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Town Again Linked With Move for Chopra
Town Again Linked With Move for Chopra
Monday, 24th May 2010 16:52

Town boss Roy Keane is reported to have made Cardiff City a £3 million offer for striker Michael Chopra, in the wake of the Bluebirds’ failure to win the play-offs. Keane, who is also understood to have told Owen Garvan, Colin Healy, Alan Quinn and Alex Bruce that they are no longer in his plans, is a big fan of the former England U21 international, who he signed when manager of Sunderland.

Cardiff’s financial situation is no longer quite as parlous as it was a few months ago when Town looked to sign left-back Mark Kennedy, the club are in the process of being taken over by a Malaysian consortium, and the Bluebirds are likely to want to keep hold of this season’s 21-goal top scorer.

Keane took Chopra from Cardiff to Sunderland for £5 million in the summer of 2007, the former Newcastle man netting eight times in 24 starts and 18 sub appearances during his time at the Stadium of Light.

The 26-year-old’s record in his spells with Cardiff is more prolific, the frontman scoring 22 goals in 44 games in his first and 30 in 67 starts and 11 appearances from the bench since returning, initially on loan during 2008/09.

Earlier on in the season, Keane said he would have been interested in signing Chopra last summer but was aware that his £3 million permanent move back to Wales was already all but done by the time he took over at Portman Road.

While Keane would clearly be delighted to have Chopra in his squad, the Blues boss recently questioned whether Town would be able to afford to pay the wages and fee for a striker of Chopra’s standing.

It’s little surprise that Keane sees Garvan, Quinn, Healy and Bruce as surplus to requirements with none of the four regulars in his side this season. All four are contracted until 2011.

Garvan came back into Keane’s side for the final day of the season match against Sheffield United, having been in and out of the team throughout the season, while Quinn was rarely involved during the second half of the campaign and Bruce and Healy sent out on loan to Leicester and Falkirk respectively.

Leicester are understood to be interested in signing Bruce permanently, although the clubs are yet to agree a fee for the Irish international defender.

Meanwhile, former Blue Darren Ambrose is reported to be in talks with QPR regarding personal terms after Crystal Palace’s administrators agreed a £750,000 fee with the club now managed by former Eagles’ boss Neil Warnock.


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superblues9 added 17:01 - May 24
PleeeeeeaaaaaaSe be true keane get chopra !!!
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TRUEBLUE1974 added 17:13 - May 24
after saturdays performance lets hope we have a chance i shaw we are not the only team looking at him after his good season imagine if we signed him hes the 20 goal striker we are after.
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wcoote added 17:13 - May 24
No thanks. 4 goals in last five months. Get Hooper in.
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SouperJim added 17:16 - May 24
Anyone who isn't desperate for us to sign Chopra doesn't know their backside from their elbow. If we only sign one player this summer, please god let it be him.
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mickeyjb added 17:20 - May 24
So Garvans out then! Not sure he's done enough this season to show significant progress, shame though as bang goes another great prospect. I'd love to see Chopra here, just have a feeling its going to be our usual "drag on all summer" signing and then we don't get him or anyone else of value. Don't want to be negative but been disapointed quite a lot over the past few seasons!
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hmhb added 17:21 - May 24
just a rumour....
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These_arent_the_days added 17:22 - May 24
Good idea - spend £3m on him then loan him out for the season.
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wcoote added 17:35 - May 24
Give priskin a go for god sake.
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ITFCAlex added 17:44 - May 24
Please please please!!! Chopra was superb on Saturday!!! Keep Garvan but the others can go.
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jamie22 added 17:45 - May 24
We should go for Ambrose! Offer them Garvan and 750,000, he will provide width or can play in the middle! (I don't want Garvan to go but looks like he will)
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Mark added 17:48 - May 24
It would be great to sign Chopra, but will it happen? Chopra is a reliable scorer at Championship level and hit 16 league goals this season. We would need to give him service though and I am concerned about creativity, especially if Garvan leaves.

