CONFIMRED - Blackman to Derby

[semtex1871]

Know one of his friends. He doesn't want to go. Happy here, but not been offered a new contract. This is the club shipping him out. Simples.

Well, you were spot on with the Neil Lennon shout, so I guess this must be true.

Absolutely!

I am in NW England and someone who is involved at BWFC gave me that. I think the fact that they are still cocking around with administration put payed to it as apparently NL refuses to walk and they can't afford to sack him. There was defo *something* there, but paying a team who are on the edge of the abyss does seem daft whether you rate NL or not.

Stephen Grimes??

[Extended-Phenotype]

Not buying all this hogwash about us throwing in the towel.

Hardly a sign of intent selling just about the only goal threat we have in a team who can barely score

What seemed like a mission looks nigh on impossible now

[Winston Smith]

If the Telegraph are correct and he will join Derby for £2M tomorrow, then that is an absolute astounding amount of money for a bloke who only has 4 months left of contracted football with us and has been as close to dog sh*t as possible in almost every month of the 3 years he was with us.

BBC Radio Derby just confirmed the deal is agreed and he will sign tomorrow for a £2.5M transfer fee.

[From Despair To Where?]

Decent money for him.

[Winston Smith]

Very, very good money. Good business for RFC there.

Got to balance the books and make sure the future is safe but if we can put a good chunk of it towards a transfer fee for an incoming player (with opex costs coming from another pot) then we could do seriously well this January.

[blueroyals]

Done deal.

[Big Foot]

Gone to Derby - done deal

First with the scoop

[Royal_jimmy]

I don't know what the use is of saying positives about Vydra scoring more if Blackman goes. Vydra won't be with us in 20 games time as tight old Reading would never buy him anyway. We might as well send Vydra back to Watford and sign a promising striker from league 1 or 2 if that's the rationale for selling Blackman.

[Unphased Royal]

Photo doing the rounds on tw@tter. No idea if it's real.

[Tommio]

Photo doing the rounds on tw@tter. No idea if it's real.

How could this possibly be fake

[Colin Cheeselog]

Considering he had 4 months of football left for us, and up until around 4 months ago most people (including me) would have been happy to see him go for free, such was his contribution until then, it's pretty good business.

[TBM]

You mean left, not right

No, I don't.

Yes you do

[Winston Smith]

I'm with Cheeselog on this one.

[Unphased Royal]

Photo doing the rounds on tw@tter. No idea if it's real.

How could this possibly be fake

True, I'd be amazed if this is fake, but working in graphics and media, I'm always careful about saying something I see on the internet is real without proof

[Kitsondinho]

Another good deal from Hammond. £2.5 mill for a player with 6 months left is a steal! Especially one who is as inconsistent as Blackman!

[John Madejski's Wallet]

Saaaafend?

[CountryRoyal]

Hope he gets a terrible reception from us on the 12th.

[paddy20]

Hope it doesn't mean we get Pearce back on loan!!

[Extended-Phenotype]

Yeah that would be classy

[TBM]

Hope he gets a terrible reception from us on the 12th.

Considering he got that when he played for us, I'm guessing this is a given