Asassin...what is going on with Fuller ....

[Warlord]

....during this transfer window? No team has made an approach to Stoke nor have a bid been submitted anywhere?

Defoe has garnered interest from a few teams and have signed with Spurs for 15 mill.

Kenwyne Jones has attracted interest from Chelsea, Villa, and now Tottenham just had a 15 million pound bid rejected.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/foot...nd/7830465.stm

Didier Drogba has attracted interest from Inter Milan but no deal yet.

Roque Santa Cruz and Kaka both have been linked to Man City


Where is Fuller in all of this? care to explain why a supposed "EPL level" striker isnt at the very least attracting interest elsewhere?

[Gamma]

wait deh...rooney get any offer? what about torres? who else nuh get nuh offer?

[Sir X]

To spend 20 to 50 mill for a Torres is justified to achieve Top 4 club status .Mid table would be around 7 to 10 million , relegation aspiring to midtable 1 to 5 , where do you think Fuller is on that list.

Lets be real no one wants him except stoke and i would not be surprised if they stay up they off load him to a championship club.

[Assasin]

would you buy a striker who can't pass a medical for 15 million. While it can't be denied that Fuller is a good player no big team is going to spend money on a player who had one spine injury and countless knee operations dating up to last summer.

[TheDread]

Lets be real no one wants him except stoke and i would not be surprised if they stay up they off load him to a championship club.

Lets be real, Fuller can't transfer to another English team because of JA rank over the past 2 years.....Jones might have the same problem (not sure).

[Sir X]

stop chat fauuttt , how many bought him knowing he had the injury , betta yuh stick to the odda ridiculous arguement (the dredd) bout Fifa transfer eligibility ...lol

[TheDread]

betta yuh stick to the odda ridiculous arguement (the dredd) bout Fifa transfer eligibility ...lol

Question, will Fuller qualify for a work permit with another EPL team?

[Assasin]

How many teams you know would invest in someone who can't pass a medical?

At portsmouth he was on a play as you go deal because he couldn't pass a medical. How many other Epl team you know offer that?

[Sir X]

Ask assasin !

[Sir X]

Well Charlton invest in im back , sold to Hearts , sold to reading , sold to Pmoutch (invest in im kness) sold to Southhampton , sold to Stoke from Stoke to ........ Why a Big 4 cant invest in a pay as you go or anyother team ? a contract can be twisted to serve any purpose for performance.

Gwan chat yuh fauut!

Club career

[edit] Tivoli Gardens and Crystal Palace

Fuller was born in Kingston, Jamaica and began his career with Tivoli Gardens before moving to English club Crystal Palace in February 2001 for £1million, after impressing on trial during January. Despite this he played just eight games for Palace (having suffered from knee problems; fans nicknamed him 'Glass-Knees'), and after failing to settle, he returned to Tivoli at the end of the campaign.

[edit] Hearts

Fuller spent the next season (2001–02) on loan at Scottish Premier League club Hearts. Fuller had an instant impact, scoring 8 goals in 27 appearances. However, the Edinburgh-based club could not afford to sign Fuller on a permanent basis, and so English league side Preston North End stepped in to sign the striker, paying £500,000.

[edit] Preston North End

Fuller scored on his Preston debut, a 2–1 defeat at home to old club Crystal Palace, and soon became a vital team player. He had an explosive scoring rate, but unfortunately he suffered knee ligament damage in early December, which ended his season prematurely. He had scored 11 goals in only 20 appearances for the club.
A fit again Fuller began the 2003–04 season on fire, including a run of six goals in five games, but his form tailed off as his knee troubled him once more. Despite this, he still scored 19 goals that season.

[edit] Portsmouth

Both Leeds United and Portsmouth then displayed their interest, however, Fuller's knee problems meant both clubs withdrew their offers after he failed medicals. However, Portsmouth manager Harry Redknapp was still keen on the Jamaican and Pompey negotiated a 'pay-as-you-play' deal with Fuller, meaning they would not lose a great deal of money should his recurring knee injuries force him to miss long periods of seasons. Fuller moved to Fratton Park in August 2004 for £1 million, after scoring 31 goals in only 63 appearances for Preston.[1]
Fuller failed to make a huge impact in the Premier League, falling down the pecking order as the season progressed. Despite the sale of some of his fellow strikers at the end of the season, the return from long-term injury by strikers Vincent Pericard and Svetoslav Todorov, and the purchase of Collins Mbesuma, meant Fuller was not guaranteed first team football at Portsmouth and new manager Alain Perrin agreed to let Fuller go. A move to Sunderland fell through when Fuller failed a medical.[2] Instead he was re-united with Harry Redknapp, who signed him for Southampton for £90,000.

