Wednesday, August 08, 2007
Sunderland AFC`s seventh signing of the season has now been confirmed as Craig Gordon from Hearts for a reported £9m.
This fee now completely smashes the fee we paid Rangers for
Tore Andre Flop (£6.75m) and breaks all British transfer records for the transfer of any goalkeeper in British footballing history. This is also the 3rd highest fee paid for a goalkeeper in world footballing history the highest fee paid was for Gianluigi Buffon (£32.6m Parma to Juve) in 2001 where Gianluigi was quoted as saying "This is too much money for one player".
If the fee we have paid for Craig who has already been tagged with the nickname "Flash" is going to effect his game or not will be apparent in the upcoming games, although Tottenham on Saturday may be a game too soon as he is nursing a shoulder injury.
If you have read this far and you are wondering who "flash" is then the Sunderland Echo has gathered a few video clips for you to marvel at (cough cough apart from the own goal). If you are scratching your head and wondering why we have paid so much money then think about this: He is reported in some footballing circles to be better than Paul Robinson, he has already achieved over twenty odd caps for Scotland and has even been compared and even touted as better than Petr Cech.
Flash is still only 24 and will undoubtedly improve over time, goalkeepers alledgedly reaching their peak when they hit their late twenties and early thirties.
Keano has had an on off relationship with Craigs representitives over numerous weeks and has fended of interest from Aston Villa and lifelong Sunderland fan Martin O`Neill, although confirmation only came through this morning of his arrival, this has undoubtedly underlined Roy and Nialls intentions along with the backing of the Drumaville Consortium and the £27 Million splashed out so far.
I can not leave this post without a mention of the Hearts fans who have (in the majority) wished Craig well, the £9m should also help Hearts in their quest for the SPL title and in return we have signed a quality shot stopper, with respect to Marton, Trevor and Dave, who is worth at least another 12 to 15 points a season.
This fee now completely smashes the fee we paid Rangers for
Tore Andre Flop (£6.75m) and breaks all British transfer records for the transfer of any goalkeeper in British footballing history. This is also the 3rd highest fee paid for a goalkeeper in world footballing history the highest fee paid was for Gianluigi Buffon (£32.6m Parma to Juve) in 2001 where Gianluigi was quoted as saying "This is too much money for one player".If the fee we have paid for Craig who has already been tagged with the nickname "Flash" is going to effect his game or not will be apparent in the upcoming games, although Tottenham on Saturday may be a game too soon as he is nursing a shoulder injury.
If you have read this far and you are wondering who "flash" is then the Sunderland Echo has gathered a few video clips for you to marvel at (cough cough apart from the own goal). If you are scratching your head and wondering why we have paid so much money then think about this: He is reported in some footballing circles to be better than Paul Robinson, he has already achieved over twenty odd caps for Scotland and has even been compared and even touted as better than Petr Cech.
Flash is still only 24 and will undoubtedly improve over time, goalkeepers alledgedly reaching their peak when they hit their late twenties and early thirties.
Keano has had an on off relationship with Craigs representitives over numerous weeks and has fended of interest from Aston Villa and lifelong Sunderland fan Martin O`Neill, although confirmation only came through this morning of his arrival, this has undoubtedly underlined Roy and Nialls intentions along with the backing of the Drumaville Consortium and the £27 Million splashed out so far.
I can not leave this post without a mention of the Hearts fans who have (in the majority) wished Craig well, the £9m should also help Hearts in their quest for the SPL title and in return we have signed a quality shot stopper, with respect to Marton, Trevor and Dave, who is worth at least another 12 to 15 points a season.
Labels: Craig "Flash" Gordon, new player, new signing, roy keane
