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Rangers bid £1.6m to add Jamaica frontman to their strikeforce

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[SirLes]

crap. read that too quickly and got excited. didnt think Charlie looked Jamaican.

[SirLes]

and google tells me he aint no striker.

[WeAreQPR12]

who?

[Hoopla73]

Jamaican profile:

http://www.jamaicafootballfederation.com/RBoyz_Profile/Profile2.htm#RAustin

[Ric-Roc]

How uninspiring.

£1.6m is enough to get Swindon sitting up and listening for the real Austin that we want.

[Hoopla73]

"How uninspiring"?

25 year old with 18+ international caps who has played in Europe. What's not to like?

Plus, there's a very well known festive tune that could be sung for him!

[rodman]

Pretty uninspiring to me too.
Jamaica is hardly the mecca of football.

Didn't Damion Stewart play for Jamaica?

The only thing he will be remembered for is having the fattest #### in football.

[Hoopla73]

According to this written last month(cardiffcity.no), he's a central defender:

Looking to Norway? 02/12/2010
Posted by NB in Cardiff City, season 2010/11.
Tags: Brann, Dave Jones, Erik Huseklepp, Gabor Gyepes, Paul Parry, Petter Vaagan Moen, Q.P.R., Rudolph Austin, Seyi Olofinjana, Zsolt Korcsmár
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Petter Vaagan Moen from my Norwegian favourite team SK Brann has recently signed a two and a half year deal with Cardiff rivals Q.P.R. Is Dave Jones also looking to Norway in his pursuit for five new players?

Jones has gone shopping in Norway previously when he bought Seyi Olofinjana from Brann to Wolves where he was then manager. Incedently Olofinjana was on top of the player ratings table in Bergens Tidende, which is Bergen’s main newspaper, back in 2003, while Vaagan Moen was the top rated player this year.

I’ve read that it was a Norwegian Wolves fan who tipped Jones off about the Nigerian midfielder, so hopefully Jones will be willing to listen to my advice as well!

I’ve already written about how I think Steffen Iversen should be brought in from Rosenborg. I still think “Ivers” could do a job for us.

Petter Vaagan Moen has been Brann’s best player this season. That in itself isn’t maybe that impressive, but his return to the Norwegian national team shows that he’s a player of high quality by Norwegian standards. Despite that I don’t think Cardiff have missed out by not going after him. Vaagan Moen has always reminded me of Paul Parry, and we all know how his Cardiff career went.

Let me quickly run through some other players from Brann who could be of interest to Cardiff City.

First up on Cardiff’s radar should be Brann’s Hungarian central defender Zsolt Korcsmár. Or to be more precise: Zsolt Korcsmár is an Ujpest FC player who’s on loan to Brann. The U-21 Hungary captain has impressed while he’s been in Bergen, and Brann now the option to buy him for about £160.000. Part of me wants that to happen, but there are reportedly other European teams preparing to bid for Korcsmár. If he’s going to move elsewhere, then I would love to see him sign for Cardiff. At 21 years of age he’s not the finished article, but he is very comfortable on the ball, is good in the air and distributes the ball well. He seems very mature for his age, and I’m convinced that he could star for City in the years to come if the club buys him and start molding him. I’m sure his fellow countryman Gabor Gyepes is aware of him, but since they play in the same position he might have decided not to mention him to Dave Jones!

Another one to have figured in Brann’s central defense this season is Rudolph Austin. The Jamaican international was about to become a Stoke player back in 2008, but as he didn’t receive a work permit Brann snapped him up. Starting as a midfielder he’s now become a hard tackling defender, but he has shown he can handle playing in many different positions. His no-nonsense style of play is mostly good for the team, but he’s also earned the nickname “Red-Rudolph” for his many sending offs. I’m not sure Austin is someone Cardiff should sign, but City should keep tabs on him, as I understand Stoke are still doing.

Playing up front for Brann, Erik Huseklepp has for a long time been regarded the hottest selling property. Huseklepp is a technically skilled player with speed and an eye for goal, and he’s had his breakthrough for the national team this season. He recently scored the winning goal against Ireland in a friendly match. I’m not sure how Huseklepp would fit in in the Championship, but I wouldn’t mind him becoming the first ever Norwegian Cardiff City player.

[Stuieang]

wasnt he on trial with us at some point?

[NW9_RANGER]

red-rudolph, jesus - you add in warnocks get at em attitude and we might not see much of him lol. also said on the link from hoopla that hes injury prone, nice. nevertheless if warnock wants him then hes gonna add something to our team, he knows what hes doing. perhaps hes quick and that is something matty and kaspars are desperately lacking.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRmkrt3zA0I

1:12 looks pretty quick, could maybe play right back!?

3:25 what a (heavily deflected) goaaaaal!!!

[Goddard]

Pretty uninspiring to me too.
Jamaica is hardly the mecca of football.

Didn't Damion Stewart play for Jamaica?

The only thing he will be remembered for is having the fattest #### in football.

Neither is Morocco.

[qpr]

Neither is Morocco.

Short, sweet and correct

[kenny_hoop]

Can play centre-back or defence mid. Seems like a fast Derry

[qprted]

well

well seems like hes a central defender ,but i just dont know why we dont go for free transfer shittu,if we must shell out 1-5 million why dont we buy a high priced striker