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"Meteb may end up turning down the offer because it doesn't suit a player of his caliber," Al-Qaeyi told FilGoal.com

If he thinks he is too good for us then jog on pal! Your attitude is all wrong for us.

NEXT!

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wow he scored 5 league goals last season. :noexpression:

Looking at our current squad, that could easily make him our chief goalscorer next term!

Not excited by this at all.

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"Meteb may end up turning down the offer because it doesn't suit a player of his caliber," Al-Qaeyi told FilGoal.com

If he thinks he is too good for us then jog on pal! Your attitude is all wrong for us.

NEXT!

I agree I read that last night and thought it stupid! You can **** rite off pal!

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"Meteb may end up turning down the offer because it doesn't suit a player of his caliber," Al-Qaeyi told FilGoal.com

If he thinks he is too good for us then jog on pal! Your attitude is all wrong for us.

NEXT!

Cheeky Ba$tard. we don't want him and his 5 league goals thank you very much.

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hes got a great international record and johnson has put a bid in for him

Unfortunately, Bristol City FC don't normally play international matches, just league/cup games.

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An Egyptian called Meteb, has scored 20 goals in 39 games for his country, never played in Europe before

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Today's Western Daily Press:

'Bristol City have been linked with rising Egypt international star Emad Meteb. The 25-year-old striker, who plays for El-Ahly in his native country, is believed to be a target for City boss Gary Johnson. And according to sources in north Africa, the Championship club are prepared to break their transfer record to land a player who has netted 20 goals in 39 games for Egypt. El-Ahly director Adli Al-Qaeyi says City have lodged a bid of £1.5 million for Meteb, who featured in Egypt's African Cup of Nations triumph in 2006. It is understood there has been contact between Meteb's representatives and Ashton Gate officials, but City have refused to confirm their interest. Chairman Steve Lansdown said: "We have a policy at this club of not discussing transfer targets. That hasn't changed and we're not going to conduct our business in public. We are not prepared to comment on rumours and hearsay."

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I wouldn't mind any new striker coming to gate as long as they are going to beat 8 goals a year.

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I agree I read that last night and thought it stupid! You can **** rite off pal!

Not disagreeing with you becuase if that is his attitude then I agree but this could have been mis-translated plus the quote was taken from club director, not him or his agent.

Lets be honest he is probably sat in Egypt thinking who in gods name and where are Bristol City. Lets not get the hump straight away because if GJ thinks he can do a job and we can atract and sell him the club then fantastic.

He is regarded as the best striker playing in Africa for his age, has a fantastic goal scoring record for club (72 games, 39 goals) and country (39 games, 20 goals) and was named the best striker in Africa in 2005 and second best in 2006. He stated before his move to Saturn (Russia) that he wants to move to Europe and is refusing to sign a contract with his current club Al Ahly.

Taken from http://www.soccerarabia.net today.

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Bristol City after Red-hot Moteab

Cairo – Egyptian champions Al Ahly said that they received a fax from second division English side Bristol City asking for the services of international striker Emad Moteab, but the Reds did not give out any answer yet. Ahmed Rifai, an agent, revealed to “Modern Sport Channel” handed Moteab a trial in England and a transfer fee, in case the player impressed during the trial, that can reach 1.5 £. Rifai said that the issue deal has been proposed to Al Ahly and the English club is still waiting for their response. It is noted that Moteab is currently suffering from neck pain that will prevent him from facing Malawi in the African double qualifiers for the 2010 World Cup and African Cup of nations.

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The more I read into this and read the various stats and stories make me think this one could be a serious option...

Sounds like a promising natural striker who has scored good goals in the past few seasons which we all know we need. Plus his recent form etc sounds very similar to that of Nick Carle who struggled when moving to Turkey but ultimately had the talent. Perhaps this is another player Johnson has been told of, and because of his recent form feels he can pick up on the cheap and 'reinvigorate' his career to its peak again. He's well known to liking his 'rough gems' and players who want to 'improve themselves' so does this guy come into this bracket?

My main concern would be the same for any foreign player being would he fit in to the english game and he would he personally adapt to the Englsih way of life? Its certainley a gamble which could go either way but hopefully if we could get him on trial then Gary and the team could have a better look at him.

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The more I read into this and read the various stats and stories make me think this one could be a serious option...

Sounds like a promising natural striker who has scored good goals in the past few seasons which we all know we need. Plus his recent form etc sounds very similar to that of Nick Carle who struggled when moving to Turkey but ultimately had the talent. Perhaps this is another player Johnson has been told of, and because of his recent form feels he can pick up on the cheap and 'reinvigorate' his career to its peak again. He's well known to liking his 'rough gems' and players who want to 'improve themselves' so does this guy come into this bracket?

