1chopra re-signs for cardiff
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2/2009 20:01:19 40 Media Wales robfreeman 03/02/2009 ECHO feb3 Tue
CHOPSIS BACK
AGAIN
Sport Six Nations: Has rose wilted
y Mark Bloom City sign fans favouritewith 55 seconds to spare
Price: 47p
ARDIFF City finally got their manesterday, bringing Michael Chopraack to Ninian Park with 55econdsto spare beforethe transferindow close.Fans favourite Chopra who has
cored 27 goals in 55 Bluebirdsppearances returned for a thirdardiffspellin a dramatic, last-ditch3m deal last night.And Bluebirds boss Dave Jones
elieves Chopras arrival meansromotion-chasing City can nowix it with the big boys of the
hampionship.Its a fantastic signing, declared
ones, who can also celebrate hold-g onto Wales midfielder Joe Led-y. After the signings of Chrisurke and Quincy (Owusu-Abeyie),givesme theoptions thatReading,heffield United and Birminghamave in the Championship.We now have plenty of optionsr that final push.Its fantastic business for theub and to buy Chops on a per-anent basis shows how far thisub has come.We have made a bit of moneyom the FA Cup and we have spent
so supporters can obviously seehat we are doing here.The chairman has worked hard
ver the weeks to get the players inhat I wanted.
Although I wanted two (Hiber-nian striker Steven Fletcher wasJones other target) I am delightedto get Chops and happy what Ihave to work with now.
With five strikers Chopra,Quincy, Jay Bothroyd, Ross Mc-Cormackand Eddie Johnson at hisdisposal, Jones must now contendwith uncustomary selection dilem-mas.
But he said: There is no head-achefor me inchoosing theforwardline.
We have 11 games in four weeksand its going to be absolute manic,but at least I now have the depth tochange things around.
I can get away with the defenceand the midfield, but the key wasfreshening up the forward line.
That is something I couldnt dobefore when a forward was in-jured.
Delighted City chairman Peter
Ridsdale said: I have given the
firepower that the manager tar-geted at the start of January andcompleted the Chopra deal withjust 55 seconds left on the clock.
People have questioned theclubsambitionsand I hopethis willgo some way to telling them whatweare tryingto dowith17 gamesofthe season left.
We havebeen workingvery hardthroughout this transfer window togive ourselves every opportunityfor success this season.
Ive spoken to Michael and he isobviously delighted as he was get-ting frustrated by the lack of op-portunity he was getting at Sun-derland andhehas a lotoffriendsatCardiff.
Chopras third spell at City isinitially on loan with the deal per-manent deal agreed which will be-gin in July. Jones relaxed at fixturepile-up: Pages 38&39