I won't get ahead of myself, but if we were to sign both players, then might we finally have replaced Pelle and Mane? 18 months late, mind... (I don't know much about either player, but from reading about them, they don't sound too dissimilar from Pelle and Mane respectively)
There are a lot of players on the fringes of their World Cup squads and not getting regular football. Lucas, Sturridge, Giroud etc I can see us getting a player in that situation in on loan, because unlike the clubs who have the money, we can offer the playing time.
If he's getting paid in Roubles, his wages are basically worth two lorries full of cabbages and all the plutonium he can carry. He's probably getting paid in Faberge eggs and caviar, but still.
I'd like to think that we've been savvy enough to incorporate drastic salary reductions in the event of relegation on all of these lucrative contracts we now have our squad signed to or we could end up with a load of Rodwells.
I'd imagine that we have, though drastic would still leave them as rather expensive for that level...a 40% reduction in our wage bill would still be tops in the Championship. The problem, as you mentioned, is that it's difficult to recruit players that way .The option then becomes to provide them some sort of surety that they'd be sold cheaply if it did happen...but then you end up with the fun of spending a couple years paying off the transfer fee on a player you had to dump.
Saints website is down, clearly the only reason can be the impending arrival of Quincy, Carrillo and Ronaldinho.....
I disagree. Hoedt and Stephens are our CB pairing imo, & Yoshi is good enough cover. Especially with Romeu and Lemina in front of them. Goalscorers are what we urgently need.
I disagree with your disagreement. The current options are not strong enough. Lacks leadership and strength in the air.
