We take so long to negotiate for new managers or players.
Need to swallow your pride Reed and get rid of Puel now.
Take the three weeks to get a good manager in so we can start in March by getting us moving forward again.
Been great for the club as he has given us premiership stability.
It's now stalemate as he can't take us forward any further.
His model of selling our best players and bringing in average players is starting to show.
I totally understand your comments and it could very much be true.
The thing I dont get is we are hearing about four failed attempts to bring a CB in on the last day which suggests they too are not happy.
I think it's Italian bullying tactics to say you need to stump up the cash otherwise you are not having him.
Just wish we had a second option to tell them they can shove it up yer arse.
Saints hope to wrap up the deal for the Italian striker according to sky sports just now.
13.4m up front riding to 17m on goals scored.
Has agreed personal terms already.
I think Saints will need to get two CB deals over the line before it's announced that VVD is out for 3 months.
Ching, Ching springs to mind when Saints come calling in desperation.
You will find the agent knows what we are willing to offer and they negotiate around it once a fee is settled.
If we say £55k and they want £120k then it would of been dead in the water ages ago.
You would not accept the Fonte deal if you have not got this one over the line or close too.
I expect the only sticking point was the fee rather than the wages as these are discussed upfront with the agent.