Championship - Transfer Talk: Go West

Eurosport - Sat, 12 Jul 12:34:00 2008

Frustrated ambitions? Unfulfilled promise? Nice hair? If ever a man was destined for Major League Soccer it was Darren Huckerby.

FOOTBALL: Norwich City forward Darren Huckerby - 0

The man who once single-handledly put Manchester United to the sword as a Coventry City player in a December 1997 Premier League fixture at Highfield Road is set to swap East Anglia for the sunny climes of California, with Canadian newspaper the Globe and Mail reporting that he has opted to join the San Jose Earthquakes from Norwich City.

Huckerby was on the verge of a move to Toronto FC - hence the Globe and Mail's interest in the story - but having visited the club's BMO Field stadium he apparently expressed concerns about playing on the artificial turf there and opted for the Earthquakes.

Transfer Talk is sure that San Jose's 18-degree average winter temperature advantage over Toronto had absolutely nothing to do with it.

Another player set to depart the Championship for pastures new is Watford's gargantuan centre-half Danny Shittu, although his suitcase will probably contain considerably fewer pairs of shorts and flip-flops than Huckerby's because Rangers is his destination.

Pseudo-Welsh striker Freddy Eastwood's Wolves nightmare will be brought to an end when countryman of sorts Chris Coleman brings him to Coventry for £1 million, while the Daily Express reports that Hearts winger Andrew Driver will instruct his agent to, ahem, drive through a move to either Burnley or Sheffield United.

With all this moving going on Crystal Palace midfielder Carl Fletcher was beginning to feel a little bit queasy, so he's stuck his head in the sand and told Plymouth Argyle to go whistle, much to the chagrin of Pilgrims boss Paul Sturrock.

Tom Williams / Eurosport

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  1. I work near Basrah Infadels caledonian pishells football club and have just seen sam hamman pullin off the carpark lookin very happy with himself looks like he's buying

    From jnstev545, on Sat 12 Jul 12:54PM

  2. i work near manchester unitesds trainging ground and have just seen thierry henry pulling off the car park looking very happy with himself. confused as well, looks like he's signing

    From sf, on Sat 12 Jul 9:43AM

  3. well he was smiling an jokin with a man in a suit who looks like an agent

    From Richard M, on Fri 11 Jul 6:47PM

  4. no he has prob got wind

    From fig.harding, on Fri 11 Jul 4:50PM

  5. i work by birmingham city football ground and have just seen marcus bent pullin off the car park lookin very happy with himself looks like he is signing

    From Richard M, on Fri 11 Jul 3:17PM
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