Albion are ready to smash their transfer record to land Liverpool goalkeeper Scott Carson in a £4m deal.
The Baggies were today closing in on both Carson and Marek Cech as transfer activity hotted up at their Dutch training camp.
Albion are thought to have edged ahead of rivals Stoke in the race to sign England goalkeeper Carson, although both clubs have agreed a fee and opened talks with the 22-year-old England international.
The deal to bring Slovakia international Cech to The Hawthorns is even closer, after three days of positive talks between the Baggies and the player.
Carson is believed to favour a move to The Hawthorns over the Britannia Stadium, with the only potential obstacle to the deal being unconfirmed reports that Middlesbrough are preparing their own bid.
The proposed £4m transfer fee would beat the current record of £3.6m the Baggies paid Cardiff for Robert Earnshaw.
Liverpool are now ready to accept a cut-price deal for the former Leeds trainee, who is way out of the first-team picture at Anfield.
Several Premier League clubs were keen on handing him a chance to rebuild his career on another season-long loan but the Reds are keen to cut their losses and let him leave permanently in a cash deal.
Initially they were holding out for as much as £8m for the keeper but his infamous England error against Croatia, along with a subsequent loss of form at Villa, have forced them to accept the asking price must be reduced.
86 Comments
oh yes another top class signing from mr mowbray watch out man utd
would be a good signing but…………….another 5 good signings needed to keep wba up at least……..
Hurry up and seal the carson and cech deal. I hate us being linked with good players getting excited at a sign of ambition then loosing out at last minute. If we dont get carson who we going to get? Plus it would be nice to think the new signings cud benefit from pre season training wiv out new fitness coach so all the lads are up for the 1st game.
He isn’t a patch on Hennessey and should never of played for England against Croatia. Seen him make a load of mistakes for the Villa too.
he aint signed yet
Not sure about Carson, But definately positions we need to get people in.
Are Middlesborough that 11th hour bid we were talking about Bomber, I’m personally still not optimistic it’s going to happen.
He’s better than Kiely but to me he’s one of those keepers who is prone to a real calamity and quite often. Is this a case of not been able to attract anyone else?
He’s the right age to come good again, the basic ability must have been there in bucket loads for him to progress to the England team so young. So, if it’s confidence he’s short of, our management team will provide it. Bring him in. (Coax him to have a shave too, he looks a bit wild like that).
On paper, its a good signing, but what happens to Kiely. After getting you promoted, he won’t b happy to sit on the bench after playing so well and the fact he has only got 1 or 2 years left at the top. Maybe Kiely will go to Stoke?
I cant see why people arnt excited about getting carson. He’s only 22, played for england and has plenty of premiership experience. Were not a top premiership team yet and to get a goal keeper of his calibre is a great prospect for us as a club. He is still learning and must have a certain ammount of talent to have played for england. I would love to see him on our team sheet and would feel confident with him. Confidence wise he will gain that under TM and Grant. I dont see who we think we can get better than him or even the logic of us not wanting him and sticking with what we have got. Who knows he may help keep us up, find his form and once again become Englands number one and he will be at west brom and we got him at a cheap price. Could be worth 10 mill by end of seaason if he wanted to go.
Carsons a quality keeper, just lost his way a bit in recent times but is a serious contender as future England keeper, I for one really hope we get him, but until the signiture is on the contract….
He’s 22 played for England and has real potential!
My god that was 1 almighty cock up but what about the save the other end??!!
Irrelevant really so lets just get him in and time will tell….
It is wonderful to see all the bitter Dingles comments !! Lets put it this way, has anybody put in an official bid for Hennessey?? No don’t think so… & don’t come up with “he is under contract & not for sale…” Wolves would take a good offer if it was made because they have no suger daddy anymore !!
Prediction - WBA get point out of first Prem game & at end of season finish 16th comfortably..
Boing Boing
Guys David James has had his critics but has come good again to be Englands current number 1. Carson can do the same. When Forest got promoted Clough signed the best keeper available and we all know what happened there. Good teams are built from the back I just hope the names mentioned actually sign.
