Tranmere Rovers
Kay Signs for League One Rivals Huddersfield Town
By Deadly Submarine
May 29 2009
With the season over and the pre-season games already in the planning, the transfer activity has already begun with news that Rovers’ captain Antony Kay has signed for Tranmere’s League One rivals Antony Huddersfield Town.
After much recent speculation, Rovers captain Antony Kay was today confirmed as a Huddersfield Town player for next season, joining the Terriers on a two year deal and in doing so securing a return to his native Yorkshire after originally signing for Rovers from Barnsley in June 2007.
After initially signing as a defender for his first season at the Club, the departure of Paul McLaren at the end of last season saw the Rovers skipper pushed into a more forward role in central midfield for the season just ended - a move which paid off for Manager Ronnie Moore as Kay netted twelve goals from that position and ended the season as Rovers' top-scorer having previously scored seven goals last season.
Kay has Returned to his Native Yorkshire
Speaking today the Huddersfield Town Official Website, Kay said....
"The first I heard about a possible move came after Tranmere played Huddersfield at Prenton Park. We won 3-1 and I scored two goals that day and the day after Robbie Williams called me and explained that the manager had been asking about me. I called my agent and told him to get on with it to see what would come from it."
"Lee Clark, phoned me up and everything was positive. We met up and it has all followed on from there."
"He didn't really need to sell the Club to me but when I met up with Lee and Dean you could see the desire they both have. They have a really firm idea of where they want to go - they want to take the Club places and as a player that is what you want to hear. I want to be a part of a team that achieves those goals."
"Every time I have played Huddersfield Town I have been impressed with their team; they have good players and they have been unlucky over the years. When you add the new players the manager is looking to bring in to the current squad, I think we have a really good chance of promotion next season."
"I think I would now class myself as a midfielder, but the manager knows that I can play at centre-half if he needs me to. There is quite a bit of competition for the midfield positions here but that can only be a good thing as you cannot slack off for a minute in training or you will lose your place."
"Obviously I know Robbie Williams from Barnsley and we still keep in touch but I know a lot of the players here from matches against them, such as the Clarke brothers.
"When you join a new Club, you cannot wait to get started and I am counting down the days until pre-season training starts. We've got things sorted pretty early, so now I just have to prepare. I want to start now, but I'll have to play the waiting game for around four weeks!"
Whilst many Rovers fans will see Steve Jennings as the most important player to keep during the summer transfer madness, the loss of Kay and most importantly his goals will be a big blow ahead of next season unless Ronnie Moore can once again work wonders in the transfer market on a limited budget.
Kay is the second high profile departure from the Club after striker Chris Greenacre was confirmed to be leaving just prior to the end of the season for a new life with Australian A-League side Wellington Phoenix who are based in New Zealand.
As well as the pair, Eddy Sonko, Adnan Ahmed, Danny Holmes and Luke Waterfall have also been released by the Club.
Rumours have circulated before about the circumstances of Kay's departure, particularly to another League One side and indeed Total Tranmere was told about Kay's move to the Galpharm just three days after the season ended at Scunthorpe.
We would like to wish Kay all the best for his future career back in Yorkshire and now look forward to news of his replacement arriving at Prenton Park soon!
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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2009:05:29:11:29:13 by Deadly Submarine.
We can replace him for sure so not the end of the world!
Also goes to prove that my source was right all along despite people refusing to beleive it was a done deal! However this does worry me as the same source also said something else which I pray is not true!
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2009:05:29:11:03:40 by Deadly Submarine.
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Well if Huddersfield want to pay his big wage demands then good luck to him I say.
We can replace him for sure so not the end of the world!
Also goes to prove that my source was right all along despite people refusing to beleive it was a done deal! However this does worry me as the same source also said something else which I pray is not true![u][/u]
Come on Sub you can't say that and then not tell us what it is.
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It's related to Administration is all I can say really!
If it's admimistration then i think we all pray it's not true!
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2009:05:29:11:50:18 by giantkiller.
