Summer 2020 transfer business

[Saint Garrett]

3 hours ago, Chez said:

I wondered if Tiémoué Bakayoko might be worth considering? Massive failure at Chelsea, but he looked a top player at Monaco. Loans to Milan and Monaco didn't lead to transfers, but the fees mentioned were hefty, so maybe no surprise they didn't sign him permanently. He might consider a little old club like us as beneath him, he might not. He's on massive wages at Chelsea (about £110k a week), but Chelsea paid £3.5m of that when we went to Milan, which would mean about £45k a week. For me, Chelsea is a club that has a lot of talented players that need new homes to allow them to get their careers back on track. 

Isnt he off to PSG? Can't see us him coming to us

[Toadhall Saint]

52 minutes ago, the saint in winchester said:

Gendouzi?

Bless you!

[SuperSAINT]

 

[Saint Garrett]

30 minutes ago, SuperSAINT said:

 

Reporting no news then,

[verlaine1979]

6 hours ago, Chez said:

I wondered if Tiémoué Bakayoko might be worth considering? Massive failure at Chelsea, but he looked a top player at Monaco. Loans to Milan and Monaco didn't lead to transfers, but the fees mentioned were hefty, so maybe no surprise they didn't sign him permanently. He might consider a little old club like us as beneath him, he might not. He's on massive wages at Chelsea (about £110k a week), but Chelsea paid £3.5m of that when we went to Milan, which would mean about £45k a week. For me, Chelsea is a club that has a lot of talented players that need new homes to allow them to get their careers back on track. 

He was absolutely superb at Monaco. When they knocked City out of the Champion's League a few years ago, he looked better than Fabinho.

[Saint-Armstrong]

Medical tomorrow. Being reported in Rome as a loan and then compulsory purchase in the summer of 2021 for a fee of 5m.

 

[SNSUN]

18 minutes ago, Saint-Armstrong said:

Medical tomorrow. Being reported in Rome as a loan and then compulsory purchase in the summer of 2021 for a fee of 5m.

 

Compulsory purchase would be amazing and he's effectively off our books forever.

[SaintsFan86]

The one million loan fee and the further 5million compulsory purchase, could basically pay the cost of Ibrahim Sangare...

[S-Clarke]

I'm glad we're shot of him. The most arrogant defender I can remember us having. What did he have to be arrogant about?

He was turned by just about anyone in the PL. Hopeless player.

[Turkish]

3 minutes ago, S-Clarke said:

I'm glad we're shot of him. The most arrogant defender I can remember us having. What did he have to be arrogant about?

He was turned by just about anyone in the PL. Hopeless player.

Amazed he's gone to a club like Lazio, it's not like they haven't seen him play before.

[Saint Keef]

Bambi on Ice. I just hope the medical doesn't examine his footballing brain......or being able to coordinate limb movement.......oh......wait a minute......Hi Lazio, yeh, you've got yourself a great player there. We've also got this chap Carillo......interested? He's an absolute "goal machine".......oh and how are you off for goalkeepers?

[Chez]

3 hours ago, SuperSAINT said:

 

IMO Lingard was one of the most overrated players in the history of the game. A couple of very good goals (in big games at Wembley) and very little else. Why United gave him that huge contract I will never know. We'd have to make him our most highly paid player, unless united too a huge hit. No fucking thank you.

[Chez]

1 hour ago, SNSUN said:

Compulsory purchase would be amazing and he's effectively off our books forever.

seems like a good deal for us. Never thought we'd get a loan fee for him and always thought we'd have to supplement his wages. To secure a transfer fee for him, great news.

[Chez]

1 hour ago, verlaine1979 said:

He was absolutely superb at Monaco. When they knocked City out of the Champion's League a few years ago, he looked better than Fabinho.

I also have that game in my mind. I'm really surprised he hasn't managed to get a second chance at Chelsea, but maybe they just have lots of other (better) options. Doesn't feel like a good fit though really. Monaco, Chelsea, Milan...Saints? 

