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Post by SuperOx on Jan 12, 2011 7:57:23 GMT
England's number one has signed a NEW three and a half year contract with Oxford United.
Great news.
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Post by bigman2 on Jan 12, 2011 7:57:54 GMT
Brilliant news!
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Post by eaststandboy on Jan 12, 2011 7:59:23 GMT
shows how committed the club and Clarke is. Best news all season.
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Post by junior1 on Jan 12, 2011 8:07:37 GMT
Good news... If anyone wants him now it's going to cost them a small fortune!
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Post by KidInTheRiot on Jan 12, 2011 8:13:56 GMT
Good news for us and stability for clarky
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Post by baldy on Jan 12, 2011 8:18:04 GMT
Good to see he's happy to commit long term without prolonged negotiating. Good keeper who needs to keep working on cutting out those occassional errors with long, raking balls to the far post. All in all though one of the better keepers the club has ever had.
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Post by The Fence End on Jan 12, 2011 8:34:24 GMT
Good news... If anyone wants him now it's going to cost them a small fortune! Exactly why CW and KT offered him a new deal - protecting the clubs assets and making sure they get maximum value if they do sell. Sensible business.
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Post by peterdevo on Jan 12, 2011 8:37:05 GMT
Great news can't see Eastwood playing for first team
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Post by Agadoo on Jan 12, 2011 9:13:43 GMT
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Post by diadoraelite on Jan 12, 2011 9:24:44 GMT
Good move means we will get a half decent fee when he moves on .
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Post by Brahma Bull on Jan 12, 2011 9:34:25 GMT
Outstanding news. Like a new signing!
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Post by Chet Lemon on Jan 12, 2011 10:16:01 GMT
Great news lets hope we also sign Beano on new longer term deal as well.
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Post by Maurice Earp on Jan 12, 2011 10:30:57 GMT
For those readers who are unable to access the Oxford Fail website.
Oxford United goalkeeper Ryan Clarke has signed a new three-and-a-half year contract, keeping him at the club until the summer of 2014.
The 28-year-old, who joined the U’s from Northwich Victoria in the summer of 2009, was a key member of the team that won promotion last season.
His contract still had another 18 months to run, but United moved to offer him a new deal, and he was delighted to accept.
“It was a bit of a no-brainer really,” he said. “It never crossed my mind to say no.
“I’m enjoying my football – I think that’s showed in some of the performances.
“The main reason I’ve signed is that we won promotion last year and I think we can go up again.”
And Clarke says everyone at Oxford United is looking up.
“We’re all pushing in an upwards direction,” he said.
“We’ve got a manager that’s not happy to sit in League Two, he wants to kick on, he’s started to get the best out of me, and he knows how to get the best out of us as a group of players.
“We’re in a good run of form at the moment, we’ve got to carry that on for as long as possible, and who knows, by the end of the season, we might not be worrying about that little bad run we had!”
Born in Bristol, Clarke began his career with Bristol Rovers, and had spells on loan at Kidderminster, Southend and Forest Green.
He became Salisbury’s first-choice keeper in 2006 and played more than 100 times for them, before being loaned out to Northwich.
Oxford signed him in May 2009 and he instantly became United’s regular No 1, taking over from Billy Turley.
Clarke kept a record-breaking 22 clean sheets in 46 league appearances in his first season at the Kassam Stadium, and was also voted Player of the Year by United’s fans.
U’s manager Chris Wilder said: “Ryan is an excellent goalkeeper who could easily be playing at a higher level.
“It is vitally important that the football club keeps its best players as we look to progress, and Ryan is, without doubt, one of the best keepers in this division and probably the one above.”
Clarke added: “I’ve been very happy in my time with Oxford.
“It’s a big club with big ambitions and, as an ambitious player myself, I want to be involved.
“I feel that I’ve improved since I’ve been here, thanks largely to the excellent coaching I’ve received from Alan Hodgkinson, and I think that at 28 years old I can still get better, and I’m very happy to do so at Oxford.”
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Post by Agadoo on Jan 12, 2011 10:37:08 GMT
Outstanding news. Like a new signing! Why's it like a new signing?
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Post by gottagetbetta on Jan 12, 2011 11:10:20 GMT
This week just keeps getting better!
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Post by sihath on Jan 12, 2011 12:18:13 GMT
I wonder if there were teams showing an interest in him so we get him signed up on a long term deal in case of any bids in the transfer window.
Great news, and an excellent keeper. Age on his side as well, only 28 (young for a keeper as they say).
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Post by Paul Cannell on Jan 12, 2011 12:22:29 GMT
Very very good.
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Post by grb on Jan 12, 2011 12:24:20 GMT
Thinking back to the dark days under FK and the regular fall outs when contracts were running down, it's so nice to see our players signing new deals and the whole situation being handled professionally. Great news about Clarkey.
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Post by mcf86 on Jan 12, 2011 12:39:27 GMT
Happy days... Great news -and further proof of the Clubs' ambitions. “We’ve got a manager that’s not happy to sit in League Two, he wants to kick on''Still want to accept 'consolidation'? I don't, and neither does CW or KT so i'm in exaulted company!! ;D
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Post by tcp on Jan 12, 2011 13:19:53 GMT
Very pleased to hear that Ryan Clarke will be our 'keeper for a long time.
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