davieG Posted 7 July 2008 Posted 7 July 2008 Tunchev Deal Done Posted on: Mon 07 Jul 2008 Leicester City have today beaten off a host of high-profile European clubs to the signature of Bulgarian international central defender Aleksandar Tunchev from CSKA Sofia for an undisclosed fee. Tunchev, who last season captained CSKA to the A Grupa title, has signed a three-year contract with the Foxes. The 26-year-old played a major part in Bulgaria's EURO 2008 qualification campaign, and has amassed a total of 15 caps for his country since making his international debut in 2006. Tunchev, who stands at 6'2", becomes manager Nigel Pearson's fourth capture of the summer - following Michael Morrison, Lloyd Dyer and Nicky Adams through the doors at the Walkers Stadium. Pearson said: "This is a major transfer coup for us and we are delighted to welcome Alex to the club. "He is a strong and experienced and will be an excellent addition to our squad." Chief Executive Lee Hoos added: "We have had to work very hard on this deal. There was a lot of interest in Alex from clubs across Europe, but he has kept to his word and it is fantastic to have him here. "To be in a position where we are still able to attract this calibre of player is a testament to the size of this football club." And Chairman Milan Mandaric also expressed his delight with the capture. He said: "Alex has totally bought into our vision for the future. Of course, our immediate aim is to gain promotion back to the Championship, but he can see beyond that. That's the sort of mentality that we want around this place. "This deal is the product of a lot of hard work and I am sure Alex will become a real favourite with our fantastic supporters." The player enjoyed spells at Hebar Pazardzhik, Belasitsa Petric and Lokomotiv Plovdiv before joining CSKA in 2005. As Bulgaria is not in the EU, the deal is subject to the player obtaining a work permit.
Daggers Posted 7 July 2008 Posted 7 July 2008 Theres something gone wrong here. This aint right. Yup.
MPH Posted 7 July 2008 Posted 7 July 2008 Theres something gone wrong here. This aint right. i hear you. He seems far too good for us...
Mark Posted 7 July 2008 Posted 7 July 2008 I know, did anyone else get the bloody texts?! Three of them, even the text man is excited.
Fox You Forest Posted 7 July 2008 Posted 7 July 2008 I hope he can be as good for us as Kishichev is. For one who doesn't like negativity your not filling me with confidence.
teblin Posted 7 July 2008 Posted 7 July 2008 Why has he signed for us Can only think he wants to move to england and we were the only club that wanted him here.
thybluefox Posted 7 July 2008 Posted 7 July 2008 Three of them, even the text man is excited. , glad it wasn't just me that got that many! Good times
Ric Flair Posted 7 July 2008 Posted 7 July 2008 This is what's beautiful about Sport. Things happen that are absolutely ridiculous and this is one of them. I hope to dear god that it works out for him here, subject to him getting his work permit. Kaebi was hyped up as much as this chap and it didn't work out for him. This lad looks more than capable of coping with the physical realms of this country and he's played in Europe, something Hossein never had. These are crazy, crazy nights as Kiss once said.
Darkzzz_ Posted 7 July 2008 Posted 7 July 2008 Well Hollow-Tip was spot on after all. I am not saying anything until i see the lad play. Sounds like a good signing for us though, but obviously we need to see how he fairs. Hope it all works out nice!
MPH Posted 7 July 2008 Posted 7 July 2008 Can only think he wants to move to england and we were the only club that wanted him here. the report says a host of high profile european clubs were in for him... cant imagine it not beingn other english clubs too i just think Milan paid the agent a bit more.
OzFox Posted 7 July 2008 Posted 7 July 2008 wait till he finds out we're in Div 3. Milan must have told a porky pie
MPH Posted 7 July 2008 Posted 7 July 2008 wait till he finds out we're in Div 3.Milan must have told a porky pie Maybe he thinks division 1 is the top division!!!
RowlattsFox Posted 7 July 2008 Posted 7 July 2008 It's hard not to be happy with this signing even though I've never seen him play, Kaebi, Zsolt etc all struggled last season but it looks as though Tunchev as the attributes to cope with the game over here. He will be able to have pretty much a full pre-season to settle in and we will have the opportunity to look at him befoe the season starts.
HOLLOW-TIP Posted 7 July 2008 Posted 7 July 2008 "As Bulgaria is not in the EU, the deal is subject to the player obtaining a work permit." Bulgaria IS in the EU but England has placed restrictions on Bulgarians in terms of working in the UK and everyone has to get a work permit.... @ everyone wondering why Tunchev signed with your team, for the last time - CSKA Sofia is in big financial trouble so they would've sent Tunchev to Zimbabwe or Taiwan had a team offered 1 million Euro quickly...our team isn't gonna play in the European tournaments this year and after all, Tunchev will be making 3 or 4 times more money than in Bulgaria, so why wouldn't he do it? He's young , he knows more offers will come if he plays well in England...
Daggers Posted 7 July 2008 Posted 7 July 2008 For one who doesn't like negativity your not filling me with confidence. It's not negativity - I'm being circumspect. I'm just refusing to be wound up by the "Bulgarians" proclaiming him to be brilliant and the posters going cock-a-hoop over someone no one has heard of before last week. On paper he sounds brilliant, but Kaebi looked brilliant on YouTube and that beats paper in the classic game Youtube Paper Stone. We've been here before. I hope the lad does brilliantly for us, I hope he's the defender we need and the Captain we have been without for so long. I hope I have a reason to buy a lovely red Bulgaria World Cup shirt from the 70's. He may have bought into Milan's vision of the future but I'm not sure I'm quite there yet
davieG Posted 7 July 2008 Posted 7 July 2008 It's his birthday on Thursday - everyone should send him a card to make him feel welcomed.
Darkzzz_ Posted 7 July 2008 Posted 7 July 2008 There are two options here: He will be great and he will get snapped up by a premiership club in January. OR He will be shocking and he will be left to rot on a cold night at the Marstons, in the reserves!
harpendenfox Posted 7 July 2008 Posted 7 July 2008 I presume there will be no problems with the whole work permit thing.......
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