Bruno de Carvalho admits Slimani and Rojo can still leave Filipa Reis A-A + A Present at the presentation of the leonine futsal team, the president Bruno de Carvalho not declined to talk openly about the transfer market in football "...There have been proposals for Marcos Rojo, but nothing approaching the values ​​of a player who was in the World, who was in the final and was elected to the eleven World. There are in fact proposals, but proposals are not that make us even think, "he stressed. With respect to Slimani and Rojo, the head was clear: "There have been some things by Slimani, which are the values ​​that we can not properly consider proposals. Are so low that they have nothing to do with the legitimate claims of Sporting. Also emerged by Mark, but nothing that approaches those values ​​have to be a player who was in the World Cup final, which was considered a good athlete to be on eleven race. " However, Bruno de Carvalho left a certainty: "The players just come out the clause or for a great deal. Still a month, but these early approaches have shown that I do not think the clubs are even interested in the players concerned. Nor are we interested in selling anything. " Asked about the satisfaction of Marco Silva regarding the squad, leading the Lions lamented the wrong "timing" of some contracts due to more time-consuming negotiations or natural bureaucratic obstacles, but assumed that the Lions squad is not closed. - We have been clear and unfortunately things did not close when would the market so dictates. One thing is our will, another is the market, but still there will be entries.
The money has to cover wages as well as purchase prices...that must come to quite a few mill, though some will be offset by wages saved for the players that left. 90 Mill goes nowhere these days, as I know to my cost
If Sporting's demands are too high, let's not waste out time, there are other players out there. Namely, Van Dijk.
And it's also worth noting I only ever saw him playing left back at the World cup, so I don't know how good of a CB is he exactly, and I'm sure others don't know as well. He's a decent left back. As a CB, he's unknown quality for me. To sign a current argentinian international player would primarily be a statement of intent. But to pay him anything above 14M? I think we can find better value for money elsewhere.
We're pushed for time now, though. And there can only be a handful of quality players available to us. Van Dijk would surely be one of those, but I don't know if negotiations there would be any more pleasing than the ones for Rojo. Other than those two, is there anyone of the same sort of quality we could attract? I wouldn't be satisfied with just Vlaar. Possibly Winston Reid would be pleasing, but West Ham will be very reluctant. I don't think we're going to be able to play too much hardball here.
I can't say i can think of many. But surely our scouting department provided a shortlist of candidates. Just go for the next name. I don't mind Rojo, I don't even mind if Sporting robs us, but if we can make a better deal elsewhere I'm all for that. Get Van Dijk, Celtic would surely take 10M, it's a lot of money for them.
http://sportwitness.ning.com/forum/topics/third-party-owners-brought-into-southampton-deal-it-s-not-over-ye?xg_source=shorten_twitter "Third party owners brought into Southampton deal, it's not over yet"
It's becoming a situation where it's not the best use of Saints money this window. Many positives about the player, yet untested PL; the likes of Arsenal, Spuds and less surprisingly Everton have never paid anywhere near £18m for a defender.
On that thinking we would obviously have just offered £12m for VVD or £10m for Vlaar etc. Getting Rojo would make a statement that we are buying a world cup finalist. Its a status symbol if you like and being succesful with that could push a couple of other transfers where a player might be ummin and ahhing over the line.
I should imagine his wages will increase as the price rises...out of our sight. Conspicuously splashing the cash as a 'statement' (yes for a very good player) could also effectively hoick up the price of our dealings elsewhere.
Wanted Liverpool to sign this guy when we were heavily linked. Interest seems to have died off in light of Moreno being so close. Appealing that he can play CB and LB. A player like this will do what Lovren did though.
