Transfer Rumours (July 2008 Window)

[Candystripe]

I have heard Tommy Stewart has signed for Derry.


A great signing.

I dont believe the money involved though.

[headtheball]

I have heard Tommy Stewart has signed for Derry.


Confirmed.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/irish/7460772.stm

[Steve Bruce]

A great signing.

I dont believe the money involved though.

He isn't a winger, if he plays up front you have a very good technically sound player.

I believe he can be a real hit with DCFC. I wish him all the best and hope he doesn't come back to haunt Linfield

[Krstic]

He isn't a winger, if he plays up front you have a very good technically sound player.

I believe he can be a real hit with DCFC. I wish him all the best and hope he doesn't come back to haunt Linfield


If he does sign for us, can he play in the Setanta cup or is he cup-tied.?

[Steve Bruce]

If he does sign for us, can he play in the Setanta cup or is he cup-tied.?

I would imagine he is cup-tied as he was registered with us at the start of the season.

But I do not know for certain.

Will he get a chance at DC considering the strikers you have?

By the way it is official that he has signed for yous. Check out bbc.co.uk/ni

[D.U.F.C Daire]

According to our forum, Kudozovic is joining us on the 1st of July.

[sligofan4ever]

According to our forum, Kudozovic is joining us on the 1st of July.

How much was offered for him ? And isnt Faz supposed to be part of a swap deal.

[Krstic]

I would imagine he is cup-tied as he was registered with us at the start of the season.

But I do not know for certain.

Will he get a chance at DC considering the strikers you have?

I think he will, Sammon hasn't set the world alight, Farren & McHugh don't seem to play well together.


By the way it is official that he has signed for yous. Check out bbc.co.uk/ni

Think they may have jumped the gun, not official yet according to the club.

[D.U.F.C Daire]

How much was offered for him ? And isnt Faz supposed to be part of a swap deal.

No mention of a price,, and the people saying they heard this, said there was no mention of a swap involved.

[Rovers fan]

And isnt Faz supposed to be part of a swap deal.

how many times do you need to be told that we aren't bringing anybody in during the transfer window.

[sligoman]

According to our forum, Kudozovic is joining us on the 1st of July.Hoepfully it's true but according to our assistant manager in today's paper, no offer has been received for him.

[superfrank]

Hoepfully it's true but according to our assistant manager in today's paper, no offer has been received for him.
Huh??

[sligoman]

Huh??
Money for the club,
Getting rid of player who doesn't want to be here,
Plus he hasn't done great this season.

[Rovers fan]

Huh??

Sligoman isn't faz's number one fan!

[sligoman]

Sligoman isn't faz's number one fan!Among the other reasons I've stated;).

[forza rovers]

Sligoman isn't faz's number one fan!i don't blame him.he dose not want to be here.i saw it after 5 mins against finn harps in the friendly.

[headtheball]

Paddy McCourt in Glasgow today for talks with Celtic. By all accounts ( Radio foyle) it's a far better deal for Derry City...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/irish/7462901.stm

[Flexy]

Paddy McCourt in Glasgow today for talks with Celtic. By all accounts ( Radio foyle) it's a far better deal for Derry City...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/irish/7462901.stm
Heard that myself money plus a friendly would be good. the friendly would probably generate more than the fee itself

[Steve Bruce]

DCFC could possibly put in the deal for first refusal for any players coming home to this island. I'm sure Celtic have quite a few players from here.

[ndrog]

Paddy McCourt in Glasgow today for talks with Celtic. By all accounts ( Radio foyle) it's a far better deal for Derry City...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/irish/7462901.stm

Intersting stuff re Mc Court ! If he becomes a Celtic player it will make his Northern Ireland call up a dead cert then wont it :confused:

[headtheball]

The Mccourt WBA deal is off.

http://www.wba.premiumtv.co.uk/page/News/0,,10366~1330938,00.html

The deal with Celtic is undertood to include 2 friendly's with full 1st team squad guarenteed for both games and a gala dinner. Excellent money making events for our coffers.

[Dodge]

Intersting stuff re Mc Court ! If he becomes a Celtic player it will make his Northern Ireland call up a dead cert then wont it :confused:

Klye Lafferty wouldn't have been dropped if he had've signed

[Flexy]

The Mccourt WBA deal is off.

http://www.wba.premiumtv.co.uk/page/News/0,,10366~1330938,00.html

The deal with Celtic is undertood to include 2 friendly's with full 1st team squad guarenteed for both games and a gala dinner. Excellent money making events for our coffers.

Is there still a fee involved

[ndrog]

Klye Lafferty wouldn't have been dropped if he had've signed


Good point but there is a difference in being called up and being dropped .

[Spoons]

McCourt was being looked at by Derry but Celtic won't be bidding....good source!!:rolleyes:

[Dassa]

Intersting stuff re Mc Court ! If he becomes a Celtic player it will make his Northern Ireland call up a dead cert then wont it :confused:

what are you on about? :confused:

[scottish_bohs]

Glasgow's Evening Times: "Celtic's offer of £150,000 will rise to £250,000 depending on his success in Glasgow."

[DRDoc]

Does Strachan see McCourt as a replacement for McGeady i wonder?

[daniel]

McCourt was being looked at by Derry but Celtic won't be bidding....good source!!:rolleyes:

Not a very good source!!

[Martinho II]

good move for mccourt.. that was kept very quiet by celtic... interestin to see how he does???

[Martinho II]

http://www.celticfc.net/news/stories/news_190608165127.aspx

link to celtics website including some pictures...

