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monkey magic
24/07/2006, 6:30 PM
Shels turn down Byrne offer
July 24, 2006 - eleven a side.com
eircom League title favourites Shelbourne have turned down an offer from an unspecified club for Irish international striker Jason Byrne.
Byrne took his tally for the season to 17 goals in all competitions with a double in the 6-0 win over UCD on Friday night.
The 28-year-old is now on 11 league goals, three clear of his nearest rival, crocked Drogheda United star Declan O’Brien, and looking odds-on to secure the league’s top marksman prize for the fourth season running.
Byrne, who won a second senior cap for Ireland against Chile in May, attracted a €500,000 bid from Swedish big guns Djurgardens during the winter and his current level of form has brought more interest, with an unnamed Danish club said to have lodged a bid with Shels last week.
Manager Pat Fenlon told the Irish Daily Mirror: “The situation is that a club has made an offer. I put that offer to our board, who turned it down. I spoke to Jason and he has to come back to me to tell me what he wants to do. I hope we can hang on to him.”
anyone know who the mysterious club is? most likely odense id imagine..
Poor Student
24/07/2006, 6:34 PM
Leyton Orient were reported to be interested in him a little while back in the tabloids.
More than likely Odense, but you never know!
Risteard
24/07/2006, 11:45 PM
I'd say you're right there
joema
25/07/2006, 12:15 AM
If it is true (that a bid has been made) maybe Shels arent in as bad a situation as we think
More likely that Shelbourne just released that story so that any club who might be interested in Byrne would think there is a race to sign him and rush a bid for him.
Unless you believe the "all is rosey" hogwash that comes out of the Shelbourne fans and Ollie's boys who post here.
Have to admit that was the first thing i thought of too!! Oily looking for some cash pronto!
If it is true (that a bid has been made) maybe Shels arent in as bad a situation as we think
Or in a worse situation and have to talk up the bidding. Don't forget Bray still due half the fee, which has proved a major stumbling block in the past.
Dodge
25/07/2006, 10:59 AM
At Tolka Park yesterday all was sweetness and light, Ollie Byrne and the PFAI confirming the wages issue had been successfully resolved and the club's chief executive offering guarantees to his staff there would be no repeat of the difficulties that had prompted squad members and backroom staff to take limited industrial action in recent weeks.
Despite the problems Byrne remains bullish about the club's future, insisting (as he has done for a couple of months now) a multi-million-euro investment is close to being finalised. Talks are also well advanced in relation to a move to Santry stadium, where the club expect to secure a lease long enough to allow freedom to develop the stadium into a home capable of generating considerable revenue.
Clonliffe Harriers and Athletics Ireland have received assurances their access to the stadium will be unaffected, which means the Fingal County Council-backed redevelopment will have to be staggered over a number of years. Byrne, however, now believes an application to rezone Tolka Park will be made by Christmas.
There is a certain urgency about it all given a consortium led by Ossie Kilkenny has already paid for first refusal on the site. The deal was struck several years ago but the group has since made a number of payments that have allowed Shelbourne to make up their annual trading deficit, and with each passing year, it is feared, the final sale will be worth significantly less in real terms.
Given their problems this season, few would now argue that Shelbourne have any real option but to sell up and set up shop elsewhere. The details of the Santry deal, if and when it is concluded, will be interesting though, because the club have already toyed with two agreements that would have resulted in moves to green-field sites as well as the proposed ground-sharing deal with Bohemians.
And while many neutrals who wish Shelbourne well from afar because of the club's importance to Irish football would respect Byrne's ability to keep the show on the road in what have often been difficult circumstances, it would surely be preferable if the likes of Finbarr Flood, Colin Murphy and Shay Weafer - all highly respected within the game - had not resigned from the club's management committee just when such fundamental decisions in relation to the club's future were about to be taken.
Not strictly the same but surely related
BohsFans
25/07/2006, 1:18 PM
Finbarr Flood, Colin Murphy and Shay Weafer
When did they resign?
Who's on the board now?
green-blood
25/07/2006, 6:38 PM
ok so lets make this very clear to the shels fans, AGAIN
Ollie sold your soul to the property developer devils, "some years ago", since when the value of any rezoning led lease sale profit has been eroded by having that same devil pay off your favoured clusb debts/tax laibilities every year. The devil now wants his pound of flesh, in desperation a share deal at Dalymount was proposed, when that failed, the rest of the board with an interest resigned and Ollie is dragging yee off to an uncertain future in Santry.
Your favoured club is living beyond its means, honestly God help yis.
BohDiddley
25/07/2006, 9:11 PM
Not strictly the same but surely related
Why does that piece refer to Shels as the biggest club in the country?
Aaron
25/07/2006, 11:22 PM
Why does that piece refer to Shels as the biggest club in the country?
Who is then?? Used to be Shels, Rovers and Bohs. Cork maybe even us!! Who knows??
nshoop
25/07/2006, 11:27 PM
maybe even us!! ?
