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Baggies target £3m defender
Tuesday 24th July 2007, 12:00PM BST.
Albion were today closing in on the £3m signing of Luton defender Leon Barnett – raising more question marks over the Hawthorns future of wantaway Curtis Davies.
Sources in Befordshire insist the Hatters are resigned to losing the 21-year-old and believe it is only a matter of time before he signs for the Baggies.
It is understood Luton are ready to accept around £2m up front for their player of the year, with add-ons set to take the potential fee up to £3m.
Personal terms are unlikely to be a problem, although Hawthorns sources today insisted a deal remains some way off completion.
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Albion were today closing in on the £3m signing of Luton defender Leon Barnett – raising more question marks over the Hawthorns future of wantaway Curtis Davies.
Sources in Befordshire insist the Hatters are resigned to losing the 21-year-old and believe it is only a matter of time before he signs for the Baggies.
It is understood Luton are ready to accept around £2m up front for their player of the year, with add-ons set to take the potential fee up to £3m.
Personal terms are unlikely to be a problem, although Hawthorns sources today insisted a deal remains some way off completion.
Baggies boss Tony Mowbray has been eyeing Barnett for some time and failed in a double bid to bring both the Stevenage-born stopper and Rowan Vine to The Hawthorns in January.
But Luton’s relegation to League One has made Barnett’s exit inevitable.
Although Barnett is primarily a central defender, Mowbray has been attracted by his versatility and believes he can also do a job as a midfield enforcer.
The youngster, who played alongside Davies in the Hatters’ under-18s, impressed when asked to play the role last season, and has also filled in at full back, up front and even in goal in an emergency in the past.
Barnett’s potential arrival will only increase speculation that Davies’ days with Albion are numbered.
The former skipper, who left Kenilworth Road for Albion in a £3m deal in August, 2005, has made no secret of his desire to leave the Baggies for the Premiership, having a transfer request turned down.
Should Davies, who remains a Spurs target, move on before the transfer window slams shut at the end of August, Luton will receive 12.5 per cent of any fee through a sell-clause agreed with the Baggies.
Albion are to run the rule over Miguel Tininho after offering the Portuguese left back a trial. Their interest in the Beira Mar defender was revealed by the Express & Star yesterday.
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if he so good why did luton go down with terrible goal angaist record!
another sensational move by the bus driver
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Would be a very good signing – young,hungry player and hopefully not full of his own importance (curtis davies !! ) get him in and hopefully more will follow
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Don’t know much about him, only what I’ve read.
Sounds like a good buy, just hope we can wrap the deal up quick before Steve Bruce finds out about it.
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just to follow on what we8wba commented. that’s completely negative and irrelevant and also typifies what went wrong for us last season it’s a team game not about just one individual. luton would have gone down last season even if they had rio ferdinand at the back !! let’s get some positives out of this
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Do I detect a note of irony Parksey………but then again history bears you out.
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sounds like a decent signing if we get him, hope he wont be a repeat of davies. still need one more big name at the back.
we should get rid of davies asap, as an albion fan ive lost all respect for him, hope he has a great time playing in the reserves for a prem club
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A good signing for you lot though you ar paying a premium price if it amounts to £3m. Would have really liked him at Wolves right now – at the right price.
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He’ll be a good player with the right players around him, unfortunately Newell sold Carlos Edwards, Sol Davis had a stroke, Heikennen didnt want to play and Chris Coyne is 50. I think when we played at your place, MN played him upfront !
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He aint half bad!
when we played there in the league he was the best player on the park, rock solid, young, quick and very strong, an excellent buy! can we swop you for Breen? :-)
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I’m just amazed that the first post on here is once again from a tatter. They really must be worried about what’s going on at the Albion to keep looking at our news stories. I never go near the Dingles pages I just aint interested. Why don’t they stay away and worry about their own twopenny halfpenny little outfit that will go nowhere next season
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Sounds like a great signing, let so many goals in his team were relegated last year, but sounds a bargain at 3 million. Right up there with the bargain wolves had with Kighly. Makes Eastwoods signing look pathetic at Wolves. Hoestly, this defender has an awesome record………….worth every penny……………….
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Bring in player who want to play for the club, preferably young and ambitious.
