Chippers to Charlton?

England’s The Sun newspaper has today reported that Charlton are keen to sign Socceroo Scott Chipperfield following his “impressive World Cup”. The Sun claims Charlton have offered FC Basle £400,000 for the versatile left-footer however Basle want over £1,000,000.

The report (of course) refers to Chippers’ stint as a Wollongong bus driver – a story which has led to cult status amongst Australian fans.

Australians have known about Chipperfield’s talent for years despite the fact he plays in the rarely reported Swiss League alongside another Socceroo, Mile Sterjovski.

Chipperfield has been a fantastic player for the Socceroos in the last few years making the overused moniker “Mr. Reliable” his own.

Comfortable at left-back or left-midfield, Crazy Guus even used him as a make-shift left-side centre-back against Uruguay and Japan and he performed admirably. At 31 Chippers’ run to the top has come late however the Soccer Squirrel has no doubt he can cut it in the Premier League.

Let’s hope he does make the move to England (or even Italy or Spain) so that Aussie audiences can see more of the Socceroos’ cult hero.