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Albion consider Moses bid
Tuesday 29th December 2009, 1:25PM GMT.
Albion are weighing up a bid for Crystal Palace teenager Victor Moses – but they must sell players in January before making a move.
The Baggies are keeping close tabs on the 19-year-old forward, who seems certain to be sold by the cash-strapped Eagles in January to bring in much-needed funds.
But Albion boss Roberto Di Matteo knows he must offload players to generate his own funds before he could consider firming up his interest in Moses.
Robert Koren is attracting interest and could be sold by Albion in January while Coventry have shown an interest in making Leon Barnett’s loan move permanent.
However, even if Albion generate funds they could face a fight to capture the talented Moses, who has emerged as one of the hottest young prospects in England.
A host of Premier League clubs including Sunderland, Tottenham and Liverpool are also monitoring his situation and that could trigger an auction that forced the asking price out of the Baggies’ reach.
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future England player I am certain, been saying for two years we should try and get him £1.5 Mil in my humble opinion is an absoloute steal
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1.5 mil is probably going to leave Warnock / Jordan rolling on the floor laughing. I think this is an agent trying to start a bidding war. I also think he will look at premier teams first like Hull, Wigan who will be able to offer more money a week and if Spurs or Fulham were interested then forget it.
I would love to see a player with this quality and youth come to the Hawthorns but I doubt we could secure the deal. If we are interested then lets move decisively and quickly to get him in the squad for the Forest game.
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Must sell before we can buy? whats that all about?Of course there is money to spend,its just a ploy by JP to keep the asking prices down.He isn’t going to let selling clubs know we are flushed is he.——– Just an opinion.Don’t think anybody will get him for £1.5 ml. though,not with established Prem clubs and Continental clubs sniffing.
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1 Winslow.
I disagree, £1.5 Mill wouldn’t be a steal it would be grand larceny. I’d have thought 4 or 5 Mill to be closer to the mark and then with a sell on clause. Having said that, I remember us getting a certain Laurie Cunningham for £110,000 so who knows? miracles do happen. Whatever happens, it’s great that we’re looking at players of this quality. Moses looked very good against us this season as he did a couple of seasons back, when he was seventeen and may have been making his debut against us.
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Just been having a read of the Wulfie’s comments on last nights game. A disturbing number refer to ‘Thick Mick’s Shenanigans.’ Could Mick really be Shadrag? We should be told.
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TRBH – LOL, AMS made a good point it could be agent starting a bidding war, but as you say good for you guys to be in that market, very disappointed that we haven’t been linked, but it may be more pressing to get some proven experience in for us that another for the future. Only thing missing from our two performances against Liverpool and City was someone with quality delivery and a proper goalscorer to play with Doyler. Cunningham was a great bit of business, as was a certain Mr Bull we signed for peanuts so these things do happen. My worry for us is that maybe our manager puts off the higher quality players…
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If we go up; lets make sure we make every effort to stay up!
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1.5 m dont make me laugh
thats like saying we will sell dorrans for 250 k
what a complete joke moses is worth 4m +
hes one of the most talented players in the championship theres no way palace will let him go on the cheap
sorry but i agree its agents talk to start a bidding war
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Ha ha ha ha ha we got more chance of us signing Victor Meldrew or Moses and his stone tablets than signing one of the best prospects in England!! Plus he will cost upwards of £5Mil and we all know we aint going to pay out good money regardless of how many players we will end up selling!!!
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£1.5m will be nowhere near enough to get him! I think he would be a great signing if we did manage to get him
Sell Koren, Bednar and Barnett in January, altho i’m not sure who would want to pay anything for Bednar or Barnett to be honest
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hi think moses would be a good buy,taking us to the PROMISE LAND WERE WE THE ALBION BELONG.
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Steve Bull was a bargain, but unlike Cunningham he only ever played in the lower leagues for his club did’nt he, so its not a real comparison!
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why would we want him more to the point why would we want promotion ths team is the worst over the last 5 years we are a joke same old story sell to buy can you imagine going up and having to sell to buy weve only two players anyone would want
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lol cant believe this last i heard his was on his way to a PREMIERSHIP club.
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Right, I love the Albion and would love to think that Victor Moses would sign for us. Could we get a grip though please. Barcelona, Inter and Chelsea have expressed an interest in this kid. 1.5 million wouldn’t buy his shoe lace. Singularly the most ridiculous article I have read in the Express and Star ever. The reporter should be sacked, a nothing story.
