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Post by nathan on Jan 11, 2009 10:51:48 GMT
www.people.co.uk/sport/football/tm_headline=toon-foes-in-battle-for-james-beattie%26method=full%26objectid=21033071%26siteid=93463-name_page.htmlJoe Kinnear is gearing up for a winner-takes-all fight with former Newcastle boss Sam Allardyce for James Beattie. Sheffield United hitman Beattie is the subject of a £2.5million bid from Stoke City but the Potters look set to fall by the wayside with Newcastle and Blackburn Rovers entering the fray. Rovers boss Allardyce - sacked by the Toon last season - is set to join the bidding with Hull City also keeping tabs on a player who moved to Bramall Lane for £4million in August 2007. The Blades want at least £5m for their 30-year-old top marksman and Kinnear is keen to strike a deal.
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Post by mumf14 on Jan 11, 2009 10:55:13 GMT
YET ANOTHER OWN GOal scored by stoke, when we had the opportunity to wrap up the deal.  methinks. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2009 10:55:31 GMT
If it is £5m then I hope so
Snippet I heard on radio stoke seemed to suggest that Utd were looking for a player exchange - fee not yet agreed
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Post by nathan on Jan 11, 2009 10:56:01 GMT
yET ANOTHER OWN GOal scored by stoke, when we had the opportunity to wrap up the deal. mumf, Personally, I think it's a load of typical-people-fabrication. |
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Post by coggy on Jan 11, 2009 10:56:18 GMT
The people are full of shite !
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Post by daverichards on Jan 11, 2009 10:56:28 GMT
paper talk, its in the bag, he was at the game yetserday, and he is not worth more than they paid for him, some piss head journo with colum inches to fill
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Post by northstokie on Jan 11, 2009 10:58:55 GMT
Who said he was at the game?
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Post by daverichards on Jan 11, 2009 11:03:38 GMT
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Post by stokey97 on Jan 11, 2009 11:03:57 GMT
he will get him so shut up
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2009 11:06:27 GMT
If Beattie & his agent start pimping himself about I imagine TP will tell him to go and get fucked, as he did with Carson and Gardner. He's stated many times he'll only sign players who want to come here, not just whoever pays the most.
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Post by stokebill on Jan 11, 2009 11:06:41 GMT
Was he really at the game? I hope so.
Juliette Ferrington said on Radio 5 yesterday (from the Sheff Utd game) that Beattie definitely wasn't in Staffordshire, she'd heard it from a "very reliable source". The way she said it implied to me, "from the mouth of James Beattie". Ferrington is obviously from Stoke too so it might even have been some inside info from the club.
Although Radio 5 were reporting it all as a completed deal on Friday..
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2009 11:09:20 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2009 11:09:45 GMT
That thread tells us nowt Ilford.
Radio Stoke said they'd heard he may be there but no one had actually seen him.
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Post by stockportpotter on Jan 11, 2009 11:21:25 GMT
And she is also a Vale fan  Anyway, £5m for a 30 year old? Hmmm, not so sure me sen. |
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Post by potherb on Jan 11, 2009 11:47:13 GMT
I spoke to someone from the club yesterday (not a steward, or a pie seller, or a program seller etc!!) who told me that a representative for Beattie had been expected to attend regarding paperwork issues etc, BUT that "no-one" had turned up??!!!
Hopefully this transfer has been delayed due to 'minor issues' and nothing more??
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Post by FullerMagic on Jan 11, 2009 13:27:33 GMT
I don't think he'd turn down a return to Blackburn if they came in at the 11th hour.
Not so sure on Newcastle, even though they're a huge club.
