What I love about the Santon signing more than Santon himself

Has his signing been confimred by either club. All I have seen is sky sports sources understand.......

 

Are we close to signing a striker though? I've heard nothing linking us with Roux and Magia deal has broken down.

 

There's pictures of him with Pardew holding the number 3 shirt up on the Santon thread.

 

Why are people saying stuff like "well he didn't end up like maldini but he's still good", ****ing hell he's 20 years old man.

 

Give them chance, he hasn't long signed for us.

 

Who gives a **** if hes not as good as Maldini, he only needs be better than R.Taylor, Simpson and Perch

 

Its a ****ing joke aint it haha. Fans are so fickle. I believe in 5 years or so he may well be one of the best full backs around. Its a shame that he will probably out grow us.

 

Several words describe this signing; Unbelievable, Brilliant, Ambitious, Surprising, Suspicious.

Unbelievable: This kid is a genuine wonderkid of European football. He has been dubbed the new Maldini and could genuinely step into any Serie A club he wished, including most European giants.

Brilliant: We obviously need a left back so to replace the wantaway Enrique with a player with the potential to be better than him, for a lesser fee, is truly incredible. He can also play at right back so Simpson better start upping his game because Raylor is on fire.

Ambitious: This signing sends a message loud and clear to European football; NUFC are still a big club. Any future signings will look twice at NUFC as a genuine possibility to play their football just by looking at this signing as well as Ben Arfa and Cabaye. Signing a 20-year-old wonderkid is nothing but ambitious and very impressive for all the NUFC fans to lick their lips over.

Surprising: As I have already said, this kid could genuinely make it in any team he wanted in his native Italy, he is this highly praised. 'New Maldini' is a tag given to him by the highest of pedigree such as Jose Mourinho and Marcelo Lippi, which is high praise indeed. Also given the fact 99% of Italians usually stay 'home' within the Serie A and if they were to leave it would only be to a European Giant like Man Utd, Barcelona or a Bayern Munich, the fact NUFC have pulled this off is very surprising to say the least.

Suspicious: Not to put a downer on this but you have to ask the question 'Why?' has a young Italian 'wonderkid' decided to leave one of Italy's giants to come to NUFC. The obvious answer must be; The Premier League. Our league is genuinely the biggest in Europe and can draw the best of players to it. Another answer must be 'Wages'. You can assume we have gave this lad the maximum we can in regards to wages which is widely accepted as £50k a week. So for a 20 year old lad to get this for 5 years is an obvious pulling tool.
It's worth noting that if this kid is to fulfil his potential then their is a threat he will outgrow our football club if we continue to be a mid-table side. So he could be using NUFC as a stepping stone in his career for a bigger move later on in his career. It is known that he was dropped from the team at Inter and has been criticised in certain games so he may need this fresh new challenge to resurrect his career. To be honest, even if he is just using NUFC as a stepping stone....I am not complaining! If he matches his potential in a Black n White shirt (that isnt Juventus) I am more than happy. Bring it on.
It's also worth noting that NUFC have 'invested' in this boy. They know full well given his age, reputation and the transfer fee, that if he does leave us one day.....he will leave for a hell of a lot more than £5million!

I am glad we have finally got a full back in and the fact it is Davide Santon who all Football Manager players know is something very special indeed, I am surprised but over the moon!
Finally a signing that matches the 'policy' NUFC insist on feeding us. Now, a striker needed please!! You have 24 hours!

 

I'd pretty much agree apart from a few things, I just hope the limelight he's going to get from the Prfemier league wnt hinder him in any way, would much prefer to see him away from the spotlight and develop his confidence and potential, the way Enrique did, it would certainly help him
But one thing I dnt agree with is this potential to be better than Enrique! as much as i hate the fact he went to the bin dippers he is imo the best left back in the world, we should have done everything to keep him, even now if i was offered Enrique back instead of Santon i would take him back in a heartbeat!

 

immense on fm 11

 

didn't know he was 6'2"

 

We definitely disagree on that then. As good as Enrique can be on his day. He is no way consistent enough, nor talented enough to be considered the best left back in the world!

Have faith my friend. This lad is class. The fact he is leaving the limelight, as you call it, from Italy is the main reason why he should be a success, not a failure.

 

Anyone else getting irritated at the snide remarks from certain fans saying we're not good enough to get Santon

 

Name and shame!?

 

Twitter twats, most of them Arsenal fans wishing they'd got him.

 

Who gives a **** what everyone is saying, we got him!!!!!!!!!

 

this and looking at the lad he just adds to the fact we're the best looking team in the league

as long as you stick ober at the back during a photo shoot

 

I say Chappaz old chap, you haven't been ruffling anyone's feathers have you?
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Sess's sizzling sausages

Someone's hacked into cests account, my money's on chappaz.

 

Quite happy with this transfer, I must admit I do like the boards idea of getting in young talent with their full futures ahead of them, gives off the impression that anything could be possible (in a good way) I wish these transfers were added to the likes of Barton, Enrique, Carroll (Nolan to a lesser extent) rather than replacing them fully but its a decent consolation either way.

Not really sure about this signing putting us back on the map but its certainly a step in right direction, does anyone know how many of his 60 odd appearances have been at left back? I know people have said he CAN play there but has he had an actual string of games doing so?

Ideally tomorrow if we can add another backup CB and a striker or two I would be quite happy, not over the moon but happy nonetheless.

Hes a handsome bastard aswell, Cabaye has some competition, honestly didnt think we would sign another play so beautiful!

 

Hes a handsome bastard aswell, Cabaye has some competition, honestly didnt think we would sign another play so beautiful!

Getting worried about you GBB.