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Blackburn Rovers fight off QPR’s late Murphy bid (From Lancashire Telegraph)
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Blackburn Rovers fight off QPR’s late Murphy bid
10:05am Monday 25th June 2012 in News
By Andy Cryer, Blackburn Rovers reporter
BLACKBURN Rovers fought off a last ditch hijack attempt from Premier League QPR to seal the signing of Danny Murphy at the weekend.
The Lancashire Telegraph understands Rangers upped their offer to the former England international at the 11th hour – but Rovers returned with counter terms to secure Murphy's services for the Championship campaign.
Murphy had already turned down offers from QPR and Premier League new boys West Ham United to travel to East Lancashire for talks and a medical on Friday.
And, when QPR’s Malaysian chairman Tony Fernandes sanctioned a last minute second offer to the 35-year-old, his fellow countryman and Rovers new supremo Shebby Singh responded in kind to complete the deal.
It is understood the 35-year-old midfielder put pen to paper on a pre contract deal on Saturday evening, having agreed a two-year contract. It is expected to be confirmed by Rovers today.
Rovers are also chasing Newcastle United duo Leon Best and Dan Gosling – although reports from Australia claiming Harry Kewell, 33, is close to a move to Ewood are understood to be wide of the mark.
The former Leeds and Liverpool midfielder is expected at Brockhall for ‘tests’ today, after quitting Melbourne Victory and returning to England for family reasons, but the Lancashire Telegraph understands any move to Rovers is highly unlikely.
The Lancashire Telegraph also understands Rovers will hold further talks with Newcastle United striker Leon Best later this week, after having a bid in the region of £3million accepted.
The 25-year-old former Southampton and Coventry man is currently mulling over his future having been told by the Magpies he is way down their striking pecking order.
Newcastle boss Alan Pardew is also believed to have given former Everton midfielder Dan Gosling permission to speak to Rovers about a potential loan deal.
Murphy's capture is the first sign that Rovers owners Venky’s are finally prepared to provide a ‘decent’ budget, with a lucrative package also understood to be on offer to Best.
Rovers have several other targets on their radar, in both midfield and up front, as they look to strengthen their squad to push for an instant Premier League return.
The club are hopeful former defender Colin Hendry will join the coaching staff this week, while further appointments could be made.
Meanwhile it is understood Rovers director Vineeth Rao, a close friend to owners Venky’s, will take a backward step in terms of influence at the club.
It is also believed youth charity ‘The Prince’s Trust’ will continue to have their name splashed on the front of the shirts next season.
Comments(39)
James_rox
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10:13am Mon 25 Jun 12
harwoodblue
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10:20am Mon 25 Jun 12
petestan
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10:21am Mon 25 Jun 12
However given all the bull Kean has told to the fans who can blame them, we shall see if we get more of the same from Shebby.
makaveli96
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10:22am Mon 25 Jun 12
James_rox wrote:Prince-trust-slashed
If its one consolation im pleased to see The Princes Trust partnership continue. Less surprising is that any business wish to be associated with us at this moment in time.
???
Is the a cryptic message here?
Hippocroccapig
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10:30am Mon 25 Jun 12
Money talks
Angrlus
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10:32am Mon 25 Jun 12
Best and Gosling would be great signings though.
givet82
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10:35am Mon 25 Jun 12
Hippocroccapig wrote:yes it does and the dingles will feel the wrath ha
Looks like Danny Murphy is your typical money-grabbing scouser - prepared to drop down a division in order to secure the best wages and the longest deal.
Money talks
MidlandRover85
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10:38am Mon 25 Jun 12
Angrlus
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10:38am Mon 25 Jun 12
Hippocroccapig wrote:according to Murphys wife, he's impressed with the plans they showed him for this season which made his mind up for him.
Looks like Danny Murphy is your typical money-grabbing scouser - prepared to drop down a division in order to secure the best wages and the longest deal.
Money talks
wish they'd show us, i know you cant give everything away and most fans would laugh it off as more cr@p from the,chicken farm, but it would be interesting to know.
Tuo Neak
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10:41am Mon 25 Jun 12
Hippocroccapig
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10:43am Mon 25 Jun 12
givet82 wrote:Good luck with that - bought your season ticket then have you?
Hippocroccapig wrote:yes it does and the dingles will feel the wrath ha
Looks like Danny Murphy is your typical money-grabbing scouser - prepared to drop down a division in order to secure the best wages and the longest deal.
