Posts Tagged ‘stewart downing’

Liverpool boss Benitez switches to new £10million winger target

by Dexter on June 27th, 2008 | 157 words | 30 comments

Now that he has successfully severed ties with footballing leech Hara-Kiri Kewell, Liverpool gaffer Rafa B is apparently after someone to fill his lazy antipodean loafing boots.

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Downing looking to the future

by sub on February 27th, 2008 | 289 words | no comments

Middlesbrough winger Stewart Downing has signed a new 5-year contract with the club and reveals that he is glad to have done so. The 23-year old England international’s future at the Riverside was in doubt when he drafted in a transfer request through his agent in January but Boro manager Gareth Southgate stopped him from […]

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Downing: ‘I never wanted to leave Middlesbrough’

by sub on February 17th, 2008 | 292 words | no comments

Middlesbrough winger Stewart Downing signed a new five-year contract with his hometown club on Friday after a month of wrangling and disputes. But if you listen to the 23-year old England international, you would be made to believe that the club and the player were never at hammer and tongs with each other.
Downing says:
This is […]

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Downing signs new contract with Middlesbrough

by sub on February 16th, 2008 | 213 words | 6 comments

Middlesbrough supporters can now heave a sigh of relief while the likes of Tottenham Hotspur and Newcastle United need to draw out their hankies and dab at the corner of their eyes. Because England international winger Stewart Downing has signed a new 5-year contract with the club.
Sky Sports reports that Downing will now remain a […]

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Middlesbrough reckon that they can tie up Downing with another contract, are they in dreamland?!

by Dexter on February 15th, 2008 | 233 words | 16 comments

Middlesbrough winger Stewart Downing still hasn’t signed a contract extension with the Riverside club. Downing’s agent Ian Elliott reckons that he’ll see out the remaining two and a bit years of his contract and swan off to a swankier contract with a bigger club thank-you-very-much. However, Middlesbrough Chairman Steve Gibson and Manager Gareth […]

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Southgate all praise for Downing

by sub on February 4th, 2008 | 207 words | 1 comment

Middlesbrough’s Stewart Downing is a disgruntled figure at the Riverside but manager Gareth Southgate refuses to belieive it. According to Sky Sports, Southgate doesn’t want to sell the England winger even in the summer and sings praises of the youngster, saying:
”I don’t know how many times I have said it but I don’t think he […]

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Middlesbrough chairman slates stirring Downing agent

by stresster on January 30th, 2008 | 235 words | 1 comment

Where would newspapers be without Stewart Downing during the transfer window periods? The Middlesbrough winger is always good for lots of idle speculation regarding a move away from the Riverside, before deciding to stay put in the north-east. The Daily Mail report that this is likely to happen yet again in January, despite the conniving […]

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Middlesbrough star will join Riverside exodus

by Dexter on January 29th, 2008 | 217 words | 3 comments

It looks like Middlesbrough w(h)inger Stewart Downing is set for the Riverside exit door, despite Gareth Southgate telling him that he cannot leave.
The Daily Mail reports that Downing’s agent has hit out at all the tripe-ridden claims that his client accepts that he won’t be leaving the Riverside. Agent Ian Elliott said:
“Stewart’s made his position […]

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Middlesbrough: Sorry Downing, but you are staying with us

by sub on January 28th, 2008 | 198 words | 2 comments

Poor old Stewart Downing. Just when he thought that he would make a move away from the dampened Riverside, his employers have clogged him down. Sky Sports reports that the young England international has been told by his club Middlesbrough that he wouldn’t be allowed to leave this month.
Boro manager Gareth Southgate says:
Stewart is not […]

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Darren Bent £16m - The biggest rip-off ever?

by Dexter on January 15th, 2008 | 240 words | 6 comments

The Daily Mail today reports that Juande Ramos has sanctioned the sale of Darren Bent, but that Tottenham will seek to recoup the full £16.5m when they sell him. The Mail does then hurry on to say that this is pretty much a non-existent possibility - and they will listen to offers around […]

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