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Town have confirmed the signings of Grant Leadbitter and Carlos Edwards from Sunderland. Edwards has put pen to paper on a two-year deal, while Leadbitter has signed for three years.
The Black Cats have confirmed that they will receive up to £2.6 million for Leadbitter and £1.35 million for Edwards, although it is likely that smaller fees will be paid up front with further cash due after set numbers of appearances and promotion. The duo are amongst a number of Sunderland players to be linked with the Blues throughout the summer.
Chester-le-Street-born Leadbitter, who has won England caps at U20 and U21 levels, is a Sunderland fan from childhood, coming the youth system on Wearside.
The 5ft 9 in tall midfielder, who Keane compared to Paul Scholes in style during his time at the Stadium of Light, made his first team debut in the 2003/04 season and has now made 69 starts and 54 sub appearances, scoring 11 goals.
Sunderland’s longest-serving player until completing his move, Leadbitter spent time on loan at Rotherham in 2005.
Edwards, like Leadbitter a key member of Roy Keane’s Sunderland side, was reportedly watched by Town in 2004 during his time at Wrexham.
The Trinidad and Tobago international eventually moved on to Luton in 2005 on a free transfer, having joined Wrexham from Defence Force in his home country in 1999.
The 5ft 11in tall right-sided winger, who can also operate at full-back, joined Keane's Sunderland for £1.5 million in January 2007.
Capped 74 times by his country, scoring four goals, Edwards's first season at the Stadium of Light was hampered by a hamstring problem and then a broken leg. Those injuries limited the 30-year-old's Sunderland appearances to 37 starts and 19 games from the bench, yielding five goals.
Last season, Edwards, who is contracted to the Black Cats until 2010, spent a month on loan at Wolves, making five starts and one sub appearance but failing to score.
The midfielder, who played every minute of Trinidad and Tobago's games at the 2006 World Cup in Germany, including their 2-0 defeat to England, is currently away with his national side ahead of games against Honduras and the US.
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not so excited about Murphy signing, he turned us down earlier in the summer but apparently was a key member of keane's sunderland team so maybe he might jus prove us all wrong
Dunno what to make of Murphy, don't even know if we got him in time or not! As for Gio, I've checked Spurs and Olympiakos but can't find anything. I think a loan might be on the cards somewhere in a week or so, hopefully to us...
Just had a look at Gio's wikipedia page and it says that he's going on loan to newcastle until january. Probably b*llocks. On the plus side, I think that all the top leagues in europe have now closed their windows and he hasn't gone anywhere yet so we could still be an option for him if he wants to play.
edwards would be suspect defending at right back, and will obiviously have lost some pace. leadbitter looks a quality player and should boss the midfield
Gio's wikipedia page is nonsense, it says has joined newcastle on loan, but that doesnt make grammatical sense in the sentence. And down the right hand side it says his current team is "ipswich town." So clearly a few folk have just been mucking about with his page.
Still hoping something might happen in a week or so, but for now, lets stop talking about Gio.
Why should we stop talking about Gio? This is what this site is all about. It also gets us Town fans through the day. hope is everything and I doubt there is one person that wouldn't welcome him back with open arms.
I just never get the negativity a few people show on this website. Have faith in the management team at Portman Road. They know what they are doing and will come good in the end I am sure of that.
The OFFICIAL Spurs website has been updated again to show Gio as an ITFC player so there is a chance. No idea why they would do it for a second time unless there is some truth in the matter.
I for one have my fingers firmly crossed right now. Get Gio and a decent central defender and we can start our climb up the table. A few wins under our belts and the confidence will grow, then we'll be unstoppable. Come on you BLUES!!!!!
I'm not being negative at all, I'm just saying there's no point evryone coming on and posting over and over and over "What about Gio," or "Lets get Gio." I am more than happy with what we've got and where we're going. And more than happy with the management.
Gio's profile stats on the Spurs website list him as being at Ipswich for the 09/10 season, I only hope this is true!!! However these two are good signings, just wish we could have got them in before the season started, maybe we wouldn't be digging our way out of the muck now!!!
Good Signings. A solid defender would have been nice...maybe one on loan will do now. Need firepower- hopefully midfielders can provide but Geo would be briiliant for a loan spell.
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