Opprettet 6/17/2005 12:40:27 AM
Sist oppdatert 6/17/2005 12:40:27 AM
Hughes uttaler seg om Benni idag:
(I ThisIsLancashire)
Forøvrig så er også jeg kritisk til Andy Cole med en gang det blir snakk om å betale en overgangssum av betydning for ham, ettersom han vil ta opp store lønninger i tillegg. Det ble offentliggjort en del finans-tall for en ukes tid siden, og der stod det blandt annet at Rovers hadde redusert lønningsposen med noen prosent til forskjell fra sist sesong. Har stor grunn til å tro at Andy Cole sto for mesteparten av de prosentene...han var jo (visstnok) i samme lønnskategori som Duff på sitt beste og Barry "who?"....
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When asked if the deal was now dead, Hughes told the Evening Telegraph: "The ball is in their court, basically, so we´ll have to wait and see.
"He´s a player who I think would be very good for us and that´s why we´ve pursued him so vigorously.
"But at the moment it´s a difficult situation."
It´s thought that Porto want around nine million euros (or £6 million) for McCarthy after the player indicated he was keen on a move to the Premiership.
So far, Rovers are understood to have offered just over five million euros (or approximately £3.5m), which is virtually all of Hughes´ summer budget for new players this summer.
The Ewood chief is desperate to boost his firepower by signing a proven goalscorer and McCarthy has been his number one target from day one.
"Once we felt we were in the position to have the finances to go and get him, we were hopeful of doing a deal," said Hughes.
With finances tight at Ewood, it´s unlikely Hughes will be able to up his offer for the former Ajax star so he´s now hoping Porto may have a change of heart if no other clubs come in for the player.
McCarthy is not the only target Rovers are pursuing and Hughes also confirmed last night that he made a tentative enquiry about Mikael Forssell before he opted to join Birmingham.
"We enquired about him, but we´ve enquired about a number of players," added the Welshman.
"We never got to a situation where we asked to speak to the boy.
"The only one we´ve really pursued is McCarthy so far."
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