In relation to your prediction burfmiester ive got a tenna on us beating arsenal. 11/1 odds. Chances are we will loose but its worth a go. I have a good feeling. 1-0 baggies. penalty. Duno who will take it tho.
Remember croatia at wembley!!!!villa fans could nt wait to get rid of him,too many errors at vital times
In Reply to Lee Ballinger -
Scott Carson for the peno !!!
haha. Worth a quid lol
And when was the last time we signed someone we’d been linked with?
Let alone 2 in a day!
I’ll believe it when I see it.
in reply to Jonathan…
75% Of a goalkeepers game is in his head !
Mowbray / Grant / Venus & Deno are the head doctors….. They would get Carson in gear & in form.
Tellin you all my Baggies commrads WE ARE STAYING UP !!
Bring on Cech aswell. One quality find from Porto
Stoke, Hull & Fulham to go….
Wakeybaggie 15 is right
if he’s only 22 then he will be a great buy. Goalkeepers make less mistakes as they get older. Their peak is around 28/32. Look at James at Portsmouth - he wqas prone to clangers but was named the PFA premiership team for last season and he was worth a doezen points for them.
Things seem to be going very slowly at tesco town. You may be following the ‘Mowbary Way’ but shouldn’t he get into third gear at least?
I’ve got £20 on you lot staying up so don’t let me down chaps.
18 - He took a cracking pen against Holland in the under 21 tournament last year.
I do have slight doubts about Carson, as I mentioned yesterday he doesn’t see to command his box enough for me, which was Kielys’ major flaw.
However, he is an improvement on what we currently have, and AGAIN, this is an area that needs strengthening, in a squad that needs strengthening, so it would be excellent business!!
If he goes to Stoke instead of the Albion I’d start to ask questions.
Bomber / Tony let’s hope you’re right and Boro don’t manage to hijack this.
17. Its from mistakes that you learn. No one is perfect, every goalkeeper makes blunders, ask each and every one of them and they’ll all laugh out to their stories … so please dont start judjing a guy who havent even signed for us yet.
Anyone know where Happy and Terry are??
I’ve not seen anyone putting aye at the end of a post, or seen any posts on Dingle pages to wind them up?!
Maybe Shadrag’s sent them to Bulgaria to make him a 398987% profit for a ‘client’?!
I don’t think that everyone realises that had Carson not made that one error for England, he’d probably be the England number 1 right now with a number of top clubs after him. Don’t judge a player on one mistake.
The same goes for Luke Moore. So many fans have already judged him after making one mistake. These 2 players with international calibre could be our best next season given the right support.
in reply to dazman
Mowbray is building for the future. Carson would benefit from having the experienced Kiely as would Danek.
For my money Carson & Danek would be the next 5 years duo for the baggies. Danek has alot of natural ability & to be far has come from the same stock as Petr Cech….. Not bad eh !!
Anyway nowt will be as bad as Zubahowler !!
wolvesmod
to be faier mate Hen is a good keep er but i think tis a bit of a daft comment saying his better than carson, i mean the guy has been at l’pool, villa(i grit my teeth whilst saying this) and england. i’ll be well chuffed to sign him. i was peeved we didnt get him the otehr season.
obviously a keeper with loads of talent in need of a bit of mowbray TLC. Good buy if we can get him.All three keepers would be told to earn their place so no problem with Keily or Danek.
our friends from molyneux have got so used to knocking supermicks signings that they cant help but have a go at ours.
I hope Cech signs and it looks like the back line is getting a complete overhaul,As required.
How can any real Albion Fans see a potential signing of Scott Carson as anything but out of this world? This smells of Albion fans who have only jumped on the premiership success of the last 5 or 6 seasons. An England international who is only 22? have you lot gone mad and forgotten where we have come from. Tony Lange, Paul Chrichton, Chris Adamson, Paul Bradshaw need I go on? Some of you need a reality check if we did manage to fight off any late competition from Middlesborough this would be a major coup, stay off the drugs lads!!!
