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Conor Swain ‏@ConorSwain Boy we'd look so stupid if we signed Gaston Ramirez #SaintsFC Absolutely, we'd look like right idiots. I'd be so embarrassed.

The guy who has reported the latest has followed the activity surrounding him all summer, very reliable source apparently (well, I guess he has to be as he works for Sky sport in Italy) It still might not happen, but I'm excited about our ambition.

I can fix that for you and add it to his Wiki profile.

For 18 million squid.

Danny Morris ‏@Danny__LFC Gaston Ramirez- could have had Spurs/Liverpool. Picks Southampton. Won't matter, he'll fail the medical due to him obviously being on drugs. lol

I cannot imagine we'd have gone all this way without knowing what he wants. We've been talking to Bologna as well as Gastons reps.

As much as I'm still skeptical that we'll be able to do it, I cannot help but be slightly excited to even be talking about outbidding Inter, Liverpool and Spurs.

JayR ‏@Jay_78_ Southampton paying £20m for Gaston Ramirez? Surely not? If so the worlds gone mad - official. Where the **** are they getting £20m from? lol. Here come the LFC fans. Matthew Pettitt ‏@Matsmad How do #LFC and #thfc get our bid for gaston ramirez by Southampton?? Crazy football world!

''Ramierz, Southampton approaches''

Gianluca Di Marzio ‏@dimarziotweet Ramirez, il Southampton si avvicina [h=1] Gianluca Di Marzio [/h] [h=2] @dimarziotweet [/h] Giornalista sportivo, reporter for Sky Sport in Italy: pane, calcio e fantasia...

The top sport reporter for ''Sky Italia'' is now reporting ''Gaston, Southampton approaches''

Nah, he makes him look ****e etc.

If people are still wondering who he is/how he plays... As you can see, he pops up on the left, the right, in the middle, cuts inside etc. I think the comparisons to Kaka seem fair, going by his stature and physice. Seems quite tall but insanely technical.

It's great being the big fish and the ''Man Utd'' of a league. The pressure is huge, but it's exciting seeing the wins stack up. A club the size of us, and yourselves can get a real momentum, and then at that level you can see all sorts of club records broken (in good ways). Like we did. Enjoy it, I only have fond memories to be honest. 2 great years, but good to be back where we are.

Maybe - Jean-Armel Kana-Biyik ? I don't think Nixon has mentioned him before but we have been linked in some places, but he'd be a coup. Being tracked by a host of top clubs all over europe, very good CB.

Not really asked him about stuff in the past, he's an old work colleague who ahs moved into the sports media so gets lots of snippets. Thought I'd ask him about this to see what he though and that's what he said. Let's just wait and see I guess, but I have no reason to believe who I spoke to is speaking rubbish. I must admit even I'm still about sketpcial about us actually being able to pull it off in the end, good ambition being in for him...but let's see if we can get it over the line.

Some southern freelance Journalist based on the Isle of White i believe.

£15/16m euro's apparently, so £11/12m is what Bolgona want in English pounds. Which I don't think is too bad, considering Jarvis is going for £10-11m.

He can play as one, but he's a winger pretty much. From what i've read about him, he likes to cut in and go through the middle etc.

Can't see any signings done before the weekend myself, left it too late now, and they wouldn't be involved at City anyway - maybe just from the bench if signed in time - so makes sense just taking a bit more time over it. We'd struggle at City with a couple of new faces anyway...! Best to treat this as a bit of a bonus game.

Yep, I saw that one. Would assume it's Gaston. - if it progresses, as he said anyway. Gaston is about £12m, phillips £6m - so that's almost £20m eaten up already, which is why I think it's 1 of Gaston/Phillips and then 2x CB's.

http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/sport/football/footballnews/9878276.Spurs_pursuit_of_Ramirez_over_/?ref=rss - Spurs end pursuit.

TBF Nixon has been spot on with everything so far.

Nixon on twitter - Think a few things are a lot closer. Maybe three or four deals before window shuts. Maybe 20m spent. That's apparently an additional £20m on top of the £10m we've already spent.