Money talks
Tuo Neak
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10:44am Mon 25 Jun 12
MidlandRover85 wrote:If no players were signed this summer but the manager was removed do you think more people would be happy? I know I would be
Damned if you do damned if you dont. Positive moves at last coming out the club and the "happy" people still find time to dangle themselves off a bridge!
champs95
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10:48am Mon 25 Jun 12
Hippocroccapig wrote:Money grabbing indeed but he isn't a scouser, he's from Chester.
Looks like Danny Murphy is your typical money-grabbing scouser - prepared to drop down a division in order to secure the best wages and the longest deal.
Money talks
parkinsonc
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10:48am Mon 25 Jun 12
I JUST can't get my head round the fact that they let loads of our old experienced but high eaners leave last season (which I can understand the logic of, even if not agree with) to reduce costs. So then why sign someone who is exactly the same as what we let go?
Tell you what Venkys, why didnt you stump up the high salaries LAST year, then we might have stayed up! Clueless springs to mind, but it certainly isn't the first time.
Dan11
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10:49am Mon 25 Jun 12
Angrlus wrote:according to murphys wife...LMFAO.
Hippocroccapig wrote: Looks like Danny Murphy is your typical money-grabbing scouser - prepared to drop down a division in order to secure the best wages and the longest deal. Money talksaccording to Murphys wife, he's impressed with the plans they showed him for this season which made his mind up for him. wish they'd show us, i know you cant give everything away and most fans would laugh it off as more cr@p from the,chicken farm, but it would be interesting to know.
moh
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10:49am Mon 25 Jun 12
MidlandRover85 wrote:a few people at work (rovers supporters) feel the same sentiments.
Damned if you do damned if you dont. Positive moves at last coming out the club and the "happy" people still find time to dangle themselves off a bridge!
andyproc
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10:53am Mon 25 Jun 12
Hippocroccapig wrote:Makes a change we can get a "money grabber" we seem to have lost two in Yakubu and Samba- both of whom wanted to move onto to bigger and better things in China and Russia respectively!! Murphy can be our Pirlo. BTW Putyourself in Danny Murphy's position - what would you do??
Looks like Danny Murphy is your typical money-grabbing scouser - prepared to drop down a division in order to secure the best wages and the longest deal. Money talks
Hippocroccapig
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11:00am Mon 25 Jun 12
andyproc wrote:Maybe it's just me, but I am guessing he already is a rich man - why not try and have another season in the top division with either West Ham or QPR?
Hippocroccapig wrote:Makes a change we can get a "money grabber" we seem to have lost two in Yakubu and Samba- both of whom wanted to move onto to bigger and better things in China and Russia respectively!! Murphy can be our Pirlo. BTW Putyourself in Danny Murphy's position - what would you do??
Looks like Danny Murphy is your typical money-grabbing scouser - prepared to drop down a division in order to secure the best wages and the longest deal. Money talks
benal13
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11:01am Mon 25 Jun 12
harwoodblue wrote:QPR DIDNT WANT MURPHY THE CHICKEN KILLERS HAVE JUST SAID THAT COS IT LOOS LIKE WE HAVE GOT ONE OVER A PREM CLUB ITS CALLED SPIN
So we are paying Danny Murphy more to play in the Championship than QPR were prepared to pay him to play in the Premierleague. FLEECED
Tuo Neak
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11:02am Mon 25 Jun 12
moh wrote:Which is why it is so sad that the only possible decision to bring the majority of Rovers fans back on board under Venky's ownership doesn't seem to be being considered. Under normal circumstances universal praise would be lavished on the owners for a signing of a player like this in the Championship.
MidlandRover85 wrote:a few people at work (rovers supporters) feel the same sentiments.
Damned if you do damned if you dont. Positive moves at last coming out the club and the "happy" people still find time to dangle themselves off a bridge!
Nellie 77
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11:11am Mon 25 Jun 12
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benal13
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11:16am Mon 25 Jun 12
Tuo Neak wrote:UNIVERSAL PRAISE HE WILL BE 38 WHEN HIS CONTRACT ENDS WAT PLANET ARE YOU ON,HES HERE FOR HIS PENSION FUND END OF STORY
moh wrote:Which is why it is so sad that the only possible decision to bring the majority of Rovers fans back on board under Venky's ownership doesn't seem to be being considered. Under normal circumstances universal praise would be lavished on the owners for a signing of a player like this in the Championship.