Boing Boing
i hope this is true but if it is i still cant see us staying up because jp has sold us down the river and he is also getting rid of robbo not good.
in reply to romsley baggie
Here Here !!!!
It is time for the winging baggies to get behind us boinging baggies !!!
We have a future England Manager at the helm. We have in Venus & Granty a proper backroom staff & with Mr Fitness Deano aswell we have the dream team.
I cannot remember feeling so positive going into any season as I do this one. Even if we miss out on a few signings, I feel that the Man Management skills of our dream team can bring the best out of our boys.. & in Teixeira & Do-Heon we have as good as two top class new signings for the new season !!
Need another striker to support Bednar, Moore & Miller as these I feel are the only Prem Class strikers we have. Bednar my tip for double figures….
30) a very valid point mate, unfortunately i feel you’ve knocked the nail on the head!
People need to remember back to the days of not so long ago, when signing England internationals was the stuff of dreams, now its becoming a reality!
Come on the Baggies!!
reply to Celtic Baggie…..
Have faith.
JP has steared the “Good Ship Baggies” into unchartered footy waters…. A profitable, competitive & attractive club!!!
As for Robbo, He is a legend & it would be sad if he went, but he is not irreplaceable, no one is. This Cech from Porto has the potential to be as good as & as big a Baggie Legend !!!
Bring on the Gunnars !!!!!
34.I hope your right but jp has got some serious ansering to do because he is trying to replace kp with ameobi or m.bent no im sorry but their just not good enough.
Reply to Celtic Baggie…
I can agree with you there… Bent & Ameobi are not first team starters but Ameobi may be a good impact player off bench.
As for KP - Thanks goes out to him from all Baggies lovers. Without his input last year we would have struggled to WIN CHAMPIONSHIP (Still love hearing that !!) But there is no room in success for sentiment & Mowbray was correct in offering the 1 year deal with the option to go to 2 years if KP had put in 19 1st team starts.
It is time for us to move on & Mowbray’s army will be ready, will be strong & will have the bite to stay in the premiership
Boing Boing Betty Swollox……
ITS FUNNY HOW PEOPLE ONLY REMEMBER CARSON FOR HIS ERROR FOR ENGLAND.
IF IT WAS NOT FOR HIM 2ND HALF ENGLAND WOULD OF NEVER BEEN STILL IN IT.
FOR ME IT WOULD BE A HUGE SIGNING FOR ALBION AND COULD ALSO BE THE START OF BIGGER PLAYERS TO COME.
AS FOR THE DIP STICK WHOS SAYING HENNERSEYS BETTER JUST RIMIND ME HOW MANY TIMES HAS HE PLAYED IN THE PREMIERSHIP.
DREAM ON CLOWN.
BOING BOING
35: The papers are trying to replce KP with Ameobi or Bent, did you read anywhere in the papers that we were looking at Zuiverloon, went under the radar my friend. Trust in Tony Mowbray and if it was’nt for JP West Brom would not be in the situation they are now, seems a while since the Trevor Summers days.
30: Romsley
I agree with you Carson would be a fantastic signing my excitement will stay contained however until I see him holding an Albion top or scarf.
he is a villa reject and hennersey what i can say have u got premier clubs coming after your players baggie boynick oh no because they have past there sell by date have’nt they
reply to Fez….
We don’t have premiership clubs after our players because we are in the premiership you doghead…
If we can reach the premiership with a load of “pass sell by date” players, it don’t say much for the dingles now does it….
A tip for you,….. Think before you write a pile of complete & utter tripe….
The Goldern Palace will never be a premiership ground until the retards that frequent it stop beleiving that they have the god given right to be a big club….. NEWSFLASH!!! It has to be earnt…..
Stevie Bull is a tatter !!!!