My main concern would be the same for any foreign player being would he fit in to the english game and he would he personally adapt to the Englsih way of life? Its certainley a gamble which could go either way but hopefully if we could get him on trial then Gary and the team could have a better look at him.

Exactly what I was thinking. Where is that good man Yessir when you need him.

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I've got to say I'm happy to be proved wrong, but if this is accurate I have my doubts on this one.

Firstly, as someone who has never played outside of his native Egypt he would represent a big gamble and if we are as reported contemplating paying £1.5M then we'd be looking for him to deliver straight away, which is huge pressure..

Secondly, the Wikipedia stats on him do seem a bit unlikely, if he really did make his international debut in 2005, to have played 39 internationals by February 2007 as it states must have taken some doing.

GJ and his brother do have a habit of picking up gems from the most unlikely of sources, as Adriano Basso proves, and I have no issue at all with us signing foreign players, such as Marius Niculae for example, the Romanian with current experience of the SPL and who has featured for plenty of other European clubs, but this one just doesn't seem wise to me.

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I think he was 19 at the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship, and he scored Egypts only goal in the tournament against England.

As for the number of caps, the African nations tend to play more internationals than us, just looking at Egypts fixture list over a 10 month period they have played 17 internationals including friendlies.... :o most of them they seem to use players playing in the African leagues and bring out there big guns (players playing in Europe) for the major games e.g World Cup, African Nations Cup and Confederations Cup.

So his stats probably aren't far off. Maybe they also include his youth caps?

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I trust Gary Johnson and I am sure as hell more excited about this than Nathan Tyson. Any player who can score 20 international goals to me is a decent player. I think it would be a very interesting signing, showing the ambition of the club to think outside of the box. It was also on the back of the evening post.

Its probably crap but sounds good!

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Getting his name on the back of your shirt maybe difficult - plus probably cost more than the actual shirt!!

Not really seeing as the club stated earlier in the close season that it would cost £12 for whatever you have on the back of your shirt....

Last year it was £3 per No. and 75p per letter....

So my little girl had '2' and 'Orr' Total £5.25

Little boy had '15' and 'Enoch' Total £9.75

This year whatever they want will still cost £24......day light robbery !

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Not really seeing as the club stated earlier in the close season that it would cost £12 for whatever you have on the back of your shirt....

Last year it was £3 per No. and 75p per letter....

So my little girl had '2' and 'Orr' Total £5.25

Little boy had '15' and 'Enoch' Total £9.75

This year whatever they want will still cost £24......day light robbery !

Wow - 12 squids is a bit steep just to get someones name and number on your shirt :disapointed2se:

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:englandsmile4wf: Come on yessir give us some clues :tumbleweed:

Second top scorer in country 05/06

Top scorer in 06/07

23 goals in 39 international appearances, won last two african nations playing against drogba, toure and the likes.

I couldn't possibly comment.

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Second top scorer in country 05/06

Top scorer in 06/07

23 goals in 39 international appearances, won last two african nations playing against drogba, toure and the likes.

I couldn't possibly comment.

Well when you put it like that...

Go get him GJ.

:fingerscrossed:

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Second top scorer in country 05/06

Top scorer in 06/07

23 goals in 39 international appearances, won last two african nations playing against drogba, toure and the likes.

I couldn't possibly comment.

Well, you'd know far more than I would.

I just think that a signing from Egypt with no experience outside of that country is a really big gamble, it is a completely different culture, a completely different way of playing the game out there and over here, and aside from the football there is loads else to acclimatise to, the language, weather, etc.

Feel free to resurrect this post if he does sign and has 10 goals by Xmas, though.....

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I've got to say I'm happy to be proved wrong, but if this is accurate I have my doubts on this one.

Firstly, as someone who has never played outside of his native Egypt he would represent a big gamble and if we are as reported contemplating paying £1.5M then we'd be looking for him to deliver straight away, which is huge pressure..

Secondly, the Wikipedia stats on him do seem a bit unlikely, if he really did make his international debut in 2005, to have played 39 internationals by February 2007 as it states must have taken some doing.

GJ and his brother do have a habit of picking up gems from the most unlikely of sources, as Adriano Basso proves, and I have no issue at all with us signing foreign players, such as Marius Niculae for example, the Romanian with current experience of the SPL and who has featured for plenty of other European clubs, but this one just doesn't seem wise to me.

African cup of nations - qualifiers and the tournament, world cup qualifiers - its a lot more games than it is in Europe and friendlies - In theory 39 caps could be racked up in 3 years.

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Second top scorer in country 05/06

Top scorer in 06/07

23 goals in 39 international appearances, won last two african nations playing against drogba, toure and the likes.

