Summer 2013 Transfer Rumour Thread

I would like to think we can sign someone better than Heitinga.

 

No thanx to Heitinga, just because he played for a top 6 team doesn't mean he is good. Why did Everton release him?

 

I'd take him if the terms were right. He hasn't had a great season though.

 

Looks like his contract doesn't end for a year? So scrap that. I was talking about a free transfer. I checked and looks like his contract expires end of 2014.

I will say that anyone suggesting Heitinga wouldn't improve us is deluded/arrogant. Heitinga has 85 caps for Holland and has played for Ajax, Atletico Madrid and Everton. Hooiveld has no caps and never will get any whilst Heitinga got called up for Holland again a few days ago. Hooiveld's played for a few mediocre teams in Scandanavia, didn't make it at Celtic (7 appearances..) and had a made more individual errors than any centre back in the league this season I'm guessing. To say Heitinga wouldn't be a good signing on a free is completely laughable to me.

 

Everton fans are saying he turned down a new deal and is leaving this summer.

 

Players do get to the stage were they start to decline. Yes he used to be a good defender but if he plays anything like he did this season he wouldn't be worth it. His wages are bound to be high as well.

 

This would be a logical answer if Hooiveld and Heitinga were the only two centrebacks in the world. They aren't, best I'm aware.

 

I haven't yet read anyone say that he is not better than what we have. I said, I think we can do better.

 

Heisting a is no better than we already have in the squad, so I say a big NO!
We don't buy "squad players', we want to buy first eleven players so that our first choice players from last season unfortunately drop to the bench and wait their chance which will happen with injuries and suspensions

 

Saints being linked with Danish centre-back Sorensen again: http://www.tuttojuve.com/?action=read&idnotizia=141760

 

Is this the lad that played in the Euros for them?

 

Nah that was Kjaer, who I thought we might go for last year but sadly he seems to have revived his career at Wolfsburg.

Looks like signing Ramirez has given the Italian press the impression we will sign any available players from Italian clubs! (or perhaps it's true?)

 

He can go in our Scandinavian centre back stockpile.
Think we should enforce some EU anti-dumping measures if we get Sorensen and then don't hear anything from him again by halfway through next season.

 

Betfred just slashed the odds on luke shaw moving to chelsea this transfer window from 7-2 to evens. I expect the rumours to come in later today but ive heard a swap for lukaku and cash. Which i would be happy with

 

Don't believe it. Shaw is on Player talking about next season at Saints.

 

Utter bollocks. Although Lukaku and cash wouldn't be the worst deal in the world!

 

It's also utter bollocks because lukaku is worth considerably more than Shaw.

 

No to selling shaw. Although its interesting that there is talk of lukaku being sold... how about Lukaku comes here, we give them money and shaw goes nowhere!

 

I would swap almost our whole first XI for Lukaku to be fair.

(we'll never get him)

 

We must remember that Shaw is a prospect....a good prospect, but a prospect just the same. He is our player who has come through the academy so we value him highly, but surely a team like Chelsea may try to sign him but, if rebuffed, just move on to another player.