Eidur Gudjohnsen

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Barcelona forward Eidur Gudjohnsen may be set for a return to the Premier League, according to his father.

The former Chelsea and Bolton player failed to cement a regular place in the Barcelona side last season and is said to be considering his future.

"One Premier League club has shown a lot of interest in Eidur," father and agent Arnor Gudjohnsen told BBC Sport.

"He would certainly be interested in a move back to England, but he is not going to rush into making a decision."

He added: "Eidur and his family are settled in Barcelona and he has two years left on his contract, but his chances were limited last season."

I wanted him last season, so this season I really want his talents shown at Upton Park.

Reports in England suggested that West Ham and Newcastle were interested in the player.

The 29-year-old moved from Chelsea two years ago for about £8m, but injuries and competition for places in attack have limited his chances in the first team.

Last season, Gudjohnsen was moved to a midfield role by coach Frank Rijkaard, although he rarely completed 90 minutes in a match.

The Icelandic player, along with a host of other players, is believed to be surplus to new coach Pep Guardiola's plans for next season.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/7439497.stm


any thoughts?
 
he's like 100 years old. Didn't he play in the 1974 world cup? The old cnut.
 
Member 5225 said:
Barcelona forward Eidur Gudjohnsen may be set for a return to the Premier League, according to his father.

The former Chelsea and Bolton player failed to cement a regular place in the Barcelona side last season and is said to be considering his future.

"One Premier League club has shown a lot of interest in Eidur," father and agent Arnor Gudjohnsen told BBC Sport.

"He would certainly be interested in a move back to England, but he is not going to rush into making a decision."

He added: "Eidur and his family are settled in Barcelona and he has two years left on his contract, but his chances were limited last season."

I wanted him last season, so this season I really want his talents shown at Upton Park.

Reports in England suggested that West Ham and Newcastle were interested in the player.

The 29-year-old moved from Chelsea two years ago for about £8m, but injuries and competition for places in attack have limited his chances in the first team.

Last season, Gudjohnsen was moved to a midfield role by coach Frank Rijkaard, although he rarely completed 90 minutes in a match.

The Icelandic player, along with a host of other players, is believed to be surplus to new coach Pep Guardiola's plans for next season.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/7439497.stm


any thoughts?
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Did he really ever believe that he would cement a place in the first team..

At a slightly smaller club, he would have scored bucket loads.
 
His best position is as an attacking midfielder or supporting striker, neither a position where we need strengthening.

Added to that the fact that he´s fat, lazy and has a poor attitude.
 
I rate him, and havent seen any attitude problems to be honest. Not an out and out striker, bit like Berbatov likes to link play up before getting into the box. Not sure how he would do in the Utd team.
 
Eidur Gudjohnsen spoke on Catalunya Radio and said if he was to leave Barcelona and went to the Premier League, then it would be to West Ham and not Newcastle.

His main reasons were because of his close friends, who live in London and his relationship with West Ham’s Icelandic owner Bjorgolfur Gudmundsson, who has spoken to Gudjohnsen about his ambitions for West Ham and how he would love for him to be a part of the Hammers future.

He said that Barcelona have given him permission to leave and that his agents are soon to start talks with a premier league club in regards to his future.

West Ham’s Manager Alan Curbishley has tried to persuade Gudjohnsen to come to the Hammers since last year and also with the aid of BG talking to the player.
 
Kristjan said:
You could do worse, might link up well with Ashton.
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-----------------------Green----------------------
Faubert-----Upson----------------Ferdinand------McCartney
----------------------Parker-----------------------
----------------Eidur---------Dyer----------------
Bellamy--------------------------------Ljungberg
----------------------Ashton----------------------


Now that would be a good line up, can't see it happening myself to be fair. Cursb would rather buy 5 defenders. Curbs does like the 4-5-1 / 4-3-3 though so the above line up could be a possibilty

For the touted 4 million though it's a bargain and he is keen on us so it would be a wise move. I wasn't too happy before when we was linked with him but for 4 million you can't go wrong especially when we're expected to sell Carlton Cole for 5 million
 
Coca Cola said:
His best position is as an attacking midfielder or supporting striker, neither a position where we need strengthening.

