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Dnipro...hard to take seriously a player from a team of that name :tongue:

"It's cold," the young Ghanaian told Goal.com. "Things are not easy for me here in Ukraine. Some ugly things have happened."

Understandable @ the temperature, I commend you for playing in such hostile conditions, and would hazard a guess that he received some racist abuse from the locals, hence the 2nd comment, but I may be wrong...

Played for Basel, but a prior transfer for $10m only 18 months ago, leaves me to wonder how much he would cost.

IMO, we could do better, and should we wish to spend £4m or so, there are better candidates in the Championship, who are proven in England. This chap has the words IMPENDING DISASTER written large.
 
Know very little about this player, but think we as fans need to think a bit wider about where our recruits come from; Hughton has a good record of helping talented players from abroad to settle and play well. To me this may be an area where he scores over Lambert. But we'll see.
 
Curtis Davies is rumored to be talkinging to hughton this week aswell! As for Samuel Inkoom You cant just dismiss a player, there are some very good young talented footballers coming from africa atm and especially ghana <ok>
 
gorlestongirl said:
Know very little about this player, but think we as fans need to think a bit wider about where our recruits come from; Hughton has a good record of helping talented players from abroad to settle and play well. To me this may be an area where he scores over Lambert. But we'll see.
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With you gg
Totally agree
Hughton C has done it before,
Found talent abroad
Which can´t be ignored
An area where he could score. OTBC
 
Goldeneye175 said:
Dnipro...hard to take seriously a player from a team of that name :tongue:

"It's cold," the young Ghanaian told Goal.com. "Things are not easy for me here in Ukraine. Some ugly things have happened."

Understandable @ the temperature, I commend you for playing in such hostile conditions, and would hazard a guess that he received some racist abuse from the locals, hence the 2nd comment, but I may be wrong...

Played for Basel, but a prior transfer for $10m only 18 months ago, leaves me to wonder how much he would cost.

IMO, we could do better, and should we wish to spend £4m or so, there are better candidates in the Championship, who are proven in England. This chap has the words IMPENDING DISASTER written large.
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Where did you hear $10m? Transfermarkt says the transfer was £4.4m

I've seen him play for Ghana in the ACN and he's very good. At least he shone at that level, it's often difficult to tell in internationals, but I'd say he's got talent. Really strong on the ball.

Not the greatest montage as he is a defender but: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWRxRZVku2I


Being unsettled in Dnipro looks more to do with the racist abuse rather than being a liability/ego, as you say.

However:
a) I think, even though he's indicated how strongly he wants to leave, he might command quite a hefty price- £4m-5m...
b) Any player that has never played in England is a big risk. Can we afford to take a risk like this now? I'm not sure. If we stay in the prem another season or two, I'd say that this is just the sort of player we should be taking a punt on, but right now I'm not convinced.

Still, he's young, talented and strong. Could be great if true.
 
I think were just going to have to face the fact that were going to be spending bigger fees than we ever have done and if were wanting a better caliber player than we have then its going to cost for that type of quality.
 
he's quick and strong for sure! nice looping pass on him, looks a bit weak playing the ball on the ground though. Kind of like a big Naughton with less attacking prowess?
 
Goldeneye175 said:
Dnipro...hard to take seriously a player from a team of that name :tongue:

"It's cold," the young Ghanaian told Goal.com. "Things are not easy for me here in Ukraine. Some ugly things have happened."

Understandable @ the temperature, I commend you for playing in such hostile conditions, and would hazard a guess that he received some racist abuse from the locals, hence the 2nd comment, but I may be wrong...

Played for Basel, but a prior transfer for $10m only 18 months ago, leaves me to wonder how much he would cost.

IMO, we could do better, and should we wish to spend £4m or so, there are better candidates in the Championship, who are proven in England. This chap has the words IMPENDING DISASTER written large.
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Wicked sense of humour there Goldeneye! I wonder why clubs bother to employ scouts to travel widely in Europe watching football and study libraries of videos of teams all over the continent and elsewhere. By the way, the Dneiper (Dnipro) is one of the great rivers of Europe and the city* from which the football club takes its name is somewhat better known (to the rest of the world at least) than Norwich. <laugh>

*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dnipropetrovsk
 
Goldeneye175 said:
Dnipro...hard to take seriously a player from a team of that name :tongue:

"It's cold," the young Ghanaian told Goal.com. "Things are not easy for me here in Ukraine. Some ugly things have happened."

Understandable @ the temperature, I commend you for playing in such hostile conditions, and would hazard a guess that he received some racist abuse from the locals, hence the 2nd comment, but I may be wrong...

Played for Basel, but a prior transfer for $10m only 18 months ago, leaves me to wonder how much he would cost.

IMO, we could do better, and should we wish to spend £4m or so, there are better candidates in the Championship, who are proven in England. This chap has the words IMPENDING DISASTER written large.
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........$10M at current exchange rates is aprox. £6.3M so i would guess this is a certain no-go.
 
If Vias Boas becomes the next Tottenham manager expect them to link half the Chelsea squad, particularly the Portuguese players, to Tottenham.
 
My missus is from Ghana so I have watched quite a bit of African Nations (although I don't really enjoy the style of football), the one who has always stood out for me for Ghana is Isaac Vorsah who is a defensive midfielder, not generally my cup of tea, but he'd suit the Premiership. Very strong and athletic and very typical of the East and West African players.
 
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