Summer 2014 Transfer rumour thread - Part VII

But it is backed up by The Daily Star Joe. Surely that increases its credibility by a factor of.......****e?

 

The Star has http://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/fo...-and-Atletico-Madrid-to-Mauricio-Isla-signing

 

Update from Guan 2.0:

Because you asked so.... nicely?

Ings move is currently stalled, but we (the club i mean. Not me literally. I mean, sometimes friends and family will ask how saints performed over the weekend, and i will say "We won". They will immediately become apoplectic and throw my own boots at me (which, truth be told, I am too big for), and ask what the hell I am thinking, claiming to be some semi-demi player-cum-club representative, waggling my juicy morsels to all and sundry. I then explain that i am incorporating the individual strata the (fanbase, players, and board) in my description of the club as a collective. They then smile and agree it was obvious, as we bite off a foxes nose) are still positive.

The reason i asked for SW to give the board 2 weeks was very simple. On the day that I asked for a week, there were many on here saying we had gifted Tadic to Everton, and missed the boat on Pelle. Because i was still hearing positive noises, I thought we would still bring them to the club. A week later, both had signed, and Koeman's first press conference had calmed and impressed many.

I believe that in 2 weeks, we will have made some good signings, sold Lovren for an superb profit, and hopefully Morgan will be impressed enough by our new recruits to stick around.

Keep the faith.

 

Oh and one other bit...

4-5 players. The fifth depends on the quality of the fourth, and their ability to play a second position. But we are approaching many players. Someone might tell JC's dad that's why we are busy!

 

Not exactly ITK-tastic that update - anyone with a brain and half a blunt crayon could probably have said that - but I guess it'll do for now!

 

Is that including Pelle and Tadic?

 

4-5 more, in addition to Pellè and Tadić.

 

Yeah as I said on the other thread Burnley are playing hardball and Ings won't force a move as he isn't a twat like Lovren. But I reckon the deal will be done just before deadline day.

 

So is the fourth that can play in 2 positions De Vrij or the Argentinian chap?

 

That's a relief, 4 would be far too few.

 

I was thinking that Rojo would fit that category, but surely we'll want an out and out CB to replace Lovren?

 

Forster
Rojo
De Vrij
Clasie
Redmond
And Guan didn't count Ings.

 

I think I'd actually break down in tears if this happened.

 

replace redmond and that'd be a good summer

 

Jack Cork's dad is at it again...

"Very quiet at the Sanits, wonder if Les has lost the safe key?

 

staring to want to sell cork now

 

Make sure Morgan is staying, buy Clasie and let him go.

 

I'd be happy with that. Some people won't but Clasie is a step up from Cork and Morgan and Wanyama are irreplaceable while at the club.

 

The reality is, while we all want the club to be further along with signings (and some on here start to panic), it's that same at almost every club right now. Many clubs have big rebuilds needed right now and not a great deal has happened in this window yet. I'm confident that we'll have the players we need by the end of the window, but we will need to wait on it.

 

If I was Cork I would tell my dad to shut it.