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SSN Breaking News: Southampton agree to sign defender Alexander Buttner from Vitesse Arnhem

Even on the Vitesse website. http://www.vitesse.nl/nieuws/bericht/vitesse-en-southampton-akkoord-over-ba-ttner/2721

It's all in dutch press. Plenty of articles if you have a look. Great signing from what I've read of him. http://www.fcupdate.nl/voetbalnieuws/209031/vitesse-en-southampton-akkoord-over-buttner/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter http://www.gelderlander.nl/sport/vitesse/11344284/Buttner-van-Vitesse-naar-Southampton.ece http://www.ad.nl/ad/nl/4562/Voetbal/article/detail/3282648/2012/07/06/TT-Kalou-heeft-clubs-voor-het-uitkiezen-Buttner-naar-Southampton.dhtml?utm_source=RSSReader&utm_medium=RSS&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Maybe explains the club photographers tweets the other day. Possible background for the website? Wattsypics: Currently half way around st Mary's doing pics of stands top middle and bottom need water!! Pitch taking shape lovely http://t.co/rOPn7Egb

Haha!

Another update by the same guy who tweeted the recent news. @JasonNevinBrown: Steven Davis been contacted by a premier league manager today. Travel to Southampton postponed. Still in glasgow. 1/2 @JasonNevinBrown: Davis is injured. Nothing serious. Spoke to other Southampton players and got positive feedback. Still expects to go to Southampton 2/2

It seems the new websites may be beginning to get rolled out. Here's Barnsley's. I'm guessing ours will be virtually similar? http://www.barnsleyfc.co.uk

May be absolute ******** who knows, but his brother is mates has spoken with Davis. Wouldn't be something for a Liverpool fan to make up surely? Just thought the thread could do with updating. One to keep an eye on IMO. JasonNevinBrown: My bro spoke to Steven Davis. Most likely going to southampton. Nothing agreed tho #lfc JasonNevinBrown: Steven Davis travelling to Southampton tomorrow night. Expects to sign on Wednesday unless another offer comes in #lfc

Where's 'THEVMAN' when you need him with his ITK info?!

@deromis: Alexander #Buttner heeft zijn laatste training bij Vitesse voltooid en vertrekt waarschijnlijk naar #Southampton #Vitesse Translates to... @deromis: # Alexander Buttner has completed his final workout at Vitesse, and probably departs Southampton to # # Vitesse Seems he's had his final session at Vitesse.

Dutch Journo on Twitter Just a general search for Alexander Buttner brings up many latest reports with the word Southampton included in the headline. This one could definitely be a goer i think.

He's Steve de Ridder translated badly.

Some more articles posted today http://www.elfvoetbal.nl/nieuws/196025_buttner-praat-in-engeland-met-club http://www.soccernews.nl/news/160305/Southampton_mengt_zich_in_de_strijd_voor_Vitesse-speler And then this one from a couple of days ago. http://www.vi.nl/nieuws/223515/Ook-Southampton-meldt-zich-voor-Vitesseback-Buttner.htm

Interesting to see though that the piece says we haven't agreed an offer yet with Vitesse? Are we even allowed to talk to him then?

May be some truth to this. http://www.gelderlander.nl/sport/vitesse/11307763/Alexander-Büttner-onderhandelt-in-Engeland-met-Southampton.ece

Here you go guys http://itunes.apple.com/app/chrome/id535886823?mt=8

If you lot on here want information then you have to ask around and go digging. I'm no more hounding than a lot of others on Twitter who are non stop, non stop on and on at journos like Alan Nixon and Graeme Bailey, but I ask once or possibly twice about an initial subject and 9 times out of 10 no more than that. There are others who the first thing they do on twitter each day are straight onto it and copying the same 'Any Saints news today?' or 'Hi are we any closer to the so and so deal?' to every possible media guy available. I use it mainly as a Saints information outlet, yes, but if a journalist or agent or someone related to football on there mentions something about Saints or related players, the natural reaction is to ask for more information. If you don't ask, you usually don't get...

I think Birmingham need to remember that although he was in the England squad, he was only there because the original 3rd choice keeper broke his finger! I think they are getting ahead of themselves with regards to his current value. I would've said that currently, he's worth about 2-3m at most due to League experience and played for Eng youth teams. No more. But because he now has 'Called up to England Euro 2012 Squad' on his CV, his price has rocketed which i think is pathetic. Whatever happens, I trust Nige, NC and the scouts to make the right decision. We mustn't forget, AOC was a League 1 player with just over 3/4 of a seasons experience and he ended up going for £15m so this could be a bit of a bargain in the grand scheme of things similar to the Jay Rodriguez deal. Will be intrigued to see how this one pans out.

Haha! Too true. A helluva lot of money for a player who's played no higher than League 2 domestically.

£6m bid REJECTED by Birmingham tonight. http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/southampton-bid-6m-for-jack-butland-942682 JamesNursey: Hearing #SaintsFC #Southampton had a 6mill bid for Jack Butland rejected by #BCFC tonight colintattum: #blues turn down £6m offer for Jack Butland from Southampton. Full story in Thursday's Birmingham Mail #bcfc

I keep hounding media and fake agents on twitter?! What about: @ConnorArmstrong @Gregvul @hartysaintboy2 ???? If they're on there, I'm gonna ask questions but I do not 'hound' media and fake agents on twitter. There are others who spend far more time than me on Twitter asking these people but thats the point of the service. I want to know about any Saints information, agents and media outlets etc are on there so I ask questions. What is wrong with that? If you don't like it, don't read it or block me / unfollow me. Simple.

Now linked with Alexander Buttner but he's a left back? http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11095/7844923/?

danbsfc: @STVRaman Do you expect Saints to sign Steve Davis? I understand we're very interested in him? STVRaman: @danbsfc Told that Saints are one of ''at least three'' clubs in EPL to have expressed an interest in Davis.

Exactly the point i'm trying to get across. Sort of consistently inconsistent.

Guy who works for STV in Scotland tweeted last night: I don't know how South though. And 2 days ago, Dean Cox, Leyton Orient player tweeted Doesn't mean anything but who knows how this deal will turn out?