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Skysports.com understands Swindon are closing in on the signing of Plymouth defender Hasney Aljofree.

Plymouth are willing to let Aljofree leave as he is well down the pecking order in Ian Holloway's plans.

The news has alerted Swindon boss Paul Sturrock who is keen to be reunited with the versatile performer having worked with him during his time in charge at Plymouth.

Sturrock is keen to bolster his squad ahead of next season in League One and sees Aljofree as a key addition to his side.

Swindon are believed to have offered Aljofree a three-year deal at the County Ground after agreeing a deal with Plymouth.

Thats nicholas replacement then

yup. Nico is off so he's on his way! hurrah! sounds decent

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasney_Aljofree

go to the bottom of his history, bit eager arnt they? NOT EVEN DONE YET

I was hoping Nicholas would stay because our defence wasn't too shabby last year and he came on a lot in 12 months. However I think Aljofree would be a perfectly adequate replacement, if not an improvement!

i know nothing about the bloke is he a left sided defender?

He is indeed. left or centre I think

According to the Plymouth fan at work he's a very good player who likes to get stuck in.

Good signing if it happens.

3 year deal  :shock:

I know Ifil got a 3 yr, but he bloddy well earned it !

i think Sturrock is looking at getting players tied up on longer term deals if he can. gives the player and himself some security that they'll be here for a while

yay, he's not a jock.

Isn't he French Algerian, like Zaaboub?

i was thinking that then i realised that 3 of the defence last year were fucking awful in lg1 the season before

I think the story is false, mainly because it says 3 years....we dont generally do 3 year deals.

2 of which played bloody awesome only 2 years previous, go figure!

Maybe these so called new investors are forking out :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

My boss (Plymouth season ticket holder) thinks he's really good will "be angry if there's no fee"!

3-year deal eh? I heard he's going to talk to Bournemouth the weekend after he's signs.

 :soapy tit wank:  :soapy tit wank:  :soapy tit wank:

According to the WDP he's signing for £50k

which beggers belief if true.  I would imagine Clr Martin might intercept the bank transfer.

£50,000 to be unveiled later according to the adver.

I can't work this club out. I really can't.

Good signing going on reports, well done PS.

Will this not just up the chances of the league throwing the bok at us if it all goes Tit's up, as I assume that if we don't pay the CVA and it goes to court we will have been trading whilst insolvent or something.

I wonder who the players registrations all belong to, we will probably find that the plays and the lease have now been transferred to D460 Ltd or whatever Dunwoody is now called?

Blimney we seem to be a resting place for players that have previously played under Luggy....are we opening a care home  :P  :P

 :soapy tit wank: I don't think they're quite all past it. I guess Luggy knows their abilities and their willingness to play to his style and instructions. Not a bad plan if you think about it.

why the fuck can we pay £50k for a fucking left-back when the future of the club hangs in the balance?

sheer insanity

Could be a deffered payment deal Sonique

i don't give a fuck if it's deferred, split, paid in instalments, buy now pay later, buy one get one free.

Let's see, when Trollope was manager in the old Div. III, the club slashed the playing budget and we sank into the basement only for Ken Beamish to take the helm.  The then board said something in the Adver to the effect that even if they had a larger budget, the gates wouldn't improve.  The smaller budget meant relegation, smaller gates, financial ruin, and "Holiday Camp" graffiti at the CG.    

Years later, Andy King on a smaller budget than the rest of League I, bet the house on Cureton and Thorpe, and while for a time Iffy had them working their socks off, when contracts reared their ugly head the Town hit the iceberg, and sunk without a band playing.  According to Iffy, Brown was one of the better players, possibly true but so was the goalkeeper who couldn't kick.

Fifty thousand quid is only a few thousand on the gate, even after VAT.  If there are 4,000 faithful showing up to watch an Aaron Brown, then the finances are untenable, even in the event of the Sheik of Aribi funding the club.  To fill the ground, there has to be investment in quality, to provide excitement, ........cup runs, something to in the words of Macca, put bums on seats.  The only way Swindon will have a new ground is when the whole town jumps on the bandwagon of success, and that some politicians determine that in the interests of their slimy self-preservation that they strongly believe in it, and in their speeches always have done.  

Somebody should point out that a new ground with a class team will bring millions into the businesses in Swindon, rather than those in Reading, Southampton and London.  More taxes for the council, they would have to love that.

With Sturrock as manager, there is the opportunity to progress.  Cloughie re-signed his players, Shankley defined a Liverpool player.  There appears to be a Sturrock player, which doesn't include historically injury prone players like Monkhouse or Brown, or those that apparently don't follow instructions.

Finally, on this rant, the four clubs relegated to Div II last season, took the top four places.  That goes to show that there is a gulf between Div I and II, and if some "Steady Eddies" aren't signed, especially in defense, we will be up and down "quicker than a whore's drawers on Saturday night".

It's a done deal.

Now on the OS.

That, my friend, is a cracking post! Could not agree more. :goodpost:

sturrock will play him at centre back he says so that means nicholas may not be off after all but if he is that means vincent will be the left back again.

well i think Sturrock wants Nico to stay. but if not we'll get the funds from Nico's wages to move for someone else (Coughlan perhaps?) and then Aljofree will probably be at left back

Looks like they've got the xxxxl shirt out again....  :x

 :D

Thats three quality signings so far-another 4 and we could be in business.

Judging by the OS report, he's more of a centre back. Which means we'll need to bring in atleast one more player for the defence should Nicho leave, and we still need a striker and another wide player imo

I'd like us to sign coughlan, adams, akinfenwa, another striker and 2 wingers, we could have a good squad capable of pushing for the playoffs.

I have not seen anything offical about the fee, the press was reporting 50k but not even an 'undiscolsed' from stfc or PAFC  - does that mean the press was wrong and it was a free transfer ?