by TerracingTomas » Thu Apr 18, 2019 1:56 pm
If this seems a bit premature then I would point out we have made our first summer signing as per the clubs website.
The club have agreed a deal for 25 year old Norwegian defender Markus Fjortoft to join us in the summer.
Markus had recently been playing in Dunedin, New Zealand, for Southern Utd, and had previously been in USA.
He will join up with us at the end of June.
At 25 his playing record is to say the least underwhelming in fact the only sustained playing period he seems to have had is a recent seaon in the New Zealand minor league. Prior to that he was part of his college soccer squad in the states before being called up by seattle sounders for a few months where he never featured at all. I was hoping the appointment of a new Director of Football would lead to less hit and miss with signings but this first one has ‘Richard Roy’ written all over it and doesnt auger well for the future. To be fair I assume he has been training with us and Brian has had a say and he may turn out to be a hidden gem but I’m not holding my breathe.