Bjorn Sigurdarson
Mon Jun 11, 2012 11:35 pm
Wolves have emerged as favourites to win the race for Cardiff City target Björn Bergmann Sigurdarson.
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The newly-relegated Midlanders are ready to pay £3m for the 21-year-old Lillestrom and Iceland striker.
New Wolves boss Stale Solbakken, a former Lillestrom and Norway midfielder, believes he can utilise his links in his homeland to seal the deal.
Cardiff boss Malky Mackay is interested in the player who came to the fore with a breakthrough campaign last season which saw him score 17 goals for Lillestrom.
It is understood, however, that Sigurdarson is keen to link up with Solbakken at Molineux despite interest from Cardiff as well as Premier League pair Everton and Reading.
The Bluebirds also missed out on an audacious swoop for Burnley hot-shot Jay Rodriguez.
The England Under-21 cap, completed a £6m-plus transfer from his hometown club to Southampton, the Premier League new boys smashing their transfer record to sign the 22-year-old.
Mackay admitted he would have ‘kicked himself’ if he had not at least made an attempt to land Rodriguez.
“We did contact Burnley and asked how much they wanted.
“A figure came back to us and then we bid an amount,” said Mackay.
“I’ll never reveal what that amount was but at the time we were the only bidders.
“I would have kicked myself if we had not asked the question and he had joined another Championship club.
“We looked at him as a top striker in our division and that has now been underlined by the fact someone is taking him into the Premier League.
“He is joining a top flight club and there was nothing we could do to beat that.
“If we could have got to the point where our bid was accepted and we could have tried to sell our club to him that would have been different.
“But when Premier League clubs were in for him the whole situation was very different.”
Rodriguez, who scored 21 goals for Burnley last season, has signed a four-year contract at Southampton, saying: “It’s a squad I want to be a part of, and it’s really exciting.”
looks like we've lost the race, unless the echo are a week behind news where people have said talks with wolves have broken down, just have to wait and see
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Get Bupa from 98p per day
The newly-relegated Midlanders are ready to pay £3m for the 21-year-old Lillestrom and Iceland striker.
New Wolves boss Stale Solbakken, a former Lillestrom and Norway midfielder, believes he can utilise his links in his homeland to seal the deal.
Cardiff boss Malky Mackay is interested in the player who came to the fore with a breakthrough campaign last season which saw him score 17 goals for Lillestrom.
It is understood, however, that Sigurdarson is keen to link up with Solbakken at Molineux despite interest from Cardiff as well as Premier League pair Everton and Reading.
The Bluebirds also missed out on an audacious swoop for Burnley hot-shot Jay Rodriguez.
The England Under-21 cap, completed a £6m-plus transfer from his hometown club to Southampton, the Premier League new boys smashing their transfer record to sign the 22-year-old.
Mackay admitted he would have ‘kicked himself’ if he had not at least made an attempt to land Rodriguez.
“We did contact Burnley and asked how much they wanted.
“A figure came back to us and then we bid an amount,” said Mackay.
“I’ll never reveal what that amount was but at the time we were the only bidders.
“I would have kicked myself if we had not asked the question and he had joined another Championship club.
“We looked at him as a top striker in our division and that has now been underlined by the fact someone is taking him into the Premier League.
“He is joining a top flight club and there was nothing we could do to beat that.
“If we could have got to the point where our bid was accepted and we could have tried to sell our club to him that would have been different.
“But when Premier League clubs were in for him the whole situation was very different.”
Rodriguez, who scored 21 goals for Burnley last season, has signed a four-year contract at Southampton, saying: “It’s a squad I want to be a part of, and it’s really exciting.”
looks like we've lost the race, unless the echo are a week behind news where people have said talks with wolves have broken down, just have to wait and see
Read More http://www.walesonline.co.uk/footballna ... z1xWyO8D4U
Re: Bjorn Sigurdarson
Tue Jun 12, 2012 6:09 am
The echo is a week behind, this article is 6/7 days old, also Everton are not going to pay £3m+ for an untried youngster even if they had the money