Coundoul is can-do for Doncaster

It may not be the most spectacular of deals to inspire Doncaster’s bottom of the table team after last night’s 3-1 thrashing at home to Blackpool, but the Daily Mail are reporting that Dean Saunders will run the rule over goalkeeper Bouna Coundoul in a loan spell.

With 86 year old Neil Sullivan seemingly out-lasting the Queen and Gary Woods too young to be trusted with the number 1 jersey, Spurs’ on loan David Button was the only keeper to make the squad for the morale-quashing defeat at home to the tangerines on Tuesday.

In need of re-enforcements between the sticks, Saunders has thought why-not and will run the rule over Coundoul’s ability without having to spend a penny.

The Sengalese keeper, with more “OUs” in his name than the conga dance, is available as a free agent after seeing out his contract with the New York Red Bulls. The 29 year-old is obviously fond of that side of the pond after spending time with the Colorado Rapids and the wonderfully named Albany Great Danes since 2002.

He is keen on trying his luck in England though according to Sky Sports News and Doncaster, with goalkeeping troubles and an already thriving Senegalese contingent with El Hadji Diouf, Lamine Diatta and Habib Beye in South Yorkshire.

It all makes Donny the logical choice for the eccentric goalkeeper, who coined the phrase “Bouna Time!” and was known to wear traditional African clothing around his kit during his time in the states.

Coundoul played 12 times in Red Bulls’ 2011 season in which they finished tenth and the team signalled Bouna time was over as they declined a new contract offer. The MLS organisation opined that they didn’t want him either and turned down his entry to the re-draft, making him a free-agent.

His bad luck extended to Senegal’s African Nations Cup campaign of 2012 in which he became first choice stopper as they crashed out in the first round. But with him now free to find a club after that nightmare, it looks like the Daily Mail are pointing Doncaster as the next venue to re-start “Bouna Time!”

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