Added to that the fact that he´s fat, lazy and has a poor attitude.
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Yep, the poor attitude is clearly visible in that he's always willing to fight for his place in the team, shows loyalty, works hard in training and rarely gets carded... shit attitude!
 
cockneyHammer said:
Whats wrong with that, it will give us the creativity that we've lacked this season and will cause defences real problems
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It'd be more likely that Gudjohnsen would play up front with Parker/Noble and Dyer in the middle would it not? A 4-3-3 just wouldn't work with your personnel to be honest.

Gudjohnsen and Ashton would provide a lot of creativity up front but neither are real finishers or have particularly great movement.

I don't think you need Gudjohnsen. Bellamy and Ashton are good enough up front and Gudjohnsen isn't very positionally aware and doesn't have enough stamina to play centre mid.
 
Brwned said:
It'd be more likely that Gudjohnsen would play up front with Parker/Noble and Dyer in the middle would it not?

Gudjohnsen and Ashton would provide a lot of creativity up front but neither are real finishers or have particularly great movement.

I don't think you need Gudjohnsen. Bellamy and Ashton are good enough up front and Gudjohnsen isn't very positionally aware and doesn't have enough stamina to play centre mid.
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Ashton is a great finisher, Gudjohnson isn't bad.

We need Bellamy upfront so that we have some real pace in our team, Ashton is our best player so should also start. Meaning Gudjohnson will either have to start on the bench or play in midfield. He's more than comfortable playing in midfield and I said will give us the creativity in the middle we've been craving. Especially now that Solano is leaving. Gudjohnson played fine for chelsea when he was used in midfield but was also played on both wings where he als done well.

He is also an ideal signing die to his price and the fact that he can play in more than two roles, with the injury problems we had last season Curbs should only be looking to bring in versatile players just in case.

I don't think the line up I gave would be our typical line up but when we're playing weaker opposition or trying to get back into a game it's perfect. Especially when you cnsider that Bellamy, Gudjohnson, Dyer & Ljungberg are all very versatile and we can switch it around very easily.

So we could go from a standard 4-4-2

-----------------------Green----------------------
Faubert-----Upson----------------Ferdinand------McCartney

Dyer---------Parker--------Gudjohnson------Ljungberg

--------------Bellamy--------Ashton

to a 4-5-1

Dyer----Gudjohnson-----Parker------Ljungberg---Bellamy

----------------------Ashton

To a 4-3-3

Dyer----------Parker-----Ljungberg

Gudjohnson----Ashton----Bellamy


Or to using Ljungberg as a second striekr


Dyer----------Parker-----Bellamy
--------------Ljungberg
-------Gudjohnson----Ashton-

All very easily, the ease in which we could change formations would cause defences real problems

In reality though we'll probably never sign him and if we did Curbs would play a 4-5-1 with Carlon Cole, Hayden Mullins, Lee Bowyer, Boa Morte, Etherington and John Panstil

As for the Parker / Noble combo although both good players together they are useless going forward
 
cockneyHammer said:
So we could go from a standard 4-4-2

-----------------------Green----------------------
Faubert-----Upson----------------Ferdinand------McCartney

Dyer---------Parker--------Gudjohnson------Ljungberg

--------------Bellamy--------Ashton

to a 4-5-1

Dyer----Gudjohnson-----Parker------Ljungberg---Bellamy

----------------------Ashton

To a 4-3-3

Dyer----------Parker-----Ljungberg

Gudjohnson----Ashton----Bellamy


Or to using Ljungberg as a second striekr


Dyer----------Parker-----Bellamy
--------------Ljungberg
-------Gudjohnson----Ashton-
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All formations includes too much attacking players.

