Pochettino's quotes: "Fulham have made some good signings, they've just signed Holtby from Tottenham" Please be correct Mystic Mauricio.
Ooh don't, Captain, you big tease! My nipples explode with ze delight! Quick, TMHAF, Fulhaman, Madness, I need you to tell me he's **** before I get overexcited!
If we we're reportedly offering around 6 million for Defour, it's not inconceivable that we can afford Holtby on a permanent deal, especially if Berba is thrown into the equation.
It could well be some internet-nerd jumping the gun, but the Wikipedia page for Olympiakos no longer has Mitroglou listed in their current squad. He was number 11. His individual page still lists him as an Olympiakos player though. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympiacos_F.C.#Current_squad http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitroglou I like the sound of 'Pistolero' as a nickname for him though.
Although it is often correct and I have used it myself as a reference point, Wikipedia is highly unreliable. Myself or yourself could edit it. I once randomly clicked onto Darren Bent's page and the first line said "Darren Bent is a sh*t English footballer......", the rest of the article was perfect though. As Sarah Brookes said on twitter, unless the club announces it on their website or their twitter page nothing is official. I think many will spend tonight and tomorrow on the Fulham site constantly pressing F5.
http://www.standard.co.uk/sport/foo...e-of-125m-konstantinos-mitroglou-9097160.html Sounds promising. Interesting that his old contract had an 8m euro release clause, probably why he was offered a new one - Olympiakos wanting more money for him rather than to keep him there.
Mitroglou Let's see if he passes the medical he's only just come back after 6 weeks from a knee injury, so I hope we don't panic and buy him just to get someone in as he could be the replacement IF Berbatov is off as Danny Murphy hinted there might be a move by a club for him this morning on Radio. Personally I wouldn't pay the amount being asked, his reputation sounds good but he only came to peoples attention because of his of his performance against Romania in the playoffs. Taarabt might have gone to AC Milan so Holtby might be his replacement. You would think Kvist is a replacement for Boateng (who is probably off on Loan).
The price is a bit excessive, but that's the Jan transfer window for you! And as the Captain touched on in another (this?) thread, you would think Mitroglou had been scouted out a long time ago. We may not have known of him until the WC playoffs (I certainly didn't!) by our scouts/Rene probably did.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/01/30/uk-soccer-greece-olympiakos-idUKBREA0T1S220140130 Looks like Olympiakos have signed their replacement for Mitroglou, things should move forward fairly quickly now.
An update from Twitter: @HammyEnd: Looks like Holtby will join on loan until the end of the season - no option to buy - with reports he's completed his medical. What a coup.
Bent is off to Stoke, potentially. Berbatov to Spurs. Happy days although I thought Bent has done alright.
I'm not trying to be too negative but the Southampton board have a January transfer thread with 1213 responses. We are on 431!
£12.5 million might be over the top but it's January and if he helps keep us up it will be worth about £60 mill to us! I hope Holtby and Mitroglu are confirmed tomorrow but would still like a left back, think we should go back in for Taylor at Swansea
And further signings being alledged - The Man United pair: "Fulham have also agreed permanent deals with United for Cole and Tunnicliffe, and the youngsters are booked in for medicals at the club on Friday morning." Source: http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2896...oglou-and-manchester-united-pair?ICID=HP_BN_1
Tunicliffe is a left back who has apparently done well in the championship on loan, as far as I'm concerned straight into the first team, he's young so will be at least three times quicker than Riise.
Not exactly true, I wouldn't claim to have the broadest knowledge of players outside of the UK but even I knew of Mitroglou. We're not signing a nobody. Woodrow, Tankovic and Dembele are here too. Quality not quantity. Tunnicliffe is definitely a midfielder.
And they may very well be great players one day, but not this season. We need at least 3 senior strikers.