Hopefully it's bull and he's in the bag. Sadly, I suppose until there's ink on a contract, there's always the potential for a Damien Francis-like hijack
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Post by stonestokie! on Jan 11, 2009 13:29:09 GMT
www.people.co.uk/sport/football/tm_headline=toon-foes-in-battle-for-james-beattie%26method=full%26objectid=21033071%26siteid=93463-name_page.htmlJoe Kinnear is gearing up for a winner-takes-all fight with former Newcastle boss Sam Allardyce for James Beattie. Sheffield United hitman Beattie is the subject of a £2.5million bid from Stoke City but the Potters look set to fall by the wayside with Newcastle and Blackburn Rovers entering the fray. Rovers boss Allardyce - sacked by the Toon last season - is set to join the bidding with Hull City also keeping tabs on a player who moved to Bramall Lane for £4million in August 2007. The Blades want at least £5m for their 30-year-old top marksman and Kinnear is keen to strike a deal. who actually reads the people? i dont believe it tbh |
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Post by fortressbritannia on Jan 11, 2009 13:37:13 GMT
Utd were looking for a player exchange pericard ;D |
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Post by Squeekster on Jan 11, 2009 13:40:30 GMT
Was he really at the game? I hope so. Juliette Ferrington said on Radio 5 yesterday (from the Sheff Utd game) that Beattie definitely wasn't in Staffordshire, she'd heard it from a "very reliable source". The way she said it implied to me, "from the mouth of James Beattie". Ferrington is obviously from Stoke too so it might even have been some inside info from the club. Although Radio 5 were reporting it all as a completed deal on Friday.. Well according to Ian Dowie who was doing the game on sky he said he was defiantly not at Brammel lane either. |
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Post by stokebill on Jan 11, 2009 13:49:55 GMT
Juliette Ferrington said that too, squeekster. That Beattie wasn't at Bramall Lane, but also definitely wasn't in Staffordshire.
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Post by Beardy200 on Jan 11, 2009 13:54:56 GMT
If rumours are correct it's important for him to be able to commute from Manchester so with the better chance of first team football with us we still must be in with a very good chance even if Blackburn & Newcastle are sniffing.
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Post by FullerMagic on Jan 11, 2009 13:59:24 GMT
If rumours are correct it's important for him to be able to commute from Manchester so with the better chance of first team football with us we still must be in with a very good chance even if Blackburn & Newcastle are sniffing. He's from Blackburn though, isn't he? You'd think a return there would be pretty much ideal for him. If Santa Cruz goes, presumably Allardyce would see him getting a fair bit of action if he's interested in him? If he's very settled in Manchester, maybe he wouldn't see Newcastle as a great proposition in their current state of flux - especially if it means him uprooting. Hopefully it's all hypothetical and he's set on coming here - although I'd think long and hard about it if it's any more than £3-£3.5m. |
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Post by Squeekster on Jan 11, 2009 14:00:01 GMT
Yes but the Blackburn connection may hold some weight as Man C are after Santa Cruz so it might well be a case of him choosing the team who he thinks will stay up!
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Post by mark71 on Jan 11, 2009 14:00:51 GMT
Beattie was at home watchin the game. The Stoke side of the deal was all agreed and tied up on Thursday night, the only thing left to tie up was the settlement of his remaining contract at Sheffield utd. Everyone expected this to be compleated on Friday.
As far as I understand it The deal will be rubber stamped and Beattie will be a Stoke player within the next day or so.
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Post by Scanner on Jan 11, 2009 14:03:54 GMT
Utd were looking for a player exchange pericard ;D No Beattie in the Sheff team No Perican't (Thank the Lord) any where near ours, when we had no recongised forward on the bench!  (tears of joy)  Beattie will sign on Tuesday  |
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Post by A-teen_six_T3 on Jan 11, 2009 14:17:38 GMT
Beattie was at home watchin the game. The Stoke side of the deal was all agreed and tied up on Thursday night, the only thing left to tie up was the settlement of his remaining contract at Sheffield utd. Everyone expected this to be compleated on Friday. As far as I understand it The deal will be rubber stamped and Beattie will be a Stoke player within the next day or so. This is the same thing I hve heard in re: settlement on his contract. I'm not sure how long he as left on his current sheffield united contract...but if we are only paying 2.5million for him then I can't see why we can't pay of the rest of his contract, which might be where the 5 million pound mark comes from, I know he'll be on the same wages at Stoke as he was at Sheff united, and thats 30k Just done a bit of research, hes contracted until June 30 2010. So thats about 76 weeks..... 76 x 30k is 2.1 million... roughly |
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Post by northstokie on Jan 11, 2009 14:22:18 GMT
Just hope he signs tomorrow so he can have a week with the lads before his debut and the chief exec etc can get on with negotiating other deals...
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Post by stayingupforalasrimmed on Jan 11, 2009 15:21:46 GMT
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Post by Britvicpotter on Jan 11, 2009 15:27:51 GMT
Mark71 you are 100% with that
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Post by mongy17 on Jan 11, 2009 15:32:57 GMT
Maradona was at Stoke yesterday, is he signing too?
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methinks.
Anyway, £5m for a 30 year old? Hmmm, not so sure me sen.
(tears of joy) 
