SaintNeil90 Posted 13 May, 2011 Posted 13 May, 2011 I would like to think he will stay and that he is not thinking about approaches from Premier League clubs as he is still young and will play more games for us next season than he would in the Premiership. However his Dad has clearly got the idea he is definitely going sometime... hhttp://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid761333525001?bckey=AQ~~,AAAAAAnV5Z0~,xyoxShbY DLGSh2yu4XruBQh1N8XmHpc9&bctid=760015234001 http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid761333525001?bckey=AQ~~,AAAAAAnV5Z0~,xyoxShbY DLGSh2yu4XruBQh1N8XmHpc9&bctid=760015234001 I thought somebody said Alex and his mum had said we would probably be staying next season but they had a few things to sort out. I cant find this anywhere on the Internet.
NickG Posted 13 May, 2011 Posted 13 May, 2011 here http://www.saintsweb.co.uk/showthread.php?30089-Player-post-match-interviews
SFC Forever Posted 13 May, 2011 Posted 13 May, 2011 I pray he will stay and help us get into the Premiership. By then he will be on a much better wage and will be worth a hell of a lot more.
scott_saints Posted 13 May, 2011 Posted 13 May, 2011 Ahh good. I don't think this has been discussed yet.
alpine_saint Posted 13 May, 2011 Posted 13 May, 2011 Well, he's definitely going to go sometime, and everyone has their price. If one of the big 4 w*nker clubs wants to offer 15mil plus first refusal for their young players going out on loan (including A O-C himself), I'd say we should go for it.
Glasgow_Saint Posted 13 May, 2011 Posted 13 May, 2011 Sell him for 12m and buy Wayne Routledge, CMS + 1 or 2 others
corky morris Posted 13 May, 2011 Posted 13 May, 2011 I personally think he would be better served staying at least 1 more season at Saints. Playing in the champ will do him a power of good & in my opinion better than the odd game in the PL & the fizzy pop.
Dellman Posted 13 May, 2011 Posted 13 May, 2011 Do we have to go over this same ground again and again. He's staying. NC says so, he says so, his Mum says so. We're on the way up and he's coming with us.What more do you want?
Dr Who? Posted 13 May, 2011 Posted 13 May, 2011 I will say it again, he would have left if we did not go up, like many others, but now we can build on this keep Oxo and Lalana and Fonte and build a team around them. I think there will be 4/5 to leave and the same number in, but only if we can improve on what we have already!
saint simes Posted 13 May, 2011 Posted 13 May, 2011 I would like to think he will stay and that he is not thinking about approaches from Premier League clubs as he is still young and will play more games for us next season than he would in the Premiership. However his Dad has clearly got the idea he is definitely going sometime... hhttp://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid761333525001?bckey=AQ~~,AAAAAAnV5Z0~,xyoxShbY DLGSh2yu4XruBQh1N8XmHpc9&bctid=760015234001 http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid761333525001?bckey=AQ~~,AAAAAAnV5Z0~,xyoxShbY DLGSh2yu4XruBQh1N8XmHpc9&bctid=760015234001 Interesting that he sees himself as a centre mid and not a wide player. I thought somebody said Alex and his mum had said we would probably be staying next season but they had a few things to sort out. I cant find this anywhere on the Internet. Interesting that he sees himself as a centre mid and not a wide player.
Dr Who? Posted 13 May, 2011 Posted 13 May, 2011 Interesting that he sees himself as a centre mid and not a wide player. Stange as I see that is Lalana's position, a bit like Matty, but Lalana seems more effective out wide at time, so perhaps Oxo should play just behind the front 2?
