Irish abroad transfer rumours

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Originally Posted by Irish_Praha

. If Fulham get relegated he'd be in the exact same position as now in a year and it would have been a waste of time.

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I don't see Fulham being near the bottom 3 next year to be honest. Hodgson will have a full season with them now and won't be spending most of his time undoing Sanchez's dirty work. Think Doyle would be a good signing for them and would be excellent at leading the line...

McShane and Hunt to Everton. McShane is wanted as cover for Lescott and Hunt is stalling on joining Sunderland in the hope Everton will renew the interest they showed in the January window.

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Originally Posted by eirebhoy

I think I'm right in thinking that Dunne can be bought out of his contract now? He only needs to have served 2 years of it (because he's over 28) which he obviously has done.

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He can buy out the rest of his contract himself, making him a free agent, so he can negotiate with whatever club, and land himself a nice big signing on fee.

On the BBC gossip collum it says that Celtic are considering move for Steven Ireland

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Originally Posted by Irish_Praha

I don't think Duff will be heading to Sunderland. It's looking more like Hunt and there are quotes of around 5 milllion, a bit much I would say, but it won't be discussed until after his wedding.
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If they look up what Keane has paid for very average players they may well chance their arm for 5m for Hunt.

Hunt is worth £3-4m IMO, I'd put Ireland in the same bracket. Anything more and it looks a risky investment.

1.5M max for Hunt, he is just an aggressive mongrel. There are probably dozens of players in the lower leagues as good as him for half the price. Remember Convey kept him out of the Reading team for most of last season, only injury let him in the door but he did take his chance when it came.

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Originally Posted by Qwerty

1.5M max for Hunt, he is just an aggressive mongrel. There are probably dozens of players in the lower leagues as good as him for half the price. Remember Convey kept him out of the Reading team for most of last season, only injury let him in the door but he did take his chance when it came.

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Sunderland were supposed to have offered 5m in January, but after Reading's relegation I'd say it'll be closer to 3m

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Originally Posted by Noelys Guitar

McShane is wanted as cover for Lescott :D

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I doubt that very much, if anything St Ledger could be moving to Everton as they have asked to be kept informed of any bids for Preston's player of the year.
Wolves are said to be lining up a bid too!

Kieran Westwood to Newcastle and Sean Scanell to Villa.

MIckey Adams signs Colin Hawkins from Coventry City to Brighton & Hove Albion. I have seen no fee mentioned.

http://www.seagulls.premiumtv.co.uk/...320962,00.html

Meet Colin Hawkins
http://www.seagulls.premiumtv.co.uk/...1%2C00.html%3F

Doherty linked with US move

June 5, 2008

Former Republic of Ireland international Gary Doherty has been linked with a move to Major League Soccer side San Jose Earthquakes.

Doherty has spent the past four years at Norwich City but his future at Carrow Road is uncertain as Canaries boss Glenn Roeder attempts to rejuvenate his squad.

And reports in California suggest that San Jose general manager John Doyle has held preliminary talks with the 28-year-old.

Doherty won the last of his 34 senior caps under Brian Kerr in 2005 and has failed to feature in the plans of subsequent Irish bosses Steve Staunton or Giovanni Trapattoni.

Cool, I might see the Doc around town then... class...

its cool the way ye see fellas registered so long who dont post but still obviouslly read.

Anyhow, lets say Boruc leaves Celtic, do ye reckon Celtic would put in a bid for Given?! I reckon they might do......

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Originally Posted by paul_oshea

its cool the way ye see fellas registered so long who dont post but still obviouslly read.

Anyhow, lets say Boruc leaves Celtic, do ye reckon Celtic would put in a bid for Given?! I reckon they might do......

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Thats not a bad shout, hes a massive fan and he wouldnt be moving too far away from home

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Originally Posted by paul_oshea

its cool the way ye see fellas registered so long who dont post but still obviouslly read.

Anyhow, lets say Boruc leaves Celtic, do ye reckon Celtic would put in a bid for Given?! I reckon they might do......

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Hey the rest of us have lives outside of Internet forums Paul!

Would rather see Given at Celtic than at Newcastle anyway. Maybe it will happen.

No no no Celtic would have to give Given 40k+ per week to get him. There's no need to spend that kind of cash on a goalkeeper in the SPL. If Given leaves Newcastle it'll be for somewhere like Aston Villa or one of the newly promoted clubs.

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Originally Posted by Colbert Report

No no no Celtic would have to give Given 40k+ per week to get him. There's no need to spend that kind of cash on a goalkeeper in the SPL. If Given leaves Newcastle it'll be for somewhere like Aston Villa or one of the newly promoted clubs.

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Maybe not worth it for the SPL but what about Champions League?

No, not worth it. Boruc is a better 'keeper than Given now. They've never gotten to the quarterfinals with Boruc, so why would they go farther with Given? Spend the money on a quality central midfielder instead. Steve Sidwell would fit the bill.

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Originally Posted by Colbert Report

No, not worth it. Boruc is a better 'keeper than Given now. They've never gotten to the quarterfinals with Boruc, so why would they go farther with Given? Spend the money on a quality central midfielder instead. Steve Sidwell would fit the bill.

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Well aparently Celtic are supposed to have 20 million to spend this summer so I think they could afford both quite easily. Anyway there has been no speculation that Celtic would move for Given so its probably a waste of time to argue about it:)