S-Clarke

As far as I know, it's relative to the clubs income. For a PL team, we'll have quite a modest income so will have a lower wage cap than the bigger sides. I think that's how it works anyway. Would also possibly explain why the next signing may just be a loan.

And actual technical ability.

Don't think Monk will be posting anymore.

What a transfer window. No complaints what so ever.

Appreciate all your info, you have been spot on. Have fun.

http://www.readytogo.net/smb/threads/osvaldo-to-southampton.798552/

It's roughly around £15.75m

It did look pretty bad at time tbh, esp. how he went down. I just assume he simply doesn't want to play for the U21's

We're now buying players for more than the club cost. Crazy.

Wouldn't be my idea of comedy tbf.

But proven youth, is what I'm trying to get at. Compared to last year - Rodriguez, Mayuka, Gaston, Clyne - very much unproven young players, with huge potential. You'd have to say that Lovren and Wanyama are still young, but they're up a ''notch'' as they're proven players at the top level.

He's trying to get the scoop, when in fact he's days behind.

Hey, I'm actually a pretty good manager. I've got a good rep on that game.

He pretty much has. It's as official as it can be until it's on t he OS.

He knows what he's doing, and is surrounding himself with people who also know what they're doing. There is a plan and it's being executed to undoubted perfection. Money will help, but as we've seen with QPR - there needs to be a plan and a structure, otherwise you're throwing empty notes around. Our transfer policy can't really be bettered in terms of what we're trying to do. I posted this on another thread, but last year was all about young talent. This year is all about proven players. They're not in it to rush and bulldoze their way through it, they do it in their way in their own time and to their own structure. Whatever happens, this club is in one of it's best places in recent times.

To confirm how unrealistic this signing actually is, I can't even attract him to join us on FM FFS? Won't even enter talks.

Crook is just writing up the exclusive as we speak.

Perseverance always gets it in the end. If everyone gave up after a first refusal, there'd be a world full of single men.

It's a sticky. It's happening.

Well, those papers are clearly about 4 days behind.

http://tinypic.com/ Upload it to there, it produces a link, and you just embed it as a photo on here.

Monk, you should have left that running.

Love the method behind our targets and signings to be honest, looking back on last year you can see what we're doing. Steady, and structured. No rush jobs. Last year was all about buying bright young talent who have the potential to be international and top flight players. This year it's all about buying proven top level, international and European class players. Next year.........?

Thought we needed desperate cover for Clyne at RB a month or so ago, now there's no need what so ever. All we now need is a striker, and we're done, and have one of the strongest ever PL squads we've had in my lifetime.