Saint_clark Posted 13 May, 2011 Posted 13 May, 2011 Interesting that he sees himself as a centre mid and not a wide player. He played his entire youth team career at CM, that's why. Players get moved around all over the place when they are young, it's all about finding your best position. Chamberlains is wide right, no doubt.
eelpie Posted 13 May, 2011 Posted 13 May, 2011 Sell him for 12m and buy Wayne Routledge, CMS + 1 or 2 others If Nicola has decided that it will not be possible to keep Oxo it would be best to purchase replacements before the event becomes common knowledge otherwise all sellers will demand too much thinking we have more loadsadosh than we have. So whatever, keep up the mantra that Oxo is going nowhere.. I am not going to ruin my summer thinking that he is going. Think positive. Oxo will take us up to the Premiership.
Foxstone Posted 13 May, 2011 Posted 13 May, 2011 He will cost somebody a hell of a lot of money, and Nicola aside our promotion and prospects place us in an even stronger bargaining position than we were in January. It will be a top 6 club and no other that he would go to and so far I think their targets lie elsewhere. I think he will stay for now.
DT Posted 13 May, 2011 Posted 13 May, 2011 Our energies should be usefully deployed simply in getting a good price, and a sell-on clause. I think he may well leave this summer.
jam Posted 13 May, 2011 Posted 13 May, 2011 Apologies if this has been posted already - I skimmed the thread titles and couldn't see anything similar... According to this Danish footy website, Jacob Friis-Hansen (who stepped down as Liverpool scout in January 2011) is the new Director of European Recruitment at SFC: http://www.bold.dk/nyt/Friis-Hansen-skal-hjaelpe-Saints-i-PrL "The SFC-team is already very talented with names like AL, MS and not least AOC. The latter Friis-Hansen expects to be sold to a larger club for a hefty sum within long..." From Lazlo78's Director of European Recruitment thread.
Thedelldays Posted 13 May, 2011 Posted 13 May, 2011 if he goes...im sure we will get a good fee...and for the first time, i am pretty confident that most, if not all the money in will go straight back into the team
JRM Posted 13 May, 2011 Posted 13 May, 2011 I think he is going to go. If he wants to leave then the best case scenario is we hold out for the best price and hope for a bidding war between man utd, arsenal, real madrid and get as much as possible as up front cash, we then need to use it for 3-4 top quality championship players. would be a shame to lose him, like walcott i get no pleasure from watching him do well in champs league, hardly even count him as an ex-saint he played so few games
SaintNeil90 Posted 13 May, 2011 Author Posted 13 May, 2011 Do we have to go over this same ground again and again. He's staying. NC says so, he says so, his Mum says so. We're on the way up and he's coming with us.What more do you want? Not once did he or his mum says the words "He's staying". Judging by the way his Dad talks in interviews, they have their eye on a move.
MrMojoRisin Posted 13 May, 2011 Posted 13 May, 2011 Let him go He isnt that great remember we were in league 1 and he hardly set that a light in the way previous saints wonder kids have i.e walcott Bale etc. I dont rate him higher than Nathan Dyer to be honest with you. Sell him now for whatever ridiculous amount that twot Wenger wants to pay and buy some players with Experience of the prem / championship.
View From The Top Posted 13 May, 2011 Posted 13 May, 2011 Like many I hope he stays but expects him to go. I'm confident we'll screw top ££ out of someone for him and invest that money wisely in the personnel to take us up, again.
david in sweden Posted 13 May, 2011 Posted 13 May, 2011 Well, he's definitely going to go sometime, and everyone has their price. If one of the big 4 w*nker clubs wants to offer 15mil plus first refusal for their young players going out on loan (including A O-C himself), I'd say we should go for it. Oh now don't go all serious on us Alpine, I was beginning to enjoy this topic as it's a cut above your average TV soap. Of course he'll stay, one way or another and if he does go ...it ought to be more than £10 million deal, too - that was last months price....I'm more interested in the " quality " that going to come, rather than that which will inevitably leave - in time.