MidlandRover85 wrote:a few people at work (rovers supporters) feel the same sentiments.
Damned if you do damned if you dont. Positive moves at last coming out the club and the "happy" people still find time to dangle themselves off a bridge!
Tuo Neak
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11:21am Mon 25 Jun 12
benal13 wrote:Two year contract for a 35 year old Danny Murphy, he will be 37. Alongside a player with legs he could be a real asset for our team. Unfortunately your views are probably correct due to the incompetence of the "manager" he will probably be played as a Left Back...
Tuo Neak wrote:UNIVERSAL PRAISE HE WILL BE 38 WHEN HIS CONTRACT ENDS WAT PLANET ARE YOU ON,HES HERE FOR HIS PENSION FUND END OF STORY
moh wrote:Which is why it is so sad that the only possible decision to bring the majority of Rovers fans back on board under Venky's ownership doesn't seem to be being considered. Under normal circumstances universal praise would be lavished on the owners for a signing of a player like this in the Championship.
MidlandRover85 wrote:a few people at work (rovers supporters) feel the same sentiments.
Damned if you do damned if you dont. Positive moves at last coming out the club and the "happy" people still find time to dangle themselves off a bridge!
FifeRover
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11:27am Mon 25 Jun 12
benal13
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11:28am Mon 25 Jun 12
Tuo Neak wrote:HE WILL BE PLAYED ALONG SIDE DAVID DUNN AND BOTH WILL BE INJURED AFTER A COUPLE OF GAMES AND THAT WILL BE KEANS EXCUSE FOR BAD RESULTS AS irishrover HAS SAID ITS NOT ROCKET SCIENCE
benal13 wrote:Two year contract for a 35 year old Danny Murphy, he will be 37. Alongside a player with legs he could be a real asset for our team. Unfortunately your views are probably correct due to the incompetence of the "manager" he will probably be played as a Left Back...
Tuo Neak wrote:UNIVERSAL PRAISE HE WILL BE 38 WHEN HIS CONTRACT ENDS WAT PLANET ARE YOU ON,HES HERE FOR HIS PENSION FUND END OF STORY
moh wrote:Which is why it is so sad that the only possible decision to bring the majority of Rovers fans back on board under Venky's ownership doesn't seem to be being considered. Under normal circumstances universal praise would be lavished on the owners for a signing of a player like this in the Championship.
MidlandRover85 wrote:a few people at work (rovers supporters) feel the same sentiments.
Damned if you do damned if you dont. Positive moves at last coming out the club and the "happy" people still find time to dangle themselves off a bridge!
FifeRover
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11:31am Mon 25 Jun 12
I didn't quite catch it.
French Rover
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11:50am Mon 25 Jun 12
benal13 wrote:Murphy is surprisingly an pretty much injury free player....he played in 33 prem games and 11 Europa games last season and not may less the season before. He was team captain and well respected by Fulham fans and helped them into one of their best ever prem finish positions last season. Not sure how any Rovers fans can knock him based on facts. But then when have facts counted for anything on here. Murphy is a good signing. Fact.
Tuo Neak wrote:HE WILL BE PLAYED ALONG SIDE DAVID DUNN AND BOTH WILL BE INJURED AFTER A COUPLE OF GAMES AND THAT WILL BE KEANS EXCUSE FOR BAD RESULTS AS irishrover HAS SAID ITS NOT ROCKET SCIENCE
benal13 wrote:Two year contract for a 35 year old Danny Murphy, he will be 37. Alongside a player with legs he could be a real asset for our team. Unfortunately your views are probably correct due to the incompetence of the "manager" he will probably be played as a Left Back...
Tuo Neak wrote:UNIVERSAL PRAISE HE WILL BE 38 WHEN HIS CONTRACT ENDS WAT PLANET ARE YOU ON,HES HERE FOR HIS PENSION FUND END OF STORY
moh wrote:Which is why it is so sad that the only possible decision to bring the majority of Rovers fans back on board under Venky's ownership doesn't seem to be being considered. Under normal circumstances universal praise would be lavished on the owners for a signing of a player like this in the Championship.
MidlandRover85 wrote:a few people at work (rovers supporters) feel the same sentiments.
Damned if you do damned if you dont. Positive moves at last coming out the club and the "happy" people still find time to dangle themselves off a bridge!
