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Sometime has you turn to the Echo thinking what next ............. another rumour.
Every Cardiff City fan is expecting Michael Chopra to go to Ipswich but we are still wanting on what the player feels about a transfer. Does he what a move? Why would he transfer out of a club expecting to be in the promotion mix to a team last season that was struggling at the wrong end of the league table? City boss Dave Jones as said in the past he didn’t want to lose his star striker and now he is back at work after his holiday he can throw himself into plans for next season.
Cardiff are rumoured to have line-up replacement for Chopra and it’s not Craig Bellamy news of whom has dry up a bit but Swindon 20 year-old hotshot Charlie Austin. Who? Well he was plucked out of non-league football from Poole Town on the recommendation of the Swindon chairman who was chairman Hungerford Town when he played for them. He had a pre-season trial with Bournemouth who wanted to sign him but were under a transfer embargo so could not strike a deal. He when back to Poole Town for the start of last season and in all game scoring 18 goals in 11 games.
Swindon offered Austin a trail in September and sign for an undisclosed fee with a contract until the end of the season. However he was rrewarded with an extended two-and-a-half year contract with the club in February 2010. It is very likely at if Swindon were to be willing to sale Cardiff would not be a loan to show interest. Swindon will be looking for offer of a million plus for their striker.
Austin has come a long way in just one season of league football this time last year he was a Poole Town player and working as a bricklayer to make a living. If a deal can be done he would have risen from non-league football to within one promotion from the Premier League pretty impressive.
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He played 33 games in total 6 off the bench scoring 20 goals.
1 comments:
Charlie Austin has recently signed a new improved long term contract with Swindon. He is a local lad who frew up in in the area and has a loyalty to Swindon fo giving him the opportunity. Furthermore, Swindon are no longer ran by a bunch of carrot crunching numpties, who sell assets on the cheap. The current board of directors at STFC are within the top 20 wealthiest in the country. Expect to pay £2 million for him if you are serious and even then I'm not sure if he would want to leave. Chances are the WE will be eyeing up your players before you get the opportunity to purchase any of ours.
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