Sour Mash Posted 6 July, 2013 Share Posted 6 July, 2013 Going by his tweets I read it as though it isn't a positive for us by I may be totally wrong. Got a feeling he wants to stay at Celtic. Unless it is something re: the agent situation. Good news for Cortese as he has won his agent war? good news for Celtic as no clubs want to pay the required £'s? Who knows until tomorrow morning. @reluctantnicko: @MarkReeves999 Sunday People may have a story tomorrow ... @MarkReeves999: @reluctantnicko good news? @reluctantnicko: @MarkReeves999 Possibly. For someone ... @MarkReeves999: @reluctantnicko his agent? @reluctantnicko: @MarkReeves999 Wait for the tale. I hope it is used ... Don't think Celtic would be happy with that, think they want the money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glasgow_Saint Posted 6 July, 2013 Share Posted 6 July, 2013 Three threads, maybe more, all going the same way. Hardly coincidence. Need to deal with the cause, not the effects. Agreed sometimes it can be annoying, BUT how boring would the forum be without them!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Chalet Posted 6 July, 2013 Share Posted 6 July, 2013 Agreed sometimes it can be annoying, BUT how boring would the forum be without us? Corrected it for you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toon Saint Posted 6 July, 2013 Share Posted 6 July, 2013 Going by his tweets I read it as though it isn't a positive for us by I may be totally wrong. Got a feeling he wants to stay at Celtic. Unless it is something re: the agent situation. Good news for Cortese as he has won his agent war? good news for Celtic as no clubs want to pay the required £'s? Who knows until tomorrow morning. @reluctantnicko: @MarkReeves999 Sunday People may have a story tomorrow ... @MarkReeves999: @reluctantnicko good news? @reluctantnicko: @MarkReeves999 Possibly. For someone ... @MarkReeves999: @reluctantnicko his agent? @reluctantnicko: @MarkReeves999 Wait for the tale. I hope it is used ... One tweet missed out from this conversation: Alan Nixon @reluctantnicko Protected account 5h @MarkReeves999 He knows where he wants to go. Based on ITK sources on here, sounds like this deal is almost sewn up. Happy days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itchen_dan Posted 6 July, 2013 Share Posted 6 July, 2013 One tweet missed out from this conversation: Alan Nixon @reluctantnicko Protected account 5h @MarkReeves999 He knows where he wants to go. Based on ITK sources on here, sounds like this deal is almost sewn up. Happy days. Thought I missed one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Downthe36 Posted 6 July, 2013 Share Posted 6 July, 2013 I'm not remotely ITK, but I've got a horrible feeling he is going to stay at Celtic, why bother going to meet up with them in pre-season yesterday if he knows he's off? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toon Saint Posted 6 July, 2013 Share Posted 6 July, 2013 I'm not remotely ITK, but I've got a horrible feeling he is going to stay at Celtic, why bother going to meet up with them in pre-season yesterday if he knows he's off? Because he is contractually obliged to until he is sold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasonb Posted 6 July, 2013 Share Posted 6 July, 2013 I'm not remotely ITK, but I've got a horrible feeling he is going to stay at Celtic, why bother going to meet up with them in pre-season yesterday if he knows he's off? Absolutely this. He got giddy and was told the big guns were going to come in for him. They didn't. He stays put and tries to emulate his form from this season in the CL. Good luck to the lad. I only want players at Saints who are committed and will wear the shirt with pride and passion. Unlucky for Celtic though... I think Lennon is reported as saying the money was going to be used to improve some of the contracts his top players are on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bewildered Posted 6 July, 2013 Share Posted 6 July, 2013 Given Celtic seem to want the money, to my mind either the agent has given in accepted NC's offer, NC has caved in to the agent's demands or Cardiff have come back with a new offer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stepgar Posted 6 July, 2013 Share Posted 6 July, 2013 Given Celtic seem to want the money, to my mind either the agent has given in accepted NC's offer, NC has caved in to the agent's demands or Cardiff have come back with a new offer. Only in the transfer news bit on SSN but it did say that Cardiff were no longer interested due tot he asking price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EBS1980 Posted 6 July, 2013 Share Posted 6 July, 2013 He already turned down a new contract at Celtic so he won't be staying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delmary Posted 6 July, 2013 Share Posted 6 July, 2013 I've been told (from an employee of the club) that the deal has progressed but not quite signed and sealed. Hopeful it'll be sorted in the next week ready to go on the pre season tour. This. