Have we ever gazumped anyone?

[Fattyfoggon]

Seems to be a thing with the Boro getting gazumped in transfers recently, just trying to remember from memory when we have done the gazumping. I am sure we have just cannot remember when ?

 

[homesickblues]

I think there was a team in for Rudy Gestede and wanted to pay about £200k, but we gazumped them all right!

 

[Erimus74]

Seems to be a thing with the Boro getting gazumped in transfers recently, just trying to remember from memory when have done the gazumping. I am sure we have just cannot remember when ?

Not sure about gazumped Fattyfoggon, but one big signing we went head to head with a bigger club & won the signature was Aston Vila & one we sadly won when we got Peter Davenport

 

[TeaCider]

We beat Premier League Burnley to Assombalonga.

If only we hadn't.

 

[Erimus74]

We beat Premier League Burnley to Assombalonga.

If only we hadn't.

Another one similar to the Peter Davenport one we wished we hadnt been successful, didnt Burnley offer £8m?

 

[Fattyfoggon]

Aye but did we come in late in the day, and change the players mind or after the club's had allegedly agreed a deal

 

[TeaCider]

Another one similar to the Peter Davenport one we wished we hadnt been successful, didnt Burnley offer £8m?

Yeah, and we hit his release clause by bidding £15m, nearly double Burnley's offer.

I was buzzing at the time but hindsight and all that.

 

[newyddion]

Britt £15 Saville £8m Flint £7m

 

[tonymcandrewshattrick]

Britt £15 Saville £8m Flint £7m

Fletcher 6.5m when two weeks before Leeds could have had him for 2m or whatever the figure was. Cheers Monk

 

[bevoboro]

Didn't we grab Afonso Alves from under AZ Alkmaar's noses?

 

[Erimus74]

Yeah, and we hit his release clause by bidding £15m, nearly double Burnley's offer.

I was buzzing at the time but hindsight and all that.

Yea me too, si,ilar when we bought Kris Byod

 

[Erimus74]

Fletcher 6.5m when two weeks before Leeds could have had him for 2m or whatever the figure was. Cheers Monk

Crazy isnt it

 

[BoroGold]

We beat Premier League Burnley to Assombalonga.

If only we hadn't.

So in actual fact Burnley well and truly gazumped us on that one

 

[Glover_elbow]

I am sure we were competing at the time with sunderland for mido .Unfortunately we won

 

[Erimus74]

I am sure we were competing at the time with sunderland for mido .Unfortunately we won

If thats right its unreal too, Davenport, Assombalonga, Mido

 

[Squarewheelbike]

Remember Arsenal crying foul over TLF joining us instead of them. Evening Standard in its outrage dedicated a whole page indignation, including an illustration of a TLF shivering under darkened skies, and dire warnings of what privations he'd endure up North. Turned out the the journo was an Arsenal supporting Geordie, whose expose of Teesside "facts" were all tongue in cheek and self deprecating remarks from Harry Pearson's The Far Corner. I remember MSS magazine printed the article in full and let Harry go to town on it. He ended the article along the lines of while Boro might not be pretty, "it's not as ugly as envy"! Nice one Harry!

 

[timetoretire]

Hamilton Ricard.
Sheff Utd, made the early running and thought he would sign. They obviously underestimated Robbo, Keith lamb and his legendary fax machine.

 

[Erimus74]

Hamilton Ricard.
Sheff Utd, made the early running and thought he would sign. They obviously underestimated Robbo, Keith lamb and his legendary fax machine.

Didn't know that cheers

 

[Jedi boro]

Remember Arsenal crying foul over TLF joining us instead of them. Evening Standard in its outrage dedicated a whole page indignation, including an illustration of a TLF shivering under darkened skies, and dire warnings of what privations he'd endure up North. Turned out the the journo was an Arsenal supporting Geordie, whose expose of Teesside "facts" were all tongue in cheek and self deprecating remarks from Harry Pearson's The Far Corner. I remember MSS magazine printed the article in full and let Harry go to town on it. He ended the article along the lines of while Boro might not be pretty, "it's not as ugly as envy"! Nice one Harry!

Yes Kate battersby never forgotten that name or the evening standards hatchet job on us.

they also used shots of a coal stained black beach that turned out to be seaham.

 

[asredastheycome]

Lee Miller was going to be sold for 250000 until Strachen bought him for Me 500000 from his old team.