Angrlus
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11:50am Mon 25 Jun 12
Dan11 wrote:are laughing because he's got one? or that she might know what he's thinking?
Angrlus wrote:according to murphys wife...LMFAO.
Hippocroccapig wrote: Looks like Danny Murphy is your typical money-grabbing scouser - prepared to drop down a division in order to secure the best wages and the longest deal. Money talksaccording to Murphys wife, he's impressed with the plans they showed him for this season which made his mind up for him. wish they'd show us, i know you cant give everything away and most fans would laugh it off as more cr@p from the,chicken farm, but it would be interesting to know.
http://mobile.rovers
.co.uk/runtime/black
burn/article?article
Id=2821442
IrishRover2
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12:02pm Mon 25 Jun 12
Hippocroccapig wrote:I would have thought like this if i was Danny Murphy, that getting paid the same as a preimier league player and getting to play week in week out, compared with a lower salary to be bright on occassionally. any how i thought they were trying to cut the wage bill, even though they got him for free, 2 years is to long, usually player are offered a yearly contract at his age.....
Looks like Danny Murphy is your typical money-grabbing scouser - prepared to drop down a division in order to secure the best wages and the longest deal.
Money talks
Soccerover
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12:12pm Mon 25 Jun 12
webeatthedingles32 wrote:A pound to a penny sales exceed purchases by a squillion - and in my book that will be ASSETT STRIPPING big time.
What a bunch of moaning B@st@rds you lot are. I wasn't gonna purchase a season ticket but IF these signings come off i'll be down there again next season. All seems daft signing quality and keeping kean but atleast they aren't assett stripping and are going for it next year.
This is the usual Shonky con.
Watch this space mate.
benal13
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12:16pm Mon 25 Jun 12
Soccerover wrote:SPOT ON soccerover
webeatthedingles32 wrote:A pound to a penny sales exceed purchases by a squillion - and in my book that will be ASSETT STRIPPING big time.
What a bunch of moaning B@st@rds you lot are. I wasn't gonna purchase a season ticket but IF these signings come off i'll be down there again next season. All seems daft signing quality and keeping kean but atleast they aren't assett stripping and are going for it next year.
This is the usual Shonky con.
Watch this space mate.
YarkshahRover
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12:50pm Mon 25 Jun 12
Andy, what's this about -"splashed". Meaningless journalist speak. The word is completely superflouous in that sentence. It is also completely inacurate in the everyday meaning of the word. Please leave these sensationalist expressons to the Sun.
IrishRover2
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1:16pm Mon 25 Jun 12
Iamthevoiceofmyowngod
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4:45pm Mon 25 Jun 12
bring back the good old days
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4:50pm Mon 25 Jun 12
Angrlus wrote:According to his wife ....???? You just couldn't make this stuff up.
Hippocroccapig wrote:according to Murphys wife, he's impressed with the plans they showed him for this season which made his mind up for him.
Looks like Danny Murphy is your typical money-grabbing scouser - prepared to drop down a division in order to secure the best wages and the longest deal.
Money talks
wish they'd show us, i know you cant give everything away and most fans would laugh it off as more cr@p from the,chicken farm, but it would be interesting to know.
According to his agent .....QPR gutted ???
According to Shebby...... (I have a poster of Ronnie on my wall )???
It just goes on and on, This is Bollywood alright.
Vikings Rover
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4:54pm Mon 25 Jun 12
Good luck Danny boy, but prepare yourself for a massive culture shock.
Dream move or a nightmare only time will tell . . . . .
R.T.I.D.
Cumbrian Blue
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11:46pm Mon 25 Jun 12
parkinsonc wrote:In the words of Jim Royle,"Tugay....my A**E!!"
I think Danny Murphy will be an excellent player for us, I see him very much like Tugay in his later years - just patrolling that centre circling, getting the ball down & passing it. Pair him up with a Savage type partner who can do more of the headless chicken stuff, and it could be good. All depends if he stay fit, obviously.
I JUST can't get my head round the fact that they let loads of our old experienced but high eaners leave last season (which I can understand the logic of, even if not agree with) to reduce costs. So then why sign someone who is exactly the same as what we let go?
Tell you what Venkys, why didnt you stump up the high salaries LAST year, then we might have stayed up! Clueless springs to mind, but it certainly isn't the first time.
The-Jerome-and-Steve-Show
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12:17pm Wed 27 Jun 12
www.brfcactiongroup.
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10:11am Mon 25 Jun 12