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Albion's week of torment.


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DARREN Moore Darren Mark Moore (born April 22 1974 in Birmingham, England) is a professional footballer. He currently plays for Derby County. He is 6'3" tall and weighs 15 stone (210 lbs/95.25 kg). He has played at international level for Jamaica, for whom he qualifies through parentage.  was getting cold feet about his move to Albion as early as last MONDAY.

As revealed in last week's Mercury, Moore Moore, city (1990 pop. 40,761), Cleveland co., central Okla., a suburb of Oklahoma City; inc. 1887. Its manufactures include lightning- and surge-protection equipment, packaging for foods, and auto parts.  was set to come to The Hawthorns last week, provided he could agree personal terms with the club.

But the deal hit the rocks on Friday and now Moore is back at Portsmouth with the pounds 750,000 transfer in the balance.

Sources close to the south-coast club admit that Moore knew six days ago that he was going to have problems.

Only now, though, has it emerged that Albion's bid to land Moore seems doomed.

Unhappy

Moore watched his supposed new team-mates in action as Albion beat Gillingham on Bank Holiday Monday, but feared even then that he would not be able to say yes to the wages offered by the Baggies.

Reports on Friday suggested that the Portsmouth skipper skipper: see butterfly.
skipper

Any of some 3,000 lepidopteran species (family Hesperiidae) named for their fast (up to 20 mph, or 30 kph), darting flight.
 was unhappy that Albion wanted to make him take a pounds 40,000-a-year CUT to come to the Midlands.

It has been suggested in Portsmouth circles that Pompey had hoped to sell Moore to Albion to help finance the pounds 600,000 purchase of Mark Burchill Mark James Burchill (born 18 August, 1980) is a Scottish professional football player. He is a striker, and currently plays for Dunfermline Athletic.

Mark grew up in Livingston, West Lothian, Scotland, where he attended St. Mary's Academy (Bathgate) followed by St.
 from Celtic.
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Title Annotation:Football
Publication:Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)
Date:Sep 2, 2001
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