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ErwinK1961

ErwinK1961

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36 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

Sunderland were able to sign Wilson Isidor from Russia, so it is possible.

Load of nonsense from Krasnodar.

They just don’t want to sell him to us, as they don’t want to be seen to be selling their best player and captain to a second division team. They’re clearly hoping a better financial deal will come (which it doesn’t look like it will).

Sign Azaz instead and move on.

Hopefully Spertsyan runs his contract and gets out of there for his own careers sake next year. 

Dman

Dman

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2 minutes ago, ErwinK1961 said:

Load of nonsense from Krasnodar.

They just don’t want to sell him to us, as they don’t want to be seen to be selling their best player and captain to a second division team. They’re clearly hoping a better financial deal will come (which it doesn’t look like it will).

Sign Azaz instead and move on.

Hopefully Spertsyan runs his contract and gets out of there for his own careers sake next year. 

The english second division is an absolute mile better than the noody russian leauge. When you factor in money, support and reward for promotion - there aren't many in the world better. Only top leauges in England, Germany, Spain and maybe france come close. 

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bugenhagen

bugenhagen

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39 minutes ago, trousers said:

 

By my reckoning (courtesy of Wikipedia), 17 out of the 36 players listed in the Portugese international squad play in leagues ranked lower than the Championship. You can therefore understand Still's obvious frustration that you've got Roberto Martinez seemingly / effectively attempting to encourage Fernandes to leave the club....

As I took it. Still said it in an answer to if it is frustrating to move players out. I read it as maybe Aribo, or one of our players that we have lined up a move for, only for it to halt, because of an international manager saying the league we are selling to, is not of high enough standard. 

Then Blackmore brought up the Championship in his next question, Still did not say the Championship was a problem, he just agreed when Adam did his normal routine of answering his own questions before he asks them. 

trousers

trousers

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4 hours ago, Saint NL said:

Quite the Irish contingent.

Bazunu, Manning, Smallbone, Azaz(?) and I think there are a couple of promising youth players as well. 

 

Should make my hoped for pre-season friendly with Glasgow Rangers next summer a bit more spicy... ;)

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Lighthouse

Lighthouse

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53 minutes ago, Smirking_Saint said:

Nah Lighthouse is real, I played in midfield with him for one of the Saints fan games once 😂

I think I was supposed to be playing CB, shows how sh*t my positioning was. I think it was the WBA fans game they didn’t turn up for.

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trousers

trousers

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4 hours ago, CSA96 said:

West Ham ITK exWHUEmployee's most recent update:

“West Ham and Southampton are still miles apart in their valuations of the player. The club have denied reports that they have bid £40m and have said that this is far too much for him, but Southampton are said to be looking for around £50m for the player. 

 “It is thought that West Ham’s offer currently sits at £32m with a few clauses on top. Unless one party seriously budges, it looks like a deal will be hard to conclude. We are looking at inserting various add-ons to try and get closer to the price but there is still a long way to go.”

 

4 hours ago, hypochondriac said:

Just ridiculous we are never going to agree to that. Wasting our time. 

 

19 minutes ago, OldNick said:

My sources tell me that they have offered £32m and a selection of their saucy magazines

 

3 minutes ago, Give it to Ron said:

Nuts

Indeed, I thought they were Loaded...

Osvaldorama

Osvaldorama

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1 hour ago, Matthew Le God said:

Did that stop him from scoring 24 Championship goals to help get us promoted?


From the right wing, as an inside forward, in a particular boring system, he did very well. Would never say otherwise. 
 

…But he isn’t a 9. Every time he plays up there we look worse for it as the ball constantly comes back at us. 

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Coastal

Coastal

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23 minutes ago, ErwinK1961 said:

Load of nonsense from Krasnodar.

They just don’t want to sell him to us, as they don’t want to be seen to be selling their best player and captain to a second division team. They’re clearly hoping a better financial deal will come (which it doesn’t look like it will).

Sign Azaz instead and move on.

