Tom W
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Dickov's officially gone.
What a wanker. Enjoy barely making the bench, Paul.
What a wanker. Enjoy barely making the bench, Paul.
Paul Dickov has turned down the offer of a substantially improved contract to agree to a move to Premiership side Blackburn Rovers.
Rovers were one of several top-flight clubs who matched an escape clause fee built into Dickov’s Walkers Stadium contract that he signed at the start of last season.
And despite major attempts by boss Micky Adams and City to persuade the Scottish international striker to stay, the 31-year-old has elected to go to Ewood Park.
Adams said today: “We have done everything possible to persuade Paul to stay with us.
”I spoke with him last week before he went away on holiday, and offered him a significantly increased new contract.
“Paul said he would go away and think about it and he telephoned me last night to say that he would be moving to Blackburn.
“Everyone at the club is very disappointed. Paul has done a marvellous job for us here and we wish him all the best for the future.”
Adams now plans to move swiftly in the transfer market to replace Dickov and a large proportion of the rest of which he released a fortnight ago.
He added: “I can assure all Leicester City fans that we will replace Paul and that search has already begun.
“We are returning for pre-season training on June 28 and we hope to have several new signings in by that date.”