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Emmanuel Mayuka - Officially Signed on OS - Work Permit Confirmed


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I have some interesting info on this one...

A contact of mine is an African agent and they had Mayuka on their books as a kid. He had agred a deal to take him either FC Twente or Porto but he stitched them up and signed a 24 month FIFA agreement with Nir Kan...one of the top agents in Isreal and ended up at Maccabi Tel Aviv.

 

Apparently a bit of a loose cannon at that age... having said that like alot of Africans apprently he is approx 24y.o!

 

So let's wait and see on this one.....

 

Apparently a top player very fast, great feet, best attribute is his finishing.

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http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/aston-villa-transfer-news-rickie-1283963

 

Meanwhile, Southampton are ready to sign Zambia striker Emmanuel Mayuka - who is a personal favourite of club chairman Nicola Cortese.

 

Saints have pushed ahead of QPR in the chase for Mayuka, who has caught the eye of Swiss-born Cortese while playing for Switzerland's Young Boys club, and are willing to pay him more than the Londoners are.

 

Mayuka will cost around £3million and needs a work permit, but should be cleared to arrive before the window shuts on Friday night.

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Another forward? Really?

 

Not just that - Another striker to shoe-horn onto the wing....

 

I'm kidding -- Looks really promising. Bags of pace. Something we've really lacked.

 

Now, if we can get a play-maker who can pick out a pass to put him through on goal....

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Another forward? Really?

 

More of a wide forward in our system. If he is playing out wide instead of Guly or Rod that's fine by me.

 

Lambert, Rod, Sharp, Lee, Mayuka, Puncheon, Guly, Lallana, Ramirez? That's a lot of attacking tallent right there. Welcome aboard Yukka!

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Another forward? Really?

 

 

I think he is more of a inside fwd that can play wide and cut in.

 

You have to remember you need a squad in the prem not just a team,the one thing our team lacks is pace and this guy looks like he has more than enough

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Anyone else wondering what's going to happen to Sharp? Something tells me he'll get phased out now, strange as he's only been at the club 8 months.

 

He's definitely already behind Lambert and J-Rod and (even though i'm not 100% sure about his quality) will likely be behind Lee.

 

Doesn't make sense to sign Mayuka for him to not play so I'm assuming Sharp will be behind him too..?

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Well that's what you call Gazumped, signed under the noses of QPR who had already agreed a fee and contract with the player.

 

He's not and out and out striker by the way. He's a very, very quick forward who can play anywhere along the front 3.

 

So fits in with what we're been trying to do formation wise, and adds that much needed injection of pace and spark in the final 3rd we lacked so badly.

 

Welcome aboard.

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