tarnado1555362291 Posted July 14, 2010 Share Posted July 14, 2010 This deserves a new thread ! http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news...cle526597.html Norwich complete deal for hot-shot striker Hot-shot Simeon Jackson last night (Tuesday) flew to Germany to join Norwich on pre-season tour. Canadian forward Jackson (above) has completed a transfer from Gillingham for an initial £600,000 fee rising to £1million. Jackson has agreed a three-year deal to join Paul Lambert’s Championship newboys after scoring 17 goals last season for the struggling League One club. The Canaries are sending the Gills their striker Cody McDonald, 24, on a season-long loan to cushion the blow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RS Posted July 14, 2010 Share Posted July 14, 2010 Nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gator Posted July 14, 2010 Share Posted July 14, 2010 As a selfish QPR fan I wanted him to come to Loftus Road! In saying that, Norwich should be a good move for him, they're a stable and ambitious club who have their sights on the Premiership! CanadianSoccerFan will be happy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razcle Posted July 14, 2010 Share Posted July 14, 2010 Thanks for the update. Glad to hear Jackson is making is way up the English food chain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nolando Posted July 14, 2010 Share Posted July 14, 2010 Finally, I was starting to worry they might hold him hostage even longer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TFCRegina Posted July 14, 2010 Share Posted July 14, 2010 WOOT! Great move for Jackson, let's hope he can continue to perform at a higher level. At the very least it'll be a great experience! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trueviking Posted July 14, 2010 Share Posted July 14, 2010 excellent news....lets hope he shines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the biologist Posted July 14, 2010 Share Posted July 14, 2010 Almost 10 hours later now and still nothing besides this article. Just some forum posts linking to the same article. Sky Sports has the same story (published 6 hours earlier) but are not confirming anything. They simply say Jackson vs Forward + Fee. 16 hours later, and no editing of the news yet. Wikipedia already has Jackson on the Norwich City's squad (so that must be true after all). But yeah, it still looks done. And I'll echo nolando's feeling : finally, it's done and it looks good. I'll have to do some catch up about them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Posted July 14, 2010 Share Posted July 14, 2010 Yippee! Good luck Simeon and please score lots of goals. edit: Uhh... the first link does not work and the Sky Sports article does not say it's official...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TFCRegina Posted July 14, 2010 Share Posted July 14, 2010 http://www.cbc.ca/sports/soccer/story/2010/07/14/sp-epl-norwich-jackson-transfer.html CBC did an article. Give it some posts and recommends, and some hits. We want them to do more stories on Canadian players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoppschwiiz Posted July 14, 2010 Share Posted July 14, 2010 The Canaries are playing Everton in a friendly on the 31st of July....hopefully Jackson will be playing already by then. I'm living in Norwich at the moment, so I'll try to go to the match if I'm around that weekend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarnado1555362291 Posted July 15, 2010 Author Share Posted July 15, 2010 another article... http://www.edp24.co.uk/content/edp24/sport/football/norwich-city/story.aspx?brand=EDPOnline&category=SportNorwich&tBrand=EDPOnline&tCategory=xDefault&itemid=NOED14%20Jul%202010%2009%3A20%3A52%3A213 Norwich City seal Jackson's signature DAVID CUFFLEY Striker Simeon Jackson was today understood to have signed for Norwich City in a £600,000 move from Gillingham. The 23-year-old Jackson is reported to have flown to Germany to join the Canaries at their pre-season training camp. The Canadian international has agreed a three-year deal with City after scoring 17 goals last season for the Kent club, who were relegated from League One. Striker Cody McDonald, who was in the City squad in Germany, looks set to join the Gills on a season-long loan as part of the deal. The fee for Jackson is reported to be £600,000 rising to £1 million. Gillingham manager Andy Hessenthaler said: “Simeon's not here because there has been a development. “It looks like he's going to go. There will be confirmation by the end of the week I think or maybe before.” City boss Paul Lambert said at the weekend he was still hoping to add one more signing to his six summer recruits, and added that he hoped to fly the player to Germany if a deal was completed in time. Jamaican-born Jackson was entering the final year of his current Priestfield deal but Gillingham were determined not to let him leave on the cheap. City were reported to have had an earlier bid of £500,000 turned down, with Championship rivals Millwall and Queens Park Rangers and League One title favourites Southampton also tracking Jackson, as well as relegated Plymouth and Peterborough. Before the deal was completed, Hessenthaler said: “We don't want to stand in Simeon's way but he appreciates it's got to be right for both parties - but I'm sure that something will happen sooner or later. “You need to have two ways of thinking. If he stays then we want to bring someone in with him as we haven't got loads of options. If he goes, then we may need to look to bring two in, it all depends on what type of finance we get.” Hessenthaler omitted Jackson from Gillingham's first two pre-season friendlies and Lambert hinted at the weekend he had been frustrated in his attempts to bolster his strike force. “We tried and it has not materialised at the minute and we will see what happens in the next week,” he said, after Saturday's game at Dereham. “It's not gone, we just have to wait and see. We can only do what we can do due to finances - I'll see what we can do.” Jackson spent four years at Rushden & Diamonds before moving on to Gillingham but his 17 goals last season failed to preserve the Gills' League One status. McDonald has scored five times in 32 appearances for City since arriving from Dartford in 2009. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarnado1555362291 Posted July 15, 2010 Author Share Posted July 15, 2010 Signing confirmed by Norwich for an 'undisclosed fee' http://www.canaries.co.uk/page/NewsDetails/0,,10355~2093361,00.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gator Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 Here's another article with some kind words from former teamates: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/n/norwich/8813575.stm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loyola Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 Another article about Simeon: "Despite his goals Jackson was never loved by Gills fans" http://www.kentnews.co.uk/blog.aspx?bid=624 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the biologist Posted July 17, 2010 Share Posted July 17, 2010 ^ They were a bit tough on him me thinks. I mean, give the boy a chance, he's only 23 ! I don't know what's happening these days but in every f*cking sport possible we expect young athletes to act like veterans. Some can, some can't, the latter being a more populous group, and that's normal, period. Off the pitch Jackson could also have done more to ingratiate himself; he clearly disliked having anything to do with the media and gave little away in interviews. OK, I understand there's a minimum to accomplish but come on, he made his club debut at 20 ! When he scored his playoff final goal, he just celebrated his 22nd birthday. So give him a break with the lack of interesting interviews. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerof11 Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 A bit late...but a positive look: http://www.rednationonline.ca/Jacksons_move_to_Norwich_right_on_schedule_july_18_10_article.shtml Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Keeper Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 Way to go Simeone! Ill have to tune into a few norwich games this season on Setanta.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clobban Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 A bit late...but a positive look: http://www.rednationonline.ca/Jacksons_move_to_Norwich_right_on_schedule_july_18_10_article.shtml It's 600,000 pounds, not 600,000 dollars, right? Wasn't sure whether in that article it was simply couldn't find the symbol (which I couldn't) or whether there is speculation about what the numbers were. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 Jackson is worth more than Bocanegra who has just been sold for 500 000 euros hehe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havoc88 Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 It's 600,000 pounds, not 600,000 dollars, right? Wasn't sure whether in that article it was simply couldn't find the symbol (which I couldn't) or whether there is speculation about what the numbers were. It's pounds! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clobban Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 Good, thought so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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