Southampton Rumours Archive August 21 2012

21 Aug 2012 22:32:16
Tottenham Hotspur and Southampton are ready to go head to head for the signature of Saint-Etienne striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, with the 23-year old Gabon international ready to make a move away from the Ligue 1 club.

according to eatsleepsport

Tottenham will take him.

Don't need a striker atm

Tottenham won't sign him, they signed adebayor today for 5million, so if we do go for him hopefully itl be unchallenged, I do feel we need a bit of pace up top although I think will do great

JustASaint

I've heard that the player we're looking at from this club is Kurt Zouma (He'd fit "the Southampton way")

We do have pace in lee dont forget when he's fully fit it will be like having a new signing up front or on the wing

JustASaint,

They will still want more than two proven strikers...

JJ

Why not have him his good competiton for places

Tottenham need him more. Adebayor will just sleep through most matches

They do have more than two, they have Defoe, Adebayor, Kane (sub) but there now in for Willian according to the papers
so it leaves the door open for us if we want him.

JustASaint

JustASaint

As I said before... "More than two PROVEN strikers"... you just counted two... plus Kane, who isn't prem standard.

Thanks for proving my point by struggling to name them.

JJ

21 Aug 2012 20:03:40
Lucas Biglia who has been linked with Arsenal is now supposed to be linked with us according to a romour going round the Arsenal fans. Was told this by an Arsenal fan.
Haven't got a clue if its true or not hence why I'm posting this to see if anybody knows anything or its just a romour going round the Arsenal fans.

Chris

We were linked to him on Sunday I think, the same day he came out and said that there had been contact from other clubs, but none that he would consider leaving Anderlecht for as he wants to stay in the Champs League

Unless he plays centre back I think we could live without him.

Maybe Biglia was second choice behind Sahin who now looks on his way to Arsenal.

Saints are set to beat arsenal to the signing of biglia for about 6m southampton finally showing their financial muscle

21 Aug 2012 14:35:50
Southampton have contacted spurs regarding a defender,
Lets hope its caulker

It's rumored to be michael dawson not Caulke

It may,unlikely, be Michael Dawson as rumoured on talksh1t that he is on the way out of spurs

It will be rose or dawson as caulker is still a major part of their plans,

Doubt it will he rose, definatley a cb caulker or dawson would do dnt know y they r selling dawson hes been there best cb

Also dnt kno if this means anything but lambert and dawson did a video for ladbrookes together

Sky sports news say qpr in for dawson

I think transfer of Dawson to QPR has been agreed, missed out again.
SaintMike

Rose isnt a defender. (to the above comment) would love chalker, but i think with king retireing, he will get his chance with spurs now

Dawson is headed to QPR it seems. It's ridiculous how much they spend. This'll be their 9th signing. I hope they get relegated they need a reality check.

Dawson going to QPR for £9million, not saints, and so I doubt they would sell Caulker at all. n1ck

QPR have bid £5.5m for Dawson so if we have enquirer we better get a move on

Lloks like dawson going to
qpr for 9 mlllion
tomorrow

Dawson appeared in a video for Ladbrokes with Lambert today. It was on the Echo website

Saint Sam

Dawson has just signed for QPR at 5.5m.
Caulker is one for the future and will not be leaving tottenham. As for Rose I am not going to even comment as this kind of player will not be a good signeing for us. However, on a positive I hope the comment above about Curtis Davies is true as he will do a very good job for us, obviously he is not a world beater but proven, established, solid centre half!

I've heard Livermore's name get a mention..... plays CB & CM ... so might be something in that?!

21 Aug 2012 07:54:23
Ramirez and Phillips could both sign in £18m swoop. Heard that the club want BOTH players and are "expected" to sign Ramirez

Mini-Saint

Far from complete

Not too far from completed actually, Italian media reporting it will be done "soon" next few days I think we will know one way or another. Not to sure on Phillips atm, haven't heard a lot but is still alive by all means

Mini-Saint

Its true, well its what the paper has said yesterday morning. but there again the papers a 9/10 times wrong about transfers.

