Yorke to complete move to Sydney
Birmingham striker Dwight Yorke has agreed terms on a two-year deal with Australian side Sydney FC, according to the club's chief executive Andy Harper.
The Champions League winner moved to Old Trafford for £12.6million in 1998 after making his name at Aston Villa.
He also enjoyed a fairly successful two-year spell with Blackburn and with 122 goals is the seventh-highest scorer of the Premier League era.
'We're just absolutely over the moon that he's decided that this is where he wants to spend the next two years off his football career,' Harper told www.abc.net.au.
'He's been around, and he's certainly learnt from the best on how to win football matches.
'And more important than that for us is just the individual football package that he brings.
'He's a high-quality football player and we're very much looking forward to him being on Sydney FC's books.'
Sydney FC chairman Walter Bugno claims Yorke has turned down more lucrative offers from the Middle East to link up with Australia's new Hyundai A-League.
'Suffice to say that he's come here for a lot less money than he could have made in the Middle East, and I think that speaks volumes for exactly what he wants to achieve out of this move,' Harper added.
'He could quite easily have gone for a great deal more money and retired even wealthier.'
And Harper added that the signing of the Trinidad and Tobago international will boost the profile of the whole sport Down Under.
'I think that's beyond doubt,' said Harper. 'When he (Yorke) arrived last week for his three-day visit to have a look at the Sydney FC set-up and meet the people, he just generated enormous media interest then.
'When he puts pen to paper for Sydney FC and starts work with us he will have an enormous impact off the field.
'Sydney FC is striving to be what the Hyundai A-League set itself out to achieve, and that is to be something new and fresh and catch the imagination and the attention of the public.
'A player like Dwight Yorke is certainly, we feel, important in that strategy.
'I think if all goes well from here he will have an enormous impact on the Australian sporting landscape.'
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Birmingham striker Dwight Yorke has agreed terms on a two-year deal with Australian side Sydney FC, according to the club's chief executive Andy Harper.
The Champions League winner moved to Old Trafford for £12.6million in 1998 after making his name at Aston Villa.
He also enjoyed a fairly successful two-year spell with Blackburn and with 122 goals is the seventh-highest scorer of the Premier League era.
'We're just absolutely over the moon that he's decided that this is where he wants to spend the next two years off his football career,' Harper told www.abc.net.au.
'He's been around, and he's certainly learnt from the best on how to win football matches.
'And more important than that for us is just the individual football package that he brings.
'He's a high-quality football player and we're very much looking forward to him being on Sydney FC's books.'
Sydney FC chairman Walter Bugno claims Yorke has turned down more lucrative offers from the Middle East to link up with Australia's new Hyundai A-League.
'Suffice to say that he's come here for a lot less money than he could have made in the Middle East, and I think that speaks volumes for exactly what he wants to achieve out of this move,' Harper added.
'He could quite easily have gone for a great deal more money and retired even wealthier.'
And Harper added that the signing of the Trinidad and Tobago international will boost the profile of the whole sport Down Under.
'I think that's beyond doubt,' said Harper. 'When he (Yorke) arrived last week for his three-day visit to have a look at the Sydney FC set-up and meet the people, he just generated enormous media interest then.
'When he puts pen to paper for Sydney FC and starts work with us he will have an enormous impact off the field.
'Sydney FC is striving to be what the Hyundai A-League set itself out to achieve, and that is to be something new and fresh and catch the imagination and the attention of the public.
'A player like Dwight Yorke is certainly, we feel, important in that strategy.
'I think if all goes well from here he will have an enormous impact on the Australian sporting landscape.'
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/headlinenews?id=330959&cc=3436
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and about yorke coming to a-league i heard he likes the lifestyle and he likes australia from the times he visited or somehting liek that not tooo sure
The other SBS blokes like Les, and Tomalaris. 