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Post by markscfc72 on Jan 9, 2008 20:21:26 GMT
Preston have completed the signing of West Brom midfielder Richard Chaplow in a deal which could rise to £1.35m. [glow=red,2,300](jesus)[/glow] Chaplow, 22, had been at The Hawthorns for nearly three years after moving from Burnley for £1.5m.
Chaplow has signed a three-and-a-half year deal with the club, who have an option to extend it for another year.
Albion will earn an initial £800,000 and could receive a further £550,000 from performance-related add-ons while there is also a 20% sell-on clause.
606: DEBATE Is Chaplow a good signing for Preston?
Preston chairman Derek Shaw told the club website: "It's a lot of money for ourselves, it's a big deal for us and we've put in a lot of hard work over the last two weeks to pull this off.
"We think it is the right type of deal for Preston. Richard has a lot of mileage left on the clock and we think he will be a great asset to the football club.
"West Brom see it as an opportunity to go and do some business with the cash and hopefully he'll be terrific for us.
"We know there were other clubs interested and we've managed to pull it off."
Chaplow made 58 appearances for the Baggies, scoring three goals, but had not featured regularly this season.
He also had a loan spell with Southampton for the last three months of the 2005/06 campaign.
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Post by citysoldierjack on Jan 9, 2008 20:29:58 GMT
werent we interested him this lad last season? havent seen him play much so cnt comment on if he would be gd signin or not for preston.
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Post by dexter97 on Jan 9, 2008 20:39:26 GMT
Burnley were supposed to be in for him too. Don't suppose they'll be too happy!
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Post by mark71 on Jan 9, 2008 21:03:22 GMT
Fucking twat i'll never forgive him for going through Wilko 2 years ago. total cowardly tackle. sorry it wasn't a tackle just plain thuggery.
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Post by 5ManBack4 on Jan 9, 2008 21:07:20 GMT
Way over priced seeing as he was festering in the mard arses reserves 250k would have been reasonable.
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Post by y_oh_y_delilah on Jan 9, 2008 22:56:45 GMT
Thank god the rumours about him joining us were unfounded. How many would swap Pugh or Saif for him I wonder. Very average footballer at a very inflated price tag. Preston are welcome to him.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2008 22:59:16 GMT
That would be a very big egg in a possible sinking basket, wonder if that egg will float?
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