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van Dijk for me. Prototypical Saints signing for me.

King Ronald confirmed we were in for him but "it didn't work out".

Well that was fairly fantastic wasn't it? Really enjoyed that.

Didn't watch the presser - but reading tweets made it sound as if after this guy our business might be done? (Replacements for Toby & Morgan not withstanding)

Hope Morgan's illness isn't what Chambers had pre-Arsenal move.

Well this escalated quickly -- An alrighty balls-up by AM if reports are true. Press conference should be interesting tomorrow.

SKY SOURCES: WIJNALDUM UPDATE There has been lots of paper talk that Newcastle are close to signing midfielder Georginio Wijnaldum from PSV, but Sky sources understand the Dutch side have had no contact from the Magpies. Wijnaldum is due to return to pre-season training tomorrow, and missed today's 6-0 friendly win over Eindstand SV Dosko because he was given extra time off, along with other international players who were involved in the Euro qualifiers last month. PSV have also had no expressions of interest from Roma, who have also been linked with the 24-year-old, but they have had one official bid from Zenit. Wijnaldum is valued at £15million, has a gentleman's agreement that PSV will let him leave this summer, and his agent is working on getting him a move to England.

http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/newcastle-united-understood-advanced-talks-9589683

PALACE CONFIRM CABAYE INTEREST Crystal Palace co-chairman Steve Parish has confirmed the club are interested in signing PSG midfielder Yohan Cabaye. Speaking to Sunday Supplement presenter Neil Ashton on talkSPORT yesterday, the Palace chief said of the former Newcastle man: "That’s definitely one we would like to do. It would be a massive thing for the club obviously. "He’s a seasoned international, so it’s definitely one we are working on."

The Juventus lad Ogbonna - other than that I can't recall too many off the top of my head. Virgil van Dijk at Celtic was apparently our back-up choice to Toby before we got him in in the 1st place - hope we go for him. Think he's got the potential - but Toby will be incredibly hard to replace.

Very true. This one got a little bit closer than normal, because we had to do some "ear lobe checking" a few weeks ago when he was spotted locally. It's never a transfer window without that.

New quotes on our interest in Benassi? http://www.insidefutbol.com/2015/07/04/yes-southampton-keen-agent-admits-interest-in-former-inter-midfielder-marco-benassi/219230/

The Guardian think (or maybe assume) Utd will come in with another bid http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/jul/04/morgan-schneiderlin-manchester-united-southampton?CMP=share_btn_tw

WATFORD CLOSE ON SPURS PAIR Watford have agreed a fee for Tottenham midfielder pair Etienne Capoue and Benjamin Stambouli, according to Sky sources. However, the Hornets are yet to agree personal terms with the pair, although we understand Capoue is closer to agreeing terms than Stambouli.

Next week should get a decision, according to the echo http://m.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/13370473.Alderweireld_future_could_be_resolved_next_week/?ref=rss&cid=dlvr.it

They've moved onto their preferred target... @CarltonCole1: Hi everyone, I'd just like to confirm that I am a step closer on deciding where to play next season, it takes a little time to decide...

This is the way with the media today. Places are (even today) saying "United make £20m bid for Schneiderlin" headlines.

Troy Deeney signs new 5 year deal at Watford.

To be fair, we did swoop in pretty late to swipe Cedric from Stoke. But I agree with you.

ITK?

^ What Charlie said Get French Football ‏@GFN_France Idrissa Gueye has passed a medical with Aston Villa and agreed a 4 year contract. Now he is waiting for a work permit, according to RMC.

Bet Spurs wish Harry stayed @ QPR last season and kept them up. He'd have happily swooped for all the players Spurs want out

^ If all these recent stories are true, we can certainly start crossing off some of the defensive midfielder names we've been linked to this summer.

Get French Football ‏@GFN_France SM Caen confirm they will reach an agreement with Leicester City to sell them Ngolo Kanté in the coming hours. Player yet to agree terms.

I could certainly see them being in for the midfielder that the article mentions - We know Poch team's revolve around the 2 screening midfielder's. As far as Toby is concerned - He's better than pretty much all their current defenders. I would imagine they'd sell 2 of those centre-back's too.