I couldn't possibly comment.

Ha, Otib's "The Stig"

no comments on the other thread I see, The Marius Niculae one, conflicting rumors on that one.

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I don't think that anyone has mentioned that this Emad Meteb was expected to sign for Middlesbrough last summer for £2m, but Southgate decided against signing him after having him on trial. Also on trial at Boro at the same time was Meteb's teammate Mohamed Shawki who Southgate did sign (for £650k), but he didn't make any impact on the Premier League (5 league appearances last season).

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I cannot believe that there is no obvious confidentiality clause on this letter - which looks pretty genuine. Normal 'without prejudice' stuff, to allow us to wriggle out if we need to, but no 'tell anyone about this and we'll sue your **** off' clause.

Gotta think that if this is out there - he has no intention of taking the offer up.

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I cannot believe that there is no obvious confidentiality clause on this letter - which looks pretty genuine. Normal 'without prejudice' stuff, to allow us to wriggle out if we need to, but no 'tell anyone about this and we'll sue your **** off' clause.

Gotta think that if this is out there - he has no intention of taking the offer up.

I think you're spot on. It seems like the player has turned us down, and that this is simply a ploy to drum up interest in him.

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Found some interesting info to back up this "offer"

http://www.soccerarabia.net/english/module...r=0&thold=0

It says in the link above that Emad's team have recieved a faxed offer and confirms his neck injury.

The two links below, one states a value of 5million :noexpression: and it states that city do not suit the "caliber" of a player like Emad......well screw you!! :innocent06:

http://www.football365.co.za/story/0,22162...3693379,00.html

http://www.football365.co.za/story/0,22162...3703041,00.html

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That's a bit naughty really. I think I'd be inclined to tell him and his agent to **** off if they can't show the common courtesy of keeping business confidential.

Totally agree, this type of behavior is why i ******* HATE Agents!!!!!!

I don't care how good this player, we should break off negotiation and look elsewhere.

Makes me sick .

Well I now have the agents details, address, fax number. It amazing how you can turn somones world upside down with these few details.

Well....I'm off to annoy this Faisal in ways he's yet to understand... MUAHAAH!!!

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Just emailed the club and got a courteous response from Adam Baker.

All he would say is that the club are aware of the letter, but couldn't comment further.

I bet the air is being turned blue in the board room.

Quite rightly so!

There is absolutely no reason that his agent would release this letter unless they are just using it to drum up interest from other parties. Therefore the players' heart cannot be in playing for Bristol City FC which means he certainly isnt a Gary Johnson player anyway.

Thanks for wasting our time Mr Moteab and let the search carry on for someone who has the right attitude :disapointed2se:

Onwards and upwards - CTID

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this can only be a good thing. that we know what a prize end he is before we wasted money on him. just imagined if he signed and got a few goals before xmas. any prem club showing any interest and he would of been clamouring to get out of the door. toys out the pram the lot.

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this can only be a good thing. that we know what a prize end he is before we wasted money on him. just imagined if he signed and got a few goals before xmas. any prem club showing any interest and he would of been clamouring to get out of the door. toys out the pram the lot.

Why is he a bell end milo?? - because his CHAIRMAN said city weren't up to his standard?

Is it because his AGENT leaked this letter (or possibly his CHAIRMAN - again trying to up the price in a bidding war)

I have not seen any comments attributed to the player that in anyway belittles or defames our beloved club.

He MIGHT be a bell end, but we have no evidence in any of the press releases or interviews to suggest as such.

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It would be interesting to know what the arabic writing on the fax says - translation anyone ?

It does not say anything interesting..

Something like this.

Writer / Administrator

Monday, 16 June 2008

Al-Ahli received a formal presentation of the club to join Bristol City striker Emad Meteb team to the ranks of the English club from the new season without a test.

The English club made a formal presentation and clear across the marketing company to Egyptian club Al-Ahli, requesting that the annexation player to 5 t £ 1 million paid by Bristol on 3 equal instalments paid every value of 500 thousand pounds sterling.

The winner of the National 500 thousand pounds paid upon signing the player first and the second instalment in March 2009 and the third in September 2009, along with access to Al-Ahli 10% of the value of any transition player another club.

Fax did not reveal the value of what will happen for the player who did not travel with the team to Egypt, Malawi because of injury. Fax management and the granting of civil 5 days to respond to the fax dated June 13, 2008.

The contract ends tired end of next season, the player with the club agreed to quit if he was offered appropriate

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Reasonable to assume that Moteab and Niculae were the two 'spinning plates' that we actually placed bids for? Interesting choices - and leaves us lot without any real clue as to where we should look next for potential targets :noexpression: expect the unexpected

Lita? :innocent06:

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