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Agreed about your first point (though it has to actually happen yet...) As to your second point I think that if anyone complains about that then they are idiotic. I think if anyone does complain then it will be a tiny minority.

Cool.

I agree we are in the strongest position. What I dispute is that someone could not easily come in next week and get a deal sorted if they wanted to.

The going rat is what someone is prepared to pay. As I said, we are favourites but I don't think it's right for people to write off a rival club on the basis that they wouldn't have time to do a deal.

Exactly.

Are you suggesting that it is not possible to agree a transfer in a week? That it takes a minimum of two weeks to do so?

They could easily miss out on one of their targets and then turn their attention to Ramirez.

Could easily get this done in a week. Easily. We are still probably favourites but to say someone couldn't come in on say Tuesday and get it done IMO is misguided.

They coud pay a higher amount up front than we have offered though.

That is true but we only hold the power until such time as someone else like Spurs come in (if they do.)

Change tapatalk so that it has fifty replies on a page.

Probably wouldn't be far off

Yeah but what I mean is it won't be finishing today most likely. Will probably happen end of next week.

Going to run on for a while then probably.

The only time you ever started replying to any of my posts were when I objected to you using violence against your children.

Please post where I said we should pay all the money up front? I said either we agree with the valuation and pay it or we don't. That is still the case, it's simply a case of when this money is paid that is the sticking point. Paying all of it upfront would be silly.

...Is exactly right. People who say that all you do is slate the club completely ignore posts like these.

That's my thoughts too. I mean people can try and be rational about why it would be a bad thing but I love the romance in football and a legend of the game coming to play for Southampton no matter how old he is would be utterly brilliant.

I can't see anything negative about this deal (though as I mentioned it won't happen.) He would bring huge experience, a winning mentality and is just an utterly amazing player. Even if he is slower I'm sure he could teach our existing players so much.

Yeah exactly. And FFS it's Del Piero. FFS...

Normally I quite like you the9 but to suggest that Lambert didn't do a lot in the last game is totally mental.

One of the greatest players of all time. Comparable to Giggs and Scholes. Yes please. Almost certain not to happen but I would be amazed that people on here would turn him down.

Nah not really. Just that 1 percent chance though is exciting. Could you imagine? A colossus of the footballing world at little old Southampton?

As would I. FFS it is Del Piero. Never going to happen though IMO...