirt, but for me it is more important how you play rather than the shirt you wear.
"I haven't played a full match for three weeks, so I am excited at the prospect of playing against Hull City on Saturday."
R's fans know only too well the ability Buzsaky possesses. The Hungarian notched a contender for Championship goal of the season during the 1-1 draw between the two sides in October 2005.
It's an afternoon he recalls with some fondness.
"I remember the game really well," he added. "I opened the scoring with a nice goal, but Rangers equalised and the fans went crazy. As a visiting player, it was like hell!
"The QPR fans seem to be very appreciative. You know if you play well, they will really support you." QPR


QPR Official Site - IN PROFILE: AKOS BUZSAKY
A player with outstanding individual ability, Akos Buzsaky's talents were initially spotted by former Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho.
The self-dubbed 'Special One' paid Buzsaky's first professional Club, MTK Budapest, £400,000 to entice him to FC Porto in 2001.
Buzsaky made just four appearances for the Portuguese giants though and was sent out on loan to Academia de Coimbra.
Plymouth swooped to bring Buzsaky to Home Park on loan towards the conclusion of the 2004/05 campaign, and after suitably impressing, the deal was made permanent in the summer of 2005.
Buzsaky produced a string of stunning displays for the Pilgrims in his first full season at Home Park, but with Argyle struggling to retain their Championship status towards the latter end of the campaign, boss Tony Pulis used him sparingly.
Undeterred, the arrival of Ian Holloway into the Argyle hot-seat breathed new life into the 'Magical Magyar,' who made 40-plus appearances for the Pilgrims last season.
Prior to his arrival in W12, dead-ball specialist Buzsaky featured in all but three of Argyle's 16 matches to date in campaign 2007/08. QPR



PLYMOUTH OFFICIAL SITE


ÁKOS AWAY
Posted on: Tue 30 Oct 2007

ARGYLE midfielder Ákos Buzsáky is moving to the Pilgrims Championship rivals Queens Park Rangers.

The two clubs have agreed for the Hungarian international, whose contract with us had been due to expire at the end of the current season, to join Rangers on an emergency loan with a view to a permanent deal in the January transfer-window.

Speaking exclusively to www.qpr.co.uk, Ákos, 25, expressed his delight at the move, commenting: "I am really looking forward to playing here.

"It is a nice honour to be handed the No.10 shirt, but for me it is more important how you play, rather than the shirt you wear.

"I haven't played a full match for three weeks, so I am excited at the prospect of playing against Hull City on Saturday."

R's fans know only too well the ability Buzsaky possesses. The Hungarian notched a contender for Championship goal of the season during the 1-1 draw between the two sides in October 2005.

It is an afternoon he recalls with some fondness.

"I remember the game really well," he added. "I opened the scoring with a nice goal, but Rangers equalised and the fans went crazy. As a visiting player, it was like hell!

"The QPR fans seem to be very appreciative. You know if you play well, they will really support you."

Ákos, 25, joined Argyle, initially on loan, from FC Porto in January 2005 after impressing then manager Bobby Williamson during a behind-closed-doors friendly against Torquay United.

He went on to make 105 appearances for us, scoring eight goals, all from long-range, the most spectacular of which was a free-kick double during a 3-1 victory at Norwich last season.

He also became a full Hungarian international while at Home Park, winning the first of his seven caps two years ago against Malta in Budapest.

Former Hungarian Under-21 international captain Buzsáky had joined Porto under José Mourinho for £400,000 from home-town MTK Hungária FC in 2002.

He was loaned out to Portuguese Superliga side Academica de Coimbra in 2003-04, and had been playing for Porto's B side in the Portuguese Third Division prior to joining us.

Always popular with the Green Army - on the last day of his loan spell, fans held up signs urging the Board to buy him - contract talks with Ákos had reached stalemate in the days before QPR's move.

Without naming Ákos, manager Ian Holloway said: "I have given him what I think is a fantastic offer and I won't take kindly to it if it's turned down.

"There is a wrangle in amongst it concerning a third party who is supposed to be working for the player.

"I don't see what that person has done. It's a player we already had so why should I pay him anything?

"The rules state that I haven't got to, so I'm not going to. Why should I give him x amount of pounds, on top of what I have got to pay my player?

"We have made that player a fantastic offer. I'm proud of it, and so should he be.

"But you can only cut your cloth accordingly, and if people don't like it then go and play for someone else." Plymouth

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ÁKOS AWAY
Posted on: Tue 30 Oct 2007

ARGYLE midfielder Ákos Buzsáky is moving to the Pilgrims Championship rivals Queens Park Rangers.

The two clubs have agreed for the Hungarian international, whose contract with us had been due to expire at the end of the current season, to join Rangers on an emergency loan with a view to a permanent deal in the January transfer-window.

Speaking exclusively to www.qpr.co.uk, Ákos, 25, expressed his delight at the move, commenting: "I am really looking forward to playing here.

