Gary Hooper

it wont be 2.4 million

 

Wrong time to sign him, still great though.

 

£2.4 mill for a 22 yr old striker isnt bad value for money mate, sure i read some where that it wasnt going to be that up front, will be that when all the add ons are completed.
The championship is a hard league mate take us and rangers away and its definately better than the spl

 

ffs

 

We needed a hitman. The lack of one was what cost us the last two leagues
with Skippy, Jan and Sammy all misfiring. Gary Hooper may turn out to be the man.

* You can't always get what you want - but sometimes you get what you need * :icon_mrgreen:

 

2.4m for a championship striker with a year left on his contract??

 

2.4 ?

Hefty fee

 

I was just wondering what squad number Hooper will get and whether or not it will be the vacant number 7?

I think this signing could give us an indication as to whether or not we'll sign a high profile striker like Bellamy who could be our number 7 because if Hooper is given it then we can give up hope of getting in someone of Bellamy's calibre - but if not and Hooper gets a different number then you never know... you just never know

 

He's not signed though. The Sun also said that 'Bullard is a Bhoy' last month

 

A guy on another forum is saying the fee is meant to be actually £1.6M

 

fantastic he will be an excellent signing im sure

 

positive signing.

 

I'm hoping he turns into a Skippy type striker..

 

I didnt really want this but wont knock him as i havent seen much of him, Hopefully we can still get a big name striker

 

I take it you mean because of the bragga game.
Am sure he will be eligible for the other ties ,& he might
qualify as the emergency/late signing that can play against
bragga ,unless that is classified as a goalkeeper.

All in all a good signing,he knows where the net is & has been
bought to come straight into the side

 

is it a done deal? have we had confirmation?if the boy signs
then lets judge him at the end of season 2010- 2011. 2011- 2012
etc. all the negative comments before a player has kicked a ball does
us no favours. history has shown us that now and then a gem appears
from nowhere, this just might be lennys time to produce a gem.

 

I don't know anything about the guy except what I've just read from that link (scores a goal every 2 games) but I'd be happy enough with that.. If Strachan was also tracking Hooper and Strachan has already got 2 decent goalscorers in Boyd and McDonald who probably can't play as a partnership then I'd be thinking this guy is someone who's got a lot more to his game , maybe a Chris Sutton "type" who can do more than just score goals.. Im puting my faith in Lenny to assemble a team to be feared...

 

1 player can be registered up until 24 hours before the braga game to ensure a new signing is given the chance to play

 

True......if only we could ignore signing on fees, wages and resale value.

It would be more like

£4M extra transfer fee
£1M extra signing on fees
40k extra per week over a 3-4 year contract, equaling anywhere between £6M and £8M.

Total = £11-13M more than bringing in Hooper.

Then at the end of it we'd have 33/34 year old striker with no resale value whatsoever.

Whereas with Hooper we should be able get most of the transfer fee back at the very least.