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Toby signs for Spurs - official.

Discussion in 'Southampton' started by lamby, May 14, 2015.

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  1. JWP is the goal king

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    Christ I just want this over with, not sure I can take much more of this will he won't he<laugh>
     
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  2. Onionman

    Onionman Well-Known Member

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    I've studiously avoided posting on (or even reading) transfer speculation in seasons past. Is it always like this?

    Vin
     
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  3. fran-MLs little camera

    fran-MLs little camera Well-Known Member

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    No, sometimes people become worried and hysterical. :)
     
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  5. TheSecondStain

    TheSecondStain Needs an early night

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  6. ElliotMP

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  8. fatletiss

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    Not a chance, but wow! if it is.
     
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  9. ElliotMP

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    Same. Don't really know if the website has much credibility. But if it really was £8.5 million, that would be the buy of the century.
     
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  10. tomw24

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    Yeah, that's what, £8mill or so. That's pretty much the fee we agreed with Atletico as part of the loan deal. As that's now gone why would they sell that cheap now?
     
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  11. I Sorry I Ruined The Party

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    I think the buy-out option was 10m Euro. Except that they bought out our option for 2m Euro. So if they sell him to us now for 12m, they will only net 10m. Meaning that you are right-- they could have just let us exercise the buyout in the first place if they were going to do that.

    So I would agree that fee is too small. However, I did said a week or so ago that I think we will wind up getting Alderweireld, and it will be for less than the 18m figure people were throwing around. I still feel that way.
     
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  12. saintlyhero

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    The good news about a bidding war with spurs is that Levy is notoriously tight, so he is hardly going to be chucking silly bids in
     
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  13. davecg69

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    I want this to stop now ............ I WANT TOBY FOR SAINTS!!! But I can't stand the suspense of not knowing - someone please get it sorted and get him signed up!! <wah>
     
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  14. fran-MLs little camera

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    If (and it's a big if) Toby insisted on coming here, Atletico would have very little choice but to come to an agreement with us for the best price they could. They can't force him to join another club....of course, it is by no means certain that Toby wouldn't agree to go to Spurs or any other club.
     
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  15. Dark Lord SFC

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    With Morgan looking to go, Dani having been sacked, I can't see wages being a major issue because if we needed to make Toby our best paid player surely no one would object as he is a very classy player and one we need to pull out all the stops to sign up on a long term contract
     
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  16. viking saint

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    Firstly I desperately want Toby to sign for Saints, but i'm pragmatic enough to realise that if you are a twenty something year old and you have a choice of being paid a lot of money, (probably more than Saints would pay per week) and can live in London rather than Southampton, which although very nice is not the most exciting place in the world then i know which one i would choose.
     
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  17. NISaint

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    The best defender I've seen pull on a Saints shirt in many a year.
     
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  18. fran-MLs little camera

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    But Saints are loveable:emoticon-0111-blush
     
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  19. Saintjoey

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    All arguments above are correct. This is a player who just desperately wants to play, he knows for a fact he'd get that here. He also has all the time in the world for RoKo and we have lodged a bid for him which would (instalments included) make him our record signing.
     
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  20. jonny 'hasen' shuttle

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    tottenhams a **** hole - i know, i live there
     
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