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Colchester Midfielder Set to Sign Saturday, 12th Jan 2013 23:33
TWTD understands that Town are set to sign Colchester United midfielder Anthony Wordsworth in a £200,000 deal. In November, we reported that Blues boss Mick McCarthy and assistant Terry Connor had watched the 24-year-old in action for the U’s.
Camden-born Wordsworth came through the Colchester youth system and made his senior debut in August 2007.
Since then the central midfielder or wideman has made 155 starts and 44 substitute appearances, scoring 35 goals.
Last season he scored 13 times but this campaign, as the U’s have struggled near the foot of League One, the set-piece expert has managed only three.
Wordsworth, who has also been linked with Charlton, Leicester City, Middlesbrough and Peterborough recently, is out of contract at the end of the season.
A more creative central midfielder presenting a greater goal threat seemed likely to be on manager Mick McCarthy’s January wish-list even before Nigel Reo-Coker left the club at the end of his short-term contract.
Meanwhile Watford boss Gianfranco Zola has revealed that the Hornets have received interest in winger Mark Yeates with Bristol City and Town believed to be the clubs involved.
The Blues were recently linked with Yeates's Watford team-mate Jonathan Hogg, however, a local source suggested to TWTD that the former Colchester man was instead the subject of Town interest.
Dubliner Yeates, 28, has also played for Tottenham, Middlesbrough, Sheffield United, Brighton (loan), Swindon (loan), Hull (loan) and Leicester (loan).
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There's two levels going on here, staying up players on loan and players for next season and beyond.......we finally have a great manager, who can manage!!! This is the later and my spies tell me he is a good player :-)
OK live a stones throw from Weston Homes Stadium, and can safely say he is the laziest player i've seen since........ Nigel Reo-Coker! When he first came on the scene he was energetic, box to box and was playing for his spot. In the last two seasons all he has done is walk up to the ball to take corners and free-kicks. I hope MM can quickly put a rocket up his arse, but bad habits are tough to lose
ive watched colchester quite a few times as i live there and hes always been the stand out player, ive been saying we should sign him for quite some time so for me im very happy about this deal!
Consistently chips in with goals. Brilliant with a dead ball. Just what we were missing today at Cardiff. . . . . . Very happy about this. . . . . Anyone have a view on Yeates?
I've always seen him as standout player in the Col U stats, a master of corner/free kicks, something that we have lacked for years. Still young with something that MM and RC could work on?
Well Daniel9624 that's a lie. A few of the colu fans I have spoke to have said he's been there best player this season. Heard he's a quality set piece specialist and a typical "pick a pass from nowhere" centre att mid. Just what we've lacked for years. He's still young and sounds like he has a fantastic future ahead of him. He was also left out of colu team today. On his Twitter, his last tweet he posted has a reply saying "how long are you injured for?" A cover up by colchester or is he actually injured? However it sounds like a fantastic signing by Mick and terry.
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