O'Callaghan to leave Cork City

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Originally Posted by jebus

Reports saying he was released by Cork? Did he have a clause in his contract saying he could leave if an English side came in for him?

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No, it was a mutual termination. George wanted to go, Mathews wanted an extra few grand to sign players with, ce sera.

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Originally Posted by GavinZac

No, it was a mutual termination. George wanted to go, Mathews wanted an extra few grand to sign players with, ce sera.

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seems odd not to ask for even 50k for him though wouldn't you agree? Surely Tranmere would have stumped up a fee like that if they were interested, Georgie would still have left and Cork would still have his wages freed, but with a bit of pocket money for their trouble

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Originally Posted by jebus

seems odd not to ask for even 50k for him though wouldn't you agree? Surely Tranmere would have stumped up a fee like that if they were interested, Georgie would still have left and Cork would still have his wages freed, but with a bit of pocket money for their trouble

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The problem is the wage cap; the owner's wouldn't be too arsed about 50k. I think it was a case of George wanting to leave ASAP before his kid is born and Mathew's wanting to offload him before the CEO is in place to ok/veto the termination. George wasn't Mathews' signing so I'd imagine he's not too worried. There were a few veiled references to "no star in the team, everybody putting their head down and working" in interviews of Mathews at the time but it just seems to be a case of it suiting everyone to see George go. 50k wouldn't mean too much to Arkaga but they've already voiced their concern about the 65% cap.

On Tranmere's website its down as an 'undisclosed fee' while others are 'free transfers'....Maybe we got a tenner for him or something.

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Originally Posted by micls

On Tranmere's website its down as an 'undisclosed fee' while others are 'free transfers'....Maybe we got a tenner for him or something.

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Possibly. Maybe the "mutual termination" story is a ruse to maintain our high value standards? Much better to say our last transfer is Roy for €700k than George for €30k. If we're rejecting €150k for Meyler though I can't see that we'd be in a rush to bite off someone's hand for a few grand.

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Originally Posted by jebus

Reports saying he was released by Cork? Did he have a clause in his contract saying he could leave if an English side came in for him?

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Nope, mutual agreement.

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Originally Posted by micls

On Tranmere's website its down as an 'undisclosed fee' while others are 'free transfers'....Maybe we got a tenner for him or something.

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I believe we may have a few boxes of old scouser wigs which City intend to sell as Doug Howlett wigs outside Musgrave Park. :p

http://gaijintonic.files.wordpress.c...04/scouser.jpg

http://www.rbs6nations.com/images/news/Doug-Howlett.jpg

city should definitely have pushed for a few quid for him