Jose Fonte to return next season (Twitter Rumour)

[Bad Wolf]

On 01/05/2023 at 20:50, Pip said:

Surely you have to know who the manager is going to be before you start making this sort of appointment without his/her/their input?

We signed Redmond without a manager.

[FarehamSaintJames]

Can this be moved to the new manager thread? There is no substance to any of this rumour. 
😂

[SotonianWill]

1 hour ago, FarehamSaintJames said:

Can this be moved to the new manager thread? There is no substance to any of this rumour. 
😂

yes there is you din, it’s from twitter. 

[hypochondriac]

Reminds me of the time that saintsweb successfully got rumours of Jan Koller joining us in the national news media. 

Edited 5 May, 2023 by hypochondriac

[FarehamSaintJames]

3 hours ago, hypochondriac said:

Reminds me of the time that saintsweb successfully got rumours of Jan Koller joining us in the national news media. 

Maybe we should try that again and see if Alex Crooks does an “exclusive” on Talksport 😂😂

[Lighthouse]

Burnley fans went one better and got a joke about Maxwell Cornet being on loan into the national press.

[Turkish]

5 hours ago, hypochondriac said:

Reminds me of the time that saintsweb successfully got rumours of Jan Koller joining us in the national news media. 

My favourite two were the Guly 15 minute contract clause and back in the old Saintsforever days Mendieta joining us made the echo, both of which completely made up 😇

[Turkish]

11 minutes ago, Lighthouse said:

Burnley fans went one better and got a joke about Maxwell Cornet being on loan into the national press.

the best one ever was when the sunday mirror i think it was in about 2001 did a small story that Liverpool were interested in signing a player called Didier Baptiste. He was a fictional character from the sky soap opera Dream Team about Harchester United, he was their left back 🤣

 

edit - just found an article about it, was the News of the world 

When the press believed Liverpool were signing a fictional player (planetfootball.com)

 

 

Edited 5 May, 2023 by Turkish

[Crab Lungs]

My Bruno Metsu link got traction. Got on back page of Echo. Loved it.

Edited 5 May, 2023 by Crab Lungs

[Miltonaggro]

When Saints were first linked I thought Nathan Jones had been made up as a piss take on Twitter.  Unfortunately, he was revealed to be known in rough Welsh former-mining towns, Luton and fucking Copenhagen.

[The Wanderer]

Surely too old to play now and too inexperienced to manage?

[SotonianWill]

14 hours ago, Miltonaggro said:

When Saints were first linked I thought Nathan Jones had been made up as a piss take on Twitter.  Unfortunately, he was revealed to be known in rough Welsh former-mining towns, Luton and fucking Copenhagen.

don’t forget his spanish early life crisis

[Portugalsaint]

“I like this job” - Portugal veteran José Fonte not ready for retirement, but coaching is in the future

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 Published: Friday, 26 August 2022 00:54

José Fonte will turn 39 in December, but the Portugal and Lille defender has scarcely played as much football as he has during the last year. As skipper of the French side and a regular for the Selecao, Fonte remains as active now as at any point since turning professional some twenty years ago.

Fonte was named Lille’s Player of the Year last term, having played every single minute of action in Ligue 1 – the oldest in history to do so – and clocking 49 appearances in total for club and country. As he prepares to enter his 40^th year, Fonte spoke to L’Equipe about his longevity and plans for the future.

“To maintain myself I have to do my work every week, with double sessions, then train alone at night,” he told the French publication. “It doesn't drain me, it's something I like, it's a lifestyle. I don't see it as something I have to do. It's like drinking water! I like this job, it doesn’t take too much out of me.

“I know that if I stop, I will feel my tendons. I’m fine, I know my body well. And if I stop, as soon as pre-season starts, I know I'm going to have problems with my Achilles tendon. That's what you get for having almost 800 games.”

While clearly still a key player for his club and a regular in Fernando Santos’ Portugal squad, Fonte’s advancing years inevitably lead to questions over when he is likely to hang up his boots. For the Penafiel-born man, the subject is not an immediate concern as he focuses on the short term.

“Right now, stopping is something I can't imagine. I'm starting to get the feeling it's going to happen. In a year, two years, three years, I don't know, but it will happen. But to tell the truth, I only think about the next game.”

When that day comes, Fonte has been suggested by some as a potential coach. Lille boss Paulo Fonseca revealed last week that the defender has been a massive help to the technical staff and possesses an influential voice in the dressing room.

“Coaching is a real option,” Fonte says. “I have the ambition to coach. I have this thing in me that I want to help. I like to see players grow, improve. I know I have a lot of experience, I know what I can bring. I know football well. It's something I want to do.”