[Archived] Transfers Part 2

[Irishrover213]

29 minutes ago, Suhail Slayer said:

Venky Light upgrade after securing new sponsorship.....

Queue a statement we our commitmented to the club 

[RoversClitheroe]

Apparently set to sign Peter Whittingham

[chaddyrovers]

BREAKING: Cardiff City midfielder Peter Whittingham has agreed a deal to join League One side Blackburn Rovers. #CCFC https://t.co/vj6XuuSeYS

http://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2017/06/09/blackburn-to-sign-former-cardiff-ace-whittingham/

[G Somerset Rover]

Would be a fantastic signing IF it came off so long as we don't offer him a bumper 3 year retirement deal or something silly.

[AggyBlue]

Not a bad start for the first signing, IF as GSR says, he does.

I'll wait for the photo on the Rovers site.

[AllRoverAsia]

Free transfer. Good one though if it happens

[J*B]

Go on then... i'll be the first to call it absolute bullshit. Pete O'Rourke seems to have started the rumour on Twitter and he is probably the most inconsistent transfer reporter on the internet. He's absolutely dreadful, some of the rubbish i've seen him spout and then delete when he's ultimately wrong is incredible. Reus has signed for about 6 different clubs according to him - and he transferred Jordan Rhodes to a good 4 teams while he was with us. Combine that with 'Football League World' as a source and you may as well be pissing in the wind.

[sharpysharps]

That would be a signing far above expectations if its true. That's one heck of an IF.

[K-Hod]

If he's not on a bumper 5 year contract, then it's a good deal. (Assuming this is legit of course).

[AggyBlue]

You'd think he would need to take a big pay cut to come to us

[Irishrover213]

9 minutes ago, AggyBlue said:

You'd think he would need to take a big pay cut to come to us

Would be a good signing for us as long it's not a 3 year deal. I would imagine that Evans is gone if Whittingham comes in. I asked nicko about it hasn't come back yet 

[DavidMailsTightPerm]

A good player if we can get him - not certain how we can attract him to come down a level given the wage constraints we will have to work under to meet L1 financial rules (unless we can get around this with a big bonus linked to promotion ?)

[JacknOry]

Cant see it - he will have offers from other championship clubs. Why would he go down a league, probably have to take a substantial wage cut as well. The only way I could see it if it was a loooong contract he wont get anywhere else at his age with the promise of a big increase in wages should we come back up.

Would be a good player for us though, good age and experience for L1 and knows where the goal is.

[davulsukur]

Seems far too good to be true. Let's not get excited anytime soon. 

[arbitro]

5 minutes ago, AggyBlue said:

You'd think he would need to take a big pay cut to come to us

There is a story that he has been offered a new deal but on one third of his current one. At 33 we have to be careful over the length and terms of a contract offer to him. We have been stung too often in the past.

That said he can play and is something we don't have but I understand he is a sulky type when things aren't going his way.

[Manchester Blue]

As has been mentioned above the story in the Welsh press is he's out of Warnock's plans so has only been offered a cut price deal, given Cardiff won't necessarily be huge payers anyway, it's not beyond the realms of possibility we could get him on ok wages with a longer deal, accept the risk in that but he's not a player who has previous for acting like Stokes etc.  It also suggests one of his team mates has tweeted something about him leaving so seems certain, though obviously doesn't mean it's certain to us.

[Oldgregg86]

Would love this to be true. Fingers crossed

[JacknOry]

Heres what Cardiff fans are saying about it. http://www.cardiffcityforum.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=185264

 

Lump on us to win L1 if he signs apparently.Then this:

"If true, sounds like a good move for Peter

Bossing a league with a stronger side around him for that level and enjoying his last few years playing regular and winning games

I don't want him to go
still think we could wrap a midfield around him - (but that may be unsustainable for the club at this time)"

 

What stronger side?

[gumboots]

Just now, JacknOry said:

Heres what Cardiff fans are saying about it. http://www.cardiffcityforum.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=185264

 

Lump on us to win L1 if he signs apparently.Then this:

"If true, sounds like a good move for Peter

Bossing a league with a stronger side around him for that level and enjoying his last few years playing regular and winning games

I don't want him to go
still think we could wrap a midfield around him - (but that may be unsustainable for the club at this time)"

 

What stronger side?

It might help if he was actually going to have a side around him at all

[AAK]

Good singing if we get him, a player who can take set pieces, something which we haven't had since we've been in the championship

[OJRovers]

Maybe the "man's promise" by Balaji was real.

If money is made available you've got to ask why it wasn't available for the last 2 years in the championship.

[Pedro]

I hope this happens and is the calibre and level of experience that we can add to the team. I also want Stokes to stay, him and Graham would be very good at this level (whether they play in the same side is another matter).  

[JacknOry]

Very difficult to not get excited by this despite how hard I am trying. At the same time though, if its going to happen it needs to happen very quickly (and that never happens here) as there are a few others interested.

 

 

 

[Mattyblue]

Believe it when I see it, but as others have said it would be beyond frustrating if they finally decide to back a manager when in the wasteland of League 1...

[Bigdoggsteel]

4 minutes ago, Mattyblue said:

Believe it when I see it, but as others have said it would be beyond frustrating if they finally decide to back a manager when in the wasteland of League 1...

Oh come on. Is this what the complaint will be if we actually sign quality players?