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toon Saint Posted 6 July, 2013 Share Posted 6 July, 2013 Nicko saying 'he knows where he wants to go' suggests a move away. If it does end up being Cardiff then Joe Ledley will have a lot to answer for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Downthe36 Posted 6 July, 2013 Share Posted 6 July, 2013 He already turned down a new contract at Celtic so he won't be staying. He's got a year left on it....he just doesn't want to extend it further........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itchen_dan Posted 6 July, 2013 Share Posted 6 July, 2013 Nicko saying 'he knows where he wants to go' suggests a move away. If it does end up being Cardiff then Joe Ledley will have a lot to answer for. Then again, it wouldn't surprise me if Neil Lennon has had a chat with him and told him to go to Saints. He was extremely positive of us the other day in his presser and Poch was complimentary of Wanyama the other day in his presser so seems like a good relationship is being built between the 2 clubs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bewildered Posted 6 July, 2013 Share Posted 6 July, 2013 Only in the transfer news bit on SSN but it did say that Cardiff were no longer interested due tot he asking price. Right, in that case, unless a new bidder has stepped in, I think it may be good news for us. I think if it was a new bidder, Nixon would have said so, since a new team coming in for him, (whose identity he'll reveal in the paper) is too good a hook to not disclose. Wanyama staying at Celtic is not really good news for anyone if it means Celtic don't get the money they want this summer and have to accept much less next summer. It means Wanyama hasn't got the move to a higher profile league he wants for another year It's not good for us for obvious reasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glasgow_Saint Posted 6 July, 2013 Share Posted 6 July, 2013 Right, in that case, unless a new bidder has stepped in, I think it may be good news for us. I think if it was a new bidder, Nixon would have said so, since a new team coming in for him, (whose identity he'll reveal in the paper) is too good a hook to not disclose. Wanyama staying at Celtic is not really good news for anyone if it means Celtic don't get the money they want this summer and have to accept much less next summer. It means Wanyama hasn't got the move to a higher profile league he wants for another year It's not good for us for obvious reasons. Everyone wins if he moves to SFC Agent gets a few £'s rather than nothing Celtic get £12m Wanyama doubles his wages We get a good young player Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ottery st mary Posted 6 July, 2013 Share Posted 6 July, 2013 (edited) He may have gone over to say adios to his ex Celtic mates? I thought I would pretend ITK like most of my fellow posters.......but purely a guess and NOT very good at that:rolleyes: Edited 6 July, 2013 by ottery st mary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toon Saint Posted 6 July, 2013 Share Posted 6 July, 2013 Then again, it wouldn't surprise me if Neil Lennon has had a chat with him and told him to go to Saints. He was extremely positive of us the other day in his presser and Poch was complimentary of Wanyama the other day in his presser so seems like a good relationship is being built between the 2 clubs. Right, in that case, unless a new bidder has stepped in, I think it may be good news for us. I think if it was a new bidder, Nixon would have said so, since a new team coming in for him, (whose identity he'll reveal in the paper) is too good a hook to not disclose. Wanyama staying at Celtic is not really good news for anyone if it means Celtic don't get the money they want this summer and have to accept much less next summer. It means Wanyama hasn't got the move to a higher profile league he wants for another year It's not good for us for obvious reasons. Yep, agree with both of these comments. All seems carefully stage-managed by the Don with Poch's press conference on Thursday as well as the OS update yesterday. We've always been so coy about transfer targets so to explicitly state not only who we are interested in, but also to repeat the line about finalizing/announcing transfers on our own terms suggests that something is in the pipeline. Deliberate PR move to showcase our seriousness, ambitions, pulling power etc, etc..... Can't see Poch coming out with such statements unless they were confident of pulling at least 1/2 of these transfers off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 6 July, 2013 Share Posted 6 July, 2013 Yep, agree with both of these comments. All seems carefully stage-managed by the Don with Poch's press conference on Thursday