Hopefully Spertsyan runs his contract and gets out of there for his own careers sake next year. 

The problem is after the Dibling affair clubs will be reluctant to do business with us in fear of our board pulling a fast one.

What a palaver.

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Smirking_Saint

Smirking_Saint

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9 minutes ago, Lighthouse said:

I think I was supposed to be playing CB, shows how sh*t my positioning was. I think it was the WBA fans game they didn’t turn up for.

Wasn’t it Watford ? Im sure it was at Fleming park ?

The other one I played in I was asked to play attacking CB IIRC 😂

Nolan

Nolan

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10 minutes ago, goodymatt said:

International manager would apply to Ramsdale and Fernandes only? THB won’t be anywhere near without Lee Carsley.

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sockeye

sockeye

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10 minutes ago, goodymatt said:

International manager would apply to Ramsdale and Fernandes only? THB won’t be anywhere near without Lee Carsley.

Could also apply to players that have left? Sule, Bednarek?

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Strangely Brown

Strangely Brown

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11 minutes ago, Coastal said:

The problem is after the Dibling affair clubs will be reluctant to do business with us in fear of our board pulling a fast one.

What a palaver.

Our board couldn’t pull a muscle let alone a fast one 😉

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LegalEagle

LegalEagle

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12 minutes ago, Coastal said:

The problem is after the Dibling affair clubs will be reluctant to do business with us in fear of our board pulling a fast one.

What a palaver.

“Us”. You’re a fan of Liverpool’s reserve team. Tell your club to come back for Dibling when you can afford him.

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tdmickey3

tdmickey3

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17 minutes ago, Coastal said:

The problem is after the Dibling affair clubs will be reluctant to do business with us in fear of our board pulling a fast one.

What a palaver.

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Mr Brightside

Mr Brightside

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7 minutes ago, Barsiem said:

Not on Alfie's twitter feed so not sure where it's come from.  Probably for the best on all three fronts, but we will need replacements

 

Shame, still think Edozie would be useful in this league. 

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goodymatt

goodymatt

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In summary, rejected a bid but can’t rule out selling as we might meet their valuation. Will play this weekend but can’t guarantee he stays beyond that.

HnycS

HnycS

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36 minutes ago, goodymatt said:

International manager would apply to Ramsdale and Fernandes only? THB won’t be anywhere near without Lee Carsley.

Was obviously referring to one of the Irish contingent, most likely Smallbone 😃.

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SuperSAINT

SuperSAINT

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5 minutes ago, goodymatt said:

I wonder what the value of the bid Boro rejected for Azaz was, £12m apparently gets the job done.

If we’ve gone the West Ham route, probably £1.5m 

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Turkish

Turkish

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36 minutes ago, sockeye said:

I just can’t believe this Spertsyan business until the saintsmarching article comes out.

I wont believe we're even interested until Sad Old Git starts a thread on it

VectisSaint

VectisSaint

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1 hour ago, ErwinK1961 said:

Load of nonsense from Krasnodar.

They just don’t want to sell him to us, as they don’t want to be seen to be selling their best player and captain to a second division team. They’re clearly hoping a better financial deal will come (which it doesn’t look like it will).

Sign Azaz instead and move on.

Hopefully Spertsyan runs his contract and gets out of there for his own careers sake next year. 

So why don't Goztepe buy him and then loan him to us? Seems to work the other way.

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CSA96

CSA96

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2 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said:

Anyone think/ITk if we have, or will, make a higher bid for Azaz?

Not ITK but clubs don't tend to make first bids without having the willingness to make a second bid, if the player wants the move and the selling club isn't refusing to engage with the first offer

Polegategavin243

Polegategavin243

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2 hours ago, Matthew Le God said:

Sunderland were able to sign Wilson Isidor from Russia, so it is possible.