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I seem to remember that Steve Bull played for England, hardly ‘lower leagues’ stuff. I was angry when Ron Saunders sold him to Wolves as he was just what we needed at that time. He was raw, but he could score. And did. Loads of them. he probably was as important to The Wulfies right then as Jack Hayward was later. Add to that his loyalty and we gave away the Crown Jewels to our neighbours. Both clubs could have been Supermarkets by now but for some good fortune and good owners. Never forget that. No.13Bob. You are boring, tiresome and an idiot if you think you fool anyone. Now take off your ‘spymask’ you had for Crimbo and go wash your face and hands.
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not bin a very good christmas for our friends up n down the road,liverpool bin playing rubbish all season hammered both of um,never mind we got 6 points,GOIN UP THE DI MATTEO WAY IN STYLE OH YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
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16. Spot on fella, don’t need to add to that. 17. Terry our christmas has been fine mate but thanks for the concern, woke up Christmas morning to find a league table with us outside the bottom 3 in my stocking, that’ll do Wolfie, that’ll do. If we both match the first half of our seasons we’ll both be where we should be, Premier League August. Then the proper banter can start!!!
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15 Stevo.
I think this story has been picked up from the national press, so don’t blame the E&S. I’m sure the agent is probably behind it.
As for the theory of Barca and Inter being interested. I doubt if either have heard of Crystal Palace never mind Victor Moses. Chelsea rarely look at anyone from the lower divisions but I’m sure clubs like Fulham and Wigan will be interested.
I’m sure our management know what he’s worth but you don ‘t come in with your top price. Finally, if you’re not in it you can’t win it. Nothing ventured nothing gained. Nice to change hear the club being attacked by our own supporters for being interested in buying someone instead of for not trying to buy people.
16 Cyril.
Can’t help but agree. Whatever leagues he played in, we would have been glad to have him at any time during his career after he left us, some youngsters can never appreciate how bad things were back then but these things happen, spilt milk and all that.
Interestingly, along with Laurie, most of our best players have been bargain buys. The King cost £25K, Cyrille £5K, Super Bob £300K, Lee Hughes £250K, even Greening at todays prices fits this criteria, Willie Johnston was a bargain because of his bad boy reputation, I’m sure others can add the ones I’ve missed. I think in the future we may be adding Thomas and Miller to the list.
PS Cyril. I also agree about Bob, either a very, very sad individual or one that is getting very worried at the way things are going at the Mol. Every silver cloud seems to have a black lining over there.
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17 Sir Terry.
Just had a perusal on the Wolves site. PHEW! They’re not even in the bottom three yet with a few honourable exceptions, they want everyone out, including the kit man and the tea lady.
Moxey has always been public enemy number one, closely followed by (thick/super) Mick. Two defeats and Morgan is starting to get stick but the really worrying thing for them is that the players are now being castigated. There are one or two that avoided criticism, Doyle because he tries and Milijas because he didn’t play but the rest seem to be fair game, including SEB who only came on for a few minutes. How long before the crowd at the game turn and the banners make an appearance. I hope it doesn’t happen and they stay up and we get up. The area needs a strong West Midlands presence in the PL, there’s been too much doom and gloom for too long.
I know we have our sprinkling of hyper critical plonkers but thank God they’re a tiny minority.
COME ON YOU BAGGIES.
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TRBH. Bob Taylor was class, he’s still got it actually I play footy with him semi regular, top man too. Lee Hughes was tremendous for you looked in the Bull mould, thought he was going on to do it at the very highest level. He still knows where the net is. You are spot on with regard to Moses and the foreign clubs, the one thing you lot might have as a bargaining chip against the other sides interested is guarenteed first team football, and also first team next year almost certainly in the Prem, still hope we have a look at him. 13 sounds like he’s on the wrong board that sort of usual negative drivel is usually on our boards!!! With regards to silver clouds you can’t blame us over the last two decades every time one has appeared on the horizon by the time it gets to us its actually the mother of all storm clouds!!!!
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18, see wher yow am easter morning yam dooooooomed yam guin down IN STYLE THE MACARTNEY WAY AYE BOING BOING
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22. We’ll be healthy 16th on 39-42 points! save that and quote me on it kidda. Who’s Mcartney by the way? TRBH, these guys who jump on the players either don’t go to games or in all reality have no idea what they are talking about, blame the game being over televised everyone thinks they’re a pundit. No accounting for taste either, Brian Clough thought Sheringham was rubbish!!! The fans on the whole at the games home and away have been the best in many years.
