Could be an inspired move for him.
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Could be an inspired move for him.
According to sportinglife Blackburn have just signed him for 3 million.
In fact is says "more than £3million" so maybe it's 10 or 20 or even more? :)
Great business for Newcastle and if Brackburn are willing to pay so much for him it looks like they want him as a starter.
Hope it all works out well; a season in the Championship playing regularly and scoring goals would do him the world of good.
Lets see if he can deliver.
http://www.sportinglife.com/football...p-up-best-deal
do him good to be playing regularly
I don't understand why the fee was so high, I thought he'd be available to anyone willing to take on his wages. Surely he must have taken a wage cut to drop down a division?
It depends what wage he was on at Newcastle. Newcastle are traditionally a big club, but having signed when they were in the Championship under Ashley he might not have been on big money. As far as the fee goes, he's a proven striker at Premier League level. 3 million isn't a lot of money for a player like that.
The days of championship clubs spending anything over £5 million on a single player are gone, surely? Unless there are top flight clubs competing for you, you're not going for any more than that. Wel, unless you're English and under 21, in which case multiply everything by five.Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
Lot of potential pitfalls to this one, I always felt it vital Blackburn cling to top flight status as they have small attendances, old stadium, bigger neighbours very close by, and could spend a long while outside top flight if they went down. Just a feeling, I'd like to be wrong on it now Best is there. I also thought Best had done enough to remain a top flight player, Hughton at Norwich which would have been an ideal link up. Blackburn also have a manager the fans hate, and owners also, and protests that even the local MP got involved in last season.
But, nothing a 20 goal season following a great start wouldn't fix.
Yep, I think Blackburn could be the next Portsmouth. Still, I said the the same about Newcastle.
I don't think he is proven at premier league level, the newcastle fans don't rate him and see him as someone of sporadic worth and injury prone. Championship was always his level imo. His scoring rate had been good but I think there was a deal of good fortune for a lot of those, the fan certainly don't rate him as highly as the stats suggest. He was right to move and hopefully blackburn sort themselves out for his sake.Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
I wouldn't put much faith in the opinions of the most fickle fans in England. Best's goalscoring return wasn't great but was decent considering he never really played as a central striker and sacrificed glory to enable Ba's goalscoring exploits. Fair point about being injury-prone though.
picked up a bad knee injury at the weekend and gone for a scan today: http://www.rovers.co.uk/page/NewsDet...864661,00.html
unconfirmed rumours that it's a cruciate ligament injury, which would put him out for the season
Looks like he has done his ACL alright - http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk...or_six_months/
Out for 6 months, although that could be optimistic. Really feel for the poor bugger.
I feel bad for Blackburn! Finally they start spending a bit of money and this happens. Hopefully they had insurance on his contract, he was on massive money for the Championship and they paid a pretty penny to get him too. Simon Cox on his way there today apparently.
Could be the end of him in an Irish context unfortunately.
I don't think he's really been in with a shout since Walters arrived anyway. Barring injuries to two of Doyle, Long and Walters, he'd rarely get a look-in anyway. Noel Hunt would be more likely to make any squad now that he's in the Premier League and doesn't have the same perceived attitude problem.
expecting to return in February: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20725988
He has returned to action on Monday after nearly seven months out with a cruciate ligament injury.
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/...08_468x331.jpg
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/foo...h-absence.html
Great news! Always good to see one of our own come back from a nasty injury. Hope he makes a full recovery and return to form...
Blackburn have gone through two managers in the time he's been out injured!
It was a daft transfer from Best's career perspective I thought, he has fought his way back once already from having to drop down the levels, he did enough to suggest a top flight future, international involvement beckons, and immediately joins a relegated club, and one in meltdown at that. Crazy.Quote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979