Transfer Speculation / Gossip

[PaulWinch again]

Why not just sign him free last summer then? Seems odd if Lambert knows him to miss that opportunity when we were woefully short in midfield anyway. Dunno, looks an ok worker, but nothing special. And we need a quality player in the middle of the park, not an ok worker.

Agreed, we need quality in the side. We can't make do with just signing prospects.

[mr underhill]

Bob De Bilde is definitely on. Great pairing with Concrete Ron . We'd be as solid as a rock in the centre.

[*shellac*]

Lambert/Keano's 1st project together - Project Build It?

[peter w]

I'd see it as a positive mentioning 1 or 2 players in. That'd be 3 or 4 in before the end of July with another month of the transfer window left.

[supertom]

I'd see it as a positive mentioning 1 or 2 players in. That'd be 3 or 4 in before the end of July with another month of the transfer window left.

That's how I see it. It might also suggest that we've room to get 1-2 more in before we have to start selling players to raise more funds. Whatever we can raise in transfer fees, and more importantly free up in wages, could see a further 1-2 players come in through August. Hopefully good ones.

[peter w]

And it would make a mockery of this £10m nonsense.

[Steve67]

As long as the players coming in are better quality than Senderos then we might just be ok. If not, then it'll be a case of 'Lamberts done it again'.

[ozzjim]

Twitter seems full of a Southampton bid for Vlaar?

[peter w]

We wouldn't sell and he wouldn't push it for the sake of one season if he really wanted to go.

[Dave]

I can't imagine they'd offer us enough of an incentive to sell or him enough of an incentive to go.

Assuming we get round to offering him a new contract obviously.

[Des Little]

He'll be heading up the M6.

[PaulWinch again]

Hope he doesn't leave, signing him and Delph to new deals should be a priority.

[Toronto Villa]

Twitter seems full of a Southampton bid for Vlaar?

At 29 Ron Vlaar will have no desire to go to a club that has sold all of its best players, and just because Koeman is manager. In fact for me they could very well join the relegation contenders next season. If (and I don't think he will), Vlaar leaves at this stage of his career it will be to a CL club. And it doesn't have to be one of the ones at the top of the tree either. There are several where he's fit in without any issue.

[ozzjim]

I can't imagine they'd offer us enough of an incentive to sell or him enough of an incentive to go.

Assuming we get round to offering him a new contract obviously.

I am stunned we have not sorted Delph and Vlaar out at the back end of the season.

[UK Redsox]

Vlaar to Southampton is just a backup rumour because they also have a Dutch manager and LVG doesn't seem to be interested in signing Ron