I aint gonna happen. Not sure why I suggested it. 

[stevy777_x]

1 hour ago, Saint-Armstrong said:

Medical tomorrow. Being reported in Rome as a loan and then compulsory purchase in the summer of 2021 for a fee of 5m.

 

All i see is an option to buy at the end of the season, no obligatory purchase

[Chez]

6 minutes ago, stevy777_x said:

All i see is an option to buy at the end of the season, no obligatory purchase

which is never taken by these Italian clubs. ballbags. I said a few years ago that these failed signings would remain on our books until their contracts expired, and thats exactly how its panning out. I guess that the problem with being at the top end of the player wage payers pyramid

[benjii]

Is that even him?!

[Convict Colony]

2 hours ago, Saint-Armstrong said:

Medical tomorrow. Being reported in Rome as a loan and then compulsory purchase in the summer of 2021 for a fee of 5m.

 

Wow the Fonz never goes out of fashion

[John B]

1 hour ago, S-Clarke said:

I'm glad we're shot of him. The most arrogant defender I can remember us having. What did he have to be arrogant about?

He was turned by just about anyone in the PL. Hopeless player.

I am a hopeless football player do think Lazio would pay £1.5m for me to play a season in Rome

[Barsiem]

Even if Lazio don't but him it's a good league to generate some interest in him. He came from to us Italy very highly regarded so hopefully he shows that kind of form and tricks another club into thinking he's worth a punt!

[Charlie Wayman]

2 hours ago, John B said:

I am a hopeless football player do think Lazio would pay £1.5m for me to play a season in Rome

They might pay you not to, it's always worth asking (threatening?).

[SNSUN]

3 hours ago, benjii said:

Is that even him?!

I was going to say it didn't look like him at first with the mask on, but then I looked at his most recent Instagram pic and it does look like him now. However looking at his Insta led me to look at his girlfriend's Insta and, well, it's taken me 3 hours and an ice pack on my forearm before I could type this post. 😁    (That is not true.)

 

I also hate myself for calling it Insta.

[SuperSAINT]

 

[Toadhall Saint]

6 minutes ago, SuperSAINT said:

 

Balls really liked the look of him

[Dusic]

Can only assume we weren't really in for him as surely coud blow away wages offered by Dutch teams.

Seems like a bargain but must be a reason he stayed at Toulouse for so long without anyone moving for him.

[SuperSAINT]

 

Edited 25 September, 2020 by SuperSAINT

[Archers Road Stand]

🤣

We'll get a loan signing in if the loan fee isn't too big. 

[woodsaint1]

Fantastic! I await the standard "we probably weren't in for him anyways" to save face. I wonder how many players it is now who have turned us down this window

[SuperSAINT]

🙁

[saint97]

At least 2 of our main targets to replace Hojbjerg gone elsewhere then.. great 🤦‍♂️

[Dusic]

Knowing Hojbjerg was set to leave about 9-12 months ago and then scrambling around for a replacement in the last week of the window is not a great look.

[Chez]

at least we are looking to sign players that other clubs also rate. Better than signing dross only we can see anything in. 

There is always another option. You just have to hope we have spent enough money on scouting to have done due diligence on enough options.

[Bewildered]

1 minute ago, Chez said:

 

There is always another option. You just have to hope we have spent enough money on scouting to have done due diligence on enough options.

Hopefully we can trick one of our options into signing for us before another club moves in.

[Appy]

1 hour ago, SuperSAINT said:

 

[Lighthouse]

53 minutes ago, saint97 said:

At least 2 of our main targets to replace Hojbjerg gone elsewhere then.. great 🤦‍♂️

Or, PSV were the only club actually interested and the Saints story was just agent talk trying to push a deal through.

[DT]

Skint. 

[Convict Colony]

8 hours ago, SuperSAINT said:

🙁

 

[Convict Colony]

8 hours ago, SuperSAINT said:

 

yeah its in the dutch websites and says he is doing a medical today.

