Transfer Window Wings One Dane Down Under

The transfer window deadline put the fizz into negotiations and as a result some good deals have got done, but with so many players now scattering themselves across the world every season requires a new assessment of performance before you can accurately wager on the teams that comprise of a new selection of international talent. West Brom might not sound exotic but you have to admit Melbourne City does.

As those that like to bet on sports in Denmark, especially football, will already know the transfer window swings shut with a resounding thud and there’s a flurry of deals to keep track of lest you awake to find your team’s star player now winging his way across the continent, if not the world, to play for someone else. If you’ve been used to seeing their talent support your weekend wagers this can be quite a troublesome time. How will your team perform without them?

Transferable Danes

• Lindegaard to West Brom
• Sorensen to Melbourne
• Vestergaard going nowhere

Worse still are the new signings that arrive at your team. Will they fit in? Will they live up to their reputation and hype? Will they be worth the staggering sum that they cost and will get paid for the duration of their contract? And will they get the deal done before the transfer window closers? Coaches might well be attempting to get a more well-rounded side but gamble wrong with your signings and it can have precisely the opposite effect, damaging both team cohesion and results on the pitch.

Those that enjoy the EPL will already be aware that the big Dane at Manchester United, Anders Lindegaard has been snapped up by West Brom where he’s likely to find more opportunity to get a game than he has over the last five years at United who only put him on the field nineteen times during his stay at Old Trafford. He’s six-four so it’s hard to say he’ll be able to grow more at West Brom, but his two year deal should give him ample chance to do so.

Transfer Window Closure Prompts Panic

It’s rather fortunate for those of us that like a flutter that UDanish gambling laws have liberalized enough that we can continue to follow the English Premier League on sites like ComeOn! Sportsbook, but whilst that’s the obvious destination of choice of so many players from across the continent, including Danes, its by no means the only overseas opportunity that they can be attracted by, and indeed on long time stalwart of the game is traveling a lot further than between Old Trafford and the Hawthorns.

Thomas Sorensen, 39 year old veteran of stints at Aston Villa and Stoke City, who played 101 games for his country as their keeper taking over from the big gloves of Peter Schmeichel, is going much further afield as he heads off to Melbourne City in Australia. The media covering the transfer window have delighted in calling him “experienced”, which is like describing a Danish naked cowboy as slightly unusual rather than the manifestly obvious cry for help it really is.

Melbourne are aiming to grab some silverware in the season ahead and his wealth of knowledge could well assist them in hunting it down. “We obviously want to win a championship and a cup and that’s one of the reasons why I wanted to come.” Said Sorensen dutifully. ”Hopefully I can use my experience to get the club where it wants to go.” A goal in which the four other international signings City have made during this transfer window will assist no doubt.

Rumors Abound Around Transfer Window Deadline

Naturally the number of clubs “linked” with players is hugely greater than the number actually attempting to buy anyone. Often this is part and parcel of the behind the scenes deals and many an agent is currently gambling news coverage of their boy will lead to an offer and a percentage. Take Jannik Vestergaard, the young Dane who is entirely at home in the Bundesliga, and yet is suddenly “linked” with Newcastle United and Everton.

The fact that Weder Bremen have no intention of selling him during this transfer window hasn’t stopped numbers floating about valuing the youngster, at eight and a half million euros by all accounts, but it all seems a bit odd given Everton have just coughed up 9.5 million for Ramiro Funes Mori from River Plate. Is this just publicity or are Newcastle serious? Who can say, chances are the first we’ll know is if Vestergaard turns up in a Magpie’s strip beaming for the press.

For Danish football fans watching the transfer window I suppose the question is now who’ll fare better, West Brom’s new keeper or the old one traveling down under? One would perhaps think that the change in climate alone will be a challenge for the aging Sorensen whilst for Lindegaard it’ll be far more the accent of the brummy locals that may form a stumbling block moving forward, although you can bet that won’t stop the big man from making his mark at the club.