[edit] Southampton and Ipswich Town

His start at Southampton was fairly dramatic, scoring Saints' only goal at Coventry on 29 August 2005, and scoring again at Derby on 18 September. After that his career at Saints declined. His perceived lack of effort and his history as a former Portsmouth player, combined with the general air of dissatisfaction at St. Mary’s led to Fuller receiving a considerable amount of abuse from large sections of the home crowd.
In February 2006, he went on loan to Ipswich, where he had an eventful time. In three games, he scored two goals, collected two yellow cards and one red card in the 2–2 draw at Crystal Palace (one of his former clubs), for a hand gesture at the crowd. He returned to Southampton at the end of March.
On his return to Southampton, he was a changed player and in the final six games of the season he scored six goals to bring his tally for the season to nine. Unfortunately, he didn't fit into George Burley's plans for 2006–07 and was transferred to Stoke City on transfer deadline day, 31 August 2006.

[edit] Stoke City

Fuller joined Stoke City for a fee of around £500,000. However a significant percentage of the fee depends on the amount of appearances that Fuller makes for the Potters.[citation needed] In his first season at Stoke he was the top goalscorer with 11 goals, but he also had the worst disciplinary record,[citation needed] accumulating two red cards and 10 yellow cards.
In the 2007–08 season, Fuller weighed in with 15 goals including a hat-trick against West Bromwich Albion at the Britannia Stadium. He has also seemingly controlled his discipline further this season becoming a firm fan favourite[citation needed] in the process. Fuller missed Stoke's home game against Hull City as he was attending the funeral of his grandmother in his home nation of Jamaica.[citation needed]
Fuller scored Stoke City's first-ever Premier League goal, a late consolation in a 3–1 defeat to Bolton Wanderers on the opening day of the 2008–09 season. He followed this up with another goal in Stoke's 3–2 win over Aston Villa in their first ever Premier League home match.[3] This goal won "goal of the month" for August.[citation needed].
Fuller was sent off for violent conduct on 28 December 2008 against West Ham. Following West Ham's equaliser, Fuller argued with team-mate Andy Griffin, before slapping the Stoke captain's face. Referee Michael Jones gave Fuller a straight red for violent conduct and West Ham went on to win the match 2-1.[4] On 1 January 2009, Tony Pulis confirmed that Fuller and Griffin had "kissed and made up" after a team meeting. Fuller said Griffin had been "very rude and disrespectful", but accepted that his actions had been worse.[5]

[Assasin]

when Chalton invested in him he failed his medical and was out for a year and couldn't kick a ball. The rest is history.

Again which club you see invest in a 29 year old with Fuller type of medical history? and the answer is none.

[Lionpaw]

there is a rumour that everton want fuller for 5 mil or summ'n like dat. saw it on the stoke site.

[Warlord]

wait deh...rooney get any offer? what about torres? who else nuh get nuh offer?

moot point. Torres is locked to Liverpool and will not be sold under Benitez reign and Rooney cost Man U 30 million. No other team with sense will pay more than 10-15 mill for him so that is a no go. What about Fuller? He is cheap so why the non-interest from other teams that are infinitely better than Stoke?

[Warlord]

Lets be real no one wants him except stoke and i would not be surprised if they stay up they off load him to a championship club.

Couldnt have said it any better. If Stoke gets relegated he will be lucky if he ever plays football at the premiership level again and if so it wont be for a decent team. It will probably be for some bottom feeder or some championship team that got promoted.

[Warlord]

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How many teams you know would invest in someone who can't pass a medical?

Ferguson bought Van Nistelrooy for 19 mill even though he failed his medical and his knees was shot while at PSV Eindhoven.

At portsmouth he was on a play as you go deal because he couldn't pass a medical. How many other Epl team you know offer that?[/

There have been teams in the prem in the past that have offered pay as u play contracts to certain players before. Fuller isnt the first player to play under that type of system.