Taken from today's Scottish Sun. We should sign him for his name alone!
CHARLTON have targeted Aberdeen defender Zander Diamond.
The Addicks want to pair Diamond with former Rangers and Scotland centre-half Christian Dailly.
Boss Phil Parkinson is trying to offload players to bankroll a six-figure bid for the stopper.
And a cash offer would test the Dons' resolve as they battle to balance the books.
They've already lost captain Scott Severin, Jamie Smith and Lee Mair this summer.
New boss Mark McGhee has been starved of cash for replacements after the collapse of Setanta. He hinted last week that he'd be willing to flog a first-choice star to fund new recruits.
But a woeful shortage of defenders was badly exposed as Aberdeen crashed out of the Europa League 8-1 to Czech cracks Sigma Olomouc.
Now Charlton are poised to bid for Diamond, who missed the Euro clashes through a calf injury.
The 24-year-old has played almost 200 games for the Dons and has two years left on his contract. Director of football Willie Miller would not be keen to lose him on the cheap.
Diamond is one of the club's highest-rated players and is a candidate to replace Severin as skipper.
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'hmmmm, lost 8-1, lets sign their centre half, must be a cracker'.
As an aside though..............
ZANDER DIAMOND last night revealed Aberdeen's players will find out all about their Europa League opponents on Championship Manager.
Soon after the Dons discovered they will face either Czechs Sigma Olomouc or Fram Rekjavik of Iceland, the players got their laptops out to scour the popular game for information.
Mark McGhee's side have been glued to the managerial sim since they arrived in the tiny Austrian outpost of Obertraun for preseason training.
Now they'll use the game to get clued up on the teams they could face on July 30 in the third qualifying round.
Diamond was pleased with the draw but insists the Dons will still have to approach it as if they were coming up against a top European side.
He said: "When you look at some of the teams in the competition we would have taken this draw beforehand.
"We don't know much about them but I am sure the management will scout them in the next couple of weeks.
"It is exciting times for everyone and it was great watching the names coming out on the UEFA website.
"We don't know much about these teams so a lot of the boys will be straight on to Championship Manager to find out as much as they can about them.
That worked then.
Unfortunately it's not his real name :-( He's actually Alexander Diamond
Wiki also says he captained Scotland u21s. And he has 20/20 for determination in FM ;-) Another 'good character' that Parky seems to be going for?
Played quite a lot for Aberdeen since he was 18. Contract runs out in the summer of 2011. Surely they'd at least want a few hundred £k for him? Either we've managed to get a decent bit of money for Gray, we're selling one of the midfielders or we're going to get a bit of money from this takeover? Or this is just a rumour and we can't actually afford to pay a fee for anyone?
'hmmmm, lost 8-1, lets sign their centre half, must be a cracker'.[/quote]
[quote][cite]Posted By: mart77[/cite]Now Charlton are poised to bid for Diamond, who missed the Euro clashes through a calf injury.[/quote][/quote]
Point taken!!!
A bit rough but PP will polish him.
so didnt play in the 8-1 thrashing , a good sign
Close friends are you then?
Or is this because he was at Celtic before joining Aberden?
Definitely a cut above what we have though.