Is this a translation quirk, and it basically means we have made a very complicated offer for him with lots of add-ons they are not confident of receiving, or that they will take a long time to materialise 

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disconnect

disconnect

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18 minutes ago, SuperSAINT said:

If we’ve gone the West Ham route, probably £1.5m 

TBF West Ham are used to getting stuff gifted to them cough Olympic tourist trap Stadium cough 🤣

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Jack

Jack

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43 minutes ago, Mr Brightside said:

Shame, still think Edozie would be useful in this league. 

Not good enough for me. All stepovers and zero end product. We’ve seen more than enough of that in recent times 

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Saint Scott

Saint Scott

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2 hours ago, SaintN14 said:

Hello, 

Long time reader of the forum, first time poster....

There seems to be a slight pattern in Saints' recent transfers...I noticed with that Finn Azaz is represented by Unique Sports Group, an agency which also represents Will Still, THB, Archer, Quarshie as well as recent players such as Adams and Cornet (lol). 

TransferMarkt lists other players represented by Unique Sports Group

https://www.transfermarkt.com/unique-sports-group/beraterfirma/berater/4142 

I am not ITK - but maybe something to keep an eye on re other potential targets for this window and next?

Up the saints, 

SN

 

 

I think you're reading into this a little too much.

Unique Sports Group is one of the largest agents in football, so naturally have a lot of players on their books.

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CB Fry

CB Fry

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1 hour ago, ErwinK1961 said:

Load of nonsense from Krasnodar.

They just don’t want to sell him to us, as they don’t want to be seen to be selling their best player and captain to a second division team. They’re clearly hoping a better financial deal will come (which it doesn’t look like it will).

Sign Azaz instead and move on.

Hopefully Spertsyan runs his contract and gets out of there for his own careers sake next year. 

That does seem to be the situation.

Feels like a "struggles to settle" type of player to me. 

WE MARCH ON

SWLondon Saint

SWLondon Saint

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I did a job with a guy who'd studied and worked in Russia back in the 80's, and he said the key to understanding them is that nobody ever means anything they say, and they'll just deny it all anyway. Like being at the airport shop and asking for a bar of chocolate he could see and being told they don't sell chocolate, but when he just pointed and said 'That thing' they'd sell it to him.

Basically they're probably looking for some kind of sneaky backhander and it'll either get sorted and there will no problem and they'll all be sweetness and light, or it won't and they'll say there was no offer, it was all just fake news. Or something like that.

 

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SNSUN

SNSUN

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If Villa lose Ramsey and Rogers, they could struggle unless they bring the right players come in. Only so long you can rely on Watkins, McGinn and Mings.

Harry_SFC

Harry_SFC

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12 minutes ago, Turkish said:

everything else points to player wanting move but club blocking it, i suspect this is a response from the club trying to shift the blame to the player

Indeed. Why would we keep bidding if we knew the player wasn't interested. Anyway the agent has come out and said the player wants the move. 

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ErwinK1961

ErwinK1961

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29 minutes ago, Turkish said:

everything else points to player wanting move but club blocking it, i suspect this is a response from the club trying to shift the blame to the player

 

15 minutes ago, Harry_SFC said:

Indeed. Why would we keep bidding if we knew the player wasn't interested. Anyway the agent has come out and said the player wants the move. 

Absolutely. Player wants to leave, club refuse to sell to us because they can’t accept the fact their best offer is from us, club then put blame at players door for refusing the move. 

I hope they lose him on a free next year.

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skintsaint

skintsaint

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1 hour ago, Polegategavin243 said:

Is this a translation quirk, and it basically means we have made a very complicated offer for him with lots of add-ons they are not confident of receiving, or that they will take a long time to materialise 

They probably not confident on the promotion fee bonus and avoiding relegation in the PL bonus, don't blame them on the 2nd part!! 

Wade Garrett

Wade Garrett

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12 minutes ago, skintsaint said:

They probably not confident on the promotion fee bonus and avoiding relegation in the PL bonus, don't blame them on the 2nd part!! 

I don’t blame them to be fair.  Just agree a price and get it done, or walk away.  They want cash, not add-ons.  

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