Sav staying put
The most hated man in English football is staying with the Premiership's most consistently belittled team. That's right - Robbie Savage is staying put, after it was revealed that John Williams actually had received a bid from near neighbours and Premiership rivals Wigan Athletic for the influential Welshman. Apparently Rovers were offered a cool £1million plus wantaway striker Jason Roberts for Sav and found it very easy to tell Paul Jewell to bugger off. It's the right decision even though at times in his brief spell with Rovers, Robbie has failed to live up to his billing. After the car crash that was his transfer from Birmingham, the man who once described himself as "the Welsh David Beckham" is finally finding his feet. Let's hope he keeps improving and we aren't left to rue the departure of the wrong Welshman this summer.
With the out door bolted, who is knocking at the in door?
The latest rumour is that Franny Jeffers is being lined up to be one of our Bellamy replacements. Cue hoots of derision from football fans everywhere that this former England international and once £8m rated striker is being given another crack at the Premiership after being dumped by Charlton and having failed so conspicuously at Arsenal. You will have to forgive thecisone from reserving judgement. Hughes rehabilitated Bellamy, Reid, Todd and Bentley to lesser or greater degrees and while the same can't be said of Jansen or Emerton we need to see what magic Sparky can perform with young Francis. An important caveat worth adding is that nobody would want to see Jeffers at Ewood on a big money deal. If he comes, he has to earn the shirt and the pay packet - one year contract with performance clauses - or he is free to continue being courted by Coventry.
There's no more news on the big name transfer targets being linked with Rovers. Carlton Cole was widely expected to sign for West Ham on Friday from Chelsea, but nothing happened. And a deal with Roma for Mido - perhaps the one player who would give Hughes a genuine replacement for Bellamy - does not appear to have progressed any. Let's hope we have something to celebrate this summer other than England lifting the World Cup.
With the out door bolted, who is knocking at the in door?
The latest rumour is that Franny Jeffers is being lined up to be one of our Bellamy replacements. Cue hoots of derision from football fans everywhere that this former England international and once £8m rated striker is being given another crack at the Premiership after being dumped by Charlton and having failed so conspicuously at Arsenal. You will have to forgive thecisone from reserving judgement. Hughes rehabilitated Bellamy, Reid, Todd and Bentley to lesser or greater degrees and while the same can't be said of Jansen or Emerton we need to see what magic Sparky can perform with young Francis. An important caveat worth adding is that nobody would want to see Jeffers at Ewood on a big money deal. If he comes, he has to earn the shirt and the pay packet - one year contract with performance clauses - or he is free to continue being courted by Coventry.
There's no more news on the big name transfer targets being linked with Rovers. Carlton Cole was widely expected to sign for West Ham on Friday from Chelsea, but nothing happened. And a deal with Roma for Mido - perhaps the one player who would give Hughes a genuine replacement for Bellamy - does not appear to have progressed any. Let's hope we have something to celebrate this summer other than England lifting the World Cup.
posted by The CIS One at 1:02 AM
2 Comments:
I dunno about Pongo. He seemed to be all promise and no punch. Granted he's young but he didn't seem to have anything that the much under-rated Paul Gallagher doesn't have, and we already have him on the books. I'm with you on Mido - I'd love to see him in blue and white halves, but he's holding out for a £1m plus salary deal with the Roma board having agreed to let him go for a £3.5m transfer fee. I hadn't heard about Baros. He looked the part when we went to Villa Park last year. Where do you reckon all this leave Mr Honest Toil himself, Shefki Kuqi? Permanent benchwarming?
There are stories doing the rounds about a deal for Kuqi from Coventry in this morning's English papers. I would be sorry to see him go - despite the fact that I'm fairly sure that he is not technically gifted enough - because he has heart and commitment in a way that most other pros don't. A million quid is a lot of money - might even pay Mido's wages for a year!
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