Ramirez deal is off again. Taken another twist for the worst after the chairmain refused to let the player go for less than 20m. Lets move on to the next one!

I'm not sure you can say it's off when it's not really been on yet. I mean we will with this situation just have to wait and see.

^^^this was last week...we've all moved on since then. Keep up.

Are you talking about what the bologna president said regarding that a deal was not in place yet and that he wants 20m euros? If so, that's old news. Apparently the bologna president was in southampton discussing a deal with NC yesterday.

MILAN, 21 (ANSA) - Pass the Uruguayan Gaston Ramirez was congleado Southampton after Bologna again rejected the payment terms offered by the English club.
The President returned to Italy Albano Guaraldi "empty handed" after rejecting the payment of 15 million euros would cost the signing.
Bologna's position is determined by the arrangement at the time of transfer Ramirez signed with Penarol and requires payment of 30 percent of that figure to Uruguayan club and his agent, plus 5 percent for the call "solidarity fund "for intercontinental passes.
Southampton would have remained firm in his proposal to settle the transaction in four installments (the first immediate and certain consistency), which ran into the president's refusal expressed as Guaraldi, when missing a few days to close the Italian book of passes . 21-8-12 16.48

Unfortunately metro has reported that spurs and liverpool are lining up new bids for Ramirez as Bolonga want £18m now after we met their £16m asking price

About the post that sed they want 20m where did you hear this cause they stopped it goin though b4 because they wanted 15m i think your chatten sh1t mate

Matt Phillips on the bench for the game againts leeds

20 Aug 2012 22:38:29
Saints to complete £18 million double signing of Ramirez and Phillips in next couple of days.

£12million for Ramirez plus add ons.

£6million for Phillips plus add ons.

JJ

I think both would cost a little more. £20 mil for the pair would be believable. But Ramirez would have more for the sell on claus of the old club and agents fee's.

They won't take anything less than £15million or 20 million euros and holloway has said they don't need the money and the players are under under contrct so Phillips wontmhappen

We won't be getting Ramirez. Mark Lawrenson said "he won't be going to Southampton" on MOTD 3.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19314163

Mark Lawrenson mostly gets everything wrong though

Who gives a fu£k what mark Lawrenson thinks

What does Mark Lawrenson know?!?! Don't believe him, Ramirez deal pretty much nailed on now!

Mini-Saint

Just watched it, mark lawrence thinks that comments made by cortese about the deal being complicated means it likely wont happen and that ramirez is probably trying to get the attention of other premier league clubs. But this proves nothing. Lawrence isnt exactly flawless when it comes to predictions and Cortese knows his stuff, lets just see what happens. COYR

In Lawrenson's predictions for this weekend he said our main problem area is the lack of a 15 goal a season man! Mark Lawrenson is a bitter Liverpool man who is jealous that we are in for a player they failed to sign! {Ed001's Note - erm actually Lawrenson maybe an ex-Liverpool player, but he is a Man Utd fan. He is just bitter generally and an awful commentator with terrible jokes.}

Mark Lawrenson isn't the don of football. What he says isn't fact. I mean he may well be right but Gaston may still arrive as a saint soon.

What does mark lawrenson
know he is hoping
ramires goes to liverpool
because he played for them

Mark Lawrenson also said West Ham will avoid relegation primarily due to their manager.

The only thing Lawrenson has got right is shaving off that stupid mustache.

If Mark Lawrenson said he's not coming, he's definately coming!
When we were in the premiership last every season he said we would be relegated and we never were! The one season he said we would stay up, we get relegated! never seen the man get a saints prediction right!

Mark anti saints lawrenson? The day I listen to him and what he says is the day I boil my head.

Lawrenson has never had a good thing to say about Saints,he'll be telling us next we pinched Liverpool's kit,having said that how much longer till Ramirez signs!

Heard a transfer rumour that Mark Lawrenson was going to the daily mail.

I like Lawrenson. He's the only commentator that actually tells it like it is and says if a shot or pass is woefully bad. That said he does hate Saints, so as long as he's not commentating on us I'm happy