Indeed, £12m would be a record sale for the Scottish league, they'd be very happy to get that much for a want-away player intent on running down his contract.
So it's worse than I thought. It's his highlights from one match. On that basis, lets just sign the whole Celtic team from that night and we'll instantly win the premiership.
Probably because he's repeatedly declared he wants to go, and they're getting £12m for him. He's got 2 years left on his contract and he won't sign a new one so his price will only go down from here.
I've watched plenty of him both in the CL and SPL. I saw the Barcelona and Juventus games, and one of the Benfica games. He is the ****.
So that's what, six games? Against teams we are never going to play against. In a competition we will never play in. Plus I didn't think he covered himself in glory against Juventus (but that's a personal opinion, and the game was several months ago). If he does come, then playing week in week out in the premiership is going to be a big step up from the general level he's played at previously. Yes, the champions league tells us he can raise his game for one off big matches, but can he consistently raise it, as he will need to in the premiership? I'm not saying he's rubbish, in fact I think he would be a good signing overall, as it gives us a realistic alternative to Cork and Schneiderlin. Maybe £12 million is a lot, but then again, our projected revenue has gone up a lot with the new TV deal and ticket price hike. I'm just trying to look at things in the round and not get carried away with myself, as I and others did with some of our previous signings. Some of his quotes to the Kenyan press also do not fill me with confidence, but hopefully if he signs he'll knuckle down and get on with getting the move he really wants.
Some African (freelance) journo on Twitter claims to be with him in Kenya, saying "Wanyama and his agent are probably looking at bids from Liverpool and Newcastle but not showing interest in the Southampton bid"
Sounds like bullshit to me.
When Wanyama signs and inevitably sets the league alight, I hope everyone will recognise that I was spot on all along and from then on will take my word as gospel without requiring silly things like justification and evidence.
Everything I read after that word = bullshit.
Deal. But I'm looking for the African Messi, at the very least.
Well he's a deeper kind of midfielder, so it'll be the African...erm...Touré.
Does anyone really care if we don't get Wamyama?
Yeah, I'll be pretty disappointed.
Why? He clearly wants more money than what he's worth.
Why? He clearly wants more money than what he's worth.