If Gudjohnsen is on his way to Upton Park then this team would be for me the current best WHU team:

--------------------------- Green --------------------------------------
Neill --------- Upson ------------------- Ferdinand ----------- McCartney
Dyer -------- Parker --------------------- Noble -------------- Ljungberg
------------- Ashton ------------------ Gudjohnsen ---------------------

Bench: Walker, Spector, Gabbidon, Bowyer, Faubert, Sears, Bellamy
 
Sean_RedDevil said:
All formations includes too much attacking players.

If Gudjohnsen is on his way to Upton Park then this team would be for me the current best WHU team:

--------------------------- Green --------------------------------------
Neill --------- Upson ------------------- Ferdinand ----------- McCartney
Dyer -------- Parker --------------------- Noble -------------- Ljungberg
------------- Ashton ------------------ Gudjohnsen ---------------------

Bench: Walker, Spector, Gabbidon, Bowyer, Faubert, Sears, Bellamy
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Noble and Dyer though means we we have very little creativity in the middle, No Bellamy and Faubert, means we seriously lack pace

Gudjohnsen has also been played as a defensive midfielder so we could use him in that role aswell as Parker
 
--------------------------- Green --------------------------------------
Neill/Faubert ------- Upson ----------------- Ferdinand ----------- McCartney
Dyer/Solano ----- Parker ------------------Noble -----------Bellamy/Ljungberg
------------- Ashton ------------------ Gudjohnsen -------------------------

I think this is better - gives you some speed on the wings if you use dyer/bellamy
 
Skholesy said:
--------------------------- Green --------------------------------------
Neill/Faubert ------- Upson ----------------- Ferdinand ----------- McCartney
Dyer/Solano ----- Parker ------------------Noble -----------Bellamy/Ljungberg
------------- Ashton ------------------ Gudjohnsen -------------------------

I think this is better - gives you some speed on the wings if you use dyer/bellamy
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Solano's leaving as we decided not to offer him a new contract


That's not a bad squad but Noble and Parker play to defensive and Ashton and Gudjohnson are too slow. I think the best formation that we would be able to field is

Green

Faubert----Upson------Ferdinand------McCartney

-------------------Parker------------------

Dyer--------------------------------Ljunberg

-----------------Gudjohnson---------------

--------------Bellamy-----Ashton

That gives us pace up front (Bellamy), creativity in the middle (Gudjohnson) and two half decent wingers who can put a cross in. Parker is also being used to cover defensively as we will have a very attacking squad which would leave us weak defensively.

The only problem is injuries as an injury to key player like Parker would mean Mullins has to step in, or Dyer and Bowyer has to play.

So still a lot of tinkering to do with our squad i'd be hapy though if Gudjohnson is the best player we bring in and then we just bring in someone like Kightly to cover Dyer.
 
Rather than starting a new thread i'll put this here seeing as this has turned into a West Ham thread;

We've offered Ljungberg to Roma for 2.4 Million pounds, Roma think thats a little to high but are interested if we can lower the fee to 1.6 Million so we'll probably meet them half way perhaps slightly closer to their estimation.

That would leave us Faubert and Dyer on the right, Etherington and Boa Morte on the left. I expect one if not both of Etherington and Boa Morte to leave (Boa Morte's the more likely) so we will probably be in the market for a left winger.

West Ham have scouted N'Zogbia and are interested in him and I think Newcastle will be willing to sell if they can get around 5 Million for him. N'zogbia wants to leave to join a London club at the moment there are 3 more attractive clubs than West Ham in London. I don't think Chelsea would be interested though, Arsenal and tottenham have been linked but I think Arsenal is agent talk. I believe Tottenham may have had a real interest in him though Glaston thinks Dos Santos will be playing on the left wing so it remains to be seen whether they will still pursue him.

