There is news today coming out of Sky Sports that Newcastle are in for Coventry City’s 22 years old left back.
Daniel Fox – 6’1″ Coventry City left-back
Newcastle United Football Club were linked with a £2M bid for 22 year old Coventry City left back Daniel Fox around 13th January, and it may well be we have gone back in for the player.
As the transfer window nears closure, it crystallizes for clubs who’s really available and who’s not, which is one of the reasons so many players are signed late in the window. Of course procrastination is also involved.
So this news from Sky Sports may be on the mark, because we’ve reviewed this player before, and he looks a very good young player, and probably available, but he’s worth a lot more than £2M, according to some Coventry fans, who left comments on our site.
The Coventry City defender Fox learned his trade at the Everton Youth Academy, but the closest he came to a first-team appearance was as an 18-year-old being named on the bench.
He was released by Everton in the summer of 2005 and he moved to Walsall, where he played around 100 times before moving to Coventry City last January.
It appears that Joe Kinnear rates him highly, as a star of the future and hopes to land the player for just £2M, although as we’ve said we may have to bid higher than that, to capture the youngster.
The Winsford-born Fox has already been called up for the England Under-21 side for the match against Poland on March 25th last year and started that game.
Last January, the attack-minded left-back signed a three-and-a-half year deal at the Ricoh Arena, but he would no doubt jump at the chance of joining Newcastle United.
Comments welcome.
44 comments so far
sirjasontoon
Jan 30, 2009 at 1:20 PM
Comment #1TooooooooooN
Loving this transfer stuff c’mon Mike and I will let you back in the ground again dude.
Pons Aelius
Jan 30, 2009 at 1:21 PM
Comment #2Up and coming English player – get him in!
Toon_Sydney
Jan 30, 2009 at 1:21 PM
Comment #3get taylor and fox – play right and left back 😀
Kash
Jan 30, 2009 at 1:22 PM
Comment #4Is he any good?
sirjasontoon
Jan 30, 2009 at 1:22 PM
Comment #5Least we are buying english as well…c’mon TOON
sirjasontoon
Jan 30, 2009 at 1:23 PM
Comment #6I have just texted a mate to find out Kash he supports birmingham so will gimme the lowdown.
NotAGhostToon
Jan 30, 2009 at 1:24 PM
Comment #7looks more like a mole
sirjasontoon
Jan 30, 2009 at 1:25 PM
Comment #8Mate just texted back used to play for walsal ,not noticed anything special about him..still young though
Dingo†®
Jan 30, 2009 at 1:26 PM
Comment #9looks like Scott Parkers love child
Joseph
Jan 30, 2009 at 1:27 PM
Comment #10busy day today
Pons Aelius
Jan 30, 2009 at 1:27 PM
Comment #11Kash – my mate from Coventry says he’d want a lot more money than £2 million for Fox but says they wouldn’t blame him for leaving and going to one of the biggest premiership teams.
Our reputation mustn’t be that bad then!
Dennis Twice
Jan 30, 2009 at 1:27 PM
Comment #12Europe here we come!!!! Ashley for president
Ericles
Jan 30, 2009 at 1:28 PM
Comment #13This player seems a good bet. We need cover in that position too. Things seem to be looking up now at last. Get your finger out Ashley – no more frustrating let downs please. Pumped up your pram tyres yet Zog?
tom tomb
Jan 30, 2009 at 1:28 PM
Comment #14Ha ha Scolari has just said Middlebrook, smoggies will hate him now! Downing will never sign for Chelsea!
sirjasontoon
Jan 30, 2009 at 1:31 PM
Comment #15I think buying players from lower english divisons is a great idea they will fight for the opportunity…hopefully.
geist
Jan 30, 2009 at 1:31 PM
Comment #16Finally, good news in the 30th dy of the transfer window (what happened to the rest) with nolan signing and blackburn getting diouf off the scum.
sirjasontoon
Jan 30, 2009 at 1:32 PM
Comment #17Just seen on the official site….charles n’zogbia is a DILDO
Davies
Jan 30, 2009 at 1:33 PM
Comment #18Can’t see a down side to this. Young, a position that needs cover and cheap too.
Dingo†®
Jan 30, 2009 at 1:34 PM
Comment #19Middlebrook is the name for Bolton in Pro Evolution Soccer 2009…….
I guess big Phill rates his players from Konami!
sirjasontoon
Jan 30, 2009 at 1:34 PM
Comment #20More Mike More,
3 more after this 1 : )
Darling27
Jan 30, 2009 at 1:35 PM
Comment #21He’s a very good left back. I live in Rugby and usually pop up to the Ricoh Arena to watch a few games.
