30 Dec 2012 21:46:36
Saints put in official bid for Astori 10 million euros
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I heard it was 7 million Pounds which is considerably less than 10 million Euros.
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£7m is around about 8.25m euros so its not too far off
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The price tag Astori's club has put on him is 10 million euros, saints have put in a bid but there is competition from Juve and Napoli
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30 Dec 2012 21:10:20
Southampton are set to offer 2 million and Artur Boruc to Birmingham for goalkeeper Jack Butland. If the bid fails they are looking to launch a bid of around 6 million and Boruc for Ter Stegen.
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They were after him in the summer i think looks good to me
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Hope not on butland, maybe in cheaper deal with boruc, but certainly not 6m, proved this season not as good as he thinks , Gazza will become good over time would def rather have ter stegan
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Butland overrated and no better than gazziniga. Would love to see Ter Stegen sign for Saints.
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Heard that we were in for butland again a few weeks ago as i reported on here, my undertsanding is that we left the 6m bid on the table from August, things may have changed as BCFC require the cash quickly so we may get a bargin here.
Chalkie
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Why cant we just sign someone like Friedel he is Tottenham #2 gk and he is cheap , why Adkins why?
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Friedel wont be going to Saints or anywhere, as Spurs #3 keeper Carlo Cudicini is reportedly on his way to LA Galaxy
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We dont need a new keeper give boruc a chance hes the better 1 out off the 3
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Boruc has had a few conduct and behavioural issues so him leaving is actually likely, plus I don't even think he is the best of the 3.
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Hasn't Friedel just signed another contract with Spurs? Chalkie : im sure i read recently that BCFC chairman confirmed that they had declined a £6M bid from us in the summer but that they would now accept a similar bid if they rec'd one. I, therefore, query the bit about a bid being left on the table?
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30 Dec 2012 17:01:18
Players linked to us. My source is from someone on a forum that has been right numerous times in the past.
We are looking at the following players:
DEFENDERS
Davide Astori - Cagliari (Apparently we have already made a bid of about £8m)
Steve Gohouri - Maccabi Tel Aviv
(havn't heard a rumoured fee)
Steven Caulker - Tottenham Hotspur
(£7m)
Maynor Figueroa - Wigan Athletic
(£3.2m)
ATTACKING MIDFIELDER (WINGER)
Wellington Nem - Fluminense (£11.5m)
Ofcourse we wont buy all of these but I can GUARANTEE you AT LEAST ONE of these will happen.
Lenny
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Caulker I really can't see happening. Or Figueroa for that matter considering Wigan Athletic won't want to let him go especially for seemingly so little.
Wellington Nem would be a brilliant capture however, and I'd say it is to a degree believable we'd take him after Gaston Ramirez.
Davide Astori sounds possible as does Dejan Lovren who has been rumoured too. Would be a good signing to get either of them. They would give a huge boost to our defence.
I know nothing about Steve Gohouri and will not pretend to so I will leave him up to others to debate.
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Steve Gohouri does not really fit the profile of players we are looking at, he is 31, however has played EPL before, believe with Wigan, so might be useful as cover. Still expect big signing at CB such as Astori or Lovren
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30 Dec 2012 04:11:37
A friend told me tonight he has heard rumours or Dejan Lovren coming to saints! Didn't ask if he saw them in here ", stupidly but pretty sure he doesn't use this site!
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Has been previously mentioned on this site. He is a great player and would love to see him at Southampton but not sure I know of another source of this news so... Lets hope this is true.
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