First 'big' Signing: Cahill to Chel$ki

[dee]

Bit of a shit - he will improve them

Bolton manager Owen Coyle has confirmed the club have agreed a fee with Chelsea for defender Gary Cahill.

Chelsea are short of cover in central defence, with Alex banished from the first-team squad after handing in a transfer request.

Coyle said: "There has been a fee agreed between the clubs and we have now given Gary's representatives permission to speak to Chelsea."

Cahill, 26, is out of contract at the end of the season.

And Coyle added: "That is where we are with it. We obviously have a game tomorrow [against Wolves on New Year's Eve].

"I have said to Gary that he has to be focused on giving everything for Bolton Wanderers, because he knows Bolton Wanderers has been terrific for him just as much as Gary has been for us.

"That is why [players] have representatives - to sort that out. Whatever 1 January brings it will bring."

Cahill, who joined Bolton in a £5m move from Aston Villa in January 2008, made his England debut against Ghana in March 2011 and scored his first international goal in the 3-0 victory over Bulgaria in September.

If Cahill is indeed to leave Wanderers in the next few days, Coyle will view it as a blessing that the move is occurring early in the January transfer window, giving him a chance to reinvest the money in new players.

The Trotters are currently 19th in the table and, with Cahill departing, it would seem imperative that a squad that has been blighted by injuries is strengthened if they are to avoid relegation.

Bolton have been linked with New York Red Bulls defender Tim Ream, who recently trained with the club, although Coyle will not be drawn on targets.

"There are a number of players out there who are of varying degrees of interest to us, and that is where we are," Coyle said.

"There are some good players and I think it is fair to say that we do want to add one or two to the group, but those are players who belong to other teams and I have always tried to be very respectful of that."

 

[SummerOnions]

Wonder how much the fee is, anyone know?

 

[Mojo]

[quote author=SummerOnions link=topic=48068.msg1451787#msg1451787 date=1325245393]
Wonder how much the fee is, anyone know?
[/quote]

In the region of 7million. Very good price imo.

 

[robinhood]

He's got the right sort of ugly, thick as shit, face to play for them anyway.

 

[SummerOnions]

He's a decent fella by all accounts, mate used to live on the same estate when he was at villa.

 

[Delinquent]

[quote author=robinhood link=topic=48068.msg1451791#msg1451791 date=1325246270]
He's got the right sort of ugly, thick as shit, face to play for them anyway.
[/quote]

Yup. All he needs to do is add racism and thuggery to his arsenal and he'll be captain in no time.

 

[robinhood]

[quote author=SummerOnions link=topic=48068.msg1451793#msg1451793 date=1325246530]
He's a decent fella by all accounts, mate used to live on the same estate when he was at villa.
[/quote]


He probably is. I'm sorry.

 

[SummerOnions]

Anyway, can't see him getting a game, he's been dreadful for most of the season, pretty happy with this transfer.

 

[LeTallecWiz]

good pick up i think for chelsea ... can see him starting with terry, as AVB isn't so sold on Ivanvoic and Luiz as CBs.

I wonder if it will be the Cahill of last year ... or this year.

 

[robinhood]

[quote author=Delinquent link=topic=48068.msg1451795#msg1451795 date=1325246541]
[quote author=robinhood link=topic=48068.msg1451791#msg1451791 date=1325246270]
He's got the right sort of ugly, thick as shit, face to play for them anyway.
[/quote]

Yup. All he needs to do is add racism and thuggery to his arsenal and he'll be captain in no time.
[/quote]



Confession: I nearly added "Anglo-Saxon" in there, seeing as he has the sort of face that you see in the Bayeux Tapestry, but then I realised that it revealed perhaps a touch too much of my own prejudices.


Oops. Mask slipped.

 

[robinhood]

 

[Buddha]

Ha! Good spot Robin.

Cahill is an Anglo Saxon, Bayeux Tapestry appearing cunt.

 

[FoxForceFive]

He's been gash this season, so I'm not unhappy about this.

 

[Mystic]

I think he'll he good for them, and the media will be creaming over the Cahill-Terry English central defence partnership.