"It is a nice honour to be handed the No.10 shirt, but for me it is more important how you play, rather than the shirt you wear.

"I haven't played a full match for three weeks, so I am excited at the prospect of playing against Hull City on Saturday."

R's fans know only too well the ability Buzsaky possesses. The Hungarian notched a contender for Championship goal of the season during the 1-1 draw between the two sides in October 2005.

It is an afternoon he recalls with some fondness.

"I remember the game really well," he added. "I opened the scoring with a nice goal, but Rangers equalised and the fans went crazy. As a visiting player, it was like hell!

"The QPR fans seem to be very appreciative. You know if you play well, they will really support you."

Ákos, 25, joined Argyle, initially on loan, from FC Porto in January 2005 after impressing then manager Bobby Williamson during a behind-closed-doors friendly against Torquay United.

He went on to make 105 appearances for us, scoring eight goals, all from long-range, the most spectacular of which was a free-kick double during a 3-1 victory at Norwich last season.

He also became a full Hungarian international while at Home Park, winning the first of his seven caps two years ago against Malta in Budapest.

Former Hungarian Under-21 international captain Buzsáky had joined Porto under José Mourinho for £400,000 from home-town MTK Hungária FC in 2002.

He was loaned out to Portuguese Superliga side Academica de Coimbra in 2003-04, and had been playing for Porto's B side in the Portuguese Third Division prior to joining us.

Always popular with the Green Army - on the last day of his loan spell, fans held up signs urging the Board to buy him - contract talks with Ákos had reached stalemate in the days before QPR's move.

Without naming Ákos, manager Ian Holloway said: "I have given him what I think is a fantastic offer and I won't take kindly to it if it's turned down.

"There is a wrangle in amongst it concerning a third party who is supposed to be working for the player.

"I don't see what that person has done. It's a player we already had so why should I pay him anything?

"The rules state that I haven't got to, so I'm not going to. Why should I give him x amount of pounds, on top of what I have got to pay my player?

"We have made that player a fantastic offer. I'm proud of it, and so should he be.

"But you can only cut your cloth accordingly, and if people don't like it then go and play for someone else."

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Buzasky Talks About Why He's Joining QPR
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Plymouth Herald - 30/10/2007 - Akos: I need a new challenge

Argyle midfielder Akos Buzsaky tells today why he has decided to pull the plug on his three years with the Pilgrims - and head off to the bright lights of west London.
The talented 25-year-old Hungarian international was '99 per cent certain' last night that he would be starting a new chapter in his footballing career with Argyle's Championship rivals, Queens Park Rangers.
Buzsaky, medical and other formalities permitting, is due to sign a loan deal with Rangers which would see him at the Loftus Road club until January 1.
And if all goes well, he will become the first signing of new Rangers boss Luigi de Canio, the 50-year-old former manager of Udinese, Napoli, Reggina, Genoa and - most recently - Siena in Serie A when the transfer window opens in the new year.
Former Porto player Buzsaky last night admitted he was excited by the prospect of a new challenge.
He joined the Pilgrims in a £270,000 transfer from Porto in 2005.
But Buzsaky added: "For me, Plymouth will always be in my heart before Porto.
"I have been here in Plymouth for three years and I've had a brilliant time.
"I've really enjoyed my time here, but in a football career, sometimes you need a new challenge.
"I think I had a good spell in Plymouth - we had some success and I had good periods and bad periods."
Buzsaky added: "Last week, I didn't know anything about this opportunity, but then I found out that they (QPR) really wanted me, which is really important." Buzsaky, who had not featured in Argyle's 2-0 defeat at Preston North End on Saturday, had been mulling over the offer of a new deal with the Pilgrims over the weekend.
He told Herald Sport: "I think Plymouth is happy with the deal (with QPR).
"The choice was that I signed a new deal with Plymouth, or tried myself at a different club.
"It was a difficult decision to make, because I have my friends in Plymouth and I was settled there.
"I am looking forward to the new challenge, but I was happy down there and it was an emotional decision to have to make.
"I always felt really important at Plymouth - I played regularly and had more than 100 games for Plymouth at a very good level, while it wasn't the same at Porto.
"Some of the highlights were signing the deal to play for Plymouth, then I had seven or eight good games for Tony Pulis, then got injured, then when Ollie (Holloway) came along, I had six or seven good games, then I got injured.
"I had a good season so far this season as well and I played well at West Ham (in the Carling Cup) and at QPR."
Buzsaky said he was looking forward to working with de Canio, whose appointment at Loftus Road was announced shortly before the Hungarian revealed he was going to QPR.
Buzsaky said: "It's important that I'm the first signing for the new manager.
"He's Italian and has managed in Italy and his teams play more my sort of game than we played in Plymouth."
He added: "Footballers have a short career and probably make four or five important decisions in that time. "This is one of them and hopefully it will turn out right" Plymouth Herald



