New Signing Imminent !

Despite Diarra's injury not being as bad as feared, Jol expects to sign a new defensive midfielder next week. This is taken from an interview today :

I'm not even going to speculate, although Bandit might like to !

Source -

http://www.newrossstandard.ie/breaking-news/sport/jol-we-wouldnt-risk-berbatov-3243605.html

 

Interesting.

 

Messi?

 

Reo-Coker would be OK.

 

Reo-Coker's been linked with you for quite a while now.
Good, solid player, when he keeps it simple. Surprised he hasn't been picked up already.

 

Jol said it wasn't Reo-Coker in the original press release and that it was a player from abroad. Today he revealed a little more saying it as a No4 that he knew at Hamburg -

http://www.fulhamfc.com/news/2012/september/29/jols-transfer-clue

The money must therefore be on Mikael Tavares.

 

Tavares? Oh please no. We already have the statue of Michael Jackson. I can just imagine the piss that would be ripped out of us if we signed someone called Tavares. Can we make it a clause in his contract he has to change his name. Although knowing our luck he would probably choose a double barrelled one - Bucks-Fizz or something.

 

Am I missing something?

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tavares_(group)

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Only several years of age, Bidley, you young shaver.

 

I get it now, what an unfortunate name!

 

Could be worse. According to Wiki he's got two cousins called Faty.

 

According to reports it is indeed Tavares

http://www.talksport.co.uk/sports-news/football/premier-league/transfer-rumours/121005/jol-confirms-tavares-set-fulham-deal-182454

Presumably waiting for this is why we haven't yet had Jol's Thursday/Friday press conference. I'm a little surprised that he's coming on contract since Jol had previously said that it would be on a non-contract basis and (another presumably) it's been this issue that's held up an announcement.

 

After all the speculation it is Tavares, ex-Hamburg 29 year old defensive midfielder on a free
http://www.fulhamfc.com/news/2012/october/05/tavares-signs

 

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Tavares is playing tonight too.

 

I hope he did Don't Take Away The Music, that's a good song.

 

German press reports say that the Tavares deal is a performance based contract -

http://sportbild.bild.de/SPORT/fussball/international/2012/10/04/mickael-tavarez-comeback-in-der-premier-league/vertrag-beim-fc-fulham.html_

 

How many songs does he have to do to get paid?

 

3 but the whole of the Riverside stand must be up and dancing - it's all in the small print.