 

[peterhague]

[quote author=Buddha link=topic=48068.msg1451826#msg1451826 date=1325248425]
Ha! Good spot Robin.

Cahill is an Anglo Saxon, Bayeux Tapestry appearing cunt.
[/quote]

excuse my ignorance, but isn't it more likely that that image from the tapestry is of a Norman than an Anglo-Saxon?

in which case he's more Norman-looking.

 

[dee]

[quote author=Buddha link=topic=48068.msg1451826#msg1451826 date=1325248425]
Ha! Good spot Robin.

Cahill is an Anglo Saxon, Bayeux Tapestry appearing cunt.
[/quote]

Surely that'd make him French?

Edit: Peter got there first!

 

[EmreChan]

[quote author=peterhague link=topic=48068.msg1451852#msg1451852 date=1325250672]
[quote author=Buddha link=topic=48068.msg1451826#msg1451826 date=1325248425]
Ha! Good spot Robin.

Cahill is an Anglo Saxon, Bayeux Tapestry appearing cunt.
[/quote]

excuse my ignorance, but isn't it more likely that that image from the tapestry is of a Norman than an Anglo-Saxon?

in which case he's more Norman-looking.
[/quote]

It could be either since the Bayeux tapestry depicts the battle of Hastings. However the bit that Robinhood chose is William the conqueror on the throne of England, so you'd be right to say Norman looking.

 

[Ossi]

[quote author=Mystic link=topic=48068.msg1#msg1 date=1325250455]
I think he'll he good for them, and the media will be creaming over the Cahill-Terry English central defence partnership.
[/quote]

I think Cahill is Terrys replacement during his loooong ban (which he will get).

 

[Dirkus_Circus]

[quote author=robinhood link=topic=48068.msg1451814#msg1451814 date=1325247511]

[/quote]

That is kwa-li-tee!!

BTW I admittedly haven't watched a ton of Bolton this year but hasn't he been struggling a bit to this point in the season? Is it simply b/c they are terrible and his head was turned or what?

 

[robinhood]

[quote author=peterhague link=topic=48068.msg1451852#msg1451852 date=1325250672]
[quote author=Buddha link=topic=48068.msg1451826#msg1451826 date=1325248425]
Ha! Good spot Robin.

Cahill is an Anglo Saxon, Bayeux Tapestry appearing cunt.
[/quote]

excuse my ignorance, but isn't it more likely that that image from the tapestry is of a Norman than an Anglo-Saxon?

in which case he's more Norman-looking.
[/quote]


Yeah, this did occur to me, but the latest research suggests that it was made using Anglo-Saxon techniques, by Anglo-Saxon craftsmen/women.

 

[Dylan]

According to tomorrow's Mirror, we're getting Cahill!

 

[Gary25]

[quote author=Dylan link=topic=48068.msg1452485#msg1452485 date=1325286074]
According to tomorrow's Mirror, we're getting Cahill!
[/quote]

Very strange. He'd be 4th choice for us. 3rd at a push.

 

[SaintGeorge67]

Aye. What about Coates?

Even Wilson (I know he's not very popular here, but I still have faith)

 

[SaintGeorge67]

Although the Mirror's not been the most reliable recently in terms of it's headlines.

Suarez = "racist" (incorrect)
Prince Philip = "heart attack" (incorrect)

 

[hmmmmm1]

good signing if he capture last seasons form, he has been dire this year

 

[Modo]

OK so who's getting him?

Cause, I'm about to skeet all over the place.

 

[Halmeister]

Don't let Modo s.... Ahh shit!

Not for me, no thanks. Pointless signing and he wouldn't get a game.

 

[the count]

I suppose if the rumours that Wilson and Coates are going out on loan in January are true then it might make some sense...........
Nah.

 

[spider-Neil]

not that I rate cahill but;


a) agger has played his 10th game in a row for us...EVER.

b) carra is 34 in jan

c) coates is unproven in the league

 

[SaintGeorge67]

Skrtel
Agger
Carra
Coates
Kelly
Wilson

Whilst I agree with your points Spidey, we have bigger priorities surely.

(unless FSG are gonna go all Man City on us)