Albion poised to snap up Boaz Myhill
Friday 30th July 2010, 10:58AM BST.
Albion were today poised to end their goalkeeper search by snapping up Wales international Boaz Myhill from Hull in a £1.5million deal.
The 27-year-old has emerged as the red-hot favourite to become the Baggies’ new gloveman with the club closing in on an agreement to sign him.
Hull head of football operations Adam Pearson confirmed the Baggies lodged an official bid late yesterday and the clubs are believed to be close to agreeing a fee.
He said: “We’ve had one firm offer in and that is currently being considered.
“He’s a player I’ve known a long, long time and have got a lot of time for. He has a very special part in the club’s history so it’s not an easy decision.”
Myhill has not sought a move away from Hull and was happy to stay despite relegation to the Championship, with his family settled on Humberside.
But he now accepts he will be sold to bring in much-needed funds to the cash-strapped Tigers.
A move back to the Midlands suits all parties for him and his family.
His mother is from Llangollen and from the age of one, the California-born shotstopper was brought up in Oswestry where he initially played as a midfielder, while his wife is from Birmingham. He also played for Shropshire schools at cricket.
Hull are under pressure to raise money to ease their £30million debts and Myhill is among their most saleable assets.
Pearson said: “The fact we owe a lot of money to other clubs puts us under some pressure to raise cash this summer.
“All we’ve raised so far is the cash off the sales of Stephen Hunt and Steven Mouyokolo to Wolves, so it does put you under pressure to look at the deals.
“The position of the club is such that we have to consider them carefully.”
Myhill, who former boss David O’Leary allowed to leave Villa for just £50,000 in 2003, has not yet talked personal terms with the Baggies so the move is not expected to be completed before the weekend.
The former Villa reserve, who climbed from League Two to the Premier League with the Tigers, has been on the Hawthorns transfer radar for several years and was added to a summer shortlist of potential goalkeeping signings, as revealed by the Express & Star in June 2.
Myhill made it on to a shortlist drawn up by goalkeeping coach Dean Kiely that included Preston’s Andy Lonergan and Lee Grant of Sheffield Wednesday.
The Baggies targeted Myhill actively after failing to agree a fee with Preston for Lonergan.
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can he catch a ball or command the box
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This would be a very good signing indeed. Let’s hope it happens and leave the worry of keeping two top class goalkeepers happy to Roberto.
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Hopefully this will be the begining of our incoming transfers. The biggest need is for a striker or two (pref two), not sure this deal will happen as ive heard on the grapevine Myhill does not want to leave Hull.
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One word – uninspiring.
We need first XI players because the current XI won’t keep us up in a million seasons. We’ll be battling Blackpool for 20th.
The hopes I had back in May are evaporating fast.
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number 4. (trevor) i understand that we need better 1st team players, but if we also need a number 2 goalkeeper, thats what we need. At least there are signs of transfer activity now.
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If he’s able to get in the 1st team ahead of Carson (who should definitely remain 1st choice) and can pull off some performances like he did for Hull against Spurs last season then we have a very good goalkeeper on our hands.
I think he’ll be good back up to Carson though.
My mate says that Beattie is due at the Shrine for talks over the weekend……apparently any way!!
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Typical Albion style of going into a new Prem season with the usual crop of signings,
Goalkeeper and a few defenders,When will
Jeremy Peace learn that to survive in this
league you need a half decent striker.
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Wales wales no1 wales no1 wales wales no1 wales no1,just think we will have englands no1 and wales no1 keepers wim gunna be unbeatable aye boing boing top 4 finish the RDM way instyle OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
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4. Trev The Shed ought drop a shed on yer yed! One Word for you too: NEGATIVE. Or maybe the word should be: WOLFIE. We won’t battle Wolves for 20th, you can have it. Politely of course.
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4, YOUV ALREADY BROUGHT HUNT N FLETCHER AND THAT OTHER BLOKE NOBODYS EVER HEARD OF,AYE BOING BOING SOZ FORGOT TO TAKE CAPS OFF
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7DLB. Always build your team from the back. We tried two seasons ago with a gung-ho defence. Great fun at times, like when we outplayed Liverpool at home, praise poured down on us from Reds everywhere, but er, we lost 2-0.
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A talented keeper by all accounts. It concerns me that he lost his place to Duke at the back end of last season, but at 27 he’s a baby in goalkeeping terms and he’ll hopefully keep Carson on his toes.
DLB
Have I missed something? Is Jeremy Peace our new manager?
