Tom28 Posted 23 May, 2013 Share Posted 23 May, 2013 Where's your money on Nixons mystery Italian? Miralem Pjanic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollysaints1 Posted 23 May, 2013 Share Posted 23 May, 2013 The mystery Italian is apparently Pablo Osvaldo, Pochettino had him at Espanyol when he was on absolute fire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le God Posted 23 May, 2013 Share Posted 23 May, 2013 The mystery Italian is apparently Pablo Osvaldo. Link to source? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chez Posted 23 May, 2013 Share Posted 23 May, 2013 any chance that we might consider loans now that Adkins has left? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 23 May, 2013 Share Posted 23 May, 2013 any chance that we might consider loans now that Adkins has left? We did loans when he was here. Nicholas Bignall and Danny N'gesssen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olallana Posted 23 May, 2013 Share Posted 23 May, 2013 any chance that we might consider loans now that Adkins has left? I dont think so personally, maybe if there´s some really special player like some youngster from the top clubs in Europe that dont get much games.... Personally I dont like loans, but that´s just a opinion of mine. I think in the top leagues it shouldn´t be allowed and think that if it was forbidden some players would be sold a bit cheaper instead of going out on loan. It´s almost ridicolous for some players in Chelsea for example to go out on loan 3-4 years before even being considered in their own club... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chez Posted 23 May, 2013 Share Posted 23 May, 2013 The mystery Italian is apparently Pablo Osvaldo, Pochettino had him at Espanyol when he was on absolute fire. 47 goals in the last 97 league appearances for Espanyol and Roma is pretty impressive. Roma signed him for 17.5m euros in 2011. Are they now hard up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dibden Purlieu Saint Posted 23 May, 2013 Share Posted 23 May, 2013 Hmmm, heard it is Quagliarella. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chez Posted 23 May, 2013 Share Posted 23 May, 2013 We did loans when he was here. Nicholas Bignall and Danny N'gesssen so he did. Both were kind of out of necessity due to injuries. I was thinking more along the lines of season long loans which we didn't do in the Championship season. A mate of mine, terribly unreliable, suggested we were in for two loans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chez Posted 23 May, 2013 Share Posted 23 May, 2013 I dont think so personally, maybe if there´s some really special player like some youngster from the top clubs in Europe that dont get much games.... Personally I dont like loans, but that´s just a opinion of mine. I think in the top leagues it shouldn´t be allowed and think that if it was forbidden some players would be sold a bit cheaper instead of going out on loan. It´s almost ridicolous for some players in Chelsea for example to go out on loan 3-4 years before even being considered in their own club... seem unfair that Chelsea can buy lots of great players from abroad and then loan them to other clubs in the same league who can help take points off their rivals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olallana Posted 23 May, 2013 Share Posted 23 May, 2013 Osvaldo makes sense with the MP link and he´s said that he loved working under MP, even though he had them "working like dogs"... I think some players will feel like it will be a lot off running this pre-season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olallana Posted 23 May, 2013 Share Posted 23 May, 2013 seem unfair that Chelsea can buy lots of great players from abroad and then loan them to other clubs in the same league who can help take points off their rivals. Agree, it should at least be forbidden to loan out in the same league IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollysaints1 Posted 23 May, 2013 Share Posted 23 May, 2013 47 goals in the last 97 league appearances for Espanyol and Roma is pretty impressive. Roma signed him for 17.5m euros in 2011. Are they now hard up? Roma are ok for finances I think, Osvaldo rated at around £15,000,000. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webby Posted 23 May, 2013 Share Posted 23 May, 2013 http://metro.co.uk/2013/04/03/spurs-offered-cut-price-deal-for-controversial-roma-striker-pablo-osvaldo-3581538/ Bad boy Pablo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Garrett Posted 23 May, 2013 Share Posted 23 May, 2013 Apparently he's a bit of a budgie so was offered to Spurs for £8m in April..