as well as the OS update yesterday. We've always been so coy about transfer targets so to explicitly state not only who we are interested in, but also to repeat the line about finalizing/announcing transfers on our own terms suggests that something is in the pipeline. Deliberate PR move to showcase our seriousness, ambitions, pulling power etc, etc..... Can't see Poch coming out with such statements unless they were confident of pulling at least 1/2 of these transfers off. They are going to struggle, he named 3 players, half of that is 1 1/2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shurlock Posted 6 July, 2013 Share Posted 6 July, 2013 (edited) Yep, agree with both of these comments. All seems carefully stage-managed by the Don with Poch's press conference on Thursday as well as the OS update yesterday. We've always been so coy about transfer targets so to explicitly state not only who we are interested in, but also to repeat the line about finalizing/announcing transfers on our own terms suggests that something is in the pipeline. Deliberate PR move to showcase our seriousness, ambitions, pulling power etc, etc..... Can't see Poch coming out with such statements unless they were confident of pulling at least 1/2 of these transfers off. Would be surprised if MP would make any comments unless he was confident of pulling the transfers off. On that logic, the Banega deal might have serious legs too. Interestingly the OS article on MP's press conference included his comments on links with the Wanyama and Banega but not those on Damiao. Edited 6 July, 2013 by shurlock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 6 July, 2013 Share Posted 6 July, 2013 Would be surprised if MP would make any comments unless he was confident of pulling the transfers off. On that logic, the Banega deal might have serious legs too. Interestingly the OS article on MP's press conference included his comments on links with the Wanyama and Banega but not those on Damiao. I agree, Banega is a strange one for me though, can't really see where he's going to fit in if we get Wanyama, which is looking likely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shurlock Posted 6 July, 2013 Share Posted 6 July, 2013 I agree, Banega is a strange one for me though, can't really see where he's going to fit in if we get Wanyama, which is looking likely. Reckon Banega, Morgan and Wanyama could form a tasty partnership - all three are box to box and Banega can play in a slightly more advanced position -possibly the position Davis is currently occupying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 6 July, 2013 Share Posted 6 July, 2013 Reckon Banega, Morgan and Wanyama could form a tasty partnership - all three are box to box and Banega can play in a slightly more advanced position -possibly the position Davis is currently occupying. Not sure where that would leave Ramirez. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olallana Posted 6 July, 2013 Share Posted 6 July, 2013 Not sure where that would leave Ramirez. Spider - Wanyama Ramirez - Banega - JRod Could be a lot of interchanging where Banega can drop down when one of Spider/Wanyama surge forward. All three AM can also interchange, switch flanks during games and so on. Ramirez more free from defensive duties, Spider covers right side with Clyne, Banega falling down covering center with Wanyama.... But, where does everything leave Cork then..?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shurlock Posted 6 July, 2013 Share Posted 6 July, 2013 (edited) Not sure where that would leave Ramirez. Exactly. MP hasn't been opposed to playing him on the wing (e.g. Reading away) but he hasn't looked very comfortable there. Saying that he hasn't looked comfortable down the middle either. Edited 6 July, 2013 by shurlock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 6 July, 2013 Share Posted 6 July, 2013 Spider - Wanyama Ramirez - Banega - JRod Could be a lot of interchanging where Banega can drop down when one of Spider/Wanyama surge forward. All three AM can also interchange, switch flanks during games and so on. Ramirez more free from defensive duties, Spider covers right side with Clyne, Banega falling down covering center with Wanyama.... But, where does everything leave Cork then..?? Ramirez has been pretty ineffectual everytime he's played wide, his best position is attacking central midfield which is where I imagine Banega will fit in. Cork will still have a big part to play. We need 3 quality players for those 2 holding positions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olallana Posted 6 July, 2013 Share Posted 6 July, 2013 Ramirez has been pretty ineffectual everytime he's played wide, his best position is attacking central midfield which is where I imagine Banega will fit in. Cork will still have a big part to play. We need 3 quality players for those 2 holding positions. True but they would be stuck out wide in a system like this and Ramirez were used wide a bit by MP too but I can agree. Banega is used to playing holding midfielder so he can go into that position with Ramirez more as CAM and then you have Lallana/Puncheon/New winger come in here and that would still leave Cork out. I´m first to admit it´s very harsh on Cork, but I think MP wants holding midfielder with a better range of passing which I dont think is Corks strength.