Peace doesn’t decide the transfer targets. I’m astounded by how many people seem to think he does.
RDM and Dan Ashworth have both spoken publicy about getting strikers in.
Trevor Summers
Who would have been your preferred choice? Buffon or Casillas maybe?
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DLB won’t be pleased, I’ve just read that we’re after Pantsil- another defender.
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No1_Albion_Fan
July 29, 2010 at 3:51 pm
Looks like Boaz Myhill is on the way then… Apparently he has agreed to sign and should be signing within the next couple of days.
Only a day late E&S not bad for you guys.
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gd signing if it happens need to get beattie mido or zaki in
i think as soon as that inter striker signs for man city santa cruz will go to stoke then free up beattie or tuncuy. we should be sniffing around really
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2. Myhill is a much better keeper than Carson and this is excellent as it will improve our first team. Carson will be back-up now and it has been proven for years that Carson is not a Premier league keeper. Lets hope we can complete this deal after Lonergan and Grant turned us down.
I have heard that Beattie will come in over the weekend as he is talking to Blackburn today and if he signs our 25 man squad is in place.
As usual JP will be happy with spending next to nothing and us fans will have to watch a huge scrap and relegation.
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Digga Dave
Carson’s club captain and RDM’s already spoken of signing back-up so I think you’ll be disappointed come 14th August. Carson’s achieved more at 24 than David James had, I think we need to be patient and get behind the lad.
Also, why would JP be happy to see us in a relegation scrap?
Premiership club= higher turnover= higher salary for chairman and increased value of club and shares owned.
The argument he wants us relegated carries no weight whatsoever, whatever your thoughts on his motives.
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I’m happy with that and lets face it halfway through the season Carson is tired and has niggling injuries then Boaz who has good premiership experience will pick up from him.
Good signing!
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17. You constantly make the point of David James hadnt played for England. Carson played in one competitive game (whilst at Villa) and made a very high profile mistake and another in a friendly. The blooper football programmes are full of his errors. He will never be a top class keeper, David James commands his area and has never played outside the top flight since he has 19.
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1.
I’m sure he can but it won’t stop the Moaning Minnies on here.
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To Reply 19……David James never used to drop MASSIVE clangers for liverpool then??….week in and week out! Give Carson a change for petes sake! 24 is still young and he was thrown in at the deep end for England. Lay off him.
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4 Trevor Summers??????
So your hopes from May are evaporating fast. My hopes from the 70′s, some of the 80′s and the late 90′s are coming together.
We’ve had comparative success for 10 years now. This is solid progress, not the couple of flashes in the pan your club have achieved in recent years.
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A couple of points:
1) This is a very good signing and will provide excellent competition for Carson. I think we’re going to have two exceptional, young keepers on our hands and as Cyril correctly points out, quite the selection headache for RDM. It’s a nice headache though.
2) If JP is so tight, why would he sanction a 1.5 million outlay on a goalkeeper? The transfer drama is just about to unfold, believe me. Fasten your seat belts, August is going to be quite the ride and we’re extremely well positioned to take advantage of it.
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AT LAST A DECENT SIGNING,WHAT ABOUT A LEFT BACK,TWO DECENT CENTER FORWARDS,BECAUSE NONE OF OURS ARE NOT GOOD ENOUGHT SORRY TO SAY THAT,SEASON 2 WEEKS AWAY VERY CONCERNED,ALL THE BEST ALBION FANS.CANNOT WAIT FIRST MATCH SUNDERLAND,SHIFNAL BAGGIE.
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15 Scott.
Are you serious?
Beattie could probably do a job for us but has proved to be a bit disruptive at Stoke.
Mido has failed miserably since shining for Spurs in his first half dozen games.
Zaki had a great half season before the goals dried up then went missing altogether.
Sometimes you need to sign players with character not just names plucked out of the air.
Wages wise all three of these could prove expensive mistakes.
Sign players in haste, repent at leisure.
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7 DLB.
Good to see you’re back to your acidic best. I’ve worried about you over the summer when you’ve almost become cuddly. Back to calling players ‘donkeys’ and slagging off officials and players alike (except you favourites of course.) Welcome home DLB.
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Boaz for no.1
Take away his England performances, how many high-profile, costly mistakes has he made in an Albion shirt? Mistakes that are solely attributable to him?
I can think of about three- Arsenal at home when he dropped a cross, QPR away last season. He shouldn’t have headbutted Chopra against Cardiff. He really hasn’t made that many. I challenge anyone to come up with a big list of them.
