Saint Victor!

[Piebacca]

Wouldn't take Forster over Boruc either.

Not too bad for a backup...

 

[SFC4BAG]

That would do us just fine. However well we think we are team strength wise Celtic have Champions League experience and a true never say die mentality.

 

[jonny 'hasen' shuttle]

i watched the youtube footage of wanyama last night as we seemingly are about to sign the big man.

Has a bit of Neil Maddison about him

 

[- Doing The Lambert Walk]

Right, I'm in position. Let Wanyama-wait commence.

 

[- Doing The Lambert Walk]

WANYAMA: 'I joined the club that wanted me most' - http://sporton.co.ke/latest-headlines/wanyama-why-i-settled-for-southampton/

 

[- Doing The Lambert Walk]

Wanyama on a £30k p/w deal.

 

[Downthe36]

Wanyama on a £30k p/w deal.

Sounds pretty cheap to be honest!

 

[Channon walked on H2O]

Wanyama on a £30k p/w deal.

Where does this sit in the whole scheme of things? Does anyone know (rather than guess) the answer?

 

[Joe!]

That's cheap for a player of his quality. I reckon he'll double that salary in the next couple of years though, whether here or elsewhere.

 

[Downthe36]

Where does this sit in the whole scheme of things? Does anyone know (rather than guess) the answer?

I don't think anyone can comment with any real authority on what our players are on.

 

[- Doing The Lambert Walk]

Our most prominent players sit on the heavy side of £30k p/w, I'd say from ballpark figures posted around.

That would be Lovren, Schneiderlin, Wanyama, Gaston, Lallana, Lambert.

Possibly Boruc too.

 

[Downthe36]

Right, I'm in position. Let Wanyama-wait commence.

Any idea of timings on this announcement? I imagine the club will want to announce it as soon as the pictures can be uploaded of the watch/Poch scene, seeing as how everone is reporting it as done already.

 

[Dan]

Any idea of timings on this announcement? I imagine the club will want to announce it as soon as the pictures can be uploaded of the watch/Poch scene, seeing as how everone is reporting it as done already.

Obviously gonna be late #****theecho

 

[Puck]

That article suggests Cortese upped our offer. That won't do his image as a tight-fisted scourge of agents any good.

 

[- Doing The Lambert Walk]

Any idea of timings on this announcement? I imagine the club will want to announce it as soon as the pictures can be uploaded of the watch/Poch scene, seeing as how everone is reporting it as done already.

I suspect it will be an evening jobby.

 

[Downthe36]

I suspect it will be an evening jobby.

Uurghhhhh...then we have this all over again tomorrow with Shaw!

 

[Joe!]

That article suggests Cortese upped our offer. That won't do his image as a tight-fisted scourge of agents any good.

I don't think that's true, considering our original offer was deemed acceptable by Celtic.

 

[pass the football]

That article suggests Cortese upped our offer. That won't do his image as a tight-fisted scourge of agents any good.

Sh200m is £15k so I wouldn't lose any sleep over that.

Edit: oops, decimal point in the wrong place. It's actually £1.5m. Not sure I believe that to be honest.

 

[Mikey]

That article suggests Cortese upped our offer. That won't do his image as a tight-fisted scourge of agents any good.

The confusing thing is that article suggests we upped our offer to Celtic by £1.5m from £10.5m to £12m, when all the noise and word from Lennon himself was that our bid to Celtic was very satisfactory and had been agreed with the only issue personal terms.

I'm personally guessing the numbers in that article are pure guesswork and invention, or there's been some miscommunication somewhere.

 

[Puck]

The English in the article isn't great - it says we upped our offer to the club to reach an agreement with the player and his representatives, which doesn't make much sense. I took it to mean we upped our offer to the agent rather than the club, which would also fit with Lennon's comments about us making a new offer.