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webby Posted 23 May, 2013 Share Posted 23 May, 2013 Hmmm, heard it is Quagliarella. He's 30. No chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olallana Posted 23 May, 2013 Share Posted 23 May, 2013 http://metro.co.uk/2013/04/03/spurs-offered-cut-price-deal-for-controversial-roma-striker-pablo-osvaldo-3581538/ Bad boy Pablo. Come on, it´s Italy.....clearly a dive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypochondriac Posted 23 May, 2013 Share Posted 23 May, 2013 Doesn't sound like he has the greatest attitude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 23 May, 2013 Share Posted 23 May, 2013 http://metro.co.uk/2012/12/01/roma-striker-tells-team-mates-hell-kill-them-with-punches-if-they-fix-matches-3078619/ i like this guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tokyo-Saint Posted 23 May, 2013 Share Posted 23 May, 2013 Here is the video sponsored by Steve De Ridder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olallana Posted 23 May, 2013 Share Posted 23 May, 2013 I´ll actually praise him for that last sentence/link.... "Pablo Osvaldo tells team-mates he’ll ‘kill them with punches’ if they match fix" http://metro.co.uk/2012/12/01/roma-striker-tells-team-mates-hell-kill-them-with-punches-if-they-fix-matches-3078619/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypochondriac Posted 23 May, 2013 Share Posted 23 May, 2013 Mostly awful goalkeeping there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dibden Purlieu Saint Posted 23 May, 2013 Share Posted 23 May, 2013 What about Thiago Alcantara? Apparently Barca aren't interested in him staying round... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le God Posted 23 May, 2013 Share Posted 23 May, 2013 This is the only link I can find between Saints and Osvaldo, it is a flimsy source to say the least! http://www.tribalfootball.com/articles/tottenham-southampton-alerted-roma-invite-osvaldo-offers-3812221#.UZ4XheB4WmR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Garrett Posted 23 May, 2013 Share Posted 23 May, 2013 Apparently he's a bit of a budgie so was offered to Spurs for £8m in April..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOTONS EAST SIDE Posted 23 May, 2013 Share Posted 23 May, 2013 Apparently he's a bit of a budgie so was offered to Spurs for £8m in April.....Ferk me. Not another member of the Twitterati. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSAINT Posted 23 May, 2013 Share Posted 23 May, 2013 Miralem Pjanic. Yes please. Eyed up by City, Spurs & Arsenal. http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/4921410/Roma-star-Miralem-Pjanic-eyed-by-host-of-top-Prem-clubs.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Window Cleaner Posted 23 May, 2013 Share Posted 23 May, 2013 Yes please. Eyed up by City, Spurs & Arsenal. http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/4921410/Roma-star-Miralem-Pjanic-eyed-by-host-of-top-Prem-clubs.html he was at Lyon at one time, good little player but think they had some sort of problem with him, could be wrong and it's that he's just a greedy bastard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmel Posted 23 May, 2013 Share Posted 23 May, 2013 Very strange conversation with someone who could possibly know, although it seems to go against the age of player etc. that we would go for. Apparently we are interested in Shaun Wright Phillips. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint_bert Posted 23 May, 2013 Share Posted 23 May, 2013 Osvaldo has bundles of talent but has attitude problems. When he is on form though he is almost unplayable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bananaman Posted 23 May, 2013 Share Posted 23 May, 2013 Very strange conversation with someone who could possibly know, although it seems to go against the age of player etc. that we would go for. Apparently we are interested in Shaun Wright Phillips. please no Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 23 May, 2013 Share Posted 23 May, 2013 Osvaldo has bundles of talent but has attitude problems. When he is on form though he is almost unplayable. That's what Nige said anout Johnno Quick! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elias Posted 23 May, 2013 Share Posted 23 May, 2013 Osvaldo played with the legend Papa Waigo. For that reason alone he needs to be signed up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Window Cleaner Posted 23 May, 2013 Share Posted 23 May, 2013 No chance. Age aside, he's just awful now. Might scrape a move to Hull or Cardiff, but even then he'd be lucky. Indeed no chance, what would Pochettino want with any Wright-Phillips ? This is just agent talk, SWP is probably desperate to get a game somewhere at some inflated rate. Think we'll be looking to Italy,Spain and Portugal for our signings if not at source in Argentina or Brazil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeShmoe Posted 23 May, 2013 Share Posted 23 May, 2013 lols, we've got bob hope of signing some of the names being bandied about on here, this is Saints people, lets get real, a bit of transfer cash or not... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rshephard3 Posted 23 May, 2013 Share Posted 23 May, 2013 lols, we've got bob hope of signing some of the names being bandied about on here, this is Saints people, lets get real, a bit of transfer cash or not... Well only 13 clubs finished higher than us and 2 of those were Norwich and Stoke. We've got to be a pretty attractive prospect for a lot of the quality around this summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blood and skin Posted 23 May, 2013 Share Posted 23 May, 2013 I don't think so, or things could get rather Messi around here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
