Cesar's a world superstar, so bound to unsettle the newly signed Green (at the time). I'd like to think Mccarthy would be more of his understudy, initially
From The Mirror "" Aug 24, 2014 22:30 By John Cross Despite Rob Green starting the campaign between the sticks, Redknapp is willing to splash out to provide competition to the former England No 1 Mark Thompson In action: Alex McCarthy Harry Redknapp is closing in on a deal for Reading’s £6million-rated keeper Alex McCarthy. Queens Park Rangers boss Redknapp wants a new keeper to challenge Rob Green for the No 1 jersey. Former England Under-21 keeper McCarthy is one of the most highly rated prospects in the country and Reading fear they will lose him this summer. Arsenal enquired about McCarthy, 24, this summer but were put off by the £6m price tag but the keeper must surely be tempted by a move back to the Premier League to boost his England prospects. A new No 2 is required at Loftus Road after Julio Cesar’s move to Benfica and they have now looked to open negotiations with Reading. Redknapp is hopeful of tying up a deal for McCarthy in the next few days as QPR look ‎to strengthen their squad. QPR chairman Tony Fernandes is digging deep for wages and cash for transfers and McCarthy would be a decent coup and genuine competition for Green. http://www.mirror.co.uk ""
I thought Green had been promised to be first pick as part of his new contract negotiations. Not that I agree with guaranteeing any player a start.
You probably know more than this journalist Silvio! I wonder why, apart from money, he'd come here to just be back up.
Nigel Adkins: "He's on his way to #QPR to finalise things. The deal has been done. It's acceptable to the football club & we wish him well."
Great signing for us - let's hope he can have a few games like this for us - will keep Rob Green on his toes. No wonder Brendan Rogers was also chasing him. Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers hails 'staggering' Alex McCarthy please log in to view this image http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/22139618 Brendan Rodgers described Reading goalkeeper Alex McCarthy's performance as "absolutely staggering" after Liverpool were held to a goalless draw at the Madejski Stadium. The 23-year-old made a succession of world-class saves to deny Luis Suarez, Steven Gerrard and Philippe Coutinho. McCarthy inspires Reading â¢Alex McCarthy made 10 saves against Liverpool. Only Jussi Jasskelainen (11 for West Ham v Spurs) has made more in a game this season. â¢This was Reading's first clean sheet against Liverpool, having conceded in their last nine previous games â¢The result ends the Royals' club record run of eight successive defeats in all competitions. â¢Liverpool failed to score in a Premier League away game for the first time since November (0-0 v Swansea). â¢Source: Opta Sports Rodgers said: "Sometimes you have days where the keeper makes one or two good saves, but we had 14 shots on target. "I can see him playing for England, there's no question about that." Having been out for five months while recovering from shoulder surgery, this was McCarthy's first appearance since 4 November and it came only after Adam Federici was ruled out with an ankle injury. "I know Alex well. He's genuinely going to be a top, top keeper and to perform like that having been out for so long was absolutely staggering," Rodgers added. Rodgers worked with McCarthy during his six-month spell as Reading manager in 2009 and tipped the academy product to go to the top of the game. "Reading has always produced very good goalkeepers so he was down the pecking order at the time," he said. Continue reading the main story âAll the headlines tomorrow will be about Alex McCarthyâ Nigel Adkins Reading manager "He has all the qualities to be a top, top keeper - he's 6'5", makes good saves, is good on his feet and is very calm and assured despite being very young. In terms of England it will be hard because Joe Hart is one of the top five keepers in world football, so it will be very difficult for him because Joe is still very young. "But there's no doubt he's a top talent. He'll be getting games here at Reading and hopefully he'll become the number one at Reading." Liverpool keeper Pepe Reina made fine saves of his own when Noel Hunt and Jobi McAnuff threatened to score, but Reading manager Nigel Adkins insisted the afternoon belonged to McCarthy. "He's put in a fantastic display," Adkins said. "We have some exceptional keepers and a really good goalkeeping coach. "I'm really pleased with the players, their attitude and application. We've kept a clean sheet and it's fair to say Alex has pulled off some world-class saves. "Alex will receive the headlines but I'm pleased with a
Very significant signing for the future of QPR. Will take over from Green at some stage, great signing. Good to see some forward planning.
