Agreed. There's a strong chance its a well prepared quote from the clubs media team that Hyypia well have signed off/agreed to.
Also worth bearing in mind that COG himself insists he spoke to SH yesterday and sounds impressed.
Actually he said this in public about the COG signing yesterday.
via http://www.brightonandhovenews.org/2014/07/18/brighton-and-hove-albion-sign-striker-chris-ogrady-from-barnsley/31926 and elsewhere...
Just to put this one to bed.
I've shared this link with DVP via another thread but worth sharing here too...Here's Sami quoted today following COG arrival being about as clear as he can that we are still looking at strikers. "We still want some extra attacking additions"
via...
The only questions are a) is be better than Will Hoskins and b) will he give Hyypia diff options to striker #1/Ulloa and CMS and perhaps Fenelon. And c) will he score more goals in a team with assistance from Buckley/KLL/Ward(possibly) etc compared to Barnsley.
Almost certainly looks like...
Barnes was c600k and some reports put Bridcutt at 2.5m. We haven't actually sold Ulloa .
He would be if reports are correct Only Albions 4th ever £1m player. And nobody is expecting him to be 1st or even 2nd choice striker.
Can argue if decent or not but Lingards wages probably on par with Barnes and his goals/assists took us to playoffs. Toko,and Ince seen as replacements for Bridcutt.
Johnny Cantor from BBC is reporting bid has been accepted by Barnsley and COG due to meet with Hyypia in next 24 hours https://twitter.com/johnnycburger/status/489856074238132226