No business in their right mind would make that payment to us while negotiations between parties are ongoing.
I would expect that payment only to be made if he joins another club.
There was a wedding picture with red and white balloons on Twitter. (Obviously the three teams he's played for have red and white first kits, not Saints specific).
But that's exactly the same as we'll use the money they have given us and then add the rest. He'll still cost us less than Spurs as Spurs don't have that bit of free money.
If Spurs bid 18 million. Atletico get 16 million and Saints get 2 million.
If Saints bid 16 million. Atletico get 16 million and have to give Saints nothing.
Atletico get 16 million in either method.
I'm confused how this is a difficult concept.
(numbers purely Illustrative)
Decent European competition experience keeper. Stick a solid back four in front of him, coach him with England's goalkeeping coach, and nurture him with Koeman's confidence boosting magic and we're good to go.
Southampton Water is an Estuary. An Estuary is a mix of fresh water from rivers and saline sea water. Hence the salinity in a estuary is not as great as that of the Sea.
It is correct to describe Southampton as "waterside" but not "sea side".
Surely there will be a natural dip in our Academy talent as there should be a lag effect of our dalliance in the lower leagues.
Were we able to attract the cream in league one?
Tribal Football linking us with Max Gradel. Think he may actually count as "Home Grown".
http://www.tribalfootball.com/articles/galtier-says-liverpool-southampton-target-gradel-will-leave-saint-etienne-4077803
Seeing as he'll most likely have Cedric on the back of his shirt like he did for Sporting and he has for Portugal. Chants based on Cedric might be the ones to go for.