09 Jul 2013 11:50:06
Looks As though wanyama has burned his bridges with Celtic he has apparently told them if he doesn't get a move he wants at least twice the mo dry he is on to stay there and at for the cause, looks like saints might have a mersonary after all

1.) 09 Jul 2013
What's Paul Merton got to do with it?

2.) 09 Jul 2013
Didn't Gastón say in an interview around when we signed him that, "they [Southampton] are going to pay me a lot of money" - Gastón now loves the fans and wants to play for the club. There's no reason why Wanyama wouldn't be the same.

The mercenary issue is always going to be an issue with a club like Southampton that is willing to pay players a considerable amount of money in order to attract them to the club. By doing this, we will always attract 'mercenaries', but I strongly believe that they will fall in love with our football club.

3.) 09 Jul 2013
Saints have in recent times worked hard to ensure that the players they sign have the right attitude. I can see potential problems ahead with trying to sign better quality players, but I have always been proud of the attitude shown by the players that we have produced. Walcott, Bale and Chaimberline all seem to be fairly humble, well rounded people, and the same can be said of our more recent developed players like JWP and Luke Shaw.

These guys are a huge credit to the work that Saints academy does, and let's hope that any high profile players that we do eventually sign will be of a similar mold.

With regards to Wanyama, he seems fairly humble, and I'm sure that if he comes in he'll have the right attitude. let's hope that we can come to a sensible arrangement with his agent.

4.) 09 Jul 2013
Mercenary?
He's on £8,000 a week at Celtic.
You say he's demanding twice his current wage. £16,000.
With luke shaw signing a five year deal on Friday, believed to be in the region of £25k p/w. I'm sure we'd offer Wanyama at least that?
I personally think he's holding out for a so called "bigger club".
On a different note, any truth in the, Valencia accepting a bid for Banega? Much more important signing. It isn't DM that we lacked in last season, it was AM. No consistent creator in the team.