Compare it to how many World-Class saves he makes, which people seem to have come to expect rather than to applaud.
Scott Carson’s 24-years-old. To put it into perspective, David Seaman won his first England cap at 25, David James at 26, Nigel Martyn at 27. Even Ray Clemence has suggested he has as much potential as any England keeper he’s worked with.
Don’t get me wrong, the lad has his weaknesses but he’ll only get better, unless the moany brigade ruin him. He’s still a baby in goalkeeping terms.
Lots of Carson-critics on here. If we were to get rid of Carson, who (realistically) would you replace him with that’s better?
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Warren
Of course Jeremy Peace decides the transfer
targets,do you honestly think our chairman
wanted to waist 1.5M on Eric Djemba-Djemba,
Iam sure Dan Ashworth is the man to blame for
our lack of signings,This man will be gone
before the season starts!.
I`d love it if Albion signed Boaz Myhill and
James Beattie as they both would finish our
squad off nicely,wasnt to keen on Beattie before` but apart from his age and odd injury
problems he`s a dam good player.
CARSON
ZUIVERLOON TAMAS IBANEZ JARA
MORRISON MULUMBU DORRANS BRUNT THOMAS
BEATTIE.
MYHILL-GK
OLSSON
CECH
S.REID
BARNES
MILLER
BEDNAR.
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See that we are thinking about putting an offer in for De sutter. If you are realy bored due to the lack of transfer activities, go to google translations and see what De sutter means in Danish. Judged on that, we should stay away :-) Danish Baggie
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dlb ive read to your posts over the months and iv realised your lee who goes on the radio phone ins after tha game you ought to have your own show mate,its a great laugh. this time next week we wiil have 3 new players in, remember the 1st prem season gera and co wasnt signed till two weeks before
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watch this space myhill will be no 1 you will all realise how good and how much potential this young lad has. with a good back 4 infront which he didnt have at hull he will shine and will put carson on the bench week in week out
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28. You think Meaty Beattie is a damned good player? maybe these thoughts are born out of desperation.
The guy has a huge chip on his shoulder and has never been prolific plus his assist rate is shakey. Not a good move and I’d rather throw Chris Wood in at the deep end.
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Hopefully this signing, if it happens will be the 2nd after Ibanez and the start of the predicted fire sale[or loans] and will put paid to the majority of the Moaning Morons on here,I can’t understand how a lot of you go round with this big black cloud over you all the time,the last few years have been good for WBA even being a yo yo club so come on lads lets try and have a week of positive posts[I'm probably p------ in the wind].
1 Flow Another Carson hater.
4 Trevor Summers Another depressing outlook,with your record i’d keep quiet.
7 DLB Try positive not negative thinking.
16 Digga Dave Did you know JP’s policy this season is to spend the money available on higher wages and not transfer fees,we can’t afford both or we’ll end up like Portsmouth and the like.
19 Boaz for no1 It wasn’t Carson’s mistake it was Terry’s.
28 DLB OK! we know it’s all DA’s fault that the majority of clubs in all the 4 division’s haven’t signed anybody and Zuiverloon will never make a Premier player as long as I’ve got the a hole in my proverbial.
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I can’t believe all the negative swipes against Carson.
We’re so lucky to have a keeper of his calibre and he really doesen’t make as many mistakes as people make out.
At his age and with his experience, he’ll be massive for us this season.
What I like about Carson as a bloke is that he must hear the stupid comments coming from behind him in the Brummie but he still maintains that he really likes the club and the fans.
If I was getting the abuse he was getting last season, I might not be so kind!
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#8,10
Did you ever go to school ?
You Muppet.
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Cyril Randle
Albion failed because Jeremy Peace didnt bring
in a striker to replace Kevin Phillips until
the January transfer window when it was to
late,if we have had Fortune when the season
started Albion would of stayed up.If you look
at the defence in those last 10 or so games
ZUIVERLOON,MARTIS,OLSSON,ROBINSON they all
done pretty well so thats hardly building from
the back.
Digga Dave
Preston didnt want to sell Lonergan and I
believe we wasnt even in for Grant.
Iam 99% sure Boaz Myhill was our 1st choice.
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Well I’m glad DLB is back, acidic comments or not. I need reminding from time to time who plays for us and I’m NOT being facetious.
I’m confused by Shinal02′s comments.
“BECAUSE NONE OF OURS ARE NOT GOOD ENOUGHT SORRY TO SAY THAT” Now, if NONE of ours are NOT good enough, that means all of them are!
