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Well apparently he's turned down Boca and wants to go back to Italy where he has a few middling clubs after him, might be just agent bollarks though.

They didn't get one...yet.

Again...

Ah but post 311 implies that we need the money somewhat before deadline day for it to be of any utility, thus the assumption that we cannot advance it. First mooted in post 269 though.

Was it ever established exactly why we don't have the money to pay for a replacement right now? I mean we're not going to sign anyone for anything upwards of about 16 million anyway, why don't we have that?

Blame Saints for whatever was wrong with him I expect.

Ah yes Stekelenberg....forgot him.

Oh they do...but perhaps not at 30 million, we'll not get that.

3 players? Cedric, Juanmi and who did I miss ?

Why would we have no money then. We've got (or will be getting) some from the PL, we've sold season tickets and spent a few measly million, Clyne is on the point of going to Liverpool and I don't think they've got a hope in hell of getting a slate from us..so we should in theory have at least some money.

He's said quite a few things, that he wanted to stay with Saints, that he wouldn't mind playing with Vertonghen, that his dad asked AM and was told that he was needed there next (this) season etc. Above all he's always said one thing..that it's up to Atletico and no-one else.

Nevertheless Sky amongst others have persuaded gullible idiots to part with real money in wagers on the deal being done, some of which they have recolted through what I presume is a subsidiary..Sky Bet. That's what I find incoherent about it all.

A true mirror of real life then, they should put that in their recruitment ads.

L'Equipe did seem to think they offered 30 million...euros, just over 20 million that would be then. But as L'Equipe have gone from being reliable purveyors of sports information to big time gossip mongers who knows what's what really.

Well there is transfer news but in Portugal and Italy where prices are seemingly reasonable and don't change every 30 seconds or so. Take the case of Gervinho (same agent as Morgan incidentally). Set up a deal to go from AS Rome to Al Jazira or something, all going smoothly then the knob starts demanding a helicopter, unlimited tickets from wherever it is to Abidjan,a mansion and a private beach...to which the club replied with a resounding ferk off.

Well I think we should have a campaign for responsible sports journalism. It's all just about WI Coffee Morning gossip level now.

I think it was just part 1 of a 2 part serial joke

We'll not get that so no need to look for any more DMs, explains why our "targets" seem to be drifting off elsewhere.

Gullible people...but that's a whole different question

Not naughty, just thick and uneducated...and him a regular churchgoer to boot.

3 down now, Vince out cheaply again of course. Something is rotten in the state of Hampshire. Surely a second resounding 4-day defeat in a row will see the bag seriously shaken.

Van Gaal does not control the transfers at Man U, he may (or may not) have wanted the player but he doesn't make the offers or sign the bank transfers; Utd are obviously being chippy about money just now because they've signed nobody apart from Depay and dutch clubs seem to be a pushover on money. They want everybody for peanuts and we're obviously not going to be pushed around. Van Gaal should take it up with Woodward.

then there should be far more takers than there seem to be, good CBs for not so much are few and far between.

Can't see Atletico selling him to anyone until they get a CB in, Miranda already having been sold to Inter for not a great deal of money.