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Published 15:09 13 Jul 2016 BST
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"I felt like I could play at this level. I feel like I've done alright... I'll hold my head up high, learn from my mistakes and try to do better next time."
Duffy has since been linked with a host of clubs. Celtic, Swansea and Crystal Palace were first, the latest is Wolves.
Wolverhampton Wanderers. Swapping the team [Blackburn] that finished 15th in the Championship for the side that finished 14th. Duffy is better than that. Much better.
The mooted fees for Duffy have been just as risible. £2m, loan or £3m, take your pick. Blackburn will take none if Owen Coyle has his way. This lad is 24 years old, had a stormer last season, proved himself and the Euros and will be one of Ireland's starting centre backs for the World Cup Qualifiers.
In a world where Liverpool squad player Jordon Ibe gets sold for £15m and John Stones, who could not get into the worse England defence in recent memory, is set for a £50m move to Manchester City, Duffy is worth a heap more. In fact, nearly every Irish player linked with a move is being undervalued.
Jeff Hendrick £2m: (linked with - Burnley, Palace, Fulham, Middlesbrough, Hull City, Galatasaray) Robbie Brady £10-£12m: (Leicester City, Everton, Hull City) Shane Long £12m: (Liverpool) Darren Randolph £2m (Everton, Watford, Bournemouth)Premier League sides will share in £5.1bn [billion!] since the latest TV rights deal was confirmed, earlier this year. The league may not be Europe's standard bearer any more - Spain, Italy and Germany have bypassed it - but it is raking in the money. Every club is benefiting and transfer fees are shooting up. All this and yet Jeff Hendrick and Shane Duffy are appearing in newspaper reports as £2m transfer targets. The English press is hyping up their own [Raheem Sterling, Stones, Harry Kane...] then tearing them down when they fail. Our lads came into Euro 2016 off the radar. They are there now but mere flecks while the Zeppelins float obesely on. If Matt Damon can sign for Atletico Madrid, why not Shane Duffy? https://twitter.com/Universal_Spain/status/753201912804179968 Why the hell not?!

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