Shane Long

**tetsujin1979** · 01/07/2011, 9:03 AM

Long too costly for Bhoys: http://www.skysports.com/story/0,195...012595,00.html

**jbyrne** · 01/07/2011, 3:11 PM

good. would rather he stay with reading

**Noelys Guitar** · 23/07/2011, 5:12 PM

Scored two goals today in Readings 3-0 win against Northampton

**OMTY** · 25/07/2011, 11:10 PM

West Ham have entered the race to sign Reading striker Shane Long and have made a �8m bid for the Republic of Ireland international, the Guardian reports.

**dotts101** · 25/07/2011, 11:44 PM

altho they a big team and assembling a good squad it is not a move forward for long, he needs to be in the premiership

**the bear** · 26/07/2011, 11:58 AM

Originally Posted by dotts101

altho they a big team and assembling a good squad it is not a move forward for long, he needs to be in the premiership

he could be the following year though with a promoted west ham, and already an established first teamer. if a prem team doesn't come in , it is better than staying at reading

**the bear** · 26/07/2011, 7:02 PM

http://www.football365.com/news/2155...ng-Bid-Snubbed

first bid rejected
west ham will offer more

**Murfinator** · 26/07/2011, 9:57 PM

Can't see Reading being happy to sell him to a promotion rival.

**punkrocket** · 27/07/2011, 3:35 PM

Hammers sticking with it http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2...st-ham-reading

**Sullivinho** · 27/07/2011, 3:41 PM

Reading: No serious Long bid

"With every player there comes a point, but we are nowhere near that point yet." - Sounds like a line from 'Shane Long: The Movie'

Mentions interest from Liverpool too but someone at SkySports probably threw a dart at the premier league table.

**christo** · 27/07/2011, 5:16 PM

West Ham is a step down, they'll be languishing in the championship for a while I'd say

**BonnieShels** · 27/07/2011, 6:55 PM

With Christo here.

Come on Bayern, save us.

Him, Doyle and McGeady would be exactly the sort of players that would flourish in Germany.

**Yard of Pace** · 27/07/2011, 7:33 PM

Originally Posted by BonnieShels

With Christo here.

Come on Bayern, save us.

Him, Doyle and McGeady would be exactly the sort of players that would flourish in Germany.

I could see a situation where Bayern struggle for a few games at the start and Long spends a season on the bench. He's only 24, a team like WBA would be perfect right now.

**gastric** · 04/08/2011, 7:28 AM

The drama and the saga continue.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...ague-club.html

**gastric** · 05/08/2011, 8:54 AM

Yesterday Leicester, today it seems Long is going to WBA for 7m. Rumours from The Daily Mirror. I hope all this talk ends soon as it has to be very unsettling for Long.

**loscherland** · 05/08/2011, 12:32 PM

From F365 today...

Reading manager Heston Blumenthal has been discussing the future of Shane Long.

"I said in the week on the radio that we had had no interest from the Premier League, but that is not strictly the case," Blumenthal told getreading.com.

"We have had plenty of interest from the Premier League, but we have had no offer as yet. There has obviously been interest in the Championship from West Ham and Leicester too.

"What I expect, which generally happens, is that someone will make an offer and then you will get five or six Premier League clubs making bids.

"Hopefully they won't leave it too late if they want to do that."

**paul_oshea** · 05/08/2011, 1:29 PM

Whats that chef got to do with anything?

**SwanVsDalton** · 05/08/2011, 1:56 PM

Originally Posted by paul_oshea

Whats that chef got to do with anything?

Reading manager Brian McDermott.

Celeb chef Heston Blumenthal.

**Sullivinho** · 05/08/2011, 4:01 PM

Originally Posted by gastric

Yesterday Leicester, today it seems Long is going to WBA for 7m. Rumours from The Daily Mirror. I hope all this talk ends soon as it has to be very unsettling for Long.

I dunno, if I was a professional footballer and there were transfer rumours flying around about me I might get a wee kick out of that.

Then again, I'm not a footballer. And I struggle to be professional.