Southampton Rumours Archive June 05 2013

05 Jun 2013 18:21:53
Apparently saints have rejected a bid from Leeds for Billy sharp, 2nd bid to be submitted this week

Mini-Saint

That is made up s*** by an unreliable itk on twiitter

I thought a deal was already done with forest for sharp months ago.
i was lead to believe they just needed to wait till the end of the season to sign on the deal.
??

I know for a fact that sharpedo is negotiating with saints to be involved next season. therefore this rumour is utter claptrap.

Sharpedo? can't imagine he likes that as a nickname.

St Prendy.

He said on his twitter page that he was going to help Beattie at Accrington Stanley? Was it a joke or?

That was just a joke, trust me, ruling sharpedo (torpedo - getit? nvm!) out of saints next season would appear foolish at this time.

05 Jun 2013 12:36:49
Davide Astori from caglari is set to sign for Southampton fc on Saturday. Good source from italy

Love this to be true but unless I see him holding up a saints shirt in the paper I'm now finding it hard to believe only because it's been going on for so long

I'm getting bored of the same rumour appearing every day.

Lenny

I go for a giant surprise = Wellington Silva Sanches Aguiar.

Well these keep popping up on here, I really hope there's genuine interest.

Might have a surf over the internet.

05 Jun 2013 08:44:19
Gremio midfielder Fernando off to Roma. paving the way for Lamela to go to Saints?

We aren't the only team interested in Lamela and currently Roma are desperately trying to keep him. Put this together with the dual ownership issues, and the fact that Man City have had two offers turned down for Lamela this year, it makes it unlikely that we'll be able to tie up a deal.

I understand that our interest is serious, and would love him to come to St Marys.

Ed do you have any more info about this? {Ed001's Note - all I have is that the interest is real and the issues revolve around his ownership, though the club would then need to persuade him to join, which could be difficult. As for other interest, half the world's top clubs hold an interest but the complex ownership has so far stopped any deal happening.}

Hope so!

There are some bigger clubs with more pulling power than us interested. I think we will struggle. Fingers crossed though

How do you know we have interest in Lamela, I have seen no real conformation of this on any real credible sites/sources {Ed001's Note - because I do, if that is not good enough for you, then there is nothing I can do for you, sorry.}

Could this possibly be the 'big' signing Cortese is hoping to pull off in Italy? We know what he is capable of. Ed? {Ed001's Note - I haven't read any quotes from Cortese to know what he has said. All I know is that there is an investigation into the ownership surrounding him, which has previously scuppered interest from a number of clubs. If it can't be cleared up, nothing more can happen, as the English league does not allow for 3rd party ownership, unlike Italy. It would be a huge coup to get him though, if it could be done. I do have my doubts, these players often have numerous companies and individuals owning a small percentage of them, which is not a problem in Italy, but it can be difficult to get them all to agree to sell their part share.}

The Lamela one is pretty difficult as Ed has said. However, NC is not one to waste his time (certainly not the type to try and organise a free few days in Italy!)and if he has been looking at trying to do a deal I seriously expect he will have clarified the value of the player and whether there is a real chance of encouraging him to Saints (he certainly has MP to help him on this. )

Contractual sorting he is good at, but could still be difficult, if not impossible.

If it was easy, then suspect we would not have a chance, but with the difficulties it could give us a greater chance!

Saint Martin

This is now a major possibility thar Lamela may sign for us seeing Citeh have just signed Jesus Navas. Unlikely they would sign both!

Although we have 3rd party issues with lamela, the man I would want to negotiate out of everyone is cortese, the guy is possibly the best negotiater out there

I agree with Saint Martin, that if anyone can sort out the contractual problems with Lamela, then Cortese is probably the man to do it.

As for the deal that is apparently done, there are rumors coming out today that Astori has decided he wants to sign for Southampton. Not aware of any other deals that may be close to completion.

However as all Saints fans know, until the deal is on the Official Saints website we just have to be patient.

If we are in for Lamela I can see it being another ongoing saga like the Ramirez one last summer with all the confusion over ownership. But this one will obviously be a lot more difficult to try and lure him to saints and convince him to leave Roma

With Silva, Tevez, Dzeko and Nasri all probably leaving, I think they'll probably be in the market for quite a few players.

^ with Roma not qualifying for CL football and the apparent upheavals in the ownership I don't think it'll be as hard to convince him to leave, just to sign for us over City and any other 'bigger' teams that may be in for him. Would definitely say that we're the favourites for him, given NC's negotiating and the fact we can give him pretty much guaranteed football without losing too much by leaving roma this season

Where had the interest from Lamela come from

He is Argentinian, so is MP. Not difficult to see a link there!
Was it not suggested the real reason for Nigel going was that he was unable to attract talent from outside UK to Saints?

Saint Martin

That's ridiculous, just because he's Argentinian doesn't make him more likely to sign for us