Steven Posted 31 July 2006 Share Posted 31 July 2006 Gerrbrand ExitDefender Patrik Gerrbrand has today (Monday) had his contract with Leicester City cancelled by mutual consent. The 25-year-old Swede was signed by former Foxes boss Craig Levein in July 2005 from Hammarby for an undisclosed fee. He made 17 starts during the 2005-06 campaign, but failed to cement a place in the Foxes first team line-up. City boss Rob Kelly said: "Patrik has received an offer from a club in Norway. He wants to go back to Scandinavia and we have agreed to cancel his contract to allow him to make the move. "We wish him all the best for the future." Source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dandannieldanok Posted 31 July 2006 Share Posted 31 July 2006 Why could we have not held out for a fee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobbo Posted 31 July 2006 Share Posted 31 July 2006 Oh for Gods sake. Why sign McAuley and get rid of Gerrbs? He'll be far superior. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevosevic Posted 31 July 2006 Share Posted 31 July 2006 no fee is dissapointing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nationwider Posted 31 July 2006 Share Posted 31 July 2006 In the current financial climate, I guess we can't afford (financially and for morale reasons) a guy who doesn't want to be here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head Honcho Posted 31 July 2006 Share Posted 31 July 2006 We just seem desperate to get players off the wage bill. Gerrbrand was imo an asset unlike a few other players we could do with getting rid of Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsons Posted 31 July 2006 Share Posted 31 July 2006 2 championship failures have left how many more to go... De Vries, Sylla? i see a new player coming in aswel soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davieG Posted 31 July 2006 Share Posted 31 July 2006 I would imagine, considering the efforts that CL went to to get him that he's on a lot more than McAualey so probably in the region of £5k / week, with 2 years (?) left on his contract that's £500,000. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maybes Posted 31 July 2006 Share Posted 31 July 2006 2 championship failures have left how many more to go... De Vries, Sylla? i see a new player coming in aswel soon I hope you are right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BartonFox Posted 31 July 2006 Share Posted 31 July 2006 lol lol lol <_< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevosevic Posted 31 July 2006 Share Posted 31 July 2006 I would imagine, considering the efforts that CL went to to get him that he's on a lot more than McAualey so probably in the region of £5k / week, with 2 years (?) left on his contract that's £500,000. would that mean we could possibly spend 250,000 on a player and then 250,000 on his wages for 2 years? maybe that will happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manwell Pablo Posted 31 July 2006 Share Posted 31 July 2006 Pointless. He is a better defender then Kenton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert Posted 31 July 2006 Share Posted 31 July 2006 Shame to see him go, it's also a shame we never got to see him at his best. Good luck for the future Gerrbrand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manwell Pablo Posted 31 July 2006 Share Posted 31 July 2006 No new players are coming in we have just forked out to cancel two contracts we aren't going to spend yet more money on someone else so forget it. <_< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head Honcho Posted 31 July 2006 Share Posted 31 July 2006 Why weren't they released at the end of the season? We've been paying their wages for the past two months and now decided to let them go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lookwhaticando Posted 31 July 2006 Share Posted 31 July 2006 Perhaps a fee was beyond a club from Norway. It's hardly La Liga or something out there. If he got an offer from another club, do we really have to pay off the rest of his contract? Isn't it possible than instead of recieving a fee, we've let him go for free and without paying him off to allow him an easy move? Well, at least we know why he left - he wanted to return to Scandinavia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BartonFox Posted 31 July 2006 Share Posted 31 July 2006 Perhaps a fee was beyond a club from Norway. It's hardly La Liga or something out there. If he got an offer from another club, do we really have to pay off the rest of his contract? Isn't it possible than instead of recieving a fee, we've let him go for free and without paying him off to allow him an easy move? Well, at least we know why he left - he wanted to return to Scandinavia. So would I when Kenton, McAuley and McCarthey are considered better options. <_< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teblin Posted 31 July 2006 Share Posted 31 July 2006 Perhaps a fee was beyond a club from Norway. It's hardly La Liga or something out there. If he got an offer from another club, do we really have to pay off the rest of his contract? Isn't it possible than instead of recieving a fee, we've let him go for free and without paying him off to allow him an easy move? Well, at least we know why he left - he wanted to return to Scandinavia. I think thats what h as happened and the same with hamill who has gone to livi today hasn't he? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head Honcho Posted 31 July 2006 Share Posted 31 July 2006 So would I when Kenton, McAuley and McCarthey are considered better options. <_< No way was PG the worst defender in the squad! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lookwhaticando Posted 31 July 2006 Share Posted 31 July 2006 So would I when Kenton, McAuley and McCarthey are considered better options. <_< We don't know how long he's harboured this desire to return to Scandinavia - could have been long before the end of last season, perhaps he's been unsettled since before January even. Who knows? If he's been unhappy for a while, it's likely that replacements were brought in beforehand, so if he did jump ship we weren't caught short. I think thats what h as happened and the same with hamill who has gone to livi today hasn't he? Dunno about that... there was no indication (not publically anyway) that another club was lined up to take him. Perhaps Livi kept an eye on the situation and knew that he was heading for the exit. It just doesn't seem as obvious as the interest didn't appear until he'd already left (well, not as far as any of us know). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobbo Posted 31 July 2006 Share Posted 31 July 2006 Still bemused, he was one of the best footballing centre halves I have seen at this level. Comfortable in both full back positions also. Better than McAuley and Maybury. But if we prefer hoofers nad hackers then so be it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filbertway Posted 31 July 2006 Share Posted 31 July 2006 No point keeping him here if he doesn't want to be. I'm loving the optimism from everyone, i really hope Rob proves the doubters wrong! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newms Posted 31 July 2006 Share Posted 31 July 2006 No point keeping him here if he doesn't want to be. I'm loving the optimism from everyone, i really hope Rob proves the doubters wrong! me 2 or there will be alot of smug people on here saying "i told you so" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BartonFox Posted 31 July 2006 Share Posted 31 July 2006 me 2 or there will be alot of smug people on here saying "i told you so" No one will be smug, I hope we go up but I honestly don't see it and I don't see the point in trying to mask it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fez of Mahrez Posted 31 July 2006 Share Posted 31 July 2006 Maybe it's not totally out of the question that a similar thing will happen with de Vries. I think something was bound to give eventually with the amount of centre-halves we had at the club, whatever your opinion of Gerrbrand as a footballer. We desperately need another option at left midfield though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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