As for Curtis, he said he will give 100% and be professional, yet at the same time throws in the captains armband? Is that professional?
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who is he tesco fans never heard of him. as he come to make his name before he moves on to a bigger club like the rest are doing. eg kamara koumas and prob davies
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hes very very good, some say better than curtis.
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Leaving it a bit late tesco plodders,if you get him you will
still need another half a dozen at
that price to stop in the championship.
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My mate who is a Hatters season ticket holder (poor b*gg*r) reckons Barnett is a better prospect than Curtis. I’d rather ToMo grab bargain prospects from the lower leagues than pay over the odds for some overpaid reject from Blackburn reserves who demands 20K per week… Get ‘em young and hungry!
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If at 21 he’s worth £3m, then he should be heading for the prem, not a championship mid table, unsettled team like the bogs.
If he had any ambition at all he Should join THE WOLVES, but I don’t think he is good enough!
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jimmy tividale wolf .you’ve probably never heard of him cos your team don’t usually reach as far as the oppositions defenders.and another thing you lot keep on about how luton let on more goals in than anyone last season,one man doesn’t make a defence its called a back four not a back one.
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richard you joking right, eastwood will get 20goals if fit easy, who you got 20goals? oh thats right you sold him n playing the oap’s in hartson n phillips who quite frankly not going to produce the goods year after year aged 65
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Great signing if we get him.. get rid of curtis davies! davies out! boing boing!
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In response to Smethwick baggie this is the first time i have ventured onto your site and it was to see if any Wolves fans – the biggest club in the black country – post anything there!
On our boards there are constant snipes from your lot.
Barnett is a decent player but so is Darren Ward. I would be concerned about the activity levels at Molineux! Portuguese may not be the answer, look at Silas.
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Oi Smethwick, Im looking on here cos theres a link on a LTFC news site talking about BARNETT, incase its missed you completely, he is actually a LUTON player you tool ! Boing Boing Luton Luton !!
Meanwhile, keep spending the millions and getting nowhere !!
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You tescos lot would need some fatty like 3 john hartsons lying down in goal to stop our attacking might next season!! Off you boing to league 1! :-)
Up The Wolves!!
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lets get him signed first!!
good player who will improve for having better players around him.would prefer him to sodje
funny how these dingles say he let in all those goals and luton relegated.
lets hope gypsy eastwood scores goals with the same result!!!!!
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Are wolves signing barnett..? No ? Then why on earth are they all over this story making their childish little comments – they would die for a defender like barnett to replace their traffic cones.
He is stronger than davies but as fast – a great aquisition to the team. He will make a formidable wall with Mcshane or Martis or Sodje or whoever – what options.
Very positive move by ToMo – all going towards a fast and strong squad. BOING BOING
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come on u wolves.Who has the greatest manager WOLVES.What have wba won nonthing.What have wolves won everything
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What is the problem with the dingles why are they so jealous when we buy a player and then sell him later at a profit and still have a better squad than they have or could dream about.So a little advice to jimmy the tividale tatter you worry about the signings you have made , and we will carry on counting the millions. I hope you do your shopping at the super market at Burnt Tree they have a lovely selection in carrier bags. BOING BOING
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bit pricey for a defender without experience at a top club!
Surprised has not been snapped up by Fulham or Wigan or another team with premiership pedigree?
Perhaps he’s used to relegation scraps and that’s why he’s in the frame for the Albion..!
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So the ink had not dried on this atricle before that knuckle scraper we8wba had posted his/her vitriol again.
So based on those ridiculous utterings, i presume you dont rate Freddy Eastwood because he did`nt score enough goals to keep Southend up.
You half wit.
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£3m is a lot. Mick McCarthy could buy two or three better defenders for that. Good to see WBA wasting their money on average players. Boing Boing
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Loads of Dingles shouting their mouths off again, eggs on faces once again me thinks. I hope we get the lad signed up I’ve seen him play a couple of times, quick, good in the air and young. Maybe not the finished article but has anyone thought we may be buying him to play alongside Davies?, after all with plenty of cash in the bank we are under no pressure to sell. Personally after Davies’s cry baby tactics I don’t really care if I see him play in the mighty blue and white strips again. Personally I think Davies will definately go and I think it will be on August 31st about 23.59PM a we will get around 7.5 million for him.