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20 TRBH,we had said plonker at scunny on monday when brunt tried to lob the keeper from halfway line but like most his shooting this season he was way off target,cant repeat what said plonker called him but i did say to him bet you daint say that at boro when it came off,aye boing boing
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Bully & everyone else.
RE: The Wolves 0 Man City 3 story.I have just read through the inevitable sack the muppet,Moxey et-al posts, the inevitable reasoned posts, ie Winslow, the inevitable delusionary posts where the authour thinks that they (Wolves) should be signing the likes of Pirlo, Messi and Ribery.
However one post that leaps of the page is number 80, you must read it !!!! it is the single most HILLARIOUS offering i have ever read.
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25. Yeah that was a rare moment of genius on our pages. Our pages light up when there is a negative result, I dont understand I read other teams pages and none are like ours I don’t understand it, sad when a Wolves fan only gets intelligent conversation on the Baggies page eh?!!! What about Megson then chaps? I’ve always rated him, of course I didn’t want him at ours when he was linked for obvious reasons.
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Cant really seeing us signing Victor Moses
although I said the same about James Morrison.
Albion should stick to more realistic targets
like Jamie Ward.
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i remember one wet cold nite when Remi moses played for us,it was belting down with rain and the chant from the brummie rd was,MOSES MOSES STOP THE RAIN MOSES STOP THE RAIN,well i thought it was funny at the time,aye boing boing
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25 Forever.
I saw that one and agree that it is indeed pure genius. There is also a bridgetandtony tribute act on there that goes under the name of bridget and tonley. They are very funny and good at sending the originals up.
27 DLB.
Like I said earlier, the management can’t win. They get ctiticised for lacking ambition or for having unrealitic targets. How long before Jamie Ward would fall into the idiot/donkey category.
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Happy new year to you Terry, boing boing mate.
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The Real Bully Hoo.
Jamie Ward is a very good player and Albion should
be going in for him instead of waisting their
time on 6M rated players like Victor Moses.
I still believe Simon Cox is a donky and should
be shipped back to Swindon Town straight away,
he may have scored 8 goals but after been hauled
off in the last 2 games maybe Roberto Di Matteo
is starting to see it was just a flash in the pan.
Albion 11 for F.A. Cup:
KIELY,ZUIVERLOON,JARA,MARTIS,MATTOCK,
BRUNT,MULUMBU,TEIXIERA,CECH,WOOD,MOORE
boing boing!
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If you can tarnish players as being donkeys, then i reserve the right to tarnish fans as donkeys….
…..Yes DLB i am on about you.
Isn`t another name for Donkey ASS ?
You are undoubtedly the biggest ass on here, give me Shadrag and his many aliases any day.
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30 And a Happy new year to you Jodie hope you had a great christmas and i still love you aye boing boing mwahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
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31DLB. I said on here yesterday but it didn’t get printed, Moses may well consider Albion as he would get to play in the first team, a good chance of the Prem to follow and his wages would always be on the table each month. You have seen what can happen to a player who has come down from the Prem and thinks it’s all beneath him. Ask Luke Moore. He’s only now beginning to find his way forward again. Last question for you. How can you score 8 goals in about ten matches and be a donkey? Cox is a predator, he works hard and is improving all the time. Give the lad a break. Roberto is doing the subs bit for Chris Wood who will be one hell of a player in time. Add Ish to the mix and we’ll have some decent forwards.
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The baggies have no chance of signing Moses, peace has said we have to sell before we can buy.We have no money in the kitty according to Peace although we had 30m from the prem and 12 m parachute money
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If Luke Moore cost 2m and he scores either once in a Man City or against Peterbourgh, how much for Moses? Can’t see it happening.
DLB I can’t say I’ve seen Cox naked, but I take your word for it…
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36 Baggiebob.
That’s very funny.
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Cyril Randle
In the last 2 matches Cox has been bloody awful,
if he`s still finding his feet then he should be
on the bench for an important game like Forest
next week,Chris Wood and Luke Moore up front
every time for me with Cox coming on for the last 10 mins to try and snatch a goal like in
the QPR match.The people who love Simon Cox
are the ones who use to wet their pants over
Rob Earnshaw who was also an awful striker.
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