Saints transfer rumour thread

Sky Sports News are reporting that we've made a bid. Which isn't news, other than it being another source reporting it.

 

I knew you were going to say that

 

We could do with a new defender arriving early this coming week. Hooiveld can be a calamity at times, I feel nervous any time the opposition attack and he is there, especially when they're inside the box.

 

Not wanting to read through 10 pages...How much would he improve us? What side does he play? Does he speak English? How likely is it that we will actually get him?

 

1) A lot, he's a better player than Fonte and Yoshida.
2) I doubt it really matters, but I think he's left footed.
3) Possibly some, doubtful. Doesn't take long to learn Football English, and we have a few Italian speakers at the team.
4) Judging by all the reports, quite.

 

Cheers Dan. I'll try and keep up with this thread now in the hope that a player I know very little about signs for us

 

Saw an Italian football guy draw similarities to Michael Dawson. From the couple of Astori games I've seen, it seems a fair enough comparison. He's not a heavy hitter, but a technically sound defender.

 

Anyone think that Ricky will call him Davide...bet it's Dave within minutes.

 

Butland is as close as it gets but Adkins has denied that we're going to sign another keeper, so in short, no.

 

Yeah, 94 pages for that!

 

If we do sign new players this window then we need to get players that have Premier league experience. Players that need half the season to adjust are no good. We had a bad start to the season because so few players knew what to expect in PL. More foreign imports might look flashy but we need dependability.

 

The only other player we've been linked with is Benayoun...hope we get 2-3 players minimum...injuries are beginning to kick in.

 

Oh yeah, forgot about him. That seemed credible.

 

Swansea seem to be doing all right. Clearly premier league experience is not everything.

 

Cortese would rather pay large amounts of money for quality foreign players whose wage demands are lower. Mediocre PL players demand high wages and are less willing to come to Southampton.

 

There is too little value in the domestic market for us to be able to afford an english player in the same calibre of 'foreign imports' like astori and ramirez.

 

Yep. For example, £12m in the Italian market gets you a player the standard of Ramirez, whereas in the domestic market gets you a player the standard of Sturridge.

 

Oh no not another bloody nickname.

 

good point - I imagine Sturridge is on far more than the reported £35k of Gaston...

Think I know who I would rather have.

 

Everton apparently agree a £4 mil fee for Forren

http://www.caughtoffside.com/2013/01/06/everton-agree-4m-fee-for-molde-centre-back-vegard-forren/