UP THE BAGGIES!!!!!!
Boing! Boing!
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In reply to No. 26 SUPERWOLVES, Are you on school holidays or day release from a mental institution?, or are the circus just in town you CLOWN!!!!!!!!!!!
PS My dad’s bigger than your dad!!
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i looked on the luton site for there updates looks as the signings going to be done, and a quick lil word dingles u are not black country u are staffordshire (potters) like stoke look bk on ur history. and u dingles u can do ur talking on here we do it on the pitch hence like last season :)) BOING BOING
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Some good comments here – wbaforever (29) & Romsley Baggie (31/2) as usual, and also some proper drivel from the custard slurpers.
Particularly thick are jimmy tividale wolf (13) DUDLEY WOLF (no suprise there) and Alex J H (so thick even wolves fans notice).
howvere, this postings top thicky award goes to..(roll on drums) tony-mischiefmaker (28) – so thick it hurts.Congratulations to everyone concerned.BOING BOING
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My response to Hatter79 (22) is I said tatters not hatters. You’re either a dingle in disguise cause you obviously can’t read or else the 79 stands for your age and you can’t see
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apologies to Wooly-Bully-Torquay-Wolf (23)and SUPERWOLVES (26) – you could have won the thicky award but I didn’t bother reading your tripe. Sorry.
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Listen Up fellas
Not all not all wolves fans are that bad… I dont hate the Albion there a midlands team… I come on here to see what is happening in Midlands football
Leon Barnett is a good buy and will probably serve you better than Curtis ‘Want Away’ Davies
Anyway Up the Wolves and Good Luck to you lot for next season…
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Agreed! wolves aren’t in the black country.We should apologise to the Luton fan who got caught in the crossfire because the comment wasn’t aimed at him.Smethwick Baggie said tatter , not hatter.
When Blues snatched Rowan Vine from under our noses with a ridiculously high offer, we were also looking at Leon Barnett. Tom Ross kept saying that we should forget Vine and go for Barnett because he was a much better prospect.
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To be fair Happy_Baggie there are plenty of candidates for the thicky award but come on it’s got to be a gold medal for SUPERWOLVES,I can’t see any further than that ridiculous posting. A few others have tried to make themselves look as thick as possible but for me that is a clear winner.
Boing! Boing!
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Wolves fans get a life and worry about you own team.
By the way , if we are tesco, who are you? ar thats right your netto.
Shut up sit down
UP THE BAGGIES
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Happie_Baggie
I trust you are easily pleased with a name like that! either that or you feel your team over-achieved last season!
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A decent promising defender, but at 3 million…ouch!
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Albion r a better team than wolves!!! simple as!!! better squad and all this talk bout wolves goin up lmao they am jokin ryt ?
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Happy_Baggie
It takes one to know one. They’re coming to take you away!!
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To all the dingles trying a last minute thick comment – sorry guys, its already been awarded, but I’m sure you will be posting your thick comments on future stories so fingers crossed for you then.
P.S – very disappointed in Bojangles Wolf (37) who actually talks sense – the rest of them wont like that mate !!
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C`mon guys, comment 26 had me cowering in the corner with it`s withering attack of wit and intellect.
On the other hand, some of the other contributers from the planet dingle are clearly striving for new levels of banality with each passing day, and lets face it they are an unmittigated success in their quest.
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Ok – to SUPERWOLVES (26) we give the wbaforever lumpy custard award – thick and tasteless !! Well done big fella.
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Just a not to tipton baggie, yes you are correct wolverhampton is in staffs, what you will also find is that your ground is actually in Birmingham so it’s a bit pot & kettle – only true black country team is Walsall
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west brom havent sighned him yet and with there players leaving i think the bobbies need to concentrate on that and while they are we can swoop in and sighn him
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WE HAVE JUST SIGNED GRAY ENG EX COME ON U WOLVES WE ARE TOP OF THE LEAGUE WE ARE TOP OF THE LEAGUE
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WE ARE TOP OF THE LEAGUE WE ARE TOP OF THE LEAGUE
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LUTON U HAVE GOT TO BE KINDDING
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