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Just when every other team is strengthening their squad with local players, the bottom placed Munster team is pondering to make  another foreign swoop. This time a French – Algerian flavor will spear head the attack for the super -blues in their quest to stay afloat the top division. Mehdi Kerrouch had stints with good sides such as Ajaccio in France,Al Oruba UAE, Swindon Town and Oxford in England. It was at the then League 2 side Swindon Town where he had some distinctive success under Paolo Di Canio

He has recently plaid in his parents home country for the top side Cs Constantine before heading back to France where he rejoined his childhood home team.  “He looks like he can do a job for us, but he has to prove he is good enough for this league, let alone a marquee player or top earner for us” said the Chairman Pat O’sullivan. All is left to the technical side to make their assesment as time is running out for them to pose an unlikely escape. If signed he will line up as the 3rd foreign player after the Blues have signed the giant defender Patrick Kanyuka .

After a successful career that took him through big clubs such as QPR, Swindon Town and Champions league participants CFR Cluj in Romania, Pato as he is called, is edging closer to have a new home. He has recently plaid in Thailand where he featured as a captain for Roi Et United. As is usual having enjoyed a stint outside UK , Patrick sort to find his way back into UK by briefly securing a contract in Ireland. It didn’t take long for him to catch-up with us at Joe Mart Sports and Events Mgt.

We at Joe Mart gave him an opportunity to showcase his vast experience gathered over a series of clubs ranging from Europe, Asia and America. After a few training sessions,  Martin Russell had this to say. “There is no doubt about Patrick,s ability, we just have to see on Tuesday how he will cope in a match situation against the championship side MK Dons”.   Tuesday the 14th came and Patrick didn’t take long to prove he is that which the club is missing. Twice he made last ditch tackles that could have seen MK Dons take an early lead. As if that was not enough, the first time he went up for a corner kick he connected well above all defenders forcing a bullet header narrowly wide off the target that went with a round of applause from the fans. From then on he became a fans favorite getting cheers of appreciation with every pass and tackle won.

It didn’t surprise then when he got substituted midway through second half that even the MK Dons staff applauded him and a loud chant from the crowd came up “Sign him up”, “sign him up” Sign him uuuuuup”. It maybe too little too late for the bottom placed Limerick City but there is no doubt Patrick will be a success in League of Ireland.

In what turned out to be a last minute turn around of fortunes. It  just happened that Al Fujaira got denied a chance to land the giant striker’s signature. Two weeks prior to the end of victorious season of Bournemouth FC, the on -loan striker from Cardiff City Kenwyne  Jones looked unsettled after being loaned out to the then championship winning aspirants who eventually won the Championship race on the last game of the season. For that reason,  the Far East Club who were seeking a giant striker to spearhead their attack in the following season decided to tempt the Trinidad and Tobago striker by offering him a seven  figure  2 year deal. As is usual we at Joe Mart Sports and Events were on hand to woe the coveted striker to the Far East working closely with our Dubai based partners.

Speaking to the player’s representatives on 2 separate occasions ,  Joe said. ” Its a huge disappointment  as we considered this as a done deal. We only learnt at the end of the season that the player still had a running contract with his parent club Cardiff City up to 2016  which he is expected to honour . So we have to see if we can get a suitable replacement for our client. An un-named club official just confirmed after waiting for a further 2 weeks that , If it happens for some reason that the player becomes available then we will be ready to pounce.

Even the sweet words of the  Asamoah Gyan the Ghanaian legendary striker at Al Ain couldn’t convince the much troubled striker to relocate to the Middle East at this time. For more than 3 weeks the Togolese striker was pondering a surprise switch to the Dubai based club. Al Nasr pledged up to 8 million dollars to spend on the giant striker based on his availability. However our hopes at Joe Mart Sports and Events were washed away after a 3 week wait for the penultimate meeting the striker had with his club Tottenham Hotspurs on the 22nd of May.

When news filtered that Tottenham had enacted the optional 1 additional year to the just ended contract, it became so clear that any club seeking the player’s signature have to pay transfer fees. “Torino, QPR and Westham are some of the clubs that have offered me lucrative contracts” . said Adebayor.  Emirates have send in their offer too, but I’m not ready to play in UAE yet. We caught up with the player on his arrival in his native Togo where he confirmed his likely destination to be either Newcastle, Aston Villa or staying put with Tottenham which is highly unlikely given the fact that Pochettino didn’t play him that often since he took over. “It’s a huge setback on our ambition to bring the best to any club we deal with, but that can still turn out to be a blessing in disguise”  said Joe. The club has already opened up inquiries on the availability of Samuel Eto’o their initial target, and we have sort permission from Claudio Vigorelli the player’s agent to open up  negotiations with Al Nasr.

Ex Wigan Left Back Jordan Mustoe has completed a move to Belgium top league club KVC Westerlo. Jordan was released from Wigan after 5 years in the summer of 2014, from here Jordan spent pre season with SPL club

Ben Frempah has completed a move to the SPL with Ross County. Ben who was recently released from Premier league new boys Leicester City and went straight to Scotland for the start of pre season with Ross County, Ben