If Ambrose is going for £750K SNAP HIM UP!! He scored 15 league goals this season, only 1 fewer than Chopra. He plays on the left side of midfield, a position we need to fill.
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Ipswich24 added 17:49 - May 24
750k for Ambrose go and get him now dont let him go to another of our rivals what a bargain guaranteed double figures in goals and assists a somebody who actually has a shot Keane you are a muppet if you dont go for Ambrose.
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GlenPennyfather added 17:50 - May 24
Surprised but happy that Counago doesn't yet feature in the list of players we are rumoured to want rid of: Garvan, Healy, Quinn, and Bruce. I guess the other obvious likely leavers are Lisbie and Stead. Trotter, Priskin, Martin, and Edwards will probably be given another chance.
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dreblue added 17:50 - May 24
So many people on here moan about how awful our season was (rightly so) but then the same people moan at links like this!!! Surely is the sort of player we should ALL want in our team....

@ wcoote- GREAT COMMENT!!! why bother getting another striker when we obv have the answers already.....hummmmmmm!!! signing chopra doesnt mean Priskin wont get a chance. Its obvious we need a scorer and Wickham wont be playing week in/week out!! Ppl seem to forget how young he is!!

I agree with the players been released... maybe Bruce the only one im not 100% about as we currently dont have much back up for right bk or much for the middle. But im sure this means Keane has someone already lined up (fingers crossed)

PLEASE BRING CHOPRA IN!!!
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arc added 17:54 - May 24
It will the second time Ambrose has been sold by an administrator. He's had an odd career, hasn't he?
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cbower added 18:00 - May 24
Having seen Chopra in the play off games I was very impressed with his movement, dropping off the central defenders as the play built up before making a dart to the front or back post. He looked eager to score and even a tad greedy like all goalscorers should be. £3 million is a heap of cash but I really would like to see this deal come off. A partnership with Wickham has immense potential and I still reckon Priskin has a part to play for this club too. Add a left sided midfielder - yes Boyd does fit that bill but I also like Ross Wallace at Preston and they are skint so maybe a cheeky offer might work - and a right and left back and we would be set imo. Move Stead, Counago, Lisbie, Bruce, Quinn and possibly Garvan on to part fund the Chopra move. Initial interest comes from RK but I think we know his opinion of Chopra. Question is, will Marcus Evans fund the move? I hope so!
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lawshallgirls added 18:29 - May 24
sign ambrose,kakuta on loan rom chealsea, Derry and chopra and a new right back then we could play this

Murphy
---------- mccauley delaney o'connor

Derry
Walters ambrose

Kakuta

Chopra priskin

it's the ame formation blackpool played and it worked for them and good point dreblue wickham can't play every game so if he's a sub most games were not putting to much pressure on him
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lawshallgirls added 18:31 - May 24
or get wickenham and sell walters to stoke to raise the cash
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lawshallgirls added 18:32 - May 24
41212
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Suffolk_n_Good added 18:44 - May 24
£750K for Ambrose!! we should be busting a gut to sign him! I know he didn't set the world alight when on loan, but he's back to his best now & at that price the boy is a bargain!!

We have surely got to sign Chopra, he has always made good noises about playing for Keane.
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Blueknight85 added 18:46 - May 24
We top the shots on goal table by miles....So there is hardly anything wrong with our creativity or the amount of chances we supply..
Garvan is Kak the biggest one trick pony in football and has very bad attitude off the pitch

"Ipswich Town have had more shots than any other Coca-Cola Championship side and the most in the entire Coca-Cola Football League. Their tally of 347efforts on target is 31 more than their nearest challenger West Bromwich Albion and overall they have had 593 attempts at goal. Striker Jonathan Walters has had 81 shots for the Town but is a surprising twelfth place in the individual standings. "

http://www.football-league.co.uk/latestnews/20100409/stat-attack-shooting_224568
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IpswichElvis added 18:55 - May 24
I think the only way we would ever get Chopra is if a bigger team doesn't come in for him. Assuming of course Cardiff will sell. Chopra may also realise that he has a better chance of Premier League footy with Cardiff and will probably stay put no matter how much he and Keano get on.
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IpswichElvis added 18:59 - May 24
Oh yes, I am prepeared to be "underwhelmed" by Keane's close season signings just like I was last year. I advise that the rest of you should too. I remember just over a year ago on the transfer deadline day I read all the pro-Keane muppets complaining that nothing was happening. Same this year I think !!!

KEANE OUT
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naaridge1coly7 added 19:13 - May 24
keep dreaming .........
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wisebluey added 19:22 - May 24
lawshallgirls .... whats wrong with conner wickham ? best
striker we'll have next season .... period
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