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If that did happen then we will probably need to become more aggressive in acquiring players from around the country leveraging the Cat 1 status. Silly proposal though from the decision makers. If Bristol City want to compete they should improve their setup.

Ramirez is class. He has his settling in time would be pointless selling now unless we had a better replacement lined up, which is probably doubtful.

Hmm, in that case would have to be a minimal fee. Spending 5m plus on 31 year olds isnt our style.

As a summary, this. Not a bad thing either, although the whole MLT issue is sad, but otherwise its nice to see those who fed off the club going hungry.

From reading up he sounds a good player and we don't have much attacking experience. Fee would have to be below 3m though for a player of that age. Wonder when his contract is up, could even be this year?

Marca is a reliable source too. 30 yrs old though so quite a sizeable fee.

He does say that he hopes he will have more choice than just Saints this summer, suggesting he wouldn't be that bothered about coming here IMO. "Southampton was the only option abroad and I didn't want to leave PSV," he explained. "I expect that other clubs will make a move this summer and I hope to be able to choose.

Lens latest: not so keen on Saints it would seem: http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2892/transfer-zone/2013/06/06/4030104/-

He runs at players with pace and trickery (albeit with perhaps questionable end product) so probably not, no.

Looks an exciting player, we were linked last summer at the point the Ramirez deal was up in the air I think. Strange link for a Journo to just make up, but there doesnt seem to be any other reports apart from this Mail one that I could find to link him to us this summer. Whilst you can't judge someone's overall game on You Tube he is clearly very skillful, quick and likes to run directly at players which is something we do lack in the final third.

Pretty sure we were linked briefly with him last summer just around the time the Ramirez deal was in the balance. Looks a class player and no work permit issue.

My neck is with yours.

You always trot this line out. Simple mind. No guarentees pal.

True, but if the deal is already done then they could even have done the pics before but just not released them yet.

If someone like Astori had already signed it would have come out by now in the Italian press. More likely to be Marc Pugh.

I know the one at the front is a registered FIFA Agent. Not sure who the other is.

Shaw today jetted off to Barbados with his entourage to meet senior Chelsea officials.

Monk has some good contacts I think. There are lots of rumours about other teams but few about us because we try to do things privately behind the scenes as we have been told many times. I'm sure things will get done.

It was. Never been any proper link and most likely never will be.

Yes, and the extra income offsets it. By end of this season all those players will be completely off the books too.

Its just bull****.

Lee is on 18k a week I think they said at his recent court case. Would expect Sharp is on 25k or so after being bumped up following promotion. Crazy amounts really.

End of the day, Reeves and Hoskins are both 20 or older and neither could get into their loan team consistently in L1 and L2. Are they decent players? Probably. Do they have talent? Yes. By the time they are 22/23 would they be anywhere near our first team? No.

No suprises there. Reeves and Hoskins were high profile U21 players but went on loan and failed to make a real impression in L1 and L2. Just shows that generally any player who is 20 and hasnt showed signs of getting near the first team probably never will.

Looks class from the few You Tube clips I could find. Something of a coup IMO.