40. Burfmiester you are spot on, but they will continue to crow. Don’t know how it was posted either ?
Has anyone else noticed that some near the mark comments get published and some don’t ? I think the moderator must change and one is a Baggies fan and the other is not.
I don’t know about Carson and can only make my mind up if he comes and plays ? Bruce Grobbelaar and Jens Lehmann made many howlers, but also made some superb world class saves. We all have our off days, don’t we.
Up the Wrexham !
IT’S BOSTIN BEING A BAGGIE !!!
39 - Tez
Did your parents give you the shortest name possible with 1 syllable just to make life that bit easier?
Hennessey is a good Keeper, I can see that, Carson is also a good keeper. I am worried about how he’ll suit our defence, as all crosses will just be left for strikers to run onto, but he is class and a BRILLIANT shot stopper.
Carson’s better than we’ve got, we need to get a new keeper and he fits the bill!
SIGN HIM UP!!
Burfmiester .40
What was you saying about utter tripe
My god
Reply to Nedball…
Carson is a little bit jesus at the momment but with an ex centre half as your manager, one of the best of his time, believe me he will come out for crosses….
It will be drummed into his head time after time after time after time UNTIL it becomes 2nd nature & what is even more certain is that when he does come for ball he will catch it & not do the “continental punch” as this just puts pressure straight back onto your defence.
If Carlsberg did managers then Mowbray would be it !!!
Marek Cech has signed for Albion for £1.4 million. The left sided defender has signed a three year contract.
The contract also has a one year option. He sounds like a good signing and at a decent price.
Cech is heading straight out to Albion traning camp in Holland and may even feature in the up coming friendlies in Germany.
GREAT NEWS!!!
Cech signed, 1.4M 3 yr deal it’s on the official site. He has already joined up with the rest of the lads in Holland.
Come on Baggies get Carson next then Meite from Bolton plus another couple of unknowns.
Boing Boing
Burfmeister
Happy Baggie you are on holiday, i take it you have taken the lap top with you and changed your name!!??
CECH MATE!!!!!
Great news! we’ve signed Cech!
its all hottin’ up now! THE MOWBRAY WAY!
According to club site, Cech has signed and is joining the tour. 6′1″, has played in champions league as well as twenty odd international caps. Sounds just the job.
Celtic Baggie.
If Robbo goes, and it is merely paper talk at the moment, how is it JP’s fault. It will be because he decides to go or because TM decides we don’t need him (TM has already said that he doesn’t know where these stories have come from.) Some ‘fans’ seem to have an agenda which twists any negative story to lay it at the chairman’s door. As Tony has already said, without JP we certainly wouldn’t be looking forward to Arsenal, the highlight of our season would be playing the Wolves and Birmingham.
Romsley.
Excellent post. Over the years we’ve rarely had good keepers (typical that probably our best 2 were Kuscak and Kirkland, who we had at the same time and managed to lose both.) I’d add Jimmy Cumbes to your list, any other offers?
PS.
Does this mean we’ve missed the chance to sign Ian Harte?
reply to 47 wbabomber…
No… This is my first day as an E & S blogger… I am at my desk in the office & flitting between this banter & my paperwork……
Up the baggy boys… & welcome Mr Cech… Mark my words this is one hell of a signing..
WELL DONE Mr MOWBRAY !!
reply to the real bully……
Let’s hope so !!!
Not good enough to be a premiership player now
Master Stroke with Cech…. He is what you call an honest football player.
It must be buzzing at the training camp in Holland with players like this strolling up to the hotel…..
Europe here we come
Welcome burf… beware all the jealous dingles… altogether now, aahhhhgggggggg…….
cech 1.4m
bednar 3.0m
Moore 3.5m
Kim 0.5m
dorrans 0.3m…. more to come
I see terrible times at the albion… NOT… Bring em on….
Carson? Hmmm if this pays off ill sing the lords my shepard in the center circle on our first home game whilst having my ginger locks shaved.
