TheRams Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 Derby County remain in the hunt for Blackpool defender Shaun Barker despite having a second offer for the player rejected. http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Er/therams/%7E4/woeS6oyUjHc [url=http://feeds.therams.co.uk/%7Er/therams/%7E3/woeS6oyUjHc/rams-to-go-in-for-shaun-again]Read More... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vicky-27 Posted July 11, 2009 Share Posted July 11, 2009 SHAUN Barker could make his last appearance in a Blackpool shirt this afternoon after manager Ian Holloway admitted a transfer deal is very close. Holloway has also seen a move for DJ Campbell collapse and endured a frustrating week in his bid to sign Charlie Adam. The manager pleaded with top target Adam to get in touch, admitting that the Rangers midfielder had failed to respond to calls since the clubs agreed a £500,000 fee on Monday. The Seasiders travel to Burscough for their first pre-season friendly this afternoon, when club captain Barker is expected to play 45 minutes at the heart of the defence. Derby County have had two bids for the 26-year-old rejected, though Championship rivals Nottingham Forest could be in the driving seat with a cash-plus-play offer. Speaking at a Bloomfield Road fans' event last night, Holloway said: "We are very close to a deal. The last thing I want to do is lose him but everyone has their value. "What you have to remember is that players know what other people are getting paid at this level. "Even if we doubled his money, it wouldn't be as much as the two clubs chasing him would offer." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day Posted July 11, 2009 Share Posted July 11, 2009 Off to Forest, Billy will have offered about £5m plus 30k a week wages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyTheRam Posted July 11, 2009 Share Posted July 11, 2009 Originally posted by David;22733 Off to Forest, Billy will have offered about £5m plus 30k a week wages. Would not suprise me... he's mad enough.. maybe its why were linked with Kisnorbo as we can see losing out on Barker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day Posted July 11, 2009 Share Posted July 11, 2009 If he does go to Forest I will make an exception and blame the board on this one. Blackpool told us last week what the X they wanted was, we had plenty of time to get in there and get the deal done. I'm not saying it's the Bodde situation all over again but we've missed out again by trying to haggle to much. Sometimes you just need to offer the money they want and let's face it we did need Barker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcfc4eva Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 i agree. nigel was very clear that he wanted sean barker and given the fact that we ve had money from mears and from villa, i think, on this occasion, the board should cough up and pay what blackpool are asking. if he s as good as blackpool fans say he is, he ll be worth it. i ve never criticised this board btw as i think overall they are doing a top job but i think they need to get behind nigel on this one:mad: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 Just been reading the Blackpool Mad site to see if there was any more rumours and it seems Rotherham have a 20% sell on clause, no wonder they are standing firm on the price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derbydan Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 another site of theirs which is alright is avftt (another view from the tower) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perky1106 Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 Why can't we use some of the money we made from selling Mears to buying the kind of player the team really needs? Though if Forest have jumped right in now then it's probably too late. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derbydan Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 just saw this on avftt blackpools message board they had a q&a with holloway - Ollie is a very honest man who wants things right before he begins. He revealed that the team will never go back to Squires Gate and every player has breathed a Bananas of relief at that news. Fylde is where the team will train until a purpose built training facility is developed on Owen Oyston's land (presumably at Wyndyke). Inevitably the first question of the night was about Charlie Adam. Ollie says he signed him last Wednesday, it's just the player himself has yet to turn up for contract talks! With regards to Shaun Barker, it looks like the club captain will be off after the manager revealed he couldn't match the offers from Derby and Forest who were offering to treble Reggie's money. However, he said he'll bring in players who will fill that place and will make sure that the team isn't weaker if he does go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 I'm guessing this means they have accepted offers from both Derby and Forest if we have offered to triple his wages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derbydan Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 according to quite a few of the lads up here nothing official yet but we have signed barker he played first half of a friendly last night and left at half time 900k is the reported figure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vicky-27 Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 [url=http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/blackpool-football-club/Barker-race-gathers-pace.5456582.jp]http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/blackpoo...pace.5456582.jp Bids thought to be £700,000 with both teams offering a player - ours thought to be Dickinson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyTheRam Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 Originally posted by vicky-27;23307 [url=http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/blackpool-football-club/Barker-race-gathers-pace.5456582.jp]http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/blackpoo...pace.5456582.jp Bids thought to be £700,000 with both teams offering a player - ours thought to be Dickinson. Could well be true, him going out there on loan an netting some goals, maybe had settled in with a few of the staff and players up there. 2 different ends of the spectrum, blackpool or brighton, depends which beach he prefers.... lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 Does he prefer Blackpool rock or the slightly different stick of Brighton rock ooo err, either way he's off to be beside the seaside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derbydan Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 Barnes for barker??? [url=http://www.blackpoolfc.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10432~34054,00.html]http://www.blackpoolfc.co.uk/page/Profiles...2~34054,00.html :confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derbydan Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 haha that was a joke don't slitting your wrists yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyTheRam Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 Stupid how ya can do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 is you calling Dan stupid though?:eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CumbrianRam Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 Love this, it is second year in a row we are beat Forest to get the services of a Forest fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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