Duff back in the Premiership

August 18, 2009

Good news for Republic of Ireland’s World Cup chances today as the announcement that Damien Duff completed his move to Fulham. Although it was expected, it still comes as a very welcome announcement to the Irish set up.

Duff can be happy with the move to the London club, as Fulham have improved leaps and bounds under the guidance of Roy Hodgson in the past year. Linking up with the Fulham boss seems to be a clever move as both worked together in their days at Blackburn and it certainly drew dividends for both parties then.

If Fulham can qualify for the new Europa League, it will be a huge improvement in the quality of opposition facing Duff this year. Duff can now look forward to possible Thursday nights games against high quality opposition like Roma, Valencia, Benfica and Ajax instead of a Tuesday night in a blustery Barnsley.

With any luck Duff’s last few years of looking bored and fed-up with his game can be put behind him on both a club and an international level as he looks to cement his berth on the wing. And by wing, I mean on the pitch and on the plane…to South Africa!

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