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Paul Abbandonato: Aaron Ramsey rivals Craig Bellamy as biggest Welsh club signing in history
Only Cardiff City, outside of the Premier League, appear able to entertain these sensational talks with stellar footballers.
For a Championship team, it's extraordinary really that they landed Craig Bellamy, came close to Gareth Bale and are on the brink with Aaron Ramsey.
Bellamy rocked the football world when he joined his home-town club first while a Manchester City player, then as a Liverpool footballer who was still a major part of then manager Brendan Rodgers' Anfield plans.
Bale was on the verge of a deal last summer, having agreed terms with Cardiff. He always had a USA option on the table too and opted to go Stateside instead, which was fair enough. But the very fact he even conducted such advanced talks with the Bluebirds was a stunning development.
Over the next 24 hours or so, last-minute glitches hopefully overcome, the Bluebirds plan to announce Ramsey as their player.
Bellamy was captain of Wales when he joined. So too Bale when he held talks. Ramsey, of course, holds the armband today. Which other Championship clubs can entertain these kind of truly marquee signings ? I'm certainly not aware of too many.
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| I’m loving Paul Abbandonato this morning on 10:47 - Jul 14 with 2888 views | guthrieintherain |
He forgot to mention a clapped out Robbie Fowler and them 3 goals he scored in the 2007 season. |  |
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| I’m loving Paul Abbandonato this morning on 10:53 - Jul 14 with 2862 views | raynor94 |
Read it, the blokes an absolute joke! |  |
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| I’m loving Paul Abbandonato this morning on 11:14 - Jul 14 with 2808 views | KeithHaynes |
| I’m loving Paul Abbandonato this morning on 10:53 - Jul 14 by raynor94 |
Read it, the blokes an absolute joke! |
I don’t in any way blame them for reporting it.
I don’t even blame them for being overly happy about it.
And I will admit Paul has helped both Phil and I when we released books way back for which I’m indebted.
But it’s utter madness this report. | |
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| I’m loving Paul Abbandonato this morning on 11:27 - Jul 14 with 2775 views | Togg |
Biggest Welsh Club signing in history. Now what about a 28 year old John Toshack from Liverpool. Tommy Smith, Ian Callaghan when we were in the 3rd Division. Leighton James, Ray Kennedy, Emlyn Hughes. A relatively unknown Michu who rocked the Premier League and scored a hat full of brilliant goals. | | | |
| I’m loving Paul Abbandonato this morning on 11:35 - Jul 14 with 2753 views | Boundy |
Really , no more to be said  and | |
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| I’m loving Paul Abbandonato this morning on 11:42 - Jul 14 with 2738 views | Whiterockin |
Never mind this time next year they will be signing players only other league one teams could only dream of. |  | | |
| I’m loving Paul Abbandonato this morning on 12:34 - Jul 14 with 2629 views | ThurrockJack92 |
Didn't Wolves sign Ruben Neves while he was at the top of his game. Surely that would be the biggest championship marquee signing, rather than a clapped out Ramsey. |  | | |
| I’m loving Paul Abbandonato this morning on 12:45 - Jul 14 with 2607 views | pencoedjack |
| I’m loving Paul Abbandonato this morning on 11:14 - Jul 14 by KeithHaynes |
I don’t in any way blame them for reporting it.
I don’t even blame them for being overly happy about it.
And I will admit Paul has helped both Phil and I when we released books way back for which I’m indebted.
But it’s utter madness this report. |
Glad he helped you but he is an utter cock.
Not sure why he classes himself as a national journalist he only ever reports on the Bassey's. |  | | |
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| I’m loving Paul Abbandonato this morning on 12:55 - Jul 14 with 2588 views | bennytheblue |
| I’m loving Paul Abbandonato this morning on 10:53 - Jul 14 by raynor94 |
Read it, the blokes an absolute joke! |
Isn’t he a jack? |  | | |
| I’m loving Paul Abbandonato this morning on 13:27 - Jul 14 with 2515 views | Boundy |
| I’m loving Paul Abbandonato this morning on 12:55 - Jul 14 by bennytheblue |
Isn’t he a jack? |
No , he's your Clubs mouthpiece and in his head for the rest of Wales footballing community | |
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| I’m loving Paul Abbandonato this morning on 13:34 - Jul 14 with 2502 views | Joesus_Of_Narbereth |
It’s round the clock coverage of this leading story with the worlds media descending upon Cardiff.
Putin can do what he wants today. |  |
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| I’m loving Paul Abbandonato this morning on 13:38 - Jul 14 with 2494 views | Boundy |
Hmmmmmm
"You could go back in time, to 1978, and argue Swansea coaxing John Toshack away from Liverpool and into the old Fourth Division as player-manager was as big as it gets for the Welsh game. Yes Tosh's best days were well behind him, but he was still only 29 and could easily have played at a higher level. " | |
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| I’m loving Paul Abbandonato this morning on 14:27 - Jul 14 with 2393 views | pembsjack |
Its all part of the marketing ploy to con them into buying season tickets. | | | |
| I’m loving Paul Abbandonato this morning on 14:31 - Jul 14 with 2385 views | ItchySphincter |
Lol, celebrating the fact that Bale turned them down. If a clapped-out underachiever like Ramsey is a marquee signing then the Swans signing of the former Liverpool midfielder and Wales’s midfield maestro Joe Allen must give him a massive stiffy. |  |
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| I’m loving Paul Abbandonato this morning on 15:16 - Jul 14 with 2323 views | Fireboy2 |
| I’m loving Paul Abbandonato this morning on 13:27 - Jul 14 by Boundy |
No , he's your Clubs mouthpiece and in his head for the rest of Wales footballing community |
But not the swans.