He’s quick strong and can take a cracking free kick so Fox and Taylor taking freekicks would be awesome!!!
sahota
Jan 30, 2009 at 1:35 PM
Comment #22Com’on Mike, show us fans that you still do care about us. Get some good lads in team, save us from relegation and give some stability and some rest from all the negativity surrounding us.
clinta
Jan 30, 2009 at 1:35 PM
Comment #23like i said on the last thread:
DENNIS TWICE-??? your either wise himself or Ashley!
Either way bugger off from this blog and go get some more players signed up yeah!
sirjasontoon
Jan 30, 2009 at 1:37 PM
Comment #24Davies // Jan 30, 2009 at 1:33 PM
Can’t see a down side to this. Young, a position that needs cover and cheap too
Same here..looks like he plays for the chinese national team.
WAHHHHHHHHHHHH YAHHHHHHHHHH!!
clinta
Jan 30, 2009 at 1:38 PM
Comment #25there’s a place called Rugby??
clinta
Jan 30, 2009 at 1:40 PM
Comment #26sirjasontoon- we should get a couple of chinese players in like, think of the potential shirt sales!
I live in China now myself, they need a good kick of the toon, all you see around is manc, arse and chelski shit!!
Cutting costs too (as we know MA likes to do) could probably get all the gear made over here too, hang on it probably already is?!
Mikeflame
Jan 30, 2009 at 1:41 PM
Comment #27wow lets get em hammered! do you think MA has seen how well Villa are doing with young English lads and thought ‘hmmmm shall i have a pork or meat and potato today’ and then his little rat sidekick has slapped him and said ‘hey boss get on the dog and bone cos these lads will be worth 10mil in another season so we can spend more money getting hammered in Dubai’
great were finally doing something but same old newcastle wait until last minute! now to grab Delph cos hes gonna be something special in the future!
tom tomb
Jan 30, 2009 at 1:45 PM
Comment #28Clinta there is also a place called Poole
sirjasontoon
Jan 30, 2009 at 1:46 PM
Comment #29Yeah it’s a little island off Hong Kong
sirjasontoon
Jan 30, 2009 at 1:50 PM
Comment #30clinta
Love China mate…been to HK and mainland China 3 times…want to live in HK in a few years..where you based in CH?
azim
Jan 30, 2009 at 1:52 PM
Comment #31where r u David Craig?? where r ebondo and saviola??
Ross
Jan 30, 2009 at 1:53 PM
Comment #32Ed-it was just the fella who deals with all transfers, who merely mentioned his name and ours. I’m sure you’ve repored on this lad before? a few weeks back, i think it was just the lad on sky sports digging up the two names from back then if im honest. He did say however that he was confident we’d be ryan taylors destination. He said teams like blackburn were in for him, but that we would be his most likely move.
sirjasontoon
Jan 30, 2009 at 1:59 PM
Comment #33David Craig…proper toolbox the only inside knowledge he has is of an Anus.
matty_g
Jan 30, 2009 at 2:04 PM
Comment #34I work at the Ricoh arena, i’ll find out if there is any truth in this matter. We had Nigel Clough, George Burley and Roy Hodgson here for the Cardiff game. This Hodgson was looking at Ledley.
Danny Fox is pretty good but is all left foot. Good set piece delivery though and a hard worker. One of Coventry’s better players!
matty_g
Jan 30, 2009 at 2:04 PM
Comment #35*Think hodgson was looking at Ledley
Ever seen a mackem in Milan?
Jan 30, 2009 at 2:14 PM
Comment #36Talking of Ledley he would be a good signing.
matty_g
Jan 30, 2009 at 2:16 PM
Comment #37Ledley looked pretty average the other day. 2 players stuck out though, Jay Bothroyd and a lad called Parry, both with Cardiff. Bothroyd was good but a bit lazy apparently.
Prince Bassong
Jan 30, 2009 at 2:18 PM
Comment #38All left foot isn’t really a problem for a LB.
I saw a bit of him last weekend working a chance from which he was unlucky not to score. He got into the box, sold a nice shimmy to the defender and hit a good shot which was heading into the very corner of the far post. Unfortunately someone managed to get back and just about kept it out.
Alright the opposition wasn’t the highest of quality but he had the confidence and ability to work that space.
Darling27
Jan 30, 2009 at 2:21 PM
Comment #39Yep there’s a place called Rugby. It’s where the sport was invented.
matty_g
Jan 30, 2009 at 2:25 PM
Comment #40I’m not doubting that a left foot is good for an LB, i just feel when he gets pressured too much there just seems to be a complete inability to use his right. I have to attend most match days for work and get to see a lot of the players and Danny Fox is without doubt one of the best along with Mifsud who would be a useful impact sub.