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If Spurs had / do put in a decent bid we will sell him. £10m is way below his value. I don't think we should be bullied into to selling him for a cut price fee given he has 3 years left on his deal.

The Great Escape

I understand some fans made a virtual donation to the fund to secure the last 20%

Snatch Never say never again the colour of money gone in 60 seconds the thin red line

Back to topic, I hope Urug Gaston Ramirez does well for us this year.

Nope, but definitely a Saint. Having just sorted out his user account.

In fairness to Sidney FP 3rd, he is a Saints fan.

I am sending them virtual congratulations.

Spoke to someone today who knows Gaston. Said that he fell out with Poch pre season last year, hence why his game time was limited. Will be interested to see whether we see his full talent under Koeman.

£5m from Swansea, strong money for a squad player in the last year of his contract.

Our season ended last year when Boruc broke his hand. At that point we were third and 1-0 up against Chelsea.

Just maybe those in the club think he is not good enough? Right now I reckon he'd be behind Morgan, Vic, Taider, Jwp and possibly Reed for that CM spot.

That could be the one we didn't see coming.

Any fans of other clubs reading SWF would conclude Lambert, would have been sold to the glue factory Lallana, decent player for 65 minutes with a powder puff shot Shaw, rampant addiction to Burger King and can't cross for toffee Lovren, great for 10 games and would be lost without Big Vic and Mad Artur

http://glasgow.stv.tv/150783/

Fairly sure Simon Peach said that the options were mutually exclusive.

Do you work in Audit by any chance?

Many a deal has been stickied before the official announcement, can't recall a deal that didn't stick after being stuck.

I have been of the view that our sales and purchases have been more about accounting than a need to raise cash. The salient point in the blog is where we realise transfer income immediately but outgoings over the duration of the contract. One thing he overlooked is that when you sell a player mid contract you will take the full hit for the original transfer fee on the remained of the contract. In the cases of Lambert, Lallana, Shaw and Chambers this would have been nil. Whether the motives are to sell the club with a strong balance sheet or are to allow us to grow under FFP restrictions I will reserve my judgment.

One of the HNW's will buy a bit more equity or they'll find a loan. This is Pompey after all.

Fair play, nice idea and well done to them. Maybe in 2113 they'll have the names of the charities and small businesses that suffered losses woven into their kit to commemorate 100 years of getting one over on the taxman.

That it may be, but it is one perception. Multiple people can hold the same perception.

Fixed it for you.

Couple of requests to lock, I agree. His transfer is complete and history.