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TBH I'd be very surprised if he's even confirmed by then, work permits take weeks (if that's what the hold up is)

Well stoke have been heavily tracking him, so have Zenit. He played in the champions league last year too, so definitely sounds good.

QPR don't have £1m to spend though, believe it or not. They've spent their budget on the agreed fee with Blackpool for DJ Campbell.

Until 2013 I think, so another 2 years to run.

Yeah, sounds like this is all done - bar the work permit. Everyone seems to want to announce it...but they know they can't until it's 100%. Similar to Jaidi...I think they gave up in the end and just got him training with the team, it took until September to get that one confirmed IIRC.

Which is why I think he'll still be here at the end of the transfer window, and will go out on loan or something. We've put an unrealistic price on his head and clubs don't want to match it. (we're well within our rights to do that though tbf)

There are so many sides with a chance, it's incredibly hard to pick. Boro were massive favourites last year after spending £15m odd, but found themselves hovering around relegation most of the season. Same could happen to Leicester...who knows. But I think we'll give it a great go.

It was offered to us, it's not like we've gone asking for the deal to be like this. Can imagine it will throw the Jemal deal in the air though.

Media guy at Bristol City expects a 4th bid for maynard imminently http://twitter.com/#!/bean_head Wonder if it's us...?

http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/Birmingham-financial-meltdown-Carson-Yeung-assets-frozen-player-sale-to-survive-new-Portsmouth-article776447.html

They've got a really strong 11. (at the moment anyway) Foster Carr - Dann - Curtis Davies - Ridgewell Burke - Mutch - Fahey - Beausejour Zigic - Jerome ....and they still have king/michel/gomis/caldwell in reserve.

Well yeah....but we didn't drop at that speed - this slide is less than 6 months! (another case of a failed ''fit and proper persons'' test, as Carson Yeoung has never been interested in investing there)

Just heard about this, seems most of the media in and around the midlands are in agreement that they will enter admin before the weekend. What a slide....from lifting the league cup at wembley, to potentially staring L1 in the face.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2019034/QPR-offer-Southampton-Kaspars-Gorkss-exchange-Jason-Puncheon.html

I think the deal is very close, and is probably the one Adkins keeps alluding too - but I'd imagine that the QPR offer has thrown a spanner or 2 into the works.

Yeah, it's just taken from Solent. So DM and co I remember the days of Jimmy and Will Cope....they were a right couple for The Saint.

Sounds good to me.

This QPR proposition has probably thrown everything up in the air. Will be interesting to see if Adkins maybe gets both...? and lets Seaborne leave and Martin go on loan. then we have these options of Jemal/Jaidi Fonte/Gorrks - immense if it happens.

http://qprdot.org/viewtopic.php?t=54832 He sounds perfect for us.

TBF if you have a look at his photo albums, he's got his holiday pics on there etc. It is him.

Southampton Fc Southampton Bound? Saturday at 5:42am Ammar Jemal likes this.

No thanks. He'll prob hurt himself in the warmup. He's made of glass which has ruined a really promising career.

From what I understand it's a cash + player deal, so we'd still get a bit of ££££ as well as Gorkss (if it happens)

"Kaspars Gorkss' willingness to put his head in where it hurts played a major role in Rangers obtaining the best defensive record in the npower Championship last term."

Who knows, according to their lot they have quite a few CB's already, and Warnock has to sell and move players on before he can buy.