Itchen_block4 Posted 12 June, 2012 Posted 12 June, 2012 Big defender plays for Toulouse. We're supposedly close to signing him. Watch the Jay Rodriguez video, about 3 minutes in there's a shot of Jay Rodriguez with Ade Akinbiyi on one side of him and this lad (below) on the other. The customary video, although it's hard to do a centre half justice with one. Won player of the year at Toulouse.
K,Billy's supersound Posted 12 June, 2012 Posted 12 June, 2012 Jay rods agent is a Gary Mellor according to Alan Nixon.
shurlock Posted 12 June, 2012 Posted 12 June, 2012 (edited) On saintsplayer? nah that's jayrod's naughty, hell-raising dad. Edited 12 June, 2012 by shurlock
ThreeSixty Posted 12 June, 2012 Posted 12 June, 2012 Wouldn't say it looks like the guy in the JRod vid.
supersonic Posted 12 June, 2012 Posted 12 June, 2012 Would make some sense, we need a CB, and Jaidi may have something to do with this deal as he's also a Tunisian International.
Doctoroncall Posted 12 June, 2012 Posted 12 June, 2012 His wiki has him down as a left back, converted from a winger. But it also says Saints have bought him! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aymen_Abdennour
Golac's Cunning Stunts Posted 12 June, 2012 Posted 12 June, 2012 I heard a strong rumour that the @rse are in for him
david in sweden Posted 12 June, 2012 Posted 12 June, 2012 apparantly he is Tunisian born .....now who do we know who has connections in Tunisia?
Saint_lambden Posted 12 June, 2012 Posted 12 June, 2012 Incredibly versatile (CB, LB and LW - strange combo).
supersonic Posted 12 June, 2012 Posted 12 June, 2012 Where have people heard this from? Is it another Austin wind-up? All I can see is that Arsenal are watching him
for_heaven's_Saint Posted 12 June, 2012 Posted 12 June, 2012 Looks nothing like him in the Jrod video!
red&white56 Posted 12 June, 2012 Posted 12 June, 2012 His wiki has him down as a left back, converted from a winger. But it also says Saints have bought him! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aymen_Abdennour Not on this link it doesn't - says he's on contract with Tolouse until 2016 after signing an extension in Feb 2012!
shurlock Posted 12 June, 2012 Posted 12 June, 2012 Looks nothing like him in the Jrod video! More like this: [video=youtube;2V8-FEXRAf4]
for_heaven's_Saint Posted 12 June, 2012 Posted 12 June, 2012 More like this: [video=youtube;2V8-FEXRAf4] Exactly like that!
Mowgli Posted 12 June, 2012 Posted 12 June, 2012 Hate to put a dampener on this but it was first mentioned on football-rumours site a week or so back. I rarely pass on rumours from this site because they are so random and lacking in substance (good fun to read on a quiet day though.....)
Matthew Le God Posted 12 June, 2012 Posted 12 June, 2012 (edited) Watch the Jay Rodriguez video, about 3 minutes in there's a shot of Jay Rodriguez with Ade Akinbiyi on one side of him and this lad (below) on the other. It is Jay Rodriguez's dad, who is over twice Aymen Abdennour's age and looks nothing like him! In any case why would Aymen Abdennour be at Jay Rodriguez's unveiling and having pictures with him and Rodriguez's agent? Do you not think Rodriguez, Rodriguez's dad and Rodriguez's agent make a lot more sense to be in a photo? The man you think is a 21 year old Tunisian international... Jay Rodriguez's dad (who is in his 40's)... Aymen Abdennour... Thread over. Edited 12 June, 2012 by Matthew Le God
Crazy Diamond Posted 12 June, 2012 Posted 12 June, 2012 Where has this information even come from? Boll Ocks, Tunisian agent.
Nigel=God-Poyet=Sod Posted 12 June, 2012 Posted 12 June, 2012 In terms of a centre back, I know he plays for Roma but they are fallen giants nowadays, I would look at Simon Kjaer, the centre half who played alongside Daniel Agger when Denmark beat Holland at the weekend. Good age but probably got bigger admirers than us but thought I would throw it out there anyway.
Dibden Purlieu Saint Posted 12 June, 2012 Posted 12 June, 2012 I'll start. Yes, he's mustard in Football Manager. Just paid £19.5m to bring him to Saints on my game. Is awesome (at Lyon on my game).
Dibden Purlieu Saint Posted 12 June, 2012 Posted 12 June, 2012 In terms of a centre back, I know he plays for Roma but they are fallen giants nowadays, I would look at Simon Kjaer, the centre half who played alongside Daniel Agger when Denmark beat Holland at the weekend. Good age but probably got bigger admirers than us but thought I would throw it out there anyway. Only on loan at Roma isn't he? On his way back to Werder or Wolfsburg (whoever it is he plays for) after the tournament.
Saint Garrett Posted 12 June, 2012 Posted 12 June, 2012 Kjaer would be an incredible signing...so very unlikely IMO. Roma have an option to buy him as well I think and they'd probably be silly not to.
Doctoroncall Posted 12 June, 2012 Posted 12 June, 2012 Not on this link it doesn't - says he's on contract with Tolouse until 2016 after signing an extension in Feb 2012! Just for you... Original text "In July, 2011, Abdennour signed a four year contract with the Ligue 1 side Toulouse. In February 2012, Toulouse extended this, tying the Tunisian to a deal running until 2016. July 1st 2012 Abdennour move to English Premiership side Southampton on a 4 year deal worth 4.9 Million Euros"
S-Clarke Posted 12 June, 2012 Posted 12 June, 2012 To be fair, even if the link to the Jay Rod thing is ridiculous, it's the sort of signing we'd make. Foreign, out of the blue etc.
