Williamson: “Deal will be completed in the next 48 hours” say SSN.
Posted on January 25th, 2010 | 40 Comments |
They reported that they “understand a deal will be be completed in the next 48 hours”, though there has been no official statement from either Newcastle United or Portsmouth on the deal at the time of writing.
Whilst a fee of around £930,000 had been agreed with the South coast club, it was then revealed that they would owe more than this (around £1.2 million) in a sell on clause with the player’s previous club, Watford. This was agreed when the club paid £2 million for Williamson (rising to £3 million depending on performance) to Watford barely four months ago.
A reported knee injury to Steven Taylor, sustained during the clubs 2-2 draw with West Bromwich Albion in the league, will have increased the urgency of manager, Chris Hughton’s hunt for experienced defensive cover in the quest for promotion back to the Premier League.
Williamson, a big lad at 6’4″, started his career at Torquay in 1999. 2001 saw a move to Southampton for a fee of £100,000. However, he seemed to spend much of his time there on loan, returning back to Torquay initially, then moving on to Doncaster until he was spotted by Tony Adams at Wycombe Wanderers in 2004. A loan spell there eventually turned into a permanent contract, with Williamson spending a total of five years at Wycombe until moving to Watford in January, 2009. Despite signing a three and a half year contract with the Hornets though, he created controversy there seven months later by declaring himself “unfit” for a game against Swansea and handing in a transfer request. He eventually secured the move to Portsmouth mentioned above, a club he will have been with for barely four months if this transfer does go through.
Not excited in the slightest…I think he will find it hard to settle in at newcastle having played for some of the best clubs in Europe :)
Do you think we will sign anybody we have heard of?
:)