Albion fans have been promised promised a dash of ‘South American’ flair from incoming winger Paddy McCourt - by the manager who is selling him.
The Northern Ireland winger is expected in the West Midlands for a medical later this week, before signing a three-year contract at The Hawthorns in a £150,000 deal.
Stephen Kenny, his manager at Derry City, believes Baggies fans will be excited by their new signing.
He said: “When I was given the opportunity to return to manage Derry City at the start of the season, despite an offer to remain in Scotland and indeed manage elsewhere in the Eircom League, one of the main attractions for me was returning to the group of young players which I had left.”
“In fact, at the time we played Gothenburg and Gretna in the UEFA Cup, my midfield five were all aged 20 or 21.
“I knew those players would get better as they got older.
“Paddy McCourt was in that group and, while he may have been injured for both the games in Sweden and in Scotland, I was fully aware that he was probably the one with the exceptional talent.
“Without a doubt, we was the most creative player we had in the squad.
“That’s a great thing for him personally and a huge thing for the city.
“On the park he is so different, he boasts an almost South American style as he plays at a different tempo, glides past opposing players and is very artistic.
“I suppose there was always an inevitability about him leaving and, now that a Premiership club has come in for him, I have to be realistic.
“I accept that the move to West Brom presents him with a great opportunity and I think everyone in Derry will hope he does well there.
“At the start of the season, my objective was to play Paddy in a central, free role having previously deployed him on the right and left wings.
“The reality is that, this season, due to injury and, indeed, interest from West Brom, we have been hindered.
“I think he has played a total of five games in the league so far, therefore, we have got to put things into perspective.”
The deal could eventually earn Derry City close to £200,000, with the ‘Candy Stripes’ to receive an initial payment of £75,000, followed by three £25,000 payments dependent on appearances.
Three Premier League appearances would trigger the first £25,000 payment, the second will be due after six appearances and the third after 10 games.
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Lets see if he passes a medical first!!
Yea he’s that good the big clubs have all missed him..lol
Let’s see if he can walk up the stairs to the plane to fly over and have his medical more like!!
This is an interesting signing - he seems a typical toMo player (good on the ball, attacking and skillful). He could be a real “find” if he is as good as his reputation. One things for sure - he won’t get a better manager to develpo his talent.
2 - In the same way that we brought Curtis davies and sold him for a massive profit - the “big” clubs don’t know where to look these days. If he aint playing in the champions league the top 4 won’t have heard of him.
P.s - How’s marlon harewood doing - he’s a BIG star !!!
p.p.s c- have that BIG club brought gareth barry yet ?
At £150k it’s no gamble really?! Good luck to the lad!
PAH ! Is this the best you can come up with to replace me ? And all you lot are giving the Wolves boys a kicking about lack of ambition !!
Nevermind, me and Kamara are off for beers and girls in the west end tonight - we can afford it these days !!
See you soon.
xxx
big clubs are to scared to give potental a chance.They”d rather rather pay over the odds for some 3rd rate foreign player.You villa fans have seen enough of those
why so negative,mogga has taken apunt on him and he will turn out to be fantastic mark me words,he is going to be.the club is in good hands with mogga youve seen the light so keep the faith…
£62,000,000 and we spend £150,000 somebody is having a laugh at the Baggies i think,come on spend some money the fans back the club every week,so the club should get their hands out of their very deep pockets and show the fans they want to be in the Prem.
zoltan mate kamera dident do that good this time in prem so good luck to you and hope u do beta lol and seen pacey paddy play beforee and he is quick and skillfull i i know he will do well but not sure if the prem may be abit of a to big step for the lad, but hopes he does well
Signed two you had already, lost your best player for nought, full back wants more now or he’s off for nought next season, owner wants to sell, new signing nobody’s ever heard of and the happy baggies are grumbling. In the Prem the Mowbray way, boo hoo!
Judge the player not the fee people assume if you pay big transfer fees you get good players look back in history LAUIRIE CUNNINGHAM 110K then we broke the transfer fee for David MILLS 550k.Paddy McCORT will be hungry for a second chance and could be a great sighning I would rather have him than BAROS.
He has to be better than S Ward the dingles have.
Good luck to him
Whats this obsession with the BAGGIES from the dingles and the vile you should be more conserned with your own clubs BARRY of to a big cub ,wolves ditching the 2nd team. THE FURTURE IS BRIGHT ITS BLUE AND WHITE.
Gera gone, Philips going, Derry City player coming in - it all looks so promising!
Don’t compare him to anyone he’s his own man, let’s wait and see. Good luck, though think he’s def been brought for the future.
15. Kights your best player???? Where was he from??
Regis from hayes… see my point brain dead???
Could he be your Michael Kightly?
if M.M. had bought him i would be worried with his record for finding talent but T.M. no worries even if he is not the best we will sell him on for more than we have payed for him by the way untill the wolves get rid of M.M. misfitts you wont see many money signings at the custard bowl no reserve league no big screens on match day no money the future is bright the future is a sort of dirty orange oh sorry gold
Some sensible comments, some not so!
Firstly how can Wolves fans have a pop when we pick up an unknown talent from Ireland? Short memories, or more likely not even around when people like Keane (he hasn’t always played for Tottenham you know!) were at Moulinex.
Secondly, Peace has said on numerous occasions that the bigger signings WILL NOT happen until July at the earliest. Petienc people!
For now, give this lad a chance, as others have said, Kightly, Regis, Keane, Doyle, etc…. show that you don’t need to spend millions for talent. Robbie Koren anyone??