Matthew Le God Posted 12 June, 2012 Posted 12 June, 2012 His wiki has him down as a left back, converted from a winger. But it also says Saints have bought him! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aymen_Abdennour Not on this link it doesn't - says he's on contract with Tolouse until 2016 after signing an extension in Feb 2012! Just for you... Original text "In July, 2011, Abdennour signed a four year contract with the Ligue 1 side Toulouse. In February 2012, Toulouse extended this, tying the Tunisian to a deal running until 2016. July 1st 2012 Abdennour move to English Premiership side Southampton on a 4 year deal worth 4.9 Million Euros" On a website that can be edited by anyone in the world.
SNSUN Posted 12 June, 2012 Posted 12 June, 2012 Aymen to that brother Worth a punt - we'd have nothing Toulouse.
Pilchards Posted 12 June, 2012 Posted 12 June, 2012 apparantly he is Tunisian born .....now who do we know who has connections in Tunisia? Rickie Lambert?!?
sambosa75 Posted 12 June, 2012 Posted 12 June, 2012 Worth a punt - we'd have nothing Toulouse. Abdennour what you are going on about...
The9 Posted 12 June, 2012 Posted 12 June, 2012 Just for you... Original text "In July, 2011, Abdennour signed a four year contract with the Ligue 1 side Toulouse. In February 2012, Toulouse extended this, tying the Tunisian to a deal running until 2016. July 1st 2012 Abdennour move to English Premiership side Southampton on a 4 year deal worth 4.9 Million Euros" Hands up, which one of you lot was it ? I won't take the Premiership thing personally, but it DOES completely undermine the authenticity of the source.
buctootim Posted 12 June, 2012 Posted 12 June, 2012 Hands up, which one of you lot was it ? I won't take the Premiership thing personally, but it DOES completely undermine the authenticity of the source. I deleted the "July 1st 2012 Abdennour move to English Premiership side Southampton on a 4 year deal worth 4.9 Million Euros" part and returned it to the entry as of 22 May because the 'update' was clearly either vandalism or unsubstantiated rumour. No idea who posted it.
Hopkins Posted 12 June, 2012 Posted 12 June, 2012 Kjaer would be an incredible signing...so very unlikely IMO. Roma have an option to buy him as well I think and they'd probably be silly not to. He's been utter guff for Roma so I doubt they will be signing him.
Lazlo78 Posted 12 June, 2012 Posted 12 June, 2012 He's been utter guff for Roma so I doubt they will be signing him. Kjær can be quite a player but he's gone off the boil since coming to Wolfsburg. His performances are too unstable and I wager he would cost us a penalty every other game in the EPL...
saint_ed Posted 12 June, 2012 Posted 12 June, 2012 To be fair, even if the link to the Jay Rod thing is ridiculous, it's the sort of signing we'd make. Foreign, out of the blue etc. And likes to play out from the back so on paper would fit in.
Matthew Le God Posted 12 June, 2012 Posted 12 June, 2012 er... no it isn't. Why isn't it? There isn't a source for this rumour, it was founded on someone mistaking Rodriguez's dad for the player.
CB Fry Posted 12 June, 2012 Posted 12 June, 2012 I distinctly remember Mark Draper was in all the photoshoots when we signed Uwe Rosler. I thought it was a bit strange at the time but about ten days later we'd signed him. There must be loads of examples of potential signings being in photoshoots when other signings are announced. It's pretty commonplace.
Matthew Le God Posted 12 June, 2012 Posted 12 June, 2012 I distinctly remember Mark Draper was in all the photoshoots when we signed Uwe Rosler. I thought it was a bit strange at the time but about ten days later we'd signed him. There must be loads of examples of potential signings being in photoshoots when other signings are announced. It's pretty commonplace. Problem in this case is that it is Rodriguez's dad and agent in the photo.
CB Fry Posted 12 June, 2012 Posted 12 June, 2012 Problem in this case is that it is Rodriguez's dad and agent in the photo. Autistic as a freaking hatstand.
Raging Bull Posted 12 June, 2012 Posted 12 June, 2012 I heard a strong rumour that the @rse are in for him What constitutes a strong rumour?
georgeweahscousin Posted 12 June, 2012 Posted 12 June, 2012 (edited) Radhi Jaidi's first move in his new job? Seriously though, that is without doubt Kiko Rodriguez in the video..... Edited 12 June, 2012 by georgeweahscousin
scotty Posted 12 June, 2012 Posted 12 June, 2012 So has he signed yet? This all sounds pretty convincing to me.
Saint Stimp Posted 12 June, 2012 Posted 12 June, 2012 Why isn't it? There isn't a source for this rumour, it was founded on someone mistaking Rodriguez's dad for the player. No it wasn't, he's just yet to give a credible source. He doesn't say we're close to signing him because he's in the picture, he says we're close to signing him and he's in the picture ...which he obviously isn't, but that isn't necessarily the sole source of his information.
colehillsaint Posted 12 June, 2012 Posted 12 June, 2012 Are we signing Jay Rodriguez's dad? If so we should crack on. He looks like he will need plenty of pre-season to get Saints fit.
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