Is be any good ... we made a 900k bid for him do u think you would except that? http://www.getreading.co.uk/sport/football/readingfc/s/2098553_reading_fc_chase_qpr_and_latvia_defender_gorks
Great signing if you get him. Proven at championship level. He was vital to our all our clean sheets last season.
Excellent player. No-one knows why we're seeing him out the door, our best defender for the past 3 seasons. Will do a stellar job in the Championship.
I like gorkss he did really well for us in the Championship but feel NW thinks now he is too slow and makes mistakes. I have seen Reading have been leaking lots of goals so they obviously need to sort out the defence and he would do a job at Reading.
So Reading sell that walking ****er Mills for £5m and pick up twice as good Gorky for less than £1m?? I'll bet McDermott is laughing all the way to the bank!
didn't we only pay £250K for him? AS i said i like Gorkss but we wouldn't let him go unless we had or getting better players. Same as when legs went some people wanted him to stay but we have moved on and have not missed him. Did a job for us but we must trust our manager.
please log in to view this image Royals sign Kaspars Gorkss from QPR Reading Football Club are very pleased to announce the signing of central defender Kaspars Gorkss from QPR. The 29-year-old Latvian is captain of his country and will add great experience to our ranks at centre half, having signed a three-year contract at Madejski Stadium. He played in 42 out of QPR's 46 League games as they won the npower Championship title last season, helping his team to the best defensive record in the division with 25 clean sheets, including a run of 638 minutes without conceding a goal for club and country. He has played 172(+9) games in English football, keeping 58 clean sheets and contributing 14 goals. Chairman Sir John Madejski said, "I am very glad to welcome Kaspars to the club and I am sure he will be very instrumental in our defence. You could almost call it the missing link! We have made two signings this week now with Mills and Gorkss so it is a sign that we are moving on. "He has got an incredible track record and you tell just by talking to him that he is very professional and influential, it is a great coup for Reading Football Club as other clubs were after him as well." Boss Brian McDermott commented, "He's been a target of mine since the summer when we knew there was a chance Mills would go. We lost a lot of experience in the summer, so it was important we brought that experience to the club. He's an international, he's played a lot of games, played 42 games for a team that won the League last season, we know him really well and I think he will do very well for us and be very popular. "I just got the sense we needed to get some calm around the place. We'd lost three games and we need to calm the whole thing down, start talking about football again rather than other matters. That's really, really important. There's been a little bit of anxiety around the place, both within the group and the supporters, and I understand that. That needs to go down, we need to calm the whole thing down and do what we do best, which is the football." Kaspars added, "It's very good to be here, I'm looking forward and am very glad that I've joined this club, I can't wait to get to work. "Hopefully I will bring some experience, hopefully some banter too, but I doubt it! A little leadership, a little bit of everything maybe! Obviously my goal is to get back to the Premiership again and hopefully I can help Reading achieve that goal." Kaspars began his career in his native Latvia with FK Auda in Riga, a club that counts his father Juris as Chairman and his brothers Jorens & Rihards as players. His progress then took him to the Swedish top flight with Ãsters IF and Assyriska Föreningen, and he gained UEFA Cup experience before a move back to one of Latvia's biggest clubs Ventspils. After experience with his country's u21s, his full international career began at this time, and he has gone on to face the likes of Spain on the international stage, winning 35 caps and scoring 4 goals, recently becoming his national team captain. Whilst at Ventspils he won the Latvian title and played against Newcastle United in the UEFA Cup, which helped bring him to the attention of Blackpool, who brought him to England in 2006. He won the League One play-off final with 'Pool, was named a supporters' group's player of the year, and was runner up for Latvian Player of the Year in 2007. His continued good form for the Tangerines took him to QPR in 2008, and he was extremely consistent and dependable in his Loftus Road career. He played 33(+2) games in his first season, 45(+1) in his second and then 43 last year. He was runner-up in QPR's players' and supporters' player of the season awards in 2010. His performances in West London helped him become Latvian player of the year in both 2010, and 2011, and he played many games forming the spine of the QPR team with our midfielder Mikele Leigertwood. He signed off his QPR career as a substitute in their 1-0 win over Everton at Goodison Park on Saturday, and he will now wear the blue and white shirt of Reading. The transfer paperwork is subject to normal ratification from the football authorities, and this is expected to go through soon. This news was sent first to subscribers to our official Royals text message service - text CLUB READ ON to 88442 to sign up. Full details and pricing in the Mobile Zone.
fair play to him as he was never in NW plans for Premiership football. Reading needed a player like him because their defence is shockingly slow?
Could the player Warnock is bringing in that no-one knows about be a replacement centre-back? Whatever, sorry to see Gorkss going, a solid and reliable presence at the back and good for a few goals as well. Royals selling Mills for £5 million and getting a better player for less than £1 million is a steal, they'll be in the mix again come May...