Hes a fat gobshite, who like most things kerdiff doesn't give any news about the biggest team in Wales.
He knows it, they know it, we know it but most important of all Wales know it.
Swansea are the biggest, most successful team in Wales. |  | | |
| I’m loving Paul Abbandonato this morning on 15:20 - Jul 14 with 2314 views | Joesus_Of_Narbereth |
Strange Reuters don’t seem to have picked up on this. There’s been no statement from the White House either. | |
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| I’m loving Paul Abbandonato this morning on 15:27 - Jul 14 with 2295 views | KeithHaynes |
| I’m loving Paul Abbandonato this morning on 13:38 - Jul 14 by Boundy |
Hmmmmmm
"You could go back in time, to 1978, and argue Swansea coaxing John Toshack away from Liverpool and into the old Fourth Division as player-manager was as big as it gets for the Welsh game. Yes Tosh's best days were well behind him, but he was still only 29 and could easily have played at a higher level. " |
Callaghan / Smith | |
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| I’m loving Paul Abbandonato this morning on 15:43 - Jul 14 with 2257 views | Whiterockin |
| I’m loving Paul Abbandonato this morning on 15:27 - Jul 14 by KeithHaynes |
Callaghan / Smith |
Bob Latchford was quite a coupe at the time and you could throw in Kennedy. | | | |
| I’m loving Paul Abbandonato this morning on 16:00 - Jul 14 with 2226 views | onehunglow |
| I’m loving Paul Abbandonato this morning on 15:43 - Jul 14 by Whiterockin |
Bob Latchford was quite a coupe at the time and you could throw in Kennedy. |
Latch.
Jeez,I’ve gone all moist .
Killer striker ,arguably our most natural ever | |
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| I’m loving Paul Abbandonato this morning on 16:22 - Jul 14 with 2187 views | bennytheblue |
| I’m loving Paul Abbandonato this morning on 14:27 - Jul 14 by pembsjack |
Its all part of the marketing ploy to con them into buying season tickets. |
14000 fools already have, I find this staggering considering how bad the last 4 years have been with useless still in charge…..I hear your up to about 7000 again which is good for you lot. | | | |
| I’m loving Paul Abbandonato this morning on 16:27 - Jul 14 with 2168 views | Boundy |
| I’m loving Paul Abbandonato this morning on 15:27 - Jul 14 by KeithHaynes |
Callaghan / Smith |
When you think what players we've been blessed to have to wear the shirt then it makes them look really silly when they come out with the nonsense they do . | |
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| I’m loving Paul Abbandonato this morning on 16:29 - Jul 14 with 2157 views | Whiterockin |
| I’m loving Paul Abbandonato this morning on 16:22 - Jul 14 by bennytheblue |
14000 fools already have, I find this staggering considering how bad the last 4 years have been with useless still in charge…..I hear your up to about 7000 again which is good for you lot. |
Season tickets sold has no bearing on where you finish in the table, nor does the size if the concourse. | | | |
| I’m loving Paul Abbandonato this morning on 17:06 - Jul 14 with 2095 views | Fireboy2 |
| I’m loving Paul Abbandonato this morning on 16:27 - Jul 14 by Boundy |
When you think what players we've been blessed to have to wear the shirt then it makes them look really silly when they come out with the nonsense they do . |
But their reaction will be hands to their ears shouting la la la la.
We are and always will be the biggest club in Wales, they will never accept it even if we get back into and win the PL.
Just leave them to wallow in the sh!t they deserve to be in. | | | |
| I’m loving Paul Abbandonato this morning on 18:11 - Jul 14 with 2006 views | onehunglow |
| I’m loving Paul Abbandonato this morning on 17:06 - Jul 14 by Fireboy2 |
But their reaction will be hands to their ears shouting la la la la.
We are and always will be the biggest club in Wales, they will never accept it even if we get back into and win the PL.
Just leave them to wallow in the sh!t they deserve to be in. |
They WERE bigger before you were born.
They had 50000 when they were in the old First Division.
Size ain’t everything though
These days, they are footballing nonentities ,to me anyway . [Post edited 14 Jul 2023 18:12]
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| I’m loving Paul Abbandonato this morning on 18:32 - Jul 14 with 1972 views | Joesus_Of_Narbereth |
| I’m loving Paul Abbandonato this morning on 16:29 - Jul 14 by Whiterockin |
Season tickets sold has no bearing on where you finish in the table, nor does the size if the concourse. |
I’d rather the six easy points they give us every year. | |
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