Summer 2013 Transfer Rumour Thread

I'd be fine with it, because I'd be very confident that we'd have no problem replacing him. I don't consider him to be a key part of the team currently. He very well could be in the near future, but then again so could someone else.

 

Very disappointed.

 

Would heavily depend on how much money we got for him, but even if we recouped a decent amount I'd still be a bit disappointed as I want to see him come good and fulfill his potential with Saints.

 

Shall I bother to look again for the article from about 2-3 days ago where it says he's not interested in leaving..? Or would that be too much of an anti-cimax..?

 

OK, I bothered. A lot, I suppose:

http://www.sportinglife.com/football/news/article/312/8765049/-

http://www.clubcall.com/southampton/ramirez-rubbishes-transfer-talk-1598000.html

http://www.sportsmole.co.uk/footbal...inks-he-will-remain-at-southampton_88129.html

http://www.soccernews.com/ramirez-happy-at-southampton-courtois-to-stay-at-atletico/121554/

http://uk.soccerway.com/news/2013/June/08/ramirez-expects-southampton-stay/

http://www.southampton.vitalfootball.co.uk/article.asp?a=321415

So there you go. What they all say pretty much is he's happy at at Saints. Feels wanted and important here. Can do big things at SFC and has always dreamed of playing in the Premier League and loves it. Sorry for the overkill..? Probably not.

 

I don't mean to be a doom-monger, but that means very little. He said he's happy to stay; that doesn't mean he will.

 

Indeed, I don't think he will go, just speaking on the hypothetical situation of him doing so.

 

And sorry to be a cheery soul, but rumours of his parting doesn't mean he'll go either.

 

No, but let's not kid ourselves that it's not a possibility. It's like halfway through the season when we were worrying about the drop, and certain posters on here were saying to shut up about relegation because it's not going to happen. I don't want to get all negative, but you know, it could.

 

I don't think he will go. Can't see another PL club meeting our valuation of him. And what is there to suggest he wants to?

 

Nothing just the usual media gossip.

 

I saw a GMI post on Saintsweb where he claimed someone in a hotel told him Mrs Ramirez hates living in this country. So it's definitely time to panic!

 

She may dislike the country (though I suspect it's the weather), but, like so many partners, you know you have to stay where the job is. Ramirez will surely want to make an impact in the PL before going abroad again. Probably made up anyway.

 

My thoughts exactly.

 

http://www.tribalfootball.com/articles/forren-only-thinking-southampton-stay-3962118#.UbS0DUByDmo

Forren's agent, again saying he was bought aiming to be fit for this season. Understands plan and not going anywhere.

 

You know what..? When it's winter, or it's damp and cold, or when it rains incessantly, in this country, I bloody well hate it too, and I wish I was living in the Mediterranean zone. So I can sympathise with her. Doesn't mean to say I'm leaving just yet.

 

For the sake of clarity I wasn't seriously suggesting Ramirez wants a move. It was GMI saying it, it was allegedly something he heard from an unnamed person in an unnamed hotel and it's not even Ramirez himself who supposedly doesn't like it here. Any one of those things would be reason enough to question it. Perhaps my sarcasm wasn't obvious enough.

 

Banning him from this forum was a decision as historic as D-Day. If it's possible I think he has got even worse since joining SaintsWeb, his anti-Ramirez agenda is so boring now. Gaston must have slept with his wife and slaughtered his pet puppies.

 

Well that makes sense. Once we survived I suppose he had to change from his old rants about Cortese picking the team and our inevitable relegation.

 

So I've heard from a forum poster, who heard from another forum poster, who heard from a guy in a hotel, who heard from an unknown source that Mrs. Ramirez doesn't like English life. Therefore Gaston Ramirez will be leaving us this summer. Not to mention that one of the sources in this Chinese whispers chain was GMI!

I got your sarcasm, but the trouble is so many rumours have no more grounding than this one!