10 May 2013 14:39:51
Saints are set to be lining up the biggest coup of the summer transfer window with the signing of Spanish attacking midfielder Isco from Malaga. The deal will purportedly break the Southampton transfer window as the want-away midfielder looks to depart Malaga after a disappointing league campaign looks to see them miss out on Champions League football.
ColdSaint
I think everyone is thinking the same for this. Would absolutely love it to happen but let's be honest, it's not.
Mini-Saint
Why would he then join a team who's not in the champions league?
Clarkey saint
What a signing that would be if we somehow pulled it off! But I see his wage demands being very high as well as competition for a signature that prestigious.
I also have a question about this guy, does he count as part of the 25-man deal or is he young enough to qualify as an additional 'youth' member for a season?
Haha behave.
He's hardly want-away. He just wants to move to a bigger club. He'd go somewhere with champs league football.
Stop making Saints fans look bad.
If he is upset at missing out on the chapions league why would he come to us?
Isco's buyout clause is 35 million Euros.
I'll repeat that for you.
35 million Euros!
No way is he going to Saints.
I think ColdSaint meant transfer record as opposed to window. Either way, would very much like this to happen, even though it does seem a little far-fetched.
Leaving Malaga as they won't get champions league football, to join Southampton who don't have champions league football. Isco is one of the best in the world and is being tracked by all of the major clubs in the world. Please stop embarrassing us with rumours like this, I mean the Arturo Vidal one a few weeks ago by an anonomous user really took the cake. And FYI he signed for malaga until 2018 knowing they would not get champions league football as 5 months before FIFA confirmed they were banned from European competition for 5 years due to financial problems
AHAHA. The same Isco that City are set to be interested in and as you've mentioned, is disappointed at the lack of Champions League football? Come on now, we're not that big a fish yet
I'd so love this to be true, but at the same time believe that so many teams will be interested in him, I have to ask why he'd want to choose southampton when I expect him to want Champions league football
Southampton in for Hazard, bale return and Gerard piqué ;) just as likely
Would love it, but I reckon he will end up at man city
I thought Arsenal wanted him, if so he'll probs go there as he'll get more game time than he would at city
Ed002, who are we realistically being linked to? {Ed002's Note - Jesus Gamez.}
In the last few years, we've had; Best, Pele playing for us and now Jesus is linked - cool. Shame his Dad retired.
After watching Man City in the FA Cup, it's clear Man Cities Need is far greater than Southamptons so perhaps we ought to let them sign him!
Malaga aren't going to sell their BEST player to Southampton. Doesn't help that city are interested either
Thats the funniest thing i've heard in a long time. Isco has been linked with Real Madrid, Barca and Man city so why would he go to Southampton. I tell you what since Southampton signed Ramirez they think they can sign anyone in th eworldbut reallistically it will never happen. Isco will go to a big cluband Malaga are better than southampton anyway.
Isco was all ready to sighn for city, but after seeing them owned by wigan has decided to stay in spain forever
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