Danny Murphy has medical as Blackburn Rovers close in
8:42am Saturday 23rd June 2012 in Sport
By Andy Cryer, Blackburn Rovers reporter
MEDICAL Danny Murphy
Former England international Danny Murphy was last night closing in on sealing a move to Blackburn Rovers.
The 35-year-old midfielder was understood to be having a medical last night with Rovers hopeful a deal could be wrapped up imminently.
The free transfer capture of Murphy would be a big coup for the Championship new boys as they look to earn an instant Premier League return.
Murphy did attract interest from Premier League Queens Park Rangers, while Fulham were also attempting to convince the former Liverpool man to stay at Craven Cottage for another season.
But the offer of a two-year deal and lucrative pay packet may have convinced Murphy that Ewood Park is the right place for him.
Murphy’s signature would give Rovers a boost in their bid to persuade other players there is a brighter future at the troubled East Lancashire outfit.
Newcastle striker Leon Best is understood to be mulling over a £2m move to Rovers after being told he had no future at St James Park.
Moves for Murphy and Bet are the clearest sign that Anuradha Desai is giving under-fire boss Steve Kean a decent budget to strengthen his squad.
Rovers are also looking to bring in a Premier League midfielder on loan to provide extra energy in the centre of the park.
Junior Hoilett and Yakubu are still expected to quit Ewood this summer, while Steven Nzonzi, Martin Olsson, Mauro Formica, Gael Givet Paul Robinson and Scott Dan will take some convincing to stay.
Murphy, who won nine full England caps, was born in Chester and started out as a trainee at Crewe Alexandra.
Many top flight clubs had their eye on Murphy before his eventual move to Liverpool.
Before he left, he helped Crewe get to the second flight of English football for the first time since the war as Crewe finished third in Division Two, before going on to defeat Brentford 1-0 at Wembley in the play-offs.
After seven years at Anfield Murphy moved to then-top flight Charlton Athletic before heading to Tottenham Hotspur and then across London to Craven Cottage in 2007.
Comments(38)
idlewally
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8:45am Sat 23 Jun 12
Yoeah cos nothin says splash the cash like a free transfer
James.NoNayNever
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8:54am Sat 23 Jun 12
Dan11
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8:54am Sat 23 Jun 12
Rovers 1495
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8:56am Sat 23 Jun 12
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This joker said that Newcastle would get relegated last season
Soccerover
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8:57am Sat 23 Jun 12
If you want to get the fans back onside then you have to get rid of the bald headed pr1ck...Stevie Wonder (why I am still in this feckin' job)....
You may have heard Shebby that Harry Redknapp is out of a job....hire him (or someone of similar stature) and we (the fans) might start to take an interest....
Until then I suggest "you keep your feckin' head down".
Shaun Johnson
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8:59am Sat 23 Jun 12
Rovers 1495
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9:09am Sat 23 Jun 12
Coeur de Lion wrote:No, 12 and a half, don't forget the Academy players
That puts the average age of the squad at er 35.
nil bye mouth
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9:10am Sat 23 Jun 12
/ Ronaldinho and many others like him to sign soon a return to the premiership is imminent.
unclejacklegend
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9:13am Sat 23 Jun 12
100% rovers
0% venkys
craftandgraft
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9:14am Sat 23 Jun 12
HE NEEDS A BRAIN SCAN.
KEAN OUT
ANDERSON OUT
AGNEW OUT
VENKYS OUT
SINGH OUT
Arte et Labore
ps. ask the GLOBAL ADVISOR how the legal action being taken by Sam Allardyce and Ryan Nelsen is going.
samsno2millfan
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9:19am Sat 23 Jun 12
idlewally wrote:"..a lucrative pay packet.."
"Moves for Murphy and Bet are the clearest sign that Anuradha Desai is giving under-fire boss Steve Kean a decent budget to strengthen his squad. " Yoeah cos nothin says splash the cash like a free transfer
Does this mean he'll play a dozen games and then be benched? It seems to be their modus operandi.
Your comments, Michel, Jason?
LittleRonnieHildersley
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9:22am Sat 23 Jun 12
larky
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9:25am Sat 23 Jun 12
Sell all the best players, Sell Brockhall for housing development,
Once you have stripped the club of all its assets you can put it in for solvency, and sell the club. Then all the people in your little syndicate will have made a few million on your investment and we can end the nightmare that you have made supporting our club end.
That is all you here for so don't drag it on, and take us in to league one get it over with now.
Ever Rovers Fan Knows What your up to, and Keane is one of the syndicate leaders, Who saw what the clubs assets were while working under Big Sam. That is why he as not been sacked, anyone who gets a club relegated, and then says he is confident he will be in the job next year is higher up the food chain than is position in the club portrays.
Dukes
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9:36am Sat 23 Jun 12
VENKYS OUT AND KEAN OUT.
