Football: BRADFORD COUNT THE COST AS CARBONE DEAL COLLAPSES.Byline: LEE WEST BENITO Carbone's surprise move to Middlesbrough fell through yesterday after hitting a pounds 4million wages hitch. Boro's bid to boost their Premiership survival chances by swooping for the Italian front-man failed to beat the transfer deadline. He wanted a three-year contract but Boro were prepared to offer only a one-year deal - a difference of around pounds 4m. Carbone still has three years left on his Bradford City contract at pounds 40,000-a- week and, though he was prepared to take a small cut in wages, could not reach agreement with Boro. Carbone and his agent Giovanni Branchini held lengthy talks with Boro chairman Steve Gibson yesterday after the Bantams agreed to let him go on a free transfer. City are desperate to remove the 29-year-old from their wage bill but now it will cost them another pounds 400,000 until the end of the season. They are hoping that Carbone will then complete a move back to Serie A This article is about the Italian football league. For other uses, see Serie A (disambiguation). Serie A (officially known as the Serie A TIM , which has been his aim since Bradford boss Jim Jefferies Jim Jefferies (born November 22, 1950 in Musselburgh, East Lothian) is the Scottish football manager of Kilmarnock F.C.. Also a former player, whose defensive versatility often counted against him in the attacking Hearts team in the 1970s, Jefferies has enjoyed considerably made it clear there is no future for him at Valley Parade. It is a massive blow to Boro manager Bryan Robson
Bryan Robson OBE (born 11 January, 1957 in Chester-le-Street, County Durham) is an English football manager and former player. who was yesterday away from the club on business. Robson has been desperately scouring scouring characterized by scour. scouring disease a colloquial name for secondary nutritional copper deficiency. Europe for a striker to add firepower fire·pow·er n. 1. The capacity, as of a weapon, weapons system, military unit, or position, for delivering fire. 2. The ability to deliver fire against an enemy in combat. Noun 1. but has failed to come up with an answer. Bids for Barcelona's Dani and PSG's Brazilian striker Christian failed. And Boro discussed a move to take Fabrizio Ravanelli Fabrizio Ravanelli (born December 11, 1968) is a former Italian football player. Ravanelli was born in Perugia. He has played with a dozen European teams, among them Perugia, Juventus, Lazio, Marseille, Middlesbrough and Derby County, as well as getting 22 caps with the back to the Riverside from Lazio before rejecting the idea. "We have a couple of targets but we're quite happy with the squad we have here," said Robson. "We feel they can do the business for us." Now Boro will rely on the link-up between Carbone's former Bradford team-mate Dean Windass Dean Windass (born April 1, 1969 in Hull, England) is an English footballer who currently plays as a striker for his hometown club, Hull City. Career Windass' career has come full circle, having started as a YTS trainee at Hull City before being released and playing for and 11-goal Alen Boksic. Windass completed a pounds 1m move last week and is now fit after an accident kept him out of a debut at Newcastle. CAPTION(S): NO GO: Carbone wanted a longer contract |
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