Virgiling on the vandijkulous
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They've signed:
Tolisso - €41m
Coman - €21m
Sule - €20m
Rodriguez on loan
Rudy - free
Gnabry - €8m
For £70m quid hahahahahahaha
Regardless of whatever disdain you may have towards me, please don't take puns from me.
This is your best one since the Ian Cotton gag.
Koulibaly won't be sold for less than £60M. Sule was always going to join Bayern – no chance for anyone else. Tah is talented, but still quite raw – from what I've seen he would be a 3rd choice CB at LFC (4th if Sakho was allowed to compete). Howedes is decent defender, I like his versatility (can play any FB position as well as CB) and leadership. His weakness is that he's quite slow and not physically dominant. I've watched him and Matip quite a lot the season before Matip joined and my conclusion was that Matip would look better with a quicker/more physical partner than Howedes.
Its a backhanded compliment. Its the best pun in ages
Bloke from Ladbrokes on the radio this morning says they still have van Dijk at 8/15 on to join LFC.
Sssssh ! You're spoiling the party line. WTF does it matter if they were never options, would never move to England, had pre-contracts with other clubs or are simply not as good as we've got ... they are CBs FFS !
Howedes is like 38 years old.
Born 29th Feb 1988, so he's only 7
The fact you said "a cb called...." makes me think you don't even know who he is...so they could be paying £39m too much.
Southampton owner tells Mauricio Pellegrino he has no extra funds
Matt Hughes, Deputy Football Correspondent
August 18 2017, 12:01am,
The Times
Southampton’s new Chinese owners have no plans to inject additional capital into the business or to spend money on new players because the takeover was largely financed via a bank loan and contributions from third-party investors.
The club announced that Jisheng Gao had paid £210 million for an 80 per cent stake in the club on Monday after Katharina Liebherr, the former owner, said that fresh investment was needed to cement Southampton’s position as a top-ten Premier League club, but did not release any financial details.
Mauricio Pellegrino, the manager, is aware of the situation, however, and has been told not to expect any additional transfer funds this month.
Gao’s takeover bid was a fraught process lasting more than 12 months with the Chinese businessman forced to abandon plans to buy the club through Lander Sports Development, his company, because of restrictions imposed by the Chinese government on taking capital out of the country.
The purchase was completed via Hong Kong using some of Gao’s personal assets, but The Times has learnt that the 64-year-old did not supply all of the £210 million and that the takeover was reliant on money provided by at least three other investors.
Nanyang Commercial Bank Limited, a Chinese-backed Hong Kong bank, is understood to have loaned Gao a significant portion of the purchase price, with several investors from Macau also contributing.
Gao’s backers are demanding a return on their investment and will not grant him a transfer budget so the club will continue to operate as it has done throughout the Liebherr family’s ownership. Markus Liebherr bought Southampton for £14 million in the summer of 2009 and it was inherited by his daughter after his death in August 2010. Katharina Liebherr has made a £150 million profit from the sale to Gao having converted £38 million of loans into shares five years ago.
In their most recent accounts, for the financial year ending June 2016, Southampton recorded a post-tax profit of £4.9 million, but that was reliant on the sales of Morgan Schneiderlin and Nathaniel Clyne for a combined £37.5 million the previous summer. Southampton made almost £50 million from player sales last summer and that will form part of their next accounts.
Pellegrino has been told that he must continue to sell players before he can buy, which could affect the club’s determination to keep hold of Virgil van Dijk amid interest from Liverpool and Chelsea. Ralph Krueger, the Southampton chairman, made an unequivocal statement on Wednesday, saying that Van Dijk is “not for sale during this window”, but it will come down to Pellegrino, who must decide whether it is worth keeping a player who is not training with his team-mates, particularly if doing so denies him funds that could be used to strengthen the squad.
Liebherr has retained a 20 per cent stake in the club that she may sell to Gao at a later date, but in the meantime her statement on Monday that it is “business as usual” for Southampton is an accurate reflection of the club’s position. The only immediate change to the club’s operations is likely to be the addition of Gao’s daughter, Nelly, to the club’s board. Southampton declined to comment last night.
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/...io-pellegrino-he-has-no-extra-funds-6xz3ff8v6
Matt Hughes, Deputy Football Correspondent
August 18 2017, 12:01am,
The Times
Southampton’s new Chinese owners have no plans to inject additional capital into the business or to spend money on new players because the takeover was largely financed via a bank loan and contributions from third-party investors.
The club announced that Jisheng Gao had paid £210 million for an 80 per cent stake in the club on Monday after Katharina Liebherr, the former owner, said that fresh investment was needed to cement Southampton’s position as a top-ten Premier League club, but did not release any financial details.
Mauricio Pellegrino, the manager, is aware of the situation, however, and has been told not to expect any additional transfer funds this month.
Gao’s takeover bid was a fraught process lasting more than 12 months with the Chinese businessman forced to abandon plans to buy the club through Lander Sports Development, his company, because of restrictions imposed by the Chinese government on taking capital out of the country.
The purchase was completed via Hong Kong using some of Gao’s personal assets, but The Times has learnt that the 64-year-old did not supply all of the £210 million and that the takeover was reliant on money provided by at least three other investors.
Nanyang Commercial Bank Limited, a Chinese-backed Hong Kong bank, is understood to have loaned Gao a significant portion of the purchase price, with several investors from Macau also contributing.
Gao’s backers are demanding a return on their investment and will not grant him a transfer budget so the club will continue to operate as it has done throughout the Liebherr family’s ownership. Markus Liebherr bought Southampton for £14 million in the summer of 2009 and it was inherited by his daughter after his death in August 2010. Katharina Liebherr has made a £150 million profit from the sale to Gao having converted £38 million of loans into shares five years ago.
In their most recent accounts, for the financial year ending June 2016, Southampton recorded a post-tax profit of £4.9 million, but that was reliant on the sales of Morgan Schneiderlin and Nathaniel Clyne for a combined £37.5 million the previous summer. Southampton made almost £50 million from player sales last summer and that will form part of their next accounts.
Pellegrino has been told that he must continue to sell players before he can buy, which could affect the club’s determination to keep hold of Virgil van Dijk amid interest from Liverpool and Chelsea. Ralph Krueger, the Southampton chairman, made an unequivocal statement on Wednesday, saying that Van Dijk is “not for sale during this window”, but it will come down to Pellegrino, who must decide whether it is worth keeping a player who is not training with his team-mates, particularly if doing so denies him funds that could be used to strengthen the squad.
Liebherr has retained a 20 per cent stake in the club that she may sell to Gao at a later date, but in the meantime her statement on Monday that it is “business as usual” for Southampton is an accurate reflection of the club’s position. The only immediate change to the club’s operations is likely to be the addition of Gao’s daughter, Nelly, to the club’s board. Southampton declined to comment last night.
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/...io-pellegrino-he-has-no-extra-funds-6xz3ff8v6
If that Times report is accurate - and remember Gao financed this out of his own pocket (supposedly 15% of his personal wealth, that's a very large chunk of anyone's cash on a likely non-performing investment) then they will almost certainly have to rely on player sales.
It's happening !
It's happening !
So now there are two guys feeling Southampton are treating them poorly??
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However unhappy and unfit he will be able to Clear the odd corner.... Pay them the 50+.
I don't give a shit about the price. Not my money and they know we are just as, if not more if they've been watching, desperate than them !
Just get the damn deal done ASAP. Even if we only end up with VVD and Seri, for the remainder of this window, then it's far better then we have now.
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