(who do i sound like?)
cant fault the board so far. JP hasnt put a foot wrong so far think he’s giving this season a real go. Maybe its because he trusts TM and is willing to gamble more as he feels this is the season to make a real go at becoming a premiership team for many years like we deserve. Just please dont let me down and sign carson soon and get it out the way so they can all train together. If we cant get carson id be happy wiv al-habsi from bolton tho. anyone agree?
reply to daverugeleywba
Dave, If Carson does come abord the H.M.S. Premiership Baggies then we must all get behind him.
We did that with Zubihowlermiester so the least we can do to someone many many times better that him is give him the big baggies welcome & get right behind him…… confidence as a keeper is everything
44 - Burf
I hope you’re right mate.
I suppose I have missed out the fact that Mogga and Venus manage to make good players better.
Add Grant and Joe Corrigan into the mix and we’ll have Englands’ Number 1 between the sticks making me wonder why I ever doubted his ability to catch crosses!!
Good work with signing Cech too Mogga!
reply to lee ballinger
Would prefer Carson over Al Habsi purely on potential alone..
Carson has years on Al Habsi & ia & will be a far better keeper.
COME ON BAGGIES GET HIS SIGNATURE…….
Lee Ballinger
I agree, played a major part in keeping Bolton up last season, very good keeper.
exactly. I would prefer carson obviously but if that falls through i think habsi will be a good player to have. Like bomber said he did play a major part for bolton. Maybe double swoop for meite and habsi for 4mill plus robbo or something similar
ALL BAGGIES FANS
When you sit down & think about it, this is the best squad I have seen at the temple of football since the late 70’s….
It’s got a backbone, it’s got skill & it’s got a team at the top that can think quickly on its feet & is not afraid to go for gold..
Welcome Burfmiester. Happy you dont work for me though
Danish Baggie
reply to Danish Baggies..
Multi tasking…… Just one of those days that I wish I was elsewhere…
They get their pound of flesh out of me…. Just having some me time
Just waiting for Carson to put his name on that contract… Happy days that we are even contemplaiting this….
BOING BOING
To Burfmeister 58…56…52…51….
Don’t type too many words on this site cos a lot of your colleagues can’t read very fast and you’ll be responsible for more ‘global warming’due to excessive ‘hot air’.
If this really is you debut on Tesco’s site then welcome but a word of warning….There’s a poster who uses the name HappieBaggie who is a Wolves fan for sure (with a sad tendancy to wear a mask and then visit the Wolves site.)
Please ignore all his words cos I know for sure he wears Black and Gold underpants. (They actually started out white but over the years…..)
However calling your team HMS Premiership Baggie’ is really just asking for a torpedo. Just remember next season you won’t be taking four points of us and of course, KP is no more.
Having said that enjoy the site but before you become too settled, turn to the Black and Gold cos everyone knows it makes sense.
If Burfmeister is not terry or happy baggie, does this mean they have gone on holiday together??
Reply to E11 Wolf
Mr Dingle, thanks for your welcome & your advice & be assurred I will not faulter to the path to the dark side….. be always blue & white I will…
HMS Premiership Baggie now has the updated defence & will fight off any foe, intruder or Missile…. It’s the new Cech Zuiverloon radar system.
WBA Bomber
Be assured I am not Terry or Happy Baggy so they must have gone to the Island of Lesbos together….
COME ON YOU BAGGIES
Bomber you know they have been having an affair for the past five seasons, sorry, years.
If we don’t get Carson from Liverpool,then who else do we go for? I would try and get Kuzacak back from Man Utd on loan. The best save I have ever seen of him saving a certain goal at the feet of Jason Roberts of Wigan some 3 season’s ago and voted best save of the season.
struggling to sell your season tickets rippin off the fans the moxey way
super jez what a wonderful job yam doing keep buyin them hasbins
Got a lucky cap for England once and had a mare two things are for sure if borough come in he will go there, if they dont and he goes to albion he’ll never see an england shirt again! Hennesey is a better keeper at the highest level (international) he has more caps and had one full season!
