Newcastle manager Kenny Dalglish declared himself happy yesterday with the transfer tribunal ruling that means the Magpies must pay Blackburn £1.5 million for Republic of Ireland goalkeeper Shay Given.
The drawn-out dispute came to an end yesterday at the tribunal at Molineux, the home of first division Wolves, which also left Rovers "very satisfied".
Dalglish said: "It is a fair price for everyone concerned. Now everyone can get on with things as we prepare for the new season."
The 21-year-old Given, who is recognised as one of the best young goalkeepers in the game, is now expected to make his Premiership debut for Newcastle against Sheffield Wednesday on Saturday.
He will get the nod ahead of Pavel Srnicek, despite the Czech goalkeeper's fine form at the end of last season which saw Newcastle qualify for the Champions' League as runners-up to champions Manchester United.
Lifford-born Given is just relieved the transfer fee has now been sorted between the two clubs. He said: "It was nothing to do with me - more a matter for the clubs. I am simply pleased everything is finally done and dusted."
The tribunal also judged that goalkeeper John Filan will cost Blackburn £700,000 from Coventry. The 27-year-old Australian made 16 first team appearances for Coventry in the last three seasons.
Meanwhile, Sheffield Wednesday manager David Pleat's admitted failure to keep Orlando Trustfull happy at Hillsborough has led to the Dutch international's departure to Vitesse Arnhem for £800,000.
Trustful, signed for £750,000 from Feyenoord last summer, made just 19 Premiership appearances - with over half from the bench - as he struggled to command a first team place.
Pleat said: "It's hard to keep foreign players happy when they are not in the first team, particularly if they are such a nice guy like Olly.
"We have been a bit lucky over the deal because Arnhem had a playmaker break his leg seven days ago and because they are in Europe they needed to sign somebody quickly. But I think they have got a talented boy."
Attilio Lombardo trained with his new Crystal Palace team-mates yesterday and insisted: "I'm not here as a tourist." The former Juventus player cost Palace £1.6 million when he eventually joined them last week after negotiations had earlier broken down.
He joins a growing number of Italians in London including the Chelsea trio of Gianfranco Zola, Roberto Di Matteo and his close friend Gianluca Vialli.
But the 31-year-old insisted that the bright lights of the capital were not the reason for leaving the European Cup winners. The Italian international winger said: "The fact that Crystal Palace is in London is a major factor although I want to stress that I am not here as a tourist.
"I hope to have an excellent time this year and having friends in London is an added bonus."
Celtic forward Chris Hay yesterday became the first victim of the Wim Jansen revolution when he moved to Swindon in a £330,000 switch.
Hay, 22, has signed a three-year contract with the first division side after seeing no route into the Celtic first team under the club's new head coach.
He has been on a monthly contract at Parkhead since the end of June and Swindon have followed his progress for almost a year.
Hay scored as a substitute for Celtic in their 5-0 UEFA Cup victory against Inter Cable-Tel last week.
Last year in 14 league appearances he scored four times, but with the arrival of Darren Jackson from Hibernian found himself firmly in reserve.
Premiership newcomers Barnsley are set to sign defender Darren Barnard in a £750,000 deal from Bristol City. The 25-year-old former Chelsea player had talks at Oakwell yesterday afternoon and his second division club are resigned to losing him only weeks after he signed a new three-year contract.
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