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Confirmed: Saints sign Sekou Mara

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  1. tomw24

    tomw24 Well-Known Member Forum Moderator

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    tomw24 Well-Known Member Forum Moderator

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    Oh look, Newcastle acting like arseholes - what a shocker!

     
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    shoot_spiderman Power to the People

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    What’s this? Real transfer news!
    And a name No one's mentioned
    <cheers>
     
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    Nice to have some news of incomings again to get excited about despite never having heard of them. Glad to see we are following our usual format of teenager + female name. Shame theres no double barrel though.

    Attacker...does that mean he is likely to be a 10 for us or a striker?
     
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    tomw24 Well-Known Member Forum Moderator

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    I know, it's as if Saints keep all their business quiet until the deal is nearly done!
     
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    tomw24 Well-Known Member Forum Moderator

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    He's a CF so the latter.
     
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    Adding to this, that is such a dick move from Newcastle given how much money they have. I'm glad Saints have done things the right way and it may help save Bordeaux from going under.
     
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    Who have we transferred to Real? <whistle>:)
     
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    Bordeaux have experienced a rather torrid time of late. Once a stalwart of Ligue 1 and Champions League regular, the club endured relegation to Ligue 2 after a dreadful 2021/22 campaign. Bordeaux have now suffered the ignominy of being relegated to the Championnat National due to their financial troubles. The club is likely to appeal the decision over the coming weeks as they believe it to be ‘brutal’.

    A bright spark of Bordeaux’s season has been the emergence of Sékou Mara, the young striker has broken through into the first team. He is predicted to be the next star of French football, with great talent and immeasurable understanding of the game
     
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    Your comments are either very prescient and well-informed, or you've copied someone else's work
     
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    This is no time for levity <doh>

    We’ve signed a striker :1980_boogie_down:

    It’s time for dancing <party>
     
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    shoot_spiderman Power to the People

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    I claim the 5th amendment
     
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    tomw24 Well-Known Member Forum Moderator

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    I don't know a huge amount about this guy but he seems like another exciting young talent joining the ranks. We still need another striker and a creative player ideally.

    Looking at what our starting XI could be:

    Bazunu
    Tino (when back from injury)
    Salisu
    ABK
    KWP
    JWP
    Lavia
    Stuey
    Aribo
    Che
    Mara

    That results in an average age of 22.9!
     
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    All the more impressive that he did this for Bordeaux, who were crap last season and finished bottom.

    It will be a huge leap for a (soon-to-be) 20 year old but he seems very well regarded and has attracted interest from elsewhere.
     
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    Nothing better than a transfer out of nowhere - Saint Gaston sagas can be fun of course but so exhausting.

    Looks class and very highly rated at a decent price. Hoping we get another striker in after losing both Long and Broja but this is a great start.
     
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    Sounds pretty positive!
     
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    In France, Nice and Lyon have previously been linked with the France U21 international, but the player is now attracting attention from overseas. The most “concrete” interest comes from Newcastle, who have shifted their focus to Mara having missed out on Hugo Ekitike

    Now I don’t think anyone predicted we would beat Newcastle to any signings this summer

    It says he was ‘unconvinced’ by their interest
     
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