I find it quite laughable, when he was playing for Villa he was the worst goalie in history to put on an England shirt, that is according to a high proportion of Baggies fans. Now all of a sudden the genral concensus of opinion from the Baggies fans is…..what a great signing this will be, another Mowbray scoop, another fantasic Etc Etc Etc, how fickle you Baggies fans are.
Dear Mr Burfmeister (66)
I think the term you were looking for to describe your defence is out-dated not up - dated….
Meanwhile Mr. John Aston (72) - are you asserting that the Tesco fans are FICKLE. Surely that is the term reserved for those who visit the Molineux temple.
Albion fans are always very supportive of their team and will always applaude signings cos they follow the gospel of the ‘Mowbary Way’ Tut tut - please do not spread such slander…
73. E11 Wulf. Follow the teachings of Saint Mowbray = reach the promised land. Follow the teachings of Osama “Bin Had” McCarthy = banished to the desert wastes for an eternity. Why don’t you consider converting to the righteous path?, it’s not too late Saint Mowbray will welcome you with open arms…..
71. Why compare your goalie?? We’re not interested in your players mate we’re different league now bhoyo…
Could you please remind me of the competition though hennesey has??????
Oh hang on… NOT INTERESTED in wales or wolves..
Dear Sheepinwulfsclothing 74…….VERY good response.(Osama Bin had etc..brilliant!)
But it is written that WBA have as much chance of fitting through the eye of a needle than they have of avoiding the drop..
But please don’t begrudge us our promotion next year cos even the Israelites only had to suffer forty years in the wilderness.
Look on the bright side of life Mr. Sheep..
The future is bright, the future is Black and Gold.
76. E11 Wulf. Glad you liked it. I have some bad news for you, just checked on wikipedia & found out that Osama “Bin Had” McCarthy took the wulfs job on 21 st July 2006. I reckon you have another 38 years in the wilderness to go. Oh, don’t forget to send Osama a happy anniversary message, 2 years in charge oh how time flies…….
If Hennesey is that good maybe we should take a chance and buy him instead…
You’re wrong Mr. Sheep. McCarthy is the new Moses but instead of parting the sea to get us into the promised land - he will be parting the defences of our opponents and drowning them with goals.
he already has his ten commandments from moxey and Morgan…
1. Thou shalt get us into the premiership this year.
2. Thou shalt only buy the young and hungry.
3. Or some experienced (but still hungry) players.
4. Thou shalt cast aside the club Nuggets.
5. Thou shalt never speaketh of the Eastwood.
6. Thou shalt glory in the misfortunes of the tesco tribe that did sneaketh into the promised land through the scorest of many goals and four points from us.
7. Thou shall smite the former King of Tesco - he by the name of Phillips - when ne does venture to the Temple of Molineux with the tribe of Dorks.
8. Thou shall not explain any decision you make thereby making your tribe much puzzled.
9. Thou shalt not lose against lowly sides.
10. Thou shalt goeth and getteth a defence.
The futures bright, the futures Moses…
E11 Wolf… sneaketh into the promised land?… Really?
to martin 80 I was being ironic!
76 E11.
That was a camel you’re thinking of and the good news for you, Mick has just signed said camel as a striker, the final piece of the jigsaw.
To real Bully
yes I knew the original story and just sort - of linked a camel to tescos defence.Everyone else does so why shouldn’t I?
Looks like you’ve lost carson - he could be going to blackburn. i told you mowbary is too slow.
Finally Moses Mick (who is leading us to the promised land) gave up camels long ago so he only buys young, eager and speedy stallions.
E11 Wulf, Enough already!!. I see that you do truly believe in the powers of Moses Mick, the P*ss artist formally known as Osama Bin Had McCarthy. Why not just admit to the coveting of your nearest neighbours premier footie team?. It is the only way you will get better.
bhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
A little bird has just told me that if you go down to the woods today you could be in for a big suprise… or alternatively, there might be an england international keeper hanging out at The Hawthorns looking for a pen…hope it’s true anyway, just what I heard.