23 Oct 2013 22:48:59
According to a daily newspaper, we could reignite our interest in Davide Astori. He is an Italian centre back who plays for Cagliari in Italy. We could get him for about €10 million. What do you guys think about this. Would this be a good signing or not
Would be really cruel on Fonte given how much he's upped his game this season. I don't think they'll be much activity in January for the defence as we're pretty strong in that area at the moment, probably more in upfront/midfield is what we'll be looking at if we decide to do any dealings.
Agree with original poster. And agree that it would appear unfair on Fonte, however this is what happens when you progress, you need to improve all the time in every position!
I recall this guy has a very vocal agent who has been trying to engineer a move for him for around 2 years!
May have some basis this time, but I doubt it. Saints are very quiet about who they may be looking at and it is normally only as the deal is being completed some information may leak out.
Saint Martin
Cover at left back is key. Fox is not a Premier League player and should be sold. Shaw may benefit from learning from a good pro who has experience.
Didnt Poch say they looked at Astori and Lovren and decided on Lovren?
Sorry to disagree, But we all knew about the Wanayama and Osvaldo deals weeks before they actually happened! This is a non-fact that we keep our deals quiet these days. It doesn't happened.
We try and keep our deals quiet and with some it works. Barely anybody heard about the Lovren move before it happened. That's why we can't really know what to expect at Southampton, the press are sometimes right, often wrong and a lot of the time we don't know what to think.
Poor buy Osvaldo, no improvement on Lambo or Jrod but cost more and bet he's on more money as well. Not everything NC and MP does works out. Osvaldo won't be a saint in 18 months, might be gone next summer but Jan too early
Agree with the above. Osvaldo is Poch's mate. If he's peanut more time with Rickie and Jrod he'd no Osvaldo offers nothing different. He's younger than Rickie but he'll leave before Rickie, mark my words!
Did astori not move to milan in the summer gone?