Ferdy: Only a short move to East London!
The irony is of course that he's not been anything like the best player in the Shrimpers recent great run that has taken two points clear of League Two, possibily not even the club's best Irishman, (though, of course, midfielder Kane Ferdinand was born in Newham, East London, so he'll know the area), yet with Big Baz injured we can't prove that one!
However, they've all been lining up according to the tabloid press, including now Championship neighbours West Ham, standing second in the second tier and a return to the Premier League very much on the cards.
www.thesun.co.uk wrote: 'West Ham are hoping to score a famous hat-trick and snatch the third footballing Ferdinand. Hammers chief scout Martin Glover has watched Southend's Kane Ferdinand in his last three games for the League Two leaders. Shrimpers midfielder Ferdy, 19, is the cousin of stars Rio and Anton, who both stepped out on the road to stardom through West Ham's famous youth academy. Now Hammers boss Sam Allardyce is ready with £500,000 to snap up the latest offspring from one of soccer's most successful bloodlines — and give him a shot at the big-time.'
Well, we wouldn't say no, Uncle Ron certainly wouldn't and, who knows, the dosh could help secure promotion, and it's certainly more than Fat Fry's 300k for League One Peterborough, but what happened to the three quarters of a million Hammers! (See that summer story below!)
They went on to tell us: 'Big Sam faces competition from several other clubs, though, after Kane caught the eye with three goals in his last six matches. Allardyce kept a close watch on him during the summer and is now ready to make a firm move in January for the versatile youngster, who can also play at centre-half like his famous relations. at the Shrimpers but has been tipped to follow in the footsteps of his cousins and play at a much higher level. Ferdy Jnr is unlikely to go straight into the first team. Instead, he would be groomed to pull on a claret and blue shirt next season with the club hopefully back in the top flight.'
How, of course they can know all this, unless they've picked up some habits from their former colleagues at the now defunct Sunday the News of the World.
It could, as ever, all be bollocks, as we've been here before, the Daily Mail this time last summer, and that was £750,000, recession of what!
The Mail gets in again suffering from a memory loss: www.dailymail.co.uk
The 'other, earlier Mail story': www.southendunited-mad.co.uk
Fat Fry stalks our Ferdy: www.southendunited-mad.co.uk
& other Ferdy stuff
Remember Ipswich?: www.southendunited-mad.co.uk/news/tmnw/
Luggy conviced he'll stay: www.southendunited-mad.co.uk/news/tmnw/
Kane is an Irishman: www.southendunited-mad.co.uk/news/
He's also still a Shrimper: www.southendunited-mad.co.uk/news/tmnw/
He's staying in Cyprus: www.southendunited-mad.co.uk/news/tmnw/
An agent getting involved?: www.southendunited-mad.co.uk/news/tmnw/
He signs!: www.southendunited-mad.co.uk/news/tmnw/
The Jewel in the Crown?: www.southendunited-mad.co.uk/news/tmnw/
Possible Irish Under-21 call-up: www.southendunited-mad.co.uk
This time last year: www.southendunited-mad.co.uk
Hammers fans impressed: www.westhamtillidie.com/2011/06/08/kevin-nolan-yes-alan-smith-please-god-no/
The original story: www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2000585/West-Ham-ponder-750k-swoop-Southend-teenager-Kane-Ferdinand.html
Oh well, they've got papers to sell in these tough times!
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The Ferdinand Files
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kane Ryan Ferdinand[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 7 October 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Newham, London, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Southend United | ||
| Number | 12 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2006–2010 | Southend United | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2011– | Southend United | 37 | (6) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2010 | Republic of Ireland U18 | 2 | (0) |
| 2011 | Republic of Ireland U19 | 6 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:12, 29 October 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19:58, 8 January 2011 (UTC) |
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(Player info supplied by Wikipedia, for the full article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kane_Ferdinand)