Transfer Rumours Dorrans Loan Deal

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In think the fact that it says ´initially´ running until the 22nd March, should give us hope that it can be extended - hope so, because he seems to me to be a great acquisition.
 
Absolutely delighted with this signing and one assumes the loan will end and then be extended till the end of the season, with a permanent deal already in place. Real show of intent on our part. He's a classy player, especially at this level.
 
Superman wears Grant Holt pyjamas in bed said:
Absolutely delighted with this signing and one assumes the loan will end and then be extended till the end of the season, with a permanent deal already in place. Real show of intent on our part. He's a classy player, especially at this level.
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Are we not giving him a trial period then? I had assumed that Neil has decided he's not sure we need Dorrans, but thinks we might. If he has a successful month, we extend, etc. My assumption was purely based on us being in a stronger position now to just say we only want to test him rather than committing to anything.

Either way, seems very sensible work on all fronts. And I'm delighted because I think Dorrans is a very good quality player. Genuinely surprised Brom are letting him go.
 
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That gives him a massive incentive to play for a contract , perhaps after picking up his wages for the last 7 years and his family troubles Dorrans lost some hunger for the cut and thrust of football.
Great for both us and him .
 
Canary Rob said:
Are we not giving him a trial period then? I had assumed that Neil has decided he's not sure we need Dorrans, but thinks we might. If he has a successful month, we extend, etc. My assumption was purely based on us being in a stronger position now to just say we only want to test him rather than committing to anything.

Either way, seems very sensible work on all fronts. And I'm delighted because I think Dorrans is a very good quality player. Genuinely surprised Brom are letting him go.
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Not impossible Rob, but doesn't really add up with anything else being said. The press in the Midlands seem to think we've agreed a fee of £3.5m and the loan will be extended from March 29 until the end of the season before the eventual transfer takes place. I don't know why the deal fell through in January - probably we didn't have enough funds in place without the Olsson move or we didn't want to gamble a chunk of money whilst in our then current position - but the lad has made it clear he's eager to join permanently and it also seems Bournemouth tried to scupper our deal at the last minute, so it bodes well that he still wanted to join us.
 
Fair enough, cheers <ok> I just couldn't work out why we wouldn't just get the loan until the end of the season if that were the case.

Didn't know about Bournemouth!
 
Is there a bit of clever dealing going on here. We sign him on loan for a month, he goes back to WBA for four days say, allowing him to re-sign on loan till after the playoffs. This way we get him a little earlier than if we had waited to get the 93 day loan. Without working out the logistics, I imagine the period between loans would be midweek. If my analysis is correct a very shrewd piece of business.
 
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Is there a bit of clever dealing going on here. We sign him on loan for a month, he goes back to WBA for four days say, allowing him to re-sign on loan till after the playoffs. This way we get him a little earlier than if we had waited to get the 93 day loan. Without working out the logistics, I imagine the period between loans would be midweek. If my analysis is correct a very shrewd piece of business.
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That's why we call him the Mc Tasty.
 
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