[sligofan4ever]

good move for mccourt.. that was kept very quiet by celtic... interestin to see how he does???

its been on SKYSPORTSNEWS all day.

[Dassa]

absolutely delighted for Paddy. Great move and to a club he supports, which can make the differance. I wish him all the best and hope he shows this time across the water just how good he is.

[Spoons]

Only keeping others off the scent Daniel until it was signed and sealed!;)

[bigmac]

From today's Irish Times. Just as a matter of interest, what do Northern observers think of his chances of an international call up, and with him moving to Celtic, what are the chances of a Neil Lennon style situation occurring again?


DERRY CITY midfielder Pat McCourt completed a surprise move to Celtic last night. The 24-year-old agreed personal terms with the Scottish Premier League giants and passed a medical at Glasgow's Ross Hall hospital before signing a three-year contract.

The deal follows a late move by the Scottish champions for the Northern Ireland international who had been in the latter stages of signing with West Brom. Talks aimed at finalising his move to the Hawthorns had been nearing a conclusion on Wednesday when Celtic made their interest known. The player left almost immediately for Glasgow.

McCourt's change of destination is good news for City who, having resigned themselves to losing their most naturally gifted player whose contract ran only until the end of the current Irish league season, have been trying to maximise their return on his departure.

Though the player had negotiated personal terms with the newly-promoted English club, Derry officials had been deeply unhappy with the £50,000 (€64,000) they were due to receive. Both are now set to do considerably better as a result of Celtic's intervention.

In City's case, the initial fee involved has doubled to around £100,000 (€128,000) plus a similar amount when he plays 10 first team games. In addition, Celtic have agreed to play a two friendly matches in Derry, one on October 7th and one in July of 2009.

Those are potentially worth more than £250,000 (€318,000) to the League of Ireland outfit. McCourt is also believed to have been offered significantly better terms.

Former Northern Ireland boss, Sammy McIlroy, who managed McCourt during his time with Rochdale expressed the hope that the move to Scotland would enable the 24-year-old to fulfil his immense potential.

"I had him as a young boy and, when he played at Rochdale, you could see the ability and skill he had straight away," he said. "It was a matter of sticking at it and I was shocked he didn't kick on, to be honest.

"People were talking about him going on to become a big international player at that time. Maybe it all just came too soon for him. But Gordon Strachan is at Celtic and hopefully he can get him playing to his strengths again."

[Krstic]

From today's Irish Times. Just as a matter of interest, what do Northern observers think of his chances of an international cacll up, and with him moving to Celtic, what are the chances of a Neil Lennon style situation occurring again?

I think he'll certainly be called up.
As for the Neil Lennon situation, I think he'll take some stick, only time will tell if it's as bad as the crap lennon endured.

[amjl]

Doesn't McCourt play in the same position as McGeady? Celtic must be expecting McGeady to be leaving soon....

[DmanDmythDledge]

Doesn't McCourt play in the same position as McGeady? Celtic must be expecting McGeady to be leaving soon....
I'd say he will be cover for McGeady- Celtic seems to have very few left wingers. Great move for McCourt- Strachan is a great coach and will certainly get the best out of him.

[sligofan4ever]

McCourt has been looked at by Northern Ireland scout and there ready to offer him a place in the team this is a great step forward for him if playing for his country happens. he deserves too.

[Dassa]

Im a NI fan and I have always thought paddy should be in the squad. I think he might even get a run out in the scotland friendly. I realy cant see there being any issue with paddy playing for celtic as we have had Michael McGovern play at windsor and he was until recently a celtic player. there may be a few idiots choose to shout out c..p but the true fans will easily drownd that out as Paddy scores the goal that leads us to South Africa:D

[Flexy]

Im a NI fan and I have always thought paddy should be in the squad. I think he might even get a run out in the scotland friendly. I realy cant see there being any issue with paddy playing for celtic as we have had Michael McGovern play at windsor and he was until recently a celtic player. there may be a few idiots choose to shout out c..p but the true fans will easily drownd that out as Paddy scores the goal that leads us to South Africa:D
Good call

[Boo_Boy]

Im a NI fan and I have always thought paddy should be in the squad. I think he might even get a run out in the scotland friendly. I realy cant see there being any issue with paddy playing for celtic as we have had Michael McGovern play at windsor and he was until recently a celtic player. there may be a few idiots choose to shout out c..p but the true fans will easily drownd that out as Paddy scores the goal that leads us to South Africa:D


have you arranged a friendly with them too?:p

[TonyD]

Just something that intrigued me. Why did Celtic come in with an offer that was so much in excess of what WBA were offering ? I'm sure it wasn't out of the goodness of their hearts that they willingly paid so much extra for a player that they probably would have got for more or less the same as WBA were offering. Or was it ?

[Martinho II]

its been on SKYSPORTSNEWS all day.

for those that see it !! i dont have access to it as I work in a call centre all day!!:(

[Longfordian]

What do you want them to do? Ring you at the call centre?.

[sligoman]

He'll be a flop over there I think.

[Rovers fan]

He'll be a flop over there I think.

Much and all as I'd love to see him achieve,He will find it tough to get into the 1st team and the confidence could go. Hope he does well though,if he gets a good run in the 1st team who knows!

[sligofan4ever]

He'll be a flop over there I think.

Wouldnt say that so soon i'd judge him after a couple of games.

[Martinho II]

What do you want them to do? Ring you at the call centre?.

yeah please!!:rolleyes:

[Longfordian]

Was just joking Martinho. Maybe I should have had a :). Apologies for any offence.