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Town Given Permission to Speak to Austin After Fee Agreed Thursday, 27th Jan 2011 12:30
Town are reported to have been given permission to speak to Swindon striker Charlie Austin, a fee having been agreed between the clubs. Earlier this morning TWTD reported that the Blues had emerged as surprise favourites for the 21-year-old’s signature.
Austin is rated in the £2 million bracket and is also understood to be the subject of offers from Burnley, Blackpool and Southampton, although it’s not known whether any other sides have had bids accepted by the Robins.
Austin is not expected to train with the Robins today with Swindon director Jeremy Wray anticipating the striker's exit in the near future: “It could come to a conclusion in the next 24 hours. We will hold out for the best bid for Swindon Town and for Charlie Austin.”
The Blues were previously linked with the £2 million-rated frontman in December 2009 soon after the former bricklayer’s emergence from non-league.
Austin was with Reading’s youth set-up as a schoolboy but dropped out of the professional game, playing with Thatcham Town and hometown side Hungerford Town before joining Wessex League Premier Division club Poole Town in 2008/09.
The 6ft 2in tall striker scored a hugely impressive 46 goals in 46 starts and two sub appearances as the Dolphins won their league by 17 points and also picked up the Dorset Senior Cup.
In the summer of 2009, Austin spent time training with Bournemouth but was unable to join the League Two side due to their transfer embargo. Instead, he signed for Swindon until the end of the 2009/10 season for an undisclosed fee in early October, having already netted 18 goals in 11 appearances for Poole, who remained in the same division despite winning the previous season’s championship.
Austin, who subsequently extended his contract until 2012, netted a further 20 goals for Swindon in his first season in professional football, helping them into the League One play-off final where they were beaten by Millwall.
This season he has continued in a similar vein, scoring 17 times and taking his overall record with Swindon to 58 starts, seven sub appearances and 37 goals.
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would be a great signing if it goes through. come on people, stop giving clegg such a hard time. please remember, he can only negotiate within the bboundaries set for him by ME. so give him a break. im sure he will be doing all he can to secure the signing.
Surely we are ahead of Southampton in his pecking order and Burnley can offer him no more, prospects wise, than we can. The only nagging doubt is if Blackpool are interested he will opt for premiership football.
On the other hand, Blackpool have got a wealth of strikers, so would he get a game there? He would be certain to play if he came to use.
I hate these will he won't he posts especially when it involves someone who captures the imagination as he does. Will be like a kick in the stomach if he turns us down.
Like many others, I hope they don't screw up this deal. PJ will soon get p'*** off if he constantly locates his man and then things don't go through. But events do seem to be on the move now, even if the more cynical among us prefer to finally believe it when we see it. I don't understand how we could really have quibbled about 150K up front or in three instalments (for the Luton lad). That does not inspire confidence in our level of ambition. But with Austin, things are indeed looking up. Maybe we can get the other lad too? Surely worth a punt at that price.
The player will be speaking to ALL the clubs involved. So we would have to offer something pretty special to beat Blackpool - ie why would ASustin want to come to a struggling chanpionship club , when he could go to a Premeirship side?
Im not trying to knock people down here , as I want this player here as much as anyone. But Im tryibg to be realistic....and we have got Clegg ffs as out negotiator. If he pulled this one off , then Id start to believe in him a bit more
Well done to the boys above for the Daily Mail link-nice one! That has put a massive smile on my face, i really hope we do announce Austin as an Ipswich player. I am genuinely excited about the Town again!!!
would be a greaty signing for the club...... obviously PJ is more experienced in the transfer market and knows what he wants, whereas RK isnt really experienced and probably had unrealistic targets. Obviously says something that Blackpool are intrested, they have an amazing eye for young talent i.e matt phillips....... finally a signing we can get excited about...... been waqiting long enough i think!!!!!!!!
The Bullard deal is great and if this comes off it will be fabulous, feeling positive about ITFC for the 1st time in ages, well done Mr Jewel, nice to have a proper manager at last
If we do get him then clegg has done his job and maybe the reason players did not want to sign before was because of keane, we will have to wait and see thingers crossed
would be a greaty signing for the club...... obviously PJ is more experienced in the transfer market and knows what he wants, whereas RK isnt really experienced and probably had unrealistic targets. Obviously says something that Blackpool are intrested, they have an amazing eye for young talent i.e matt phillips....... finally a signing we can get excited about...... been waqiting long enough i think!!!!!!!!
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