studentsaint Posted 23 May, 2013 Share Posted 23 May, 2013 Not sure how true the Italy tgingus as I saw NC leave St Mary's yesterday around 12/1 in a black people carrier. So if he has been in Italy it's not been very long at all so find it hard to believe. There have been a lot of meetings goi on in the boardroom nt I've only heard with the Liebherrs. On another note, I wathed Osvaldo on YouTube as a potential signing a few months ago. He us the real deal and is the sort of striker we need to push on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeShmoe Posted 23 May, 2013 Share Posted 23 May, 2013 According to #saintsfc on twitter were signing Jonjo Shelvey, Valenciennes defender Nicolas Isimat-Mirin and Inìgo Martinez And thats in the last minutes *couldnt be arsed to read the rest* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Window Cleaner Posted 23 May, 2013 Share Posted 23 May, 2013 (edited) According to #saintsfc on twitter were signing Jonjo Shelvey, Valenciennes defender Nicolas Isimat-Mirin and Inìgo Martinez And thats in the last minutes *couldnt be arsed to read the rest* Isimat-Mirin is a tidy player...unlike Jonjo Shelvey.Won't be signing either of them though, probably just not good enough. Edited 23 May, 2013 by Window Cleaner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Charlie Posted 23 May, 2013 Share Posted 23 May, 2013 The #saintsfc tag on Twitter has a high concentration of mung beans than this forum. There are a couple in particular who are genetically modified mungs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tokyo-Saint Posted 23 May, 2013 Share Posted 23 May, 2013 You use it a lot Charlie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giordano Posted 23 May, 2013 Share Posted 23 May, 2013 Osvaldo is a very obvious link because of the Espanyol/MP connection....that said Roma did pay a lot for him -$17.5M and i doubt now he is wearing the number 9 jersey for the Italian National team, ( scored twice against Bulgaria in recent wc match) and hat-trick in recent Seria A match that his price will be any less. Only thing i can think of is that if Roma do not qualify for Europa league by winning the Coppa Italia this weekend then its no europe for him or Roma at all for a year at least - like Saints- so he might be interested in "the project". Italian International number 9's don't tend to be rubbish or lacking in technique so he must be decent enough player. He has not quite burst onto the scene- one good goal scoring season at Roma hardly counts for a team that finished 6/7th. And if he is already around $20M he is hardly a bargain. Put it this way- Benteke or this guy-I'd have Benteke all day at same price as hes already scored lots in EPl... A bargain is if we got him on loan for a year whilst roma are out of europe and it cost us $2-$3M as a loan fee for the season...he could have a go at the EPL with us with an option for us to buy at the end if it worked out...Roma might be happy having a big earner off the books inn a low income season whilst they re-organise for next year, he gets more experience, we maybe get a top top striker without risking much money at all.....THAT'S what id call a cute bit of work if it came off.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cat Posted 23 May, 2013 Share Posted 23 May, 2013 Anyone wanting to sign Shelvey after seeing him against the U21's at St Mary's would need sectioning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crab Lungs Posted 23 May, 2013 Share Posted 23 May, 2013 Osvaldo's great, if a little hot-headed. He's had some pretty serious competition for a place at Roma this year but he's still banged in around 15-16 goals in under 30 apps. Good finisher but a bit of a wild one. Can't imagine he'd come cheap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dig Dig Posted 23 May, 2013 Share Posted 23 May, 2013 You use it a lot Charlie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lallana's Left Peg Posted 23 May, 2013 Share Posted 23 May, 2013 That's what Nige said anout Johnno Quick! I suppose in some respects, Forte really was unplayable. Regarding Astori, I've not seen much of him but his disciplinary record is a bit iffy. Don't know if that is the Italian game in general or not but I am not sure he could be so blatant with some of the stuff he does in the Premier League. I saw him in one game against Milan and the ball was looping in the air within the Cagliari box and instead of jostling for position with Balotelli he just decided to push him out of the way and he gave away a penalty A bit like what Fonte does every game when for no reason he just decides to barge the opponents five yards or foul him for seemingly no reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint_disco123 Posted 23 May, 2013 Share Posted 23 May, 2013 tell you who I would have, that varmalon lad from arsenal, they dont want him anymore and selling him off for 5m! My god get him in! prem expirence and pretty much a brick wall! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Charlie Posted 23 May, 2013 Share Posted 23 May, 2013 tell you who I would have, that varmalon lad from arsenal, they dont want him anymore and selling him off for 5m! My god get him in! prem expirence and pretty much a brick wall! Agry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted 23 May, 2013 Share Posted 23 May, 2013 Agry. Beljun inee? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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