S-Clarke

I have no idea what most of these articles are actually implying, lots of english words all around the wrong way.

cheers for all your snippets by the way. Still confused as to how we've managed to jump to the head of the queue on this one. Think it's something to do with Corteses Italian links?

You are in love with him mate!!

Originally Posted by Beef_Dripping Apparently the Bologna manager reckons it's basically a done deal. I had heard the same. Some Bologna fan earlier said Pioli (manager) said he only wants people who want to play for Bologna. Ramirez wants to play for Southampton. Nothing massive, still struggling to find any direct quotes. May come out tommorow.

But we took the **** with our bid, Blackpool didn't which is why they signed him. You've also got to remember, they signed him as a PL club. We were L1. No brainer.

Didn't really expect a great deal, but it has been mentioned on some other forums that the Bolonga manager has said it's done to his knowledge.

Yep, frightening response to Clyne!

''We've signed Clyne, a highly rated full back" Cundy - ''Hmm, crystal palace are selling too many players at the moment''

Jason Cundy doesn't have a clue does he? ''So what about the stars for next season, can we expect the likes of Jason Punchon to make an impact?''

Apparently the Bolonga manager has said that it's pretty much a done deal. Can't find any direct quotes on that yet though.

Are they premier league quality though? Good luck to them, I expect lots of good quality modding.

Simon Peach ‏@SimonPeach Becoming a bit of a @talkSPORT regular at the moment. Going on to talk Gastón Ramírez to #SaintsFC at 11:45pm.

Let's hope so Dan....

Not quite.

Can't believe we're in for both.

Yep, spot on.

Ok, so basically sounds like Gaston and the agent have jumped the gun slightly - everything is agreed with the player, and as I thought earlier, Bologna are rightly miffed that he's talking as if he's our player when they are yet to be presented with a final offer that they like. I suspect discussions are on-going with our officials and his club officials. It looks like we've put a lot of time and effort into this deal and Gaston has made it clear he wants to go, so if we give Bologna what they want, which I believe we will in the end, then it will all happen quite quickly. Some of the stories earlier made it sound like it was all done, but with all modern day transfers it's never over until the ink is dry and the OS is updated with his name. It's exciting talking about the possibility and it's exciting that we are genuinely tracking a player of his level. Let's not panic though.

Who knows.

Why?

I think left back is a position we can leave for now, and revisit in January if we have problems. That's how I see it anyway. It's not an ''urgent'' area. Especially as young Clyne can also play at Left back if required.

Doesn't surprise me. If he's a bench player in the Southern League, then he's not a league player full stop. Surprised he's lasted so long.

Unfortunately for us, they have international players to replace the injured players. And also international players to replace their international squad players.

Well at long last that's that. Been bumping along for too long now. Happy with Fox and Shaw - 2 good players in my opinion. Lot of confidence in Shaw and Ward-Prowse, I think they're the next stars to come through. Fox is also a very good player IMO. Underrated by many.

Amazed it looks like we want both. Goodbye SDR I guess.

I think Gaston has jumped the gun slightly with his comments, but I do believe we've been given permission to speak to him and finalise it whilst we conclude the deal Bolonga's side. They're right to be a bit miffed if he's talking like he's ours when they haven't got the fee they want. (let's remember that if it's a 11.8m fee, they won't get all of that as a percent goes to his first club - so Bologna want 11.8 themselves i'm sure) We wouldn't get this far to baulk at a couple of million though. Can't see that.