Bombay Duck Club
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9:42am Sat 23 Jun 12
Shabby, your early efforts have been strewn with self-inflicted wounds. So here is some advice for the "Global Adviser".
1. Don't adopt a silly, self-important job title. People in Blackburn are down to earth, unpretentious folks and they will only think you are a pompous tit of no substance.
2. Don't be dishonest and try to defend the indefensible as you did when changing your position of Kean's unfitness for football management.
3. When explaining yourself (as you did regarding Kean) don't talk to the (former) supporters as if they are as stupid as you are. They can see straight through you even if Andy Crier cannot.
4. Do try to do something about your oily,smug, appearance.
GLOBAL ADVICE FOR A GLOBAL ADVISER!
happycyclist
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9:44am Sat 23 Jun 12
happycyclist
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9:45am Sat 23 Jun 12
happycyclist
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9:47am Sat 23 Jun 12
Angrlus
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9:49am Sat 23 Jun 12
Now THAT I believe. I had a dream that I somehow bumped into Alan Shearer at the Euros and started telling him about my memory of Rovers winning the Premiership and begging him to consider coming back as manager to which he just laughed and said there was nothing to come back to. When I asked him what he thought of Kean.. I think I asked him about being dodgy... He laughed it off and offered me a smoke..funnily enough when I woke up and got to thinking about it, it doesn't make you wonder why no-one out there in any professional capacity ever seem to ask that question." why is Kean unsackable? "
noddymcleod
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9:56am Sat 23 Jun 12
Angrlus
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9:59am Sat 23 Jun 12
happycyclist wrote:He was... Kind of.
Erm, if experienced 35 year-olds are the solution, why wasn't Salgado treated a bit better?
At least he wasn't asked to play out of position, in games we could have easily won but were baffling with their formation and player selection and lack of substitution, which ended in defeats with both players and manager boo-ed off the field.
Instead he got to sit on the sidelines and eat chicken whilst getting paid more in a week than we do in crummy jobs in a year...
Instead he
Angrlus
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10:04am Sat 23 Jun 12
wilyrover
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10:38am Sat 23 Jun 12
YarkshahRover
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10:42am Sat 23 Jun 12
Angrlus wrote:My first thought when I saw his photo. He looks more like 55. He's obviously sruck a gold mine here.
Got to admit, that photo isnt very complimentary.. He looks much older than 35.. Maybe the medical is for a hip replacement?
sonny
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10:48am Sat 23 Jun 12
Steve Kean out out is the only change 99% of fans want to see and wont settle for anything less.
RUinsane
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10:55am Sat 23 Jun 12
ooohh Life is bigger
It's bigger
And you, you are not me
The lengths that I will go to
The distance in your eyes
Oh no, I've said too much
I set it up.
juanbbien
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11:06am Sat 23 Jun 12
trueblueaccy
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11:14am Sat 23 Jun 12
Soccerover wrote:Spot on
Stop p1ss1ing about Shebby and listen up.....
If you want to get the fans back onside then you have to get rid of the bald headed pr1ck...Stevie Wonder (why I am still in this feckin' job)....
You may have heard Shebby that Harry Redknapp is out of a job....hire him (or someone of similar stature) and we (the fans) might start to take an interest....
Until then I suggest "you keep your feckin' head down".
Morst The 88th Min Heartbreaker of Dingles!
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11:15am Sat 23 Jun 12
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Olympic Torch and shove it up Shabby's.........
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All out boycott of these cretins is the only way forward fellow blues - you must be brave for the first few weeks of the season and boycott or we will never be rid of them!
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BRAG - do not be weak this weekend - be STRONG!
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34th....
trueblueaccy
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11:17am Sat 23 Jun 12
formerover
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11:19am Sat 23 Jun 12
Morst The 88th Min Heartbreaker of Dingles!
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11:20am Sat 23 Jun 12
trueblueaccy wrote:According to Sky quotes from Shabby there is no budget. The club will lose 8 to 10 players who want to leave and replace them mainly with academy kids.
Just sack keanochio that's all we ask - you know ur gonna av to eventually. So listen to the fans for once before all the so called budget is wasted by the muppet!!!!!
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Funny the plan involves spending nowt - that's real surprise.
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Boycott these cretins.
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34th....
trueblueaccy
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11:21am Sat 23 Jun 12
rovertakenmb
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12:19pm Sat 23 Jun 12
Agents, Rovers and Cricket Locving Owners out July
www.rovertaken.co.uk
bburnrover
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12:39pm Sat 23 Jun 12
I am still not buying my season tickets this year until he goes.
angryandy
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1:53pm Sat 23 Jun 12
a_true_blue
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2:12pm Sat 23 Jun 12
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Coeur de Lion says...
8:45am Sat 23 Jun 12