Dibden Purlieu Saint

Shock horror, Guly looking good!

That was great!

Corner Saints

Come on Saints!!!!!!

Perhaps Adkins is trying to get himself sacked today.

This is a joke, surely?

Exactly, and I reckon we tried similar with Phillips but Blackpool didn't feel an agreement in principle was good enough to discuss terms with the player, hence the complaint.

As earlier reported it all seems to be about installments. I think the fact that Ramirez has cut ties will result with Bologna's hand being forced to agreeing to our terms, or at least a compromise to it over a couple of years. This seems to be our tactic, we agree terms with the the player before a full deal is agreed, (just agreed in principle) release comments to the press and then try to agree a better deal than first agreed (whether through installments etc).

Fourth Official retweeted that to show Agent ITK doesn't know what he's talking about. Or that's how I read it anyway.

Mateo Musacchio...

Cortese!!!

Ward Prowse won't be either.

Well indeed

Nothing else to say but...

OMFG... Gaston Ramirez says Southampton have agreed a club record deal with Bologna to sign him. The 21-year-old had been approached by Tottenham, Liverpool and Inter Milan earlier this summer. But now newly-promoted Southampton are on the verge of a huge coup by landing the midfielder, who has just played at the Olympics for Uruguay. Saints boss Nigel Adkins was looking for a big name attacking midfielder and had failed with a bid for PSV Eindhoven's Dutch international Jeremain Lens, but he switched his attentions to Ramirez and looks to have got his man. Southampton chairman Nicola Cortese has brokered the deal, which is believed to be worth €15million (£11.8million). Ramirez has confirmed he is ready to fly to England to conclude a move to St Mary's. "Bologna will tell me on Friday if I can move," he told the Corriere dello Sport. "The truth is that I think, yes, this time I am moving. Bologna has reached an agreement with Southampton, and there are only a few details to be found but the agreement in principle is done." Ramirez admits that Southampton have offered him very good terms, and he is happy to become a key player for them. "The English club has reached an agreement with me, it is the classic offer that you cannot refuse for my life as a whole and my family. "But they believe in me in every way, I will be essential and above all they are going to grow. Southampton is a newly promoted team in the English top-flight but they will become a big team in years to come. "They have told me they are going to build and that is very stimulating." 08.32: Bloody hell - Southampton mean business. According to Sky Sports News they have agreed a fee of around £11.8million with Bologna for Gaston Ramirez. Since Spurs, Liverpool and a bunch of other clubs were thought to be chasing the Uruguayan, that would be quite the coup.

Cannot bring myself to believe it until it happens, but even I didn't mean this type of quality.

Didn't Nixon say he really didn't rate Dann a few weeks ago.

Good quote to sum up this signing if it happens: "13.18: Sky Sports understands Southampton have made a £6million bid for Blackpool winger Matt Phillips. It's not often we sigh and say 'that's f***ing mental' but that's f***ing mental."

1 million bonus? The Chelsea players only got 300k for the Champions League.

A combination of those and the forums. There is a good reason why they'd prefer to keep Ince.

6m is a lot to spend on a player who played like he did in the second half of last season. However, if he can play like the first half of last season then we've got a quality 21 year old.

Gotta hope it's Phillips from the first 4 months of last season, not the last.

As everyone on here is aware, I agree with the sentiments of TDD, Kraken, Hypo and Alpine (that's a sentence I never thought I'd say).

No, like Michu and Kone (scored 30 goals between them last year in La Liga) unlike a player who was in Scotland and onr that has never played in a top division.