31 Jan 2014 10:03:12
It's done osvaldo is gone!

1.) 31 Jan 2014
Adios . .

2.) 31 Jan 2014
Good riddance

3.) 31 Jan 2014
Best move for the club, and it shows the solidarity we have as a squad.

4.) 31 Jan 2014
And yet it's going to be incredibly short-sighted and ultimately risky to not replace him - and yet that doesn't look likely. 3 strikers, one who's got 1 game's experience, 1 who's not getting any younger and has gone a bit off the boil, and 1 who whilst he is scoring could also be single-handedly winning us games if he was more consistent - we need another!

5.) 31 Jan 2014
Glad he's gone, but seemingly with players only leaving St. Mary's I can't wait for May 12th.

6.) 31 Jan 2014
Finally - someone else has posted this. Lambert or Rodriguez gets injured, Fonte gets injured and we could easily lose four or five on the trot. Then things aren't so rosy. After all we all know that we need to create about 8 chances to score, whilst generally the opposition take about 3.

No squad is so good that you couldn't do with strengthening it.

7.) 31 Jan 2014
Feel like we MUST get in a striker, or even bring back Mayuka.

Wish Holtby came over. think he woulda been great if we have to put jrod up top when RL is injured etc.



Is the consensus that we won't bring anyone in at all? think we look thin.

8.) 31 Jan 2014
Think we should get ings from burnley
in a bit quick
better than nothing and could
sirprise a few people

9.) 31 Jan 2014
There's nothing from saints on the official site or twitter, he's not gone yet

10.) 31 Jan 2014
There is vision/pics of him going into a medical facility in Italy.

The two times we make big exciting buys, they both end up being disasters.


ps. ings would be a great get for strengthening the squad. how much is rated to go for?

11.) 31 Jan 2014
I think Saints business is all done for the day.

Osvaldo has gone (and best forgotten) and we have kept all our young stars and team spirit is intact.

Two more wins and we are safe and I can relax then.

12.) 31 Jan 2014
Juventus' official twitter says Osvaldo is doing his medical by now. He's leaving for sure.

Swedish Saint

13.) 31 Jan 2014
Don't forget Guly can play upfront! ;)

14.) 31 Jan 2014
Osvaldo has failed the medical at juventus - he punched the running machine for beeping at him.

15.) 31 Jan 2014
Apparently Osvaldo is straight into the Juventus team for Saturday after his 'nightmare in England' so I hope he's gone otherwise Juventus are breaking a lot of FIFA and EUFA rules :-D

I'm not sure, perhaps someone could confirm, but with our current departures I think Saints have one of the smallest, if not the smallest squad, in the Premiership.

This doesn't sit comfortably with me because if you were looking at the club as a player would this say 'We are ambitious' probably not. Having said that I'm just a frustrated Saints fan and not in anyway connected to professional football so I probably know as much as a whelk! :-D

16.) 31 Jan 2014
Quite a few people spotted a twitter post (tweet?) saying medical facilities at the uni have been booked by the club from 3pm onwards so something could be happening. The tweet has since been deleted.

17.) 31 Jan 2014
I think MoPO will turn to the youth squad to fill any gaps between now and the end of the season. If the kids are as good as he says, then might as well use them! - Guly can play upfront at a stretch, and not saying he'll be a world beater, but our team has never been about 'the indivudual' and we'll cope until the end of the season.

18.) 31 Jan 2014
We have enough in the squad to finish in the top 10 so I recon take our time and look for the right fit in the summer but this is a golden opportunity to give mayuka a fair chance, he has not really been given enough time to show weather or not he is good enough and it is frustrating for me as a fan from the outside because he looked very promising. Bring back mayuka the bazooka.

19.) 31 Jan 2014
^ Isn't Mayuka on a season long loan, and therefore can't be brought back?

20.) 31 Jan 2014
I'm sorry but saying things like 'two more wins and we're safe' or that 'we'll cope until the end of the season' hardly screams ambition. We're not a relegation fighting team anymore, that's why we spend the money on marquee signings, whether they flop or not! We want to be going places. Personally I'll be disappointed if we end up 'coping' by chucking Guly up top if our strikers get injured etc, we should be looking to improve and getting someone in. A squad with 3 strikers is not physically an ambitious one, even if it might be mentally!

21.) 31 Jan 2014
No, Mayuka returned from France a few weeks ago after picking up a long term injury.

22.) 31 Jan 2014
^ I agree, but we'e never bought anyone 'just for the sake of it' and January is known to be a tough month to try and get the right players. Obviously we want to stay as high as possible in the league and continue to show 'ambition' but if the youth are as good as we are led to believe, that may not mean settling or coping.

23.) 31 Jan 2014
Bring back mayuka! PACE ABUSE!

24.) 01 Feb 2014
Let's just hope he doesn't punch some juventus players lights out before the end of the season or we definitely won't be getting our £15 000 000