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Minus the slaggy wife and football ability. To be fair the dutch footballers are more ethical than our one's, they aren't just money driven they have to believe in the project etc

Preach brother preach. Neville Chamberlain has nothing on Saint Charlie - appeasement 101

Get him for the pre-contract price and spend the delta on his signing on fee and wages to match/beat what spurs could offer if they bought him for 14mil I'd go the swansea approach to signing on fee's for Toby

Trust me I watched that entire game (think it was on a sunday before one of our games) and he was fantastic hence pulling out that youtube clip summary. If i was to pull out a highlights video it would of been even more immense.(sod it I just have) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHN0C7AkRYU I think for 15m euro's his age and ability it really isn't much of a risk considering Koeman has worked with him before. Maybe its been agreed and he will play both sides for Feyanoord v Southampton friendly as a farewell (they seem very very big on farewells in holland - Toby/Daley Blind and the above game and Koemans send off at Feyanoord). Anyway him and Wijinaldum would make me very happy for 25mil.

just because

Yeah the BASED bit is a give away he's guessing Ben Fairthorne ‏@BFairthorne Jun 28 Arsenal not had the interest expected in Schneiderlin. Based on previous 2 seasons, one expects he has somebody else lined up. Ben Fairthorne ‏@BFairthorne Jun 20 Both Carvalho and Schnneidein on Wenger's hit list. Personally think MS would be the better option.

Ben Fairthorne ‏@BFairthorne Jun 28 United have agreed fee with Saints & personal terms with Schneiderlin. Wasn't LVG's first choice but good long term replacement for Carrick. Maybe its done and we are trying to secure our deals before it comes out ?

Went and found this match for those that are interested in how Jordy Clasie plays and if he is "big" enough for the EPL as he hacks and gets hacked here and delivers consistent corners something we have been lacking, also I forgot he man marked Messi in the 2nd half of the world cup semi final, his 1st appearance of the tournament. I watched this game and he was fantastic and was everywhere dragging the rest of the team with him looking for the winning goal. Good scout report as well on how he would be a great buy for us - http://www.thefootyblog.net/2015/01/26/jordy-clasie-could-be-classy-buy-for-southampton/

Claise being linked to Man U across a few sources now. http://www.sportsmole.co.uk/football/man-utd/transfer-talk/news/jordy-clasie-on-man-utd-radar_231377.html

Thats still 480k

They are on the way to becoming Sunderland and Newcastle, history is all they now have left.

There is only one fact we can only be sure of

Dani's just heard the news from Les Reed

According to reports in Holland Wijnaldum is allowed to leave for 15mil (price from Gazzetta) but at present no major clubs are interested in him. Could be a good thing for us ? http://www.voetbalprimeur.nl/nieuws/443208/vertrek-wijnaldum-staat-buiten-kijf-hij-wil-graag-cashen-en-heeft-toestemming-.html

Have to say the L'equipe and Calciomercato articles I have just read don't mention us at all, smokescreen ? http://www.calciomercato.com/news/il-marsiglia-avvisa-l-inter-cinque-offerte-per-imbula-decisiva-l-222859

BOOOOOOOOMMMMMM Gianelli Imbula 'prefers Southampton switch' http://www.sportsmole.co.uk/football/arsenal/transfer-talk/news/imbula-prefers-southampton-switch_230876.html Knew my avatar switch would make the difference.

This thread is surely a bait thread for Dubai Phil?

"Speaking to Gazzetta dello Sport, the veteran coach said, "Pogba is still the superior player at this stage. He is already a Ferrari, just like Arturo Vidal, although he wouldn't know how to drive one ... but both Kondogbia and Imbula have the potential to reach his level, though." Fark that is a recommendation and a half. http://www.90min.com/posts/2299165-inter-s-kondogbia-can-soon-be-as-good-as-pogba-says-former-france-boss Also everything you needed to know about his stats: http://www.squawka.com/players/giannelli--imbula/stats#performance-score#marseille-(current)#french-ligue-1#24#season-2014/2015#118#all-matches#1-38#by-match

Just watched the video and I like what i see. He is like a faster version of vic with more tricks than morgan and is robust as f*ck with an eye for goal, looks tailor made for the premier league. To be fair I'd love any of the blokes we are being linked with, we have come a long way in such a short space of time its hard to maintain perspective on the sort of transfers we used to do. To help with his decision making I will now change my avatar to him from Georgie.

Just install Hula on chrome and keeping changing your country IP to get around that.

Would also be a good negotiating tactic to make out there are others.

Saw him 15 times in total last season, he is mustard. Don't judge others by your own standards

Its like the lottery, I like to dream what I would spend it on before reality of not winning hits home. Let me dream :-)

Jesus you sounds like Arsene Wenger, I thought the days of 6ft 2 athletes (shout out to Danny Welbeck) attempting to play football based on physical attributes were over. Jordy Clasie would of course never played against any rough opposing midfielders in the Eredevise or for the Dutch national team, Xavi/Iniesta and Messi should sh*t their pants when they play Chelsea cos Matic is 6ft 3 or the Chilean bum finger pokers. We are now a ball playing team with Vic/Gardos/Toby as the rough options in DM positions as needed (Florin has played there for his previous club).

The reason I am promoting him so hard is that last season I went out of my way to watch more feyanoord/ajax and PSV games thinking that is where I expected us to do a lot of shopping and whilst there are a lot of players out there who would not look out of place here (like the Feyanoord CBs of Kongbia and Van Beek) GW always stood out and in my eyes but was pushed very hard by Clasie for the influence he has on the team with both players having ethical standards that aren't driven by money which is prevalent among the current english players. GW stood out in the PSV team with Depay et al and won player of the year in the Eredevisie, if we could get him as AM, Clasie to replace Morgan and Tonny V as an option from the bench for the price of 1 Morgan then we still have the 15mil to lump Tobys way and potentially would have a net spend of around 10mil after Cedric and Juanmi for the summer with some wicked replacements.