Reports in the Birmingham press today suggest that Villa s current bid for Moustapha Hadji is likely to fail. Villa are reported to have offered £1 million plus Julian Joachim, whereas Coventry are said to want £3 million plus the Villa striker. £4 million seems to be the quoted value of Hadji.
New Town signing Pim Balkestein has thanked fellow Dutchman Fabian Wilnis for helping him out during his trial spell at Portman Road at the end of last season. Wilnis gave the 21-year-old hints on how he could impress boss Jim Magilton during a behind-closed-doors friendly at Spurs.
Today marks the 20th anniversary of the Blues 5-3 play-off semi-final second leg victory over Bolton at Portman Road, regarded by many fans as the greatest Town game ever. TWTD recently spoke to hat-trick hero Jim Magilton about his memories of that match.
Appropriately enough two goals at the North Stand end saw Town to victory and condemned Manchester City to Division One. Exactly a year ago today Town were condemning Walsall to the Second Division while City beat Blackburn Rovers to make Town go through the anguish of the play-offs once more as they entered the Premier League.