Kitson signs for Stoke for £5.5 million

[Smoking Kills Dancing Doe]

I could just about live with us accepting £6M for Kits but £2M from Stoke with no guarantee of any more would be an absolute joke considering Zamora went for £6M and Kitson is just as good if not better.

We must hold out for more or refuse to sell.

And Zamora has scored twice as many Premiership goals.

£4m for a striker whose had half a good season at that level is ok.

1/ Zamora and Pantsil went for a combined £6.3M - as Pantsil was unwanted and could not get a game I would spilt that 6M and £300K.

2/ Zamora PL record is played 97 scored 18 times
Kitson - played 47 scored 12 which is considerably better on strike rate.

Alright, alright.

Maybe there were more clubs in for Zamora.....

[Southbank Old Boy]

Doyle is a top quality centre forward, who with confidence and service (of which he had none last season) will score goals in the Premiership. Against Championship defences he should have the time of his life. There will be no centre half he can't out pace or out muscle.

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I'd agree that Doyle will be a real handful for any defence in the Championship IF he recovers his confidence.

I'm not sure he'd outmuscle Andre Bikey though ! Recognising that the situation shouldn't arise !

That Danny Shittu got's nothing about him either!

I do agree that Doyle will be one of, if not the, best centre forward in the division IF we keep hold of him.

[Seal]

Re: Kitson to Stoke...

I'm friends with the daughter of the Stoke City owner (Peter Coates) so I'll ask her tonight for the inside goss. Will see if I can even find out what the contract offer is....at least we then know what the market is prepared to pay!

I also know Fulham were talking to his agents last week, so it's clear one way or the other that he's off (although not to Fulham now as I guess they went for Zamora instead...)

[Vision]

With Wigan looking as if they're loaning Marlon King out to derby , does anyone think they might be preparing to step up their interest in Kitson?

[Agent Balti]

I think it's gone beyond that point already. The game was up when Dave had a *cough* cold *cough*. That's always parlance for the door being opened.

http://www.getreading.co.uk/sport/footb ... als_rescue

Dave Kitson, a target for Stoke City, was once again missing from the side although the club insisted it was down to illness and not an imminent move away from Madejski Stadium.

Don't be so naive.

[BR2]

With Wigan looking as if they're loaning Marlon King out to derby , does anyone think they might be preparing to step up their interest in Kitson?

Haven't they just brought in Egypt's main striker?

[Wycombe Royal]

With Wigan looking as if they're loaning Marlon King out to derby , does anyone think they might be preparing to step up their interest in Kitson?

Haven't they just brought in Egypt's main striker?

Bristol City have. I think you may be confused.

[Yorkshire Royal]

Definitely gone to Stoke. Announced tomorrow.

[Bill Oddie's Beard]

Definitely gone to Stoke. Announced tomorrow.

Any idea of fee?

[Yorkshire Royal]

Don't know about fee. And in fairness until he signs, anything could happen. But quietly confident on this one.. Deal is done...

[Platypuss]

I think we can take comfort that the OS keeps on saying he is ill. They would've only mentioned it once if it was false and then kept quiet about it. So far, i say Kitson is staying.

[Alan Partridge]

Particularly looking forward to bumping up Forbes 'Tribute' thread where losing Kitson was 'ridiculous'

sorry, 'absurd' in fact

[Uke]

I think we can take comfort that the OS keeps on saying he is ill. They would've only mentioned it once if it was false and then kept quiet about it. So far, i say Kitson is staying.

[brendywendy]

Don't know about fee. And in fairness until he signs, anything could happen. But quietly confident on this one.. Deal is done...

hope they go down and he has a stinker of a season

[Sarah Star]

Don't know about fee. And in fairness until he signs, anything could happen. But quietly confident on this one.. Deal is done...

hope they go down and he has a stinker of a season

yeah!

+1

[Roger the Rabbit]

Don't know about fee. And in fairness until he signs, anything could happen. But quietly confident on this one.. Deal is done...

hope they go down

That's a bit like hoping Christmas is on December 25th this year isn't it !

[Focher]

if you believe Teamtalk he's gone

http://www.teamtalk.com/football/story/0,16368,2483_3830240,00.html

[Sarah Star]

As the evidence keeps mounting, I wish the OS would come out and say something.

[Alan Partridge]

As the evidence keeps mounting, I wish the OS would come out and say something.

They've told us...He's got a sniffLOLe. Just his doctor happens to be the Stoke physio.

[T.R.O.L.I.]

If a deal for Kitson has been completed, it may be the case that, as with the potential deal for Shorey last summer, we are trying to sign a replacement before the deal can be announced. As RFC are always reluctant to do their transfer buying in public, I wouldn't be surprised to see a "Kitson sold but XXX signs" type story tomorrow.

And before any smart arse makes a comment - no, I don't expect Vin Diesel to be our new striker