Can only presume he was never on our list as PSV cannot compete for wages anywhere near us - just agent talk I reckon to put pressure on PSV.

Edited 26 September, 2020 by Convict Colony

[S-Clarke]

40 minutes ago, Convict Colony said:

yeah its in the dutch websites and says he is doing a medical today.

Can only presume he was never on our list as PSV cannot compete for wages anywhere near us - just agent talk I reckon to put pressure on PSV.

Or we need to get the fee for Hoedt first (plus lose a portion of his ages) before we are able to move for anyone.

[SuperSAINT]

1 hour ago, Convict Colony said:

yeah its in the dutch websites and says he is doing a medical today.

Can only presume he was never on our list as PSV cannot compete for wages anywhere near us - just agent talk I reckon to put pressure on PSV.

Telegraaf apparently said we’d done everything to try and sign him.

Peak Saints & PSV have DaMarcus Beasley’d us.

[danjosaint]

We did, we offered £2.57 and a packet of haribo we found down the side of a sofa

[EBS1980]

1 hour ago, Convict Colony said:

yeah its in the dutch websites and says he is doing a medical today.

Can only presume he was never on our list as PSV cannot compete for wages anywhere near us - just agent talk I reckon to put pressure on PSV.

If he is doing medical a then it means fee and contract would have been agreed already so I doubt our interest was real tbh considering it was only announced yesterday. Likely just an agent push to get this over the line with PSV

[Turkish]

LOL usual response on here when we missed out in a player. Like getting dumped by a bird and pretending you don’t care and were never that into them anyway.

 

[Harry_SFC]

12 minutes ago, EBS1980 said:

If he is doing medical a then it means fee and contract would have been agreed already so I doubt our interest was real tbh considering it was only announced yesterday. Likely just an agent push to get this over the line with PSV

Deals can be done in a matter of hours. How do you think players get signed within 30 minutes of the transfer deadline? 

[Ivan Katalinic's 'tache]

Maybe Ralph was already aware of the Sangare situation with PSV and he is the one he referred to as the one we were missing out on?

[Chewy]

I’d imagine the issue of signing players relates to the alleged takeover. Assuming there’s an agreed value, what happens to it if the business makes an expensive outlay or received a sudden cash boost?

[Wade Garrett]

Maybe we need to increase the age profile of required players to cast our net a little wider.

[Chez]

1 hour ago, Turkish said:

LOL usual response on here when we missed out in a player. Like getting dumped by a bird and pretending you don’t care and were never that into them anyway.

 

I can't see (m)any posts on here saying they weren't fussed. I can see quite a few annoyed people at missing out and a few saying that we might not have been in for him, but next to no posts saying they weren't that into him.

I'm not that fussed - an opinion based on only watching three youtube videos, so almost worthless - but I've only just posted that, so doesn't really support you post.

Edited 26 September, 2020 by Chez

[Turkish]

9 minutes ago, Chez said:

I can't see (m)any posts on here saying they weren't fussed. I can see quite a few annoyed people at missing out and a few saying that we might not have been in for him, but next to no posts saying they weren't that into him.

I'm not that fussed - an opinion based on only watching three youtube videos, so almost worthless - but I've only just posted that, so doesn't really support you post.

I can, a number of people just on this page saying well if he’s going to PSV then we weren’t interested. PSV are a much bigger and more successful club than us, have a chance to win things every season whereas the best he can hope for with us is midtable and the chance to shop in west quay at the weekend. 

[Convict Colony]

10 minutes ago, Turkish said:

I can, a number of people just on this page saying well if he’s going to PSV then we weren’t interested. PSV are a much bigger and more successful club than us, have a chance to win things every season whereas the best he can hope for with us is midtable and the chance to shop in west quay at the weekend. 

The footballer motivation is as follows.

Become a professional footballer anywhere.

Get as much money as possible.

When you have lots of money look to try and win things if your club doesn't already.