Surprising news that Paddy McCarthy has signed for Crystal Palace for £500,000. I don't quite know what to make of this. My gut reaction is that it undermines to capture of Mark Hudson. Not because it was a nice bit of one-up-manship on the Eagles but rather because I saw him strengthening our existing centre-back choices, particularly if Madjid Bougherra makes his much rumoured departure. It would leave us looking for a replacement and McCarthy's about as good as you can get for £500,000 (we paid £650,000). As Pards signed him less than a year ago, it will be good to hear his rationale for letting him go.
I can only assume we are about to make some counter-announcement of our own?
Unless Madjid isn't going. A bit optimistic admittedly, given all the coverage, but who knows? My only thought initially was that Hudson and Paddy were a bit similar in style - if style's the right word!
ReplyDeleteBA - more on this today (following the Bloggers Night with Richard Murray). He said we will be "net sellers" this Summer and I guess Paddy represents £500,000 profit against Hudson (wages/signing ons excpeted). But he also gave a view on our first choice line-up for August and Bougherra was in it? If he goes we will obviously need a replacement.
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