This rumour is gathering pace and there is speak of a medical today or tomorrow so I thought this deserves its own thread...£30m price tag would smash our current record of £18.1......
This rumour is gathering pace and there is speak of a medical today or tomorrow so I thought this deserves its own thread...£30m price tag would smash our current record of £18.1......
Why would we pay £30m when his release clause is less? Where have you seen he is having a medical?
Cheers for the update Les![]()
Can you really see us spending £30m on a player courted by some of the top teams in Europe and make him our highest paid player when we are in a relegation battle. Even if we agree a fee he knows he is going to be getting far better offers than Saints. He wants to be playing in Europe every season..

Can you really see us spending £30m on a player courted by some of the top teams in Europe and make him our highest paid player when we are in a relegation battle. Even if we agree a fee he knows he is going to be getting far better offers than Saints. He wants to be playing in Europe every season..
Can you really see us spending £30m on a player courted by some of the top teams in Europe and make him our highest paid player when we are in a relegation battle. Even if we agree a fee he knows he is going to be getting far better offers than Saints. He wants to be playing in Europe every season..
Can you really see us spending £30m on a player courted by some of the top teams in Europe and make him our highest paid player when we are in a relegation battle. Even if we agree a fee he knows he is going to be getting far better offers than Saints. He wants to be playing in Europe every season..
He plays for Spartak Moscow, so the idea that he is motivated by anything other than money doesn't really wash. He could go to Celtic and play in Europe every year, so I'm not buying that one.
However, can't really see us coughing up the dosh.
Not happening!!!
Pellegrino has been so desperate for a player with pace on the counter so far he's tried a player who's so out of form he hadn't scored for a million games, a player who has only just come back from a long term injury with 45 minutes of u23 football, a 17 yr old who thought he was playing for the u18's 48 hours before, and even gone ad far as using Redmond.
I'd really like to see what he can do with Promes. Nothing to hide behind if he fails then.
I said at the start of the window when talking about walcott that I can see us paying up to 25m for a player and we would spend aroud 40m this window so I can see this happening if we can get the player onside.
It was noticeable yesterday that one thing we lacked was pace on the break.
I'd have loved us to sign Walcott, but that ship has sailed unfortunately. We are however, in a position where we need to gamble so I'm praying we dig deep and roll the dice for once.