5. Worcester Wolves, spot on with that comment. Its up to McCourt to seize the opportunity now, like Kightly has at your club.
If people think McCourt looks good on youtube (I’m personally not convinced by the youtube clips but have faith in TM) then check out some clips of Kim Do-Heon on there. For £400,000 he could be the signing of the season. Classed as the best player in the South Korean league.
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True typical TM player..CHEAP..LOL..JUST LIKE YOU LOT…
Another gem we can sell for millions! What a legend Mowbray is…check this guy out on youtube, he will be a mega star! STAYING UP IN STYLE WITH TONY MOWBRAY OHHHHHHH YEAH!
You sound very defensive there Poor little dingles, maybe deep down the realisation that signing a Rochdale reserve coupled with those fantastic premiership quality signings you’ve already made has bought you lot down to earth. Kightly has proved himself at championship level, which we all know is nothing compared to the premiership. McCourt is making a bigger jump and i hope Mowbury has plenty of his magic dust at hand, i think you are going to need it………..
Never heard of this lad but at 150k it can’t be that much of a gamble. As they say, the proof of the pudding is in the eating so we’ll see.
15 - bet you’d still swap with us though wouldn’t you.
all clubs spend big money on certain players and find they are flops but the flip coin is that some dont cost a lot or nothing and are successes
one that comes to mind straight away is robert koren
cost nothing, young and hungery to do well thats the way football clubs like wolves albion have to go cos the cash cow won’t last for ever. hope he works out for ya, mind you does seem a little injury prone?
Aye boing. Boing boing, aye boing aye. Boing boing aye, Dingles, aye boing.
why are wolves fans so bothered by whats going on at the albion you just want to be glad that we did go up, other wise it would be another 6 points to the baggies
Have you heard about wolves scrapping their reserve side. Makes sense as the first team plays like one already.
Just a reminder to the dingles-we need to focus on our first major game next season,against our soul mates,Arsenal.It’s a similar story for you lot,like for like,so you really should go away and prepare for that battle of the titans,the wulfs and Accrington Stanley.Ha ha…ha ha ha…
Remember last year when Koumas, Kamara, Davies, McShane all went to prem clubs and the dingles were coming out with the usual jumping ship comments and saying we’d struggle….well look what happened, we won the league and you idiots went backwards by not making the play offs!!! Never have I laughed so hard watching us lift the trophy and seeing you lot crying when you missed out on the play offs by ONE goal hahahahahahahaha!
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Yes we’ve signed 2 we had already, whats wrong with that? Its called keeping the squad together. One of those has played a lot of Premiership football, the other scored virtually a goal a game last season.
Lost our best player for nought? Was he our best player? Considering he was NEVER guaranteed a place in our team (IMO Morrison is a better footballer) I wouldnt say he was our best.
Re Robinson, hes not bigger than the club, so I wouldnt shed too many tears if he was sold right now.
Peace doesnt want to sell, he wants more investment. Maybe Morgan can lend us that £30m hes NOT going to spend at Wolves?!
New signing noones ever heard of? I take it you’d heard all about Michael Kightly then before he signed for you lot?
Who’s grumbling? We are Premier League, and compared to our lovely neighbours from Staffordshire I’d say we’re doing ok. The only reason you lot arent grumbling at the moment is that Mad Mick hasnt made one of his genius statements in the media. Once hes back you’ll all be moaning again.
Enjoy the fizzy pop league boys. Hopefully we’ll get you in the cup, nice easy route to Wembley AGAIN.
Boing Boing!
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>>Could he be your Michael Kightly?
let’s hope he has a similar impact…albeit without the injuries!!
we cud have unearthed the next george best aye boing boing
ive just sin kims hat-trick john motson eat ya heart out aye boing boing
typical dingles always knocking a player before theve even seen him,,i remember early last year when they were knocking mows first signings for us,,well dings we all know those players produced for us dont we,,,A BIG FAT CHAMPIONSHIP TROPTHY,,,,,,theres a big difference between mowbray and clown mcarthy,,mowbray always finds the gems,,,,SHOCKING THE PREM THE MOWBRAY WAY WITH OUR SILKY FOOTBALL OF COURSE,,,IN STYLE OOOOOOOOOOOH YES..
terry its know wonder you got muscles like popeye reeling all these dings in ,they always take the bait soooooooo greedy..come to terry…..TERRYS REELING UM IN,,IN STYLE OF COURSE,,,OOOOOOOOOOOOH YES.
Did you know that the Korean for corner kick appears to be….corner kick!!!!
hey worcester ive just had me bank statement come from barcleys on the front of the envalope its says premier league i thought awwwwwwwww they must know im a baggie fan cuz we in the prem aint we aye boing boing up the MOWBURY WAY OH YES
40,maltedwilf,its nice to know you like to watch albion players scoring hat-tricks for there country aye boing boing
must say after watching further footage of kim on utube looks like he will fit superbly with our style of brazilianesk total football. CLUBS IN SAFE WITH MOGGA YOUVE SEEN THE LIGHT NOW KEEP THE FAITH..
Brazilianesk football??? You guys are in dreamland and are set for a rude awakening, starting at Arsenal on August 16th.
44.STEVEBULLEMPTYSTAND,yes we remember your awakeing at blackburn,5 i recall aye boing boing
do you think that we will get baros i hope not cause hes a cheat and a diver also give mowbs a chance he will spand in july probably and also u dont need to spend 4 quality look at robert koren he ws free n i wud say hes nearly as good as gera
any one hear how the medical went?????