I'd be happy to see Ljungberg leave and N'Zogbia come in, if Roma is after Ljungberg we should accept any offer they make.
 
cockneyHammer said:
Solano's leaving as we decided not to offer him a new contract


That's not a bad squad but Noble and Parker play to defensive and Ashton and Gudjohnson are too slow. I think the best formation that we would be able to field is

Green

Faubert----Upson------Ferdinand------McCartney

-------------------Parker------------------

Dyer--------------------------------Ljunberg

-----------------Gudjohnson---------------

--------------Bellamy-----Ashton

That gives us pace up front (Bellamy), creativity in the middle (Gudjohnson) and two half decent wingers who can put a cross in. Parker is also being used to cover defensively as we will have a very attacking squad which would leave us weak defensively.

The only problem is injuries as an injury to key player like Parker would mean Mullins has to step in, or Dyer and Bowyer has to play.

So still a lot of tinkering to do with our squad i'd be hapy though if Gudjohnson is the best player we bring in and then we just bring in someone like Kightly to cover Dyer.
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What kind of team do you think you are? Playing 3 strikers and then offensive players like Dyer and Ljungberg on the wings. Dream on.
 
Successful said:
What kind of team do you think you are? Playing 3 strikers and then offensive players like Dyer and Ljungberg on the wings. Dream on.
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Gudjonhson was actually in the attcking midfielder role, so it's only 2 strikers, it's also a similar formation to one we have fielded this season gone

-------------Mullins-------------
Bowyer-----------------Etherington
-------------Ljungberg

----------Bellamy----Cole

The example I gave just has more quality players in it, but don't let me take that away from you
 
cockneyHammer said:
Rather than starting a new thread i'll put this here seeing as this has turned into a West Ham thread;

We've offered Ljungberg to Roma for 2.4 Million pounds, Roma think thats a little to high but are interested if we can lower the fee to 1.6 Million so we'll probably meet them half way perhaps slightly closer to their estimation.

That would leave us Faubert and Dyer on the right, Etherington and Boa Morte on the left. I expect one if not both of Etherington and Boa Morte to leave (Boa Morte's the more likely) so we will probably be in the market for a left winger.

West Ham have scouted N'Zogbia and are interested in him and I think Newcastle will be willing to sell if they can get around 5 Million for him. N'zogbia wants to leave to join a London club at the moment there are 3 more attractive clubs than West Ham in London. I don't think Chelsea would be interested though, Arsenal and tottenham have been linked but I think Arsenal is agent talk. I believe Tottenham may have had a real interest in him though Glaston thinks Dos Santos will be playing on the left wing so it remains to be seen whether they will still pursue him.

I'd be happy to see Ljungberg leave and N'Zogbia come in, if Roma is after Ljungberg we should accept any offer they make.
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How times have changed....superstar goalscoring midfielder, then tainted by gay men, calvin klein modelling, and injuries....

Now worth 70 times less than Ronaldo
 
Skholesy said:
How times have changed....superstar goalscoring midfielder, then tainted by gay men, calvin klein modelling, and injuries....

Now worth 70 times less than Ronaldo
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Wenger certainly got rid of him at the right time, I wouldn't be suprised to see Ljungberg playing in the Championship in a 4 or 5 years times
 
cockneyHammer said:
Gudjonhson was actually in the attcking midfielder role, so it's only 2 strikers, it's also a similar formation to one we have fielded this season gone

-------------Mullins-------------
Bowyer-----------------Etherington
-------------Ljungberg

----------Bellamy----Cole

The example I gave just has more quality players in it, but don't let me take that away from you
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I understood you wanted to have Gujonhson as an attacking midfielder. Question is if he's good enough or even willing enough to do all the work it takes. Most games I watch him he looks awfully tired when playing. Ljungberg is actually used to playing in the middle, that attacking role from his days in sweden. He used to be an amazing playmaker, but then found his way out on the wing when playing for arsenal, obviously not being good enough at that age. He's got some workrate in his game but people don't see it because everytime he goes down he spend 2-3 minutes of complaining. The player you really should get rid of is Cole. I have never understood why ANYONE would want him. What do you think he brings to the side :confused: Always makes a lot of runs, sometimes with the ball, and never even look like scoring.
 
