Transfers - Gossip Shop: Scotland move for Boro

Eurosport - Wed, 15 Apr 16:25:00 2009

What's that you say? Middlesbrough relocating north of the border like some soulless American sporting franchise? You gotta be kidding me?

Roary the Lion, Middlesbrough mascot - 0

Maybe Gareth Southgate thinks his team can win the SPL? Maybe it's the only way to avoid a season in the Championship? Or maybe the Scotland in question is not a country at all.

Okay, it's time for the Shop to 'fess up' and admit our cheap-shot headline alludes to Boro's interest in Swansea hitman Jason Scotland.

According to the Daily Mirror, the Trinidad and Tobago international has attracted the attentions of Boro chief scout Gordon McQueen and is a wanted man at The Riverside.

Boro boss Gareth Southgate is so taken with the 30-year-old striker he wants him whether his side is in the Championship or the Premier League next season - but Scotland may need some convincing if Swansea and Boro move in opposite directions.

Meanwhile, Barcelona have become the 'latest big-name club' to cast an eye over Liverpool defender Daniel Agger.

Livepool are reportedly readying a £55,000-a-week deal to keep the Dane at Anfield, but he is apparently not swayed by financial matters. Yeah right.

Down to North London now, where Tottenham's happy shopper Harry Redknapp has Sunderland striker Kenwyne Jones on his wanted list.

A price of £10 million has been bandied about for Jones, who surely can't do any worse in a Tottenham jersey than Darren Bent.

Spurs are also interested in Middlesbrough and England winger Stewart Downing, but we really have no basis for that one so we'll leave it at that.

Aston Villa manager Martin O'Neill is keen on Belgium international Steven Defour, but is not prepared to "pay over the odds" according to the Daily Star.

Quite what the odds are has always been unclear to The Shop. Can anybody clear that up?

Standard Liege are apparently waving a figure of £15m in the air, but it's yet to be seen if O'Neill will go above the £500,000 he has withdrawn from Villa's saving account.

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  1. Downing should not go to Spurs or any London club for­ that matter. If he decides to leave Boro I would advise­ him to go to Villa or Man U or even at a push­ Liverpool. I say this becasue all play good attacking­ football and less distractions than London.
    At Villa­ O'NEILL knows how to manage people and that would­ help Downing a great deal.

    From David S, on Thu 16 Apr 10:23AM
  2. neildrees, you missed several mistakes in that post,­ made incorrect amendments and then followed it with­ your own thoughts that contained several grammatical­ errors as well as very poor english and sentence­ forming.

    I should suggest if you are so hung up on­ literacy and intellect you pick another hobby rather­ than football, the modern game is practically devoid of­ it.

    From RossG, on Wed 15 Apr 4:52PM
  3. Why are you so hung up on spelling and grammar?­ It's only a bloody post on a website not a thesis;­ did you have difficulty understanding what he was­ trying to put across?

    From matthew.knox31, on Wed 15 Apr 4:29PM
  4. 'spoted' aarrrggghhh I give up!!!

    From neildrees, on Wed 15 Apr 2:30PM
  5. Please tell me you're taking the mickey­ stewilson!

    i(')m a life long (')boro fan and u­ can all get stuffed(,) we­ played some grate (great)­ football this season (,) we just can(')t­ score(.)­ we have a grate (great) accadamy (academy) and a lot of­ young up­ and coming e(E)nglish players who will one­ day were (wear) the­ e (E)ngland shirt (,) and then you­ will regret saying what you­ have about us (,) if we go­ down these young boys may miss­ ther (their) chance and­ england will never win anything­ !!!!!!!!!! a(A)ll your­ teams are full of forigen (foreign) players­ are u­ proud t(o) call yourself a(n) e(E)nglish side because­ you­ should not be.

    I'm not old (in my twenties)­ Yes, I do have a girlfriend, and I go to football­ matches often.

    If you want to get your point across,­ it's likely to be taken much more seriously if the­ majority words were spelt correctly. Anyway, all the­ best and Brian Marwood to Barcelona for £25 million ?!?

    From neildrees, on Wed 15 Apr 2:28PM
  6. well spoted lol

    From Ste, on Wed 15 Apr 2:21PM
  7. Classic typo irony there!

    From Tom, on Wed 15 Apr 2:14PM
  8. John, you may want to chack YOUR spelling as­ there's no such word as "alot"

    From Tom, on Wed 15 Apr 2:12PM
  9. maby but at least we have a english platform u­ ignaramus and as for spelling who cares jour a old fart

    From Ste, on Wed 15 Apr 1:55PM
  10. Stew. please rant after you have bothered to check your­ spelling.

    Are there no foreigners in the boro­ team...erm....yes alot.

    From John, on Wed 15 Apr 1:44PM
  11. keep yer hands off!

    From neathrfc, on Wed 15 Apr 1:41PM
  12. steven defour is the next pirlo he is­ waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy­ yyyy better than gareth barry

    From opowicz, on Wed 15 Apr 1:36PM
  13. Looks like Southgate is getting ready for the­ Championship by buying a championship level striker in­ Jason Scotland. He's okay in the Championship but­ falls far too short of Premier league standard. Boro­ are doomed and Southgate knows it.

    From Allen H, on Wed 15 Apr 1:32PM
  14. im a life long boro fan and u can all get stuffed we­ played some grate football this season we just cant­ score we have a grate accadamy and a lot of young up­ and coming english players who will one day were the­ england shirt and then you will regret saying what you­ have about us if we go down these young boys may miss­ ther chance and england will never win anything­ !!!!!!!!!! all your teams are full of forigen players­ are u proud t call your self a english side because you­ should not be

    From Ste, on Wed 15 Apr 1:27PM
  15. i never new scotland was 30 he's having a good­ season but its a big qestion mark for me am affraid,­ boro are going down infact 2 northeast teams will be­ down

    From Tom M, on Wed 15 Apr 1:21PM
  16. Dumba**es, the name itself is GOSSIP SHOP. Should be­ just for fun. Why you wanna take it seriously? If­ you're not satisfied, just leave yahoo then.

    From Alan S, on Wed 15 Apr 1:19PM
  17. Why don't Tottenham and Redknap just make a blanket­ statement to say they are interested in every player­ that is remotely available? It is so annoying to read­ of Spurs constant interest in all transfer targets. I­ think Harry believes that if he buys loads of players­ then one or two of them must turn out OK. He has­ bought some right duffers over the years but gets a­ reputation as a transfer genius.

    From Kevin, on Wed 15 Apr 1:12PM
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    Invalid comment!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    From Nige, on Wed 15 Apr 1:08PM
  19. There is a couple of comments made without reading the­ article properly. The best being one made by Paul­ Budding, or should it be Pudding?

    From ron c, on Wed 15 Apr 1:03PM
  20. weak, I think I'll stop using Yahoo if this tosh is­ the best they can come up with

    From Jason T, on Wed 15 Apr 12:46PM
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