SNSUN Posted 13 May, 2011 Posted 13 May, 2011 Our target is to get into the Premiership in the next couple of years, and we can do that so much better with Chamberlain in the team. That said, I'm sure even Cortese would be tempted with £12 million and a loan back clause, or whatever stupid money is being offered, although we are not Arsenal's effing feeder club, so they can nosh off.
st alex Posted 13 May, 2011 Posted 13 May, 2011 There's no reason why he should go. He's still only 17. Connor Wickham is another one who's at Ipswich, he gets quite a bit of media attention and is highly rated, but there seems to be an understanding that he's staying (has stayed put for a couple of seasons) with them. If he goes anywhere he's only going to get loaded out to a championship team next season anyway.
up and away Posted 13 May, 2011 Posted 13 May, 2011 Not once did he or his mum says the words "He's staying". Judging by the way his Dad talks in interviews, they have their eye on a move. I believe he would have gone in the last window should any top club have been prepared to buy him out of his existing contract. We know Arsenal tried, but must be short enough for Cortese to hold them at bay. You don't want any of your better players to leave because it is impossible in the near future for Saints to ever have a player like Walcott, Bale or Oxo, without them coming up through the youth ranks. It's nice to see the Chamberlains being practical and accepting the situation when you consider the lengths Jones did to leave. My optimism of him staying is tempered by the reality that the better he does, the quicker he will be off. Cortese can only fend them off to the limits of the contract and once his performances meet that value, he will be off. Playing in the Championship next season will be very good experience for the lad and give the vultures a far better perspective of the players worth. The only way we will get to keep him is if his performance don't rate the hype, but I still don't see any new contract being acceptable. Interesting to see we have replaced Terry Cooper at long last and a fistful of money spent wisely in this direction could make a massive impact to getting into the Premier. So even if we lose Oxo, this cloud will definitely have a silver lining. Getting that automatic spot has allowed us to move quickly to establishing our needs next season and I would imagine the club would do something similar towards a DOF should we get into the Premier.
Glasgow_Saint Posted 13 May, 2011 Posted 13 May, 2011 If we sell him it will be 2 steps forward 5 back regards our champions league intentions!!
Matthew Le God Posted 13 May, 2011 Posted 13 May, 2011 I would imagine the club would do something similar towards a Director of Football should we get into the Premier. I think Les Reed pretty much has that role already.
Jimmy_D Posted 13 May, 2011 Posted 13 May, 2011 I'm pretty sure he'll still be here next season, because he's still got two years left on his contract. Whether we'll be able to tempt him to stay longer will depend on whether we're anywhere near the Prem after next season.
LGTL Posted 13 May, 2011 Posted 13 May, 2011 I'm not sure whether AOC is making the decisions with this one. Looking in from the outside i'd hazard a guess that AOC and his mum would be happy to stay but his dad is seeing big £££
Chez Posted 13 May, 2011 Posted 13 May, 2011 Do we have to go over this same ground again and again. He's staying. NC says so, he says so, his Mum says so. We're on the way up and he's coming with us.What more do you want?his dad to say so?
Chez Posted 13 May, 2011 Posted 13 May, 2011 There's no reason why he should go. He's still only 17. Connor Wickham is another one who's at Ipswich, he gets quite a bit of media attention and is highly rated, but there seems to be an understanding that he's staying (has stayed put for a couple of seasons) with them. If he goes anywhere he's only going to get loaded out to a championship team next season anyway. £15m release clause in his contract. Wonder if AOC has something similar.
The Cat Posted 13 May, 2011 Posted 13 May, 2011 To the tune of Drive My Car: They asked his Dad what he wanted to be Is it Saints or is it Pompey He said, "Alex you'll stay at the Saints" You'll never play for the fu cking Skates Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain He'll be a Saints legend Beep beep beep beep yeah.
musesaint Posted 14 May, 2011 Posted 14 May, 2011 He will stay but we will have a summer of endless threads like this
Ewell Posted 14 May, 2011 Posted 14 May, 2011 Wasn't there another interview with his dad posted on here in the last week? Anyone got a link as I cannot find it!
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