Billy Sharp

[Rhys]

http://www.teamtalk.com/football/story/0,16368,1776_2024834,00.html

Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez is reportedly planning a £2million summer swoop for highly-rated Scunthorpe striker Billy Sharp.

The Reds boss is keen to boost his striking options in the summer and has been tracking the progress of the top scorer in League One.

Benitez will be handed a transfer warchest by new owners George Gillett and Tom Hicks, but despite being linked with multi-million-pound raids for the likes of Valencia's David Villa and Barcelona's Samuel Eto'o, he is keen on a move for the 21-year-old Scunthorpe ace.

According to The Sun, Benitez is eager to sign a British forward and sent scouts to watch Sharp bag a last-minute leveller in Saturday's 2-2 draw at Leyton Orient.

The striker's contract expires at the end of next season and Iron boss Nigel Adkins may be forced to cash in on his star player in the summer.

Benitez is likely to offload veteran forward Robbie Fowler at the end of the current campaign and Sharp could provide competition to Dirk Kuyt Craig Bellamy and Peter Crouch in Liverpool's forward line next term.

weve always had our best strikers from the lower leagues and the best option is not always from abroad. this lad has a clear talent and for 2 million i would.

[dom9]

what's his record like?

[Rich]

With a name like that I want him - sounds like a 1950's footballer

[Neil Young]

http://www.teamtalk.com/football/sto...024834,00.html

Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez is reportedly planning a £2million summer swoop for highly-rated Scunthorpe striker Billy Sharp.

The Reds boss is keen to boost his striking options in the summer and has been tracking the progress of the top scorer in League One.

Benitez will be handed a transfer warchest by new owners George Gillett and Tom Hicks, but despite being linked with multi-million-pound raids for the likes of Valencia's David Villa and Barcelona's Samuel Eto'o, he is keen on a move for the 21-year-old Scunthorpe ace.

According to The Sun, Benitez is eager to sign a British forward and sent scouts to watch Sharp bag a last-minute leveller in Saturday's 2-2 draw at Leyton Orient.

The striker's contract expires at the end of next season and Iron boss Nigel Adkins may be forced to cash in on his star player in the summer.

Benitez is likely to offload veteran forward Robbie Fowler at the end of the current campaign and Sharp could provide competition to Dirk Kuyt Craig Bellamy and Peter Crouch in Liverpool's forward line next term.

weve always had our best strikers from the lower leagues and the best option is not always from abroad. this lad has a clear talent and for 2 million i would.

You heard it here first:

Oh yeah?

The BBC are reporting (well they nicked it from that rag so it's of no interest to any of us obviously) that we are "targeting Scunthorpe striker Billy Sharp in a £2m swoop".

...by one minute.

[Rhys]

55 in 100 games. 22 in 37 this year.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Sharp

[tsb]

Any relation to Graeme?

[Shaggy]

Great name for a footballer. Sign the c*nt.

[Angry Dan]

Better option than Nugget and would cost less.

[Neil Young]

[tsb]

Billy Sharp

William Louis Sharp (Billy Sharp) (born 5 February 1986 in Sheffield, United Kingdom) is a professional footballer, currently a striker at Scunthorpe United. The striker signed for Sheffield United in 2002, but was largely overlooked within the team. In 2005, he went on loan to Rushden and Diamonds and played 16 games scoring an impressive 9 goals. After returning from being on loan he played only a couple of times before being released. In 2005 he signed for £100,000 to League One team Scunthorpe. He has quickly become a favourite with the club's fans.

Sharp finished joint top scorer with Freddy Eastwood in League One in 2005/06 with 23 goals. So far in the 2006/07 season, Sharp has 23 league goals to his name and is Scunthorpe's leading scorer. He scored a header in the televised defeat to Aston Villa, which served to enhance his reputation across the nation.

In October 2006 there was speculation of Premiership scouts keeping track of the young striker, as well as team mate Andy Keogh. This rumour was furthered towards the end of the month when Manchester City boss Stuart Pearce was spotted in the crowd during Scunthorpe United's League One victory against Leyton Orient, a game in which Billy scored twice. He has also been linked with a move to Sheffield Wednesday after his manager at Scunthorpe, Brian Laws moved to the club. This is despite being a known Sheffield United fan (although he said he would never return to the club under Neil Warnock). More recently he has been touted as a possible Mark Hughes signing, an unnamed Blackburn Rovers messageboard having been inundated with information regarding Sharp, most apparently generated by a Southern based agency, WSR.

Sharp scored the 50th goal of his career in the 2-0 win at Carlisle United on 9 December 2006. He was featured on ITV's The Championship, and Scunthorpe United chairman Steve Wharton recently claimed he would reject a bid of 2 million pounds for Sharp.

He is a fan of rapper 50 Cent and occasionally plays golf.

[Rhys]

Any relation to Graeme?

no

[jonesie]

Great name for a footballer. Sign the c*nt.

He sounds like one of those 'Roy of the Rovers' type cartoons doesn't he?

'Billy Sharp was plucked from his school team to go on and score the winning goal for Liverpool in the Champions League Final, while all the time getting straight A's and helping old ladies cross the road.'

[Neil Young]

Billy Sharp

William Louis Sharp (Billy Sharp) (born 5 February 1986 in Sheffield, United Kingdom) is a professional footballer, currently a striker at Scunthorpe United. The striker signed for Sheffield United in 2002, but was largely overlooked within the team. In 2005, he went on loan to Rushden and Diamonds and played 16 games scoring an impressive 9 goals. After returning from being on loan he played only a couple of times before being released. In 2005 he signed for £100,000 to League One team Scunthorpe. He has quickly become a favourite with the club's fans.

Sharp finished joint top scorer with Freddy Eastwood in League One in 2005/06 with 23 goals. So far in the 2006/07 season, Sharp has 23 league goals to his name and is Scunthorpe's leading scorer. He scored a header in the televised defeat to Aston Villa, which served to enhance his reputation across the nation.

In October 2006 there was speculation of Premiership scouts keeping track of the young striker, as well as team mate Andy Keogh. This rumour was furthered towards the end of the month when Manchester City boss Stuart Pearce was spotted in the crowd during Scunthorpe United's League One victory against Leyton Orient, a game in which Billy scored twice. He has also been linked with a move to Sheffield Wednesday after his manager at Scunthorpe, Brian Laws moved to the club. This is despite being a known Sheffield United fan (although he said he would never return to the club under Neil Warnock). More recently he has been touted as a possible Mark Hughes signing, an unnamed Blackburn Rovers messageboard having been inundated with information regarding Sharp, most apparently generated by a Southern based agency, WSR.

Sharp scored the 50th goal of his career in the 2-0 win at Carlisle United on 9 December 2006. He was featured on ITV's The Championship, and Scunthorpe United chairman Steve Wharton recently claimed he would reject a bid of 2 million pounds for Sharp.

He is a fan of rapper 50 Cent and occasionally plays golf.

I don't know why but that made me laugh.

[jonesie]

?

[tsb]

I don't know why but that made me laugh.

Yeah, cant see them going hand in hand. Maybe he pumps a bit of "Fiddy" as he's playing a round.