DT

If you make the subject header 'Stewart Downing...' it is somewhat disappointing to click to read and then discover that those three dots do not mean a wink and a 'he might be on his way' or a similar link to at least something resembling a firm indication of said player but instead indicate a 'what about him then, in the best of all possible worlds, if we could afford it, and he wanted to come to us. And stuff.' It's a bit of a let down, if I'm honest. Which I just have been. Sorry.

what a waste of time. player not even linked remotely. and fee to high. and wages too high. jeez.

which is ironic after three facsimiled posts

We just have the 'fax machine has broken' part to come now.

Is that our new centre back?

At least he'll have more points than the team

Probably. Bunga bunga.

Redknapp back to WHam is the rumour. Thank god.

Undipradonable

This has all given me a headache. I need a Penarol.

Yes please. Need plenty of CBs in. Big hole in quality ( still!). Seem to have been saying this for about a year now.

Bloody hell. Must have been one hell of a pass.

Oh, come on. There is an 'S' and an 'a' in their name, too.

Nothing's happened again, then. *tumbleweed*

You just know the oiks from Spurs are going to hijack this one.

And Bitternean

Published at 0532 this morn, so yes, oldish news in the world of the interspazz.

15 million euros gets a LOT of centre back

Moose is an idiot. I hope that helps. I think we'll get him now - was convinced we wouldn't yesterday. As to 'switching to other targets' - I really hope we're doing that at the same time. It's not as if we can only chase one player at a time...

'not saying it's not off' - just trying to work that out.

I think this has just pasta us by and we should spaghettiboutit. Let someone else have a pizza him. Bloody bolognas to the lot of em. what an absolute chianti

True. Let's hope. Was really meaning the rather long-term aversion we have to signing defenders I guess, through previous managers.

When is the announcement about him going to Spurs?

What a load of old balls. Still, a centre back should have been, and hopefully is, a priority. Otherwise Saints' continual blindness in this area will continue and we'll go down. The defence really needs bolstering!

Simon Peach on Twitter: #SaintsFC & Bologna have agreed a fee & payment plan for Ramirez. The hold up is because the Rossoblù are trying to sort out their finances.