Anyway, gutted he's gone and to see him in a HTFC shirt is horrible but it was inevitable. Can't believe he was talking to the HTFC manager in March, a bit disrespectful of our club really. Granted he's been a good servant to the club but when he left Barnsley he had personal problems from what I gather and there weren't many clubs willing to take the gamble on him when we did. I have faith that Ronnie can find other players who maybe haven't settled elsewhere and get the best out of them. Shame as it is, I'm sure he'll be replaced with someone as good, I don't think we were fantastic in midfield last season and if I'm being critical, if we were to replace one of the midfielders, I would rather it be Kay than Jenno. I know he scored crucial goals for us but I don't think we created much from midfield, Kay's performances also dipped massively towards the end of the season, it was inevitable really! Anyway, if this isn't warning that we should offer contracts a full year before the contract expires I don't know what is, the player then has 6 months before they can even talk to other clubs so there are no distractions.
WTF???? OK. I can accept that if Huddersfield are offering him more money to be a similar figure at their club to the one he was at ours, that he would choose to leave. But why would Kay want to leave us to be a fringe player elsewhere? To me that just proves his greed.
The other news on the other hand, is worrying, incredibly worrying. For once sub, i hope your source is not as reliable as it appears.
Every ball is a white ball............TRFC
It's his comments that are most annoying.
Nothing about his time at Tranmere or the opportunity given to him by the Club or any thanks to the fans for their support and awards they voted him for too.
Moving on I understand and even moving for the money I can understand but the whole thing stinks of ungratefulness.
His comments are the most annoying part of this transfer.
Rich Chairman who is willing to invest in good new players
Big stadium
Decent Attendances
I do not blame him one bit for mmovin to huddersfield, in 5 years time they will be doing better than both us and peterboerough guaranteed!
A richer chairman,
A 25, 000 all seater stadium which will be built in 2/3 years.
And they have good attendances because they are a well supported club, not because they did £100 season tickets like Hudders.
You can argue for both sides Dani!
Seeing the other pictures of him posing for their new home and away kits makes it even more sickening.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2009:05:31:16:50:39 by Ste McKeownTRFC.
tbh with you i have had enough of defending him after his comments!
@#$%&
I'l admit like Mathew that Kay is replacable if we work hard enough and are clever enough in the tranfer market. But Kay had an awesome finish on him, was a massive threat on corners and yes while he gave the ball away occasionally thats because he was trying to find that killer ball. Jenno didn't do that because that wasn't his job. He wins the ball and gives it to kay to try an find that ball. It is time to move on and i am extremely unhappy with Kay however im not gonna forget the past 12 months and like it or not we wouldn't have been in the top 10 with out him probably.
Kays latest comments - [news.bbc.co.uk]
The last bit's rubbish.. Hudders were awful when we played them.
A lot of people don't understand it and find it hard to read the Board which is why we ask people to cut down on using it mate!
Cheers
but with the likes of jennings coyne chorley our ian all out of contract something needs to be done to ensure they stay with us, cos all are capable of playing for another league 1 club,
i have never rated ronnie moore but i now believe he is the man for the job now, we have no money and moore is a good no money manager,
i think in 08/09 we over acheived slightly given our financial position compared to others, the hard part now will be to try and persuade the right kind of player to come here to improve on that
and mikey lay off him a bit like it doesnt really matter tbh we got the jist of what he was saying
so mikey ... js b snd init laaa
The one thing that really annoys me and it goes for him and anyone else who moves to another league One club, how can they justify it when we finished 7th in the league. We had a great team last season and keeping that squad and adding to it would have definitely meant we would be favourites to at least get that play off postion next season.
If Kay has gone because of his family then fair enough but I just think he is using that as an excuse to justify getting more money. I think he also forgets that he was out on his @#$%& at Barnsley after being caught on the lash before a match when we picked him up.
Although this is the way football is, it still annoys me and hurts especially when he goes to a team who finished well below us.
"Huddersfield offered him a package that no-one else inthis League could match"
Family or Greed? You decide!
