Saints January transfer window thread

The whole thing about pricing Shaw at £30M is not that he's not worth it. It's just the new way of saying NOT FOR SALE.

 

Any one see Banega today? Damn what a player.

 

Still think we are seriously after him?

 

All I have heard is we made contact, don't know if it was positive or not.

 

Ok fair enough. I don't know a lot about him but if we sign one player in January I expect it to be in his sort of position. Or GK, given today's news...

 

Playmaker that also likes to tackle and get stuck in.

 

Would any one mind if we made a 3 mil loss on Ramirez?

 

Yes.

 

We talking 9m with the majority up-front, or 9m in installments over several years?

 

Majority up front.

 

And is the haircut after or before Penarol is paid out?

 

Haven't been told, hopefully after.

 

I struggle to think of a side that will spend 15-20m on a player who can't get in the squad of a top half PL side. 22 (23 tomorrow - Happy Birthday!) is young, but most of the top European players showed more than he has by the time they were his age. Plus, surely 9m is going to add an extra player or two to our transfer budget?

 

What was the suggested Banega fee? Poch seems to have no interest in using Ramirez if £9m would cover signing a replacement then I'd say take it.

 

If after, I'd do it. The purchase price is a sunk cost...it's a matter now of determining what Gaston is worth, and I'd say that 9-10m is reasonable.

 

That Jonas didn't look too shabby either

 

@ 9m we should be taking it before they withdraw the offer...........IMO

 

If we are not going to play him, the loss would be swallowed up by the saving in wages. Too many people act as if the money is directly coming from their pockets...we make money on some players and lose on others...probably more than evens out.

 

It's swings and roundabouts. Look at what Lovren must be worth now! You can't make a profit on every signing. Gaston needs to buckle down. He needs to play for a World Cup spot. Wouldn't put it past NC to leave him kicking his heels as he did with Puncheon.

 

Fran's right, if Gaston has no future here we might as well get what we can for him now. His value is hardly going to go up while he's sitting on the bench.