NO,in this country!:D (maggie thatchers red and white army):p
higgins
26/07/2006, 1:14 AM
More likely that Shelbourne just released that story so that any club who might be interested in Byrne would think there is a race to sign him and rush a bid for him.
Unless you believe the "all is rosey" hogwash that comes out of the Shelbourne fans and Ollie's boys who post here.
Spot on!!!
Jeeeeeeez its hard to get anything by you ....
Caught out again
Whens Crowe going to Bohs?
Whens Crowe going to Drogheda?
Whens Moore going to Bohs?
Whens Ndo going to Drogheda?
When is the 24th of July, the day all Shels players are free to walk to other clubs?
Full of sh!t
Risteard
26/07/2006, 1:30 AM
That's ironic given that you came on here claiming Georgie was begging Shels for a contract without proof.
Typical Shels double standards.
higgins
26/07/2006, 1:34 AM
What in the way of proof are you talking about?
I was told by someone at Tolka....
Who? Im not going to say but if you thought I was going to post up the recorded phone conversation your mad!
It happened,
deal with it...
Wheres George anyway ??
Risteard
26/07/2006, 1:43 AM
What in the way of proof are you talking about?
Anything that would indicate you weren't talking crap.
I was told by someone at Tolka....
Cleaning lady?
Dunno where the boy George is.
Probably getting the cans in with his Shels friends for the big Champions League match.
:p
NO,in this country! (maggie thatchers red and white army)
AAHH ****S OFFF!!!:D :D :D
When is the 24th of July, the day all Shels players are free to walk to other clubs?
Full of sh!t
FFS higgins
At Tolka Park yesterday all was sweetness and light, Ollie Byrne and the PFAI confirming the wages issue had been successfully resolved and the club's chief executive offering guarantees to his staff there would be no repeat of the difficulties that had prompted squad members and backroom staff to take limited industrial action in recent weeks.
Of coure he's maiking it up as well, they were owed money and they got paid. From what I've heard Ollie got a bridging loan last week, hoping to pay it off with the Sunderland money.
higgins
27/07/2006, 5:27 PM
FFS higgins
Of coure he's maiking it up as well, they were owed money and they got paid. From what I've heard Ollie got a bridging loan last week, hoping to pay it off with the Sunderland money.
I was talking about the fact you lot thought come the 24th it would be a free for all.
Maybe not so much on here but go to the Bohs message board and they are talking about Crowe coming back to them on the 24th.
I never said nothing was wrong and deadlines were not set.
It was not the death of Shels as some predicted.
Im sick of saying this but when you all get a shels story you take away some of the facts and blow it up into some major story. Some of the crap posted here about shels is crazy.
I notice you failed to copy and paste some other parts of my post, like the parts where the players have signed pre contract agreements!! where are they now??
Considering Jusy was the month where shels would meet their maker its nice to have had some convincing wins the past couple of weeks and everyone happy in the camp!!
Sure some Cork lads thought Kearney done Shels a favour as they couldnt pay his wages :) Dodge even you would have to admit that the National Enquirer wouldnt make up some of the stories that are posted here about shels.
Small bits of information get out and its turned into something its not.
Seems shels will go begging to everyone before selling their assets to pay their debts. If ye end up in Santry will kill youse...
higgins
27/07/2006, 6:54 PM
Seems shels will go begging to everyone before selling their assets to pay their debts. If ye end up in Santry will kill youse...
Why exactly?
What is the difference between Tolka and Santry.
Both positive and negative please.
Even if Tolka is one of the better grounds in the league, its still a dump when you look at it.
We can do better at Santry.
A face
27/07/2006, 9:13 PM
Why exactly?
What is the difference between Tolka and Santry.
Both positive
What say what now ??
and negative please.
Where do you start on something like this ??
Even if Tolka is one of the better grounds in the league, its still a dump when you look at it.
We can do better at Santry.
:eek: Aih-carumba :eek:
higgins
27/07/2006, 10:23 PM
What say what now ??
Where do you start on something like this ??
:eek: Aih-carumba :eek:
Do you have a point to make?
Please do and stop with your nonsense.
There are positive and negative sides to moving to Santry.
Weighing them up is important, comments like 'where do you start' are silly.
When I say we can do better then Tolka im talking about the amount of space available for us in Santry compared to Tolka. Its possible to develop a ground there capable of holding top class eircom league football and holding more then the early stages of european competition.
Its not wrapped up and presented in a big bow to us but with some work it could be better than what Tolka is today.
If you cant see that theres nothing I can do for you.
TheOwl
01/08/2006, 12:41 PM
There is an Aalborg fan on Shelsweb claiming they are lining up a €500K bid for Jayo
Jason Byrne is probably at his peak now in eL terms. I think his transfer fee is at its peak too. I am sure if there was no cut for Bray that Ollie would have sold Byrne for 500-600k already.
The sad thing is he will get into the international squad automatically if he moves.
He's in it anyway Pete. Moves aabroad (non UK) have usually hurt a players international career (Mahon, Babb, Foley etc)
BohsPartisan
02/08/2006, 8:01 AM
In terms of Babb it was just general cr@pness that harmed his international career.
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