Fair point but there's a world of difference between the players doing some community service for the utter tripe they've served up recently and wishing the end of a players career and hoping the best he could get is sweeping the streets.
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Virgo says farewell
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Fair point but there's a world of difference between the players doing some community service for the utter tripe they've served up recently and wishing the end of a players career and hoping the best he could get is sweeping the streets.
Jam The Man
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bhaexpress
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Because he could spell ??
Worthai Seagull
Wenners
I suspect you are right...
Mainly US....it was to help pay a tax bill. Agreed and arranged between two good pals..McGee and Strachan
Lush
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In which case, given the time of year, maybe it was a Xmas pressie to the fans who'd made the trip - and nothing more sinister?
R. Slicker
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Perhaps, as he was performing pretty well with a championship club at the time, He was considered a useful utility player, who would do what was asked quietly & efficiently.
A handy player to have at any club.
hillbilly
In the hill, not over it!
Adam, if you read this and you are leaving - Thank You. Some special moments and memories. Good luck for the future.
Worthai Seagull
Wenners
Poyet said....'Hi know nothing...hi theenk that Harty and Vigi just say hello to fans, bicarse they dont play too much' .
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Some one on twitter is suggesting he is going to Boro for half a million.
Its nearly Jan 1st not April 1st
Its nearly Jan 1st not April 1st
no mate i cant spell or type and there are often reasons for that and do you have a problem with that? In this little forum i rarely can be bothered to work at it but that does not alter what is said, so answer the question if you can of course - like
Lord Bracknell
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The story I heard (from a VERY reliable source) was that Strachan had just joined Celtic and the Chairman was EXTREMELY keen to send him a message that he could get some players in.
Strachan, however, was under instructions that there was a limit to his personal spending in the transfer market (£500,000, I think) and this could only be exceeded with the Chairman's personal approval.
Strachan then tried to buy Virgo, who he thought would be within his personal price limit, but the Albion weren't keen to sell. The fact that Virgo couldn't be bought reached the Chairman's ears and he immediately got on the case himself - just to keep his new manager happy. Further negotiations led to the Albion saying that we still weren't interested in selling. Only if silly money was available might there be a change of mind. Without consulting Strachan, the Celtic chairman decided to go for it ... and that's how the £1.5 million fee got to be agreed. Virgo only found out when the deal was fixed. Strachan was as surprised as Virgo was.
cannedheat
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oh right so you cant get in the brighton back four and you ae going to plkay for celtic who had the likes of Laarson up front. Turn it in, either very smelly or very very bad business
the wanderbus
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remind me a week on saturday
I heard Ronnie Biggs and Goerge Graham had a better stories than that. Either smellly or complete stupidity by people who now nowt about football.
R. Slicker
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So what if it was smelly or bad business? It was great business for us.
Were you old enough to watch the albion back then? as Virgo was nowhere near as bad as you are trying to make out.
Well said.
He is a Brighton boy and we should applaud any local that makes the our club £1.5 million.
TB
He was a regular in the back four when he wasn't playing up front in the Championship. Good business for the Albion as has already been said.