Waterford player signs for Sunderland

Keano_sli

http://http://www.football365.com/news/story_154026.shtml

Murphy joins Sunderland
Friday June 03 2005

Sunderland have completed the £100,000 signing of highly-rated Irish striker Daryl Murphy.

The 22-year-old Waterford forward has signed a two-year deal after passing a medical and agreeing personal terms to become Mick McCarthy's first capture of the summer.

"He is a target man, a big, powerful striker and I am looking forward to seeing him here," said McCarthy. "We believe he has a bright future and I am delighted we have been able to bring him to Sunderland."


What does anyone know about this guy, can he cut it in the Premiership. I'm assuming he is Irish. Will he be a prospect for the International team.
Our EL following members can enlighten us all I hope.
Good luck to him anyway!

thejollyrodger

£100,000 is a disgrace !! Waterford and Cork (only for Judas Dolan) got shafted with such little amount of cash.

I reckon Murphy will do well in EPL.

The main issue IMO is the lack of one type of contract that all EL players will sign. That way they could have a minimum £250,000 buy out clause.

mike65

Dunno anything about the player but the deals not so bad - if Murphy gets sold on Waterford FC stand to make a decent wedge out of it. Or does that only apply to under-age players? Or am I talking out of my as??

Mike.

gimmick

Murphy is a handy player, but a jump to a team which will struggle in the Prem may not be the best move in the world for him.

As for international prospect, well he has scored goals at Under 21 level, so its not beyond possibility that he will do likewise across the water. I wish him all the best, but as said above, Waterford Utd have way undersold themselves with a measly €100k. If he were to tarnsfer from a division 3 club to a prem club, it would be £500k stg at least.

The eL will never move forward as long as the player drain continues, especially as such piss poor prices.

fade2black

He spent some time with QPR a couple of seasons ago...he's a nice lad and hopefully will do well over there.

Kingp35

gimmick wrote:

As for international prospect, well he has scored goals at Under 21 level, so its not beyond possibility that he will do likewise across the water. I wish him all the best, but as said above, Waterford Utd have way undersold themselves with a measly €100k. If he were to tarnsfer from a division 3 club to a prem club, it would be £500k stg at least.

The eL will never move forward as long as the player drain continues, especially as such piss poor prices.

First off it was £100k not €100k and that is a major exageration about a div 3 players fee. It depends on the player and many a player has moved for less than £100k it all depends on the team buying him and how good the player is.

Saying that I think Murphy might be worth slightly more but he is still unproven at that level so sunderland go out spending loads on him.
All the best though I love to see Irish Players making it at the top level.

Would this be considered a bad thing for the EL if they lose their better players.Maybe we should be trying to keep them over here to develope the league

gimmick

Kingp35 wrote:

Would this be considered a bad thing for the EL if they lose their better players.Maybe we should be trying to keep them over here to develope the league

Of course it would be considered a bad thing, but most are realistic to know it is inevitable. The blow could be eased if the fees were not so utterly pathetic.

Pigman II

Everyones going on about €100k being pathetic but I can't remember an EL player going for more (admittedly I have a crap mem when it comes to transfers fees) so it has to be a step in the right direction?

Nuttzz

Ritchie foran went to carlise for something similar i believe

applehunter

Noel Hunt went to Dunfermline for €250k +. Got knows where Shamrock Rovers spent the money!

thejollyrodger

Kingp35 wrote:

First off it was £100k not €100k and that is a major exageration about a div 3 players fee. It depends on the player and many a player has moved for less than £100k it all depends on the team buying him and how good the player is.

Thats a load of rubbish ! £100k transfer fee is a joke !! It should be at least 3 times that. Its only what Waterford deserve.

The EL could really be going places if they had proper people to manage the league !!

A single contract which all players signed would stop all this crap from happening.

The get out clause should have been at least €250,000 or €300,000.

The league will never develop if English club continue to swipe good players away for next to nothing.

eirebhoy

Murphy and Doyle scored the goals for the U-21's tonight. It finished 2-2.

applehunter

It's like salt in the wounds.

Balfa

Kingp35 wrote:

Maybe we should be trying to keep them over here to develope the league

Ship them off to premiership clubs so we can develop the Irish national team. Sure, I'm all for developing the eircom league, but never at the expense of the national side.

Slash/ED

Balfa wrote:

Ship them off to premiership clubs so we can develop the Irish national team. Sure, I'm all for developing the eircom league, but never at the expense of the national side.

So cap them while in the league, they don't turn into good players the minute they cross the water.

The best players will always go abroad, but we should be looking to compete at least with the lower league clubs and keep those players here.

thejollyrodger

Balfa wrote:

Ship them off to premiership clubs so we can develop the Irish national team. Sure, I'm all for developing the eircom league, but never at the expense of the national side.

comments like this make no sense whatsoever. Ah sure why dont the clubs just give the best players for free :rolleyes: cop on

Big Ears

thejollyrodger wrote:

Thats a load of rubbish ! £100k transfer fee is a joke !! It should be at least 3 times that.

He may be worth £300,000 , but do you honestly beleive a team entering the Premier League is going to spend that much money on a player that they would see as untested , if Waterford asked for £300,000 I would say Sunderland would have looked for someone else and Waterford could have just said no to the £100,000 but they may feel that they need the money and that it would be unfair to stop him playing for a big club .

thejollyrodger

waterford couldnt say no because sunderland triggered a very low buy out clause.

THe player is worth at least £300k. An imaginative contract could have been arranged like £100k now and the other £200k at the end of the season if Sunderland decide to keep him.

This kind of crap is bad for the E.L.

Big Ears

Well Waterford must be happy with the price if they set a clause at that price , but im kinda puzzled as to why it is so low .

KdjaCL

Its not a bad price as posted above not many have gone for more.
Hunt Foran Byrne would be the ones i can think of, what i would like to see is a EL player go to another club for that amount, that would be a big step.

And as Cork have that amount now wonder if they will buy a big name player to appease their fans who seem to think going to Sunderland or Reading is a step down :rolleyes:


kdjac

gimmick

Balfa wrote:

Ship them off to premiership clubs so we can develop the Irish national team. Sure, I'm all for developing the eircom league, but never at the expense of the national side.

:rolleyes: You are kidding right? If not, that is the most ridiculous post ever.

Have you ever even been to an eL game???

kensutz

He didnt spend time at QPR, he was at Luton but was released a few years ago and came back to Waterford. Sunderland might have included some extra's in the contract but clubs are not forced to disclose certain add on fee's. There might be add on clauses like number of appearances, full international caps, number of goals scored. Darryl is a great player and still at a young age can learn from experienced premiership and previously championship strikers. All I can say is that I wish him the best of luck and thank him for not joining Ipswich because I would have had to call him a scummer.

gimmick

Lets not forget Mick McCarthys eye for talented young players. He did after all, rebuild Sunderland AFC with nobodies from the lower divisions, and turned them into Championship winners.