Successful said:
I understood you wanted to have Gujonhson as an attacking midfielder. Question is if he's good enough or even willing enough to do all the work it takes. Most games I watch him he looks awfully tired when playing. Ljungberg is actually used to playing in the middle, that attacking role from his days in sweden. He used to be an amazing playmaker, but then found his way out on the wing when playing for arsenal, obviously not being good enough at that age. He's got some workrate in his game but people don't see it because everytime he goes down he spend 2-3 minutes of complaining. The player you really should get rid of is Cole. I have never understood why ANYONE would want him. What do you think he brings to the side :confused: Always makes a lot of runs, sometimes with the ball, and never even look like scoring.
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That's just silly. He played attacking midfielder for Chelsea and set up and scored lots of goals compared to his position.
 
Successful said:
I understood you wanted to have Gujonhson as an attacking midfielder. Question is if he's good enough or even willing enough to do all the work it takes. Most games I watch him he looks awfully tired when playing. Ljungberg is actually used to playing in the middle, that attacking role from his days in sweden. He used to be an amazing playmaker, but then found his way out on the wing when playing for arsenal, obviously not being good enough at that age. He's got some workrate in his game but people don't see it because everytime he goes down he spend 2-3 minutes of complaining. The player you really should get rid of is Cole. I have never understood why ANYONE would want him. What do you think he brings to the side :confused: Always makes a lot of runs, sometimes with the ball, and never even look like scoring.
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You can never question Gudjonson effort, thats one great thing about him. If he wants to ocme here and make an effort rather than just sitting on his arse collecting his wages he'll be avery good player for us. Yes he may tire early but Solano couldn't last more than 60 minutes last season but it was worth it for the quality he brung to the team. I think Gudjohnson can fit into the same bracket.

As for Cole I was nearly in tears last season when the window closed and he was still a West Ham player. It was even worse when Belamy and Ashton was injured meaning we would have to play Camara and Cole up front :eek:

He proved us al lwrong and set up more goals than any other palyer in the squad. As with Gudjohnson you can never question Cole's effort, he has given 100% every game this season even when he was being boo'd by nearly 35,000 fans for doing nothing wrong. He doesn't score many goals no but he does try and if he can improve his finishing I think he can become a good Premiership striker.

Cole also always gives us a different option and when we want to run the clock down in a game he is our best choice as he rarely loses possesion. I think he will be a cult player here now for many years to come and i'll be sad now if he leave this season. I would rather Zamora goes and he was one of my favourite players here.
 
This would be a good move for both him and West Ham. But be careful with the line ups cH! Who knows, you could break someone's leg :nervous:
 
Kristjan said:
Most of his time at Barca has been in midfield actually
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You can't really say he's been given time to play in Barca. And from what I have seen he's been playing as a striker 80% of the times. Only seen him come on as a sub with 10-15 minutes to go and play a deeper role just to stick another striker in when they're behind, like they have been most of this season. Didn't play against us.
 
Joker said:
That's just silly. He played attacking midfielder for Chelsea and set up and scored lots of goals compared to his position.
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He had very limited time under Mourinho and when he had his deeper role in chelsea was during the time when they wanted to play people in the middle and had a million attacking midfielders or deep positioned forwards such as, Poyet, Grönkjaer, Forsell, Hasselbiank and so on. I just don't see the point in having a striker playing deep especially when there are other players out there who can do the job better. And there is no team nowdays that can play 2 strikers and 1 behind, a bit like Elano for city. They only way I can see it work is if they want to have Cole upfront with Eidur providing the balls for him. Two decent targetplayers with ability to read the game. Hope Ashton will accept his new bench role.

Just to clear one thing out. I think Cole is crap and Ashton is quite ok. But Ashton and Eidur together seems quite slow. I don't think they would make a good pair.
 
Successful said:
You can't really say he's been given time to play in Barca. And from what I have seen he's been playing as a striker 80% of the times. Only seen him come on as a sub with 10-15 minutes to go and play a deeper role just to stick another striker in when they're behind, like they have been most of this season. Didn't play against us.
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He played some games earlier in Deco's position and did well
 
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