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Plymouth Herald - 29/10/2007 - Akos considers his future at Argyle
Plymouth Argyle midfielder Akos Buzsaky has spent the weekend weighing up his future.
The Hungarian international was dropped from the Pilgrims' squad for their 2-0 defeat at Preston North End on Saturday after talks over a new contract stalled.
Buzsaky has been offered a deal until June 2010 which would make him one of the top paid players at Home Park.
But Argyle manager Ian Holloway has confirmed that another club want to sign Buzsaky, who will be out of contract next summer and could then leave on a Bosman transfer.
There is strong speculation that Championship rivals Queens Park Rangers could be chasing the 25-year-old.
Should Buzsaky not accept Argyle's final 'take it or leave it' offer, the Pilgrims will almost certainly loan him out with a view to a permanent move when the transfer window reopens at the start of January.
That way they will receive a fee for Buzsaky, who cost them £270,000 when he signed for Argyle in 2005, rather than lose him for nothing.
QPR are thought to be keen on capturing Buzsaky after his impressive performance against them when the Pilgrims won 2-0 at Loftus Road in September.
Holloway said: "We have made Akos a very good offer for us.

"But another club have come in and made a very generous offer for someone who will be out-of-contract, so he's considering his future."
When asked whether QPR were the club interested in Buzsaky, Holloway was non-committal.
He said: "You can speculate on whoever you want. It could be Real Madrid. It's irrelevant. I'm trying to build something here and we are sort of waiting and seeing really."
Buzsaky did not travel with the Argyle squad when they flew from Plymouth to Manchester on Friday afternoon.
Holloway said: "I have given him the weekend to contemplate what he wants to do. I have had a long chat with the player and I feel I have been as generous as I can.
"I have tried to convince him that I want him to stay, whether he's in the team or not, because I'm trying to build a squad.
"He's talking to me about some issues that he might have, and how long he has been here, and he's going to think about it over the weekend.
"It's a big decision for any footballer, and I told him he couldn't make his mind up unless he met the other people.
"I want people who want to be with me and who want to play for me and my club because that's where your heart is.
"I saw (former Chelsea manager) Jose Mourinho on the TV the other night. It was a great programme.
"He talked about being in love with wherever you are. It was fantastic. That's what it's all about. You have got to believe."
Should Buzsaky leave the Pilgrims, he could be followed by some others out the exit door at Home Park.
Holloway said: "I have been here (at Argyle) for 16 months and I have been delighted with my lads so far. I think they have come on in leaps and bounds.
"But I'm likely to lose one or two of them - possibly - through situations which aren't my fault, or my directors' fault.
"Other people are now looking enviously at Plymouth Argyle, and the more we play like we did against Charlton last week (when Argyle won 2-1) the more people will say, 'Hang on, they have got some good players'.
"Other people will be trying to nick them, but they will have to come through me first.
"If a player doesn't want to stay with me then he can go with my blessing because I'm all about commitment. Any relationship has to start and finish there."
Holloway indicated a decision about Buzsaky's future would be made in the next couple of days.
He added: "I told you a few weeks ago, I'm going to have one of those seasons.
"This will be the biggest test I have ever had as a manager, but I'm going to have one of those seasons. Herald

See also Plymouth Official Site "OctoberÁKOS UPDATE
Posted on: Sat 27 Oct 2007

ÁKOS Buzsáky has been given the weekend to decide his immediate future.

The Hungarian midfielder was omitted from Argyle's trip to Preston on Saturday, with manager Ian Holloway admitting he has received "a very generous offer" for Buzsáky, whose Pilgrims' contract is up in the summer and who has so far declined Ollie's overtures.

"He's contemplating his future," said Ollie, in the wake of the 2-0 Coca-Cola Championship defeat at Deepdale.

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"We've had a very good offer, for us. Someone has come in and made a very generous offer for someone who's out of contract.

"I've given him the weekend to contemplate what he wants to do. I had a long chat with the player and feel I've been as generous as I can.

"I've tried to convince him that I want him to stay, whether he's in the team or not, because I'm trying to build a squad and I'm trying to reward his good behaviour with a contract.

"He's talking to me about some issues that he might have, and he's going to think about it overnight. It's a big decision for any footballer.

"I want people who want to be with me and who want to play for my club, that's where your heart is. [Jose] Mourhino talked about being in love with where you are. Fantastic."
27, 2007

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STATS

1999–2002 MTK Budapest 53 (5)
2002–2005 Porto 3 (0)
2003–2004 → Académica (loan) 11 (0)
2005 → Plymouth Argyle (loan) 15 (1)
2005–2008 Plymouth Argyle 81 (7)
2007 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 12 (6)
2008–2012 Queens Park Rangers 102 (17)
2012–2013 Portsmouth 6 (0)
2012 → Barnsley (loan) 5 (0)
2013– Ferencváros 4 (0)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81kos_Buzs%C3%A1ky

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