Summer 2013 Transfer Rumour Thread - Mk3

Cheers. I'll do it tomorrow!

 

Might give it a go next time I can be bothered to leave the house.

 

You've got outrageous odds there, pochettino has openly admitted our interest!

 

Is it really worth the discussion? Hopefully you don't know much about either player, because if you did that would mean you would have to watch MLS or US international matches, and no one should have to do that.

The easiest way to look at it is that the US is not really a very good team. The weakest part of the US team is the defense. Chandler and Gonzalez are struggling to win a starting spot on that bad defense. The players they can't beat out are Cherundolo and Bocanegra who are like 100 years old.

Chandler has the excuse of having been hurt, and also having a douche-y attitude towards the US like he really even had a chance at playing for Germany but he still looked horrible when he played.

Here is a match recap/player ratings from the only game I believe that Gonzalez and Chandler played together:
http://goal.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/06/player-ratings-honduras-2-vs-u-s-1/

 

A chap I work with who speaks Spanish has just translated this -

"Mauricio Pochettino is close to convince his fellow countryman, Ever Banega, to join in his project at Southampton. The news about the English club’s interest in signing the Argentinean mid-fielder was first broken by ‘The Sun’. The offer was tempting for Valencia -10 million [EUROS, I SUPPOSE]. The footballer, notwithstanding, did not seem quite keen. We was not convinced of landing in a mid-table team in the Premier League and the whole affair had overtones of utopia.
However, the former manager of Espanyol, did not give up and one month on the transfer may take place. Pochettino knows of Banega’s technical characteristics and is convinced his game can help Southampton to give the quality jump they need to rub shoulders with the big teams in the Premier League. The Argentinean manager has placed in England the same bets on possession and combinations as on the Spanish ‘La Liga’ which brought him to the attention Southampton’s board. Banega would fit with no problems in this scheme and it seems that the footballer would be keener on moving to English football.
For Valencia, these 10M are still a good offer, so as soon as the footballer given his consent, the transfer will be made.


Then the article goes on about Valencia and their signing of Oriol Romeu, etc."

 

Makes Beefys 20/1 a cracking bet!

 

Hull have signed Steve Harper on a one-year deal.

 

Leo Benitez - South American football reporter on Uruguayan radio who writes for Argentinian sports papers - on Twitter:

"Ever Banega: Valencia would be evaluating an offer from Southampton for 9.4 million euros for the midfielder tab"

 

Already posted by Saints FC 76 on the last page I'm afraid

 

Dang. Serves me right for my nap.

 

10/10 for effort though DLTW need people like you to feed us lazy ones! I Come on this like every 10 minutes to check for any updates! (Sad i know)

 

His nickname from Newcastle fans was "Blisters". Spent about 12 years sat on the bench.

 

Have we ever been linked with toby alderweireld? Nicola Cortese was in Holland a couple of months back...

 

Believe there was mention of interest a few pages back. Not sure if corroborated though.

 

Somone on Saints Web are saying that we have made an enquiry to buy Lukaku - cant see this happeneing!

 

Saints Web is just.....

 

To add some context, this comes from the user 'Monk'.

He works as a coach for Chelsea and is a personal friend of a member of the Saints senior staff too.

He does some coaching at Saints too.

 

I'd not be surprised if we'd made an enquiry, but I'd be staggered if Chelsea said anything other than 'bugger off'

 

The guy suggests that it is a long-shot, but that Jose is not particularly a fan of Lukaku from what they've seen so far.

Giving him a reluctant chance based on the failure of the club to land him Falcao.

 

But what are his other options - Ba and Torres. You'd be mad to sell Lukaku under those conditions, surely.