Then Sunderland first match? Explain please.
I thought we were away at Chelsea. Hast tha bin on’t pop lad?
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is their any chance that we can compete, come on jp a striiiiikkkkkeeeerrrr please
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Jeez Christ, we have got some thick as a plank so called supporters this page especially 4,7,16, moaning about JP and Scott Carson all the while give the bloke a chance. If you think that Calamity James is a better goalie, then you definitely need to go to Specsavers. I doubt that you are real Baggies fans anyway.
C’mon you Baggies!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Your goin down, & ya know you are, your goin down, & ya know you are!!!!
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27. Villa away.
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19 – I specifically remember David James playing against us in the Championship for West Ham after they were relegated with him in goal. It’s not the biggest of talking points on here, but I am a Carson fan, so if someone is coming ip with mistruths to try to slate him, I’ll pick up on them. Myhill will be a much better back up keeper to Carson than Kiely would’ve been. Good business Albion
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This is my 2nd attempt at this post they wouldn’t let the 1st one through,I didn’t think it was that insulting but my standards are very low,some might say it’s clap trap but it’s my clap trap.
The signing of Myhill is the second new face this season and lets hope it goes sum way to shutting up the unbelievable shouts from the Moaning Moron Brigade on hear.
I wish I could put some of the great sunshine I’m enjoying in the post to all from the brigade to lift that permanent grey cloud that hangs over them.
The last few seasons,even being a yo yo club,have been enjoyable OK not all has been perfect but a dam sight better than most,the days of spending money we don’t have have gone.
no1Flow Another Carson hater.
no4Trevor Summers Another with a depressing outlook and with your record I’d keep quiet.
no7DLB Try positive thinking not negative.
no16Digga Dave Did you know It’s JP’s policy this season is to spend the money available on higher wages not transfer fees,we can’t afford both or we’ll end up like Portsmouth etc.
no19Boaz for no1 It was not Carson’s mistake It was Terry’s.
no28DLB OK!DA is to blame for the lack of transfers in Premier and the other 3 divsions and Zuiverloon will never make a premier player.
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See told you It wasn’t that bad!
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Could be a good signing Boaz Myhill we certainly need a Goalkeeper to keep Carson on his toes who needs to work hard in the new season the less goals we let in the better.
The most urgent player we need is a striker desperate so come on baggies push the boat out go after James Beattie at stoke pay the money and get some one who can net us goals.
We need to survive this season as a platform to build on.
Looking forward to Baggies survival season?????
Bestof luck to the Manager Players, and everyone connected with WBA.
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Just seen on the official website we have signed him!!
Great signing and will be interesting to see the 2 keepers competing for a place next season…. can only be a good thing.
I was starting to get concerned with the lack of signings so I have layed low but was gonna leave it till August (last month of the window) before I got carried away… but now we have signed Myhill hopefuly this will kickstart the signings. Great aquisition!
All we need now is James Beattie!
Hopefuly Ibanez is good at the back and we may be able to roll with what we have till January
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I’m not going to come on here under some daft pseudonym pretending to be a baggies fan.
I hope that you’re going to buy some decent outfield players in the next three weeks. It would be a tragedy in the first season in years when all four midlands teams are in the premier league and your board aren’t prepared to make a fist of it and get their wallets out.
This must be as about as exciting as when we signed Hahnemann (who in hindsight has been outstanding) last season – it’s like “yeah, sensible to get him in but this is not a signing that will keep you up”.
I’m sure this post will receive a barrage of criticism which you’re entitled to write, but do you honestly think you’ve got a team to stay up in it’s current form and do you believe the West Brom management team have got the inclination to try and stay in the premier league or are they not prepared to risk financial security to give the fans what they want?
You’re our bitterest rivals but event I’ve been frustrated by the apparent lack of ambition in the transfer market.
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42 – Thanks for your honest opinion. In my honest opinion, we still need some strengthening work. We all know that our main priority now is a goal scorer. If we learnt 2 things from our last PL campaign, 1 was that we need to stop the silly defensive mistakes (something I believe we have addressed) and the 2nd was that we need to take our chances in front of goal.
We can score almost at will in the Championship, but the Prem is cometely different and we MUST buy a goal scorer.
We have a very good midfield who will create chances, but if we don’t get someone inwho can finish them we will really struggle.
In summary, if we buy a goalscorer, I think we’ll stay up. If we don’t (like our last PL campaign) we’ll get relegated again.
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35, yee i did i went to nite sckool but it was to dark to see anythink,aye boing
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