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Not playing the "I know a person in the know" here but I was told this would happen just after the end of last season. I did tell a well known member of this forum at the time. What amazes me is how do these insignificant people (in terms of the club their on about) get to hear about these these confidential matters?

Decent enough player i suppose, i didn't really rate him as highly as some of you guys but he can certainly be a handful on his day. Will probably do ok for Chelts i'd imagine.

See he has gone but fee undisclosed. Hope we have a slice of whatever it was!

Thanks for your replies everyone. A great first interview, and it is becoming a little clear how Yates will line us up this year - I think he will fit in nicely.

Hubert Parry wrote:Thanks for your replies everyone. A great first interview, and it is becoming a little clear how Yates will line us up this year - I think he will fit in nicely.

Any idea of the fee you guys paid Hubert?

Don't trust me on this but I reckon around £40-50k.

Hubert Parry wrote:Don't trust me on this but I reckon around £40-50k.

I know he handed in a transfer request with you guys, but if it is around 40-50k which is expected, then Cheltenham have paid well over the odds. McGhee told him at the end of last season he was free to find himself a new club, he was coming of a good season with yourselves and we got him for what, 35k? He's came off a pretty poor (some gasheads would say worse than that) season here and they are spending that. I think McGhee and Higgs would have been happy to purely get him off the wage bill to make some room for the added transfers McGhee wants.

I would imagine BR have sold him for a figure which allows them to break even with any sell on clause for us. £45-50k would make sense if the 20% sell on is true.

What a difference a year makes. When Rovers signed Zebroski and Carayol at the same time, I would have thought that Zebroski was the better player. In fact over the last few seasons when he and Carayol have been at the same club, Zebroski has been picked more often than Carayol, yet Carayol has just got a move to Middlesborough (which after looking at their forum, their fans seem quite excited about) and Zebroski is signing for Cheltenham (no disrespect intended).

I think he will do well at Cheltenham, similar sort of club to us, less expectations on him than there probably were at Bristol Rovers and likely fans who are a bit less delusional about their status, than BRFC. Also, the style of football they play, will suit him. I can see Cheltenham challenging again for the play-offs.

Good luck Zebs (except against us!). Not the most consistent of performers, with a dodgy character, but what an exciting talent on his day.

Not slating little Danny, but I would rather have Zebroski any day.