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bewildered Posted 6 July, 2013 Share Posted 6 July, 2013 (edited) http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/everton-transfer-news-victor-wanyama-2034347 Everton enter the race according to Nixon, but they have to sell first. Edited 6 July, 2013 by Bewildered Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crab Lungs Posted 6 July, 2013 Share Posted 6 July, 2013 I'm awaiting the latest news from on-the-pulse Alex Crook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toon Saint Posted 6 July, 2013 Share Posted 6 July, 2013 They are going to struggle, he named 3 players, half of that is 1 1/2. Actually lol'd. Reckon Banega, Morgan and Wanyama could form a tasty partnership - all three are box to box and Banega can play in a slightly more advanced position -possibly the position Davis is currently occupying. Not sure where that would leave Ramirez. Agree that Banega & Wanyama could play in same midfield, but with the sums being bandied around for Damiao I can't see us signing both anymore. Would be looking at close to £50m spent if we got all three (Banega, Wanyama, Damiao) + Lovren. Competition for AMC role is reasonable (Ramirez, Lallana, Davis) so can only see Banega coming in if interest in Ramirez materializes and Cortese decides to/wants to offload him, or of course, if the Wanyama deal goes tits up. Both of those possibilities looking quite unlikely at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itchen_dan Posted 6 July, 2013 Share Posted 6 July, 2013 Surely not much of a threat wages wise and it'll take them a while to find the £12m fee. http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/everton-transfer-news-victor-wanyama-2034347 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 6 July, 2013 Share Posted 6 July, 2013 I'm awaiting the latest news from on-the-pulse Alex Crook. He understands Everton might be interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suhari Posted 6 July, 2013 Share Posted 6 July, 2013 http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/everton-transfer-news-victor-wanyama-2034347 So he's mugging us off, looking for a move somewhere else. **** him off and move on to someone else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel=God-Poyet=Sod Posted 6 July, 2013 Share Posted 6 July, 2013 De ja Vu from Nixon? http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/everton-target-jay-rodriguez-the-burnley-867931 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olallana Posted 6 July, 2013 Share Posted 6 July, 2013 Bif of a curveball that Everton comes into the picture...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itchen_dan Posted 6 July, 2013 Share Posted 6 July, 2013 I can't see Everton signing him. No chance. Not got the cash, yet. They're spending £5m on Kone, they'd then have to sell Baines and then replace him and also Fellaini to get Wanyama. Nah. Not gonna happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sour Mash Posted 6 July, 2013 Share Posted 6 July, 2013 http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/everton-transfer-news-victor-wanyama-2034347 Everton enter the race according to Nixon, but they have to sell first. That doesn't seem to tie in with what Nixon was hinting at earlier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shurlock Posted 6 July, 2013 Share Posted 6 July, 2013 Bif of a curveball that Everton comes into the picture...... They have been heavily linked with him in the past few weeks - the main roadblock has been the sale of Fellaini. Wanyama would be a natural successor of sorts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bailey Posted 6 July, 2013 Share Posted 6 July, 2013 Could be genuine interest from Everton, in which case they'll need to stump up quite a bit of cash to get Kone, Alcaraz & Wanyama. As Nixon says, they'll probably have to sell if they want all three. Could also be a move from Wanyama's side to force Saints and any other potential suitors into making a decision and to get the deal done. Whatever the case, I'm sure this one will rumble on for a little while longer yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bewildered Posted 6 July, 2013 Share Posted 6 July, 2013 That doesn't seem to tie in with what Nixon was hinting at earlier. He also writes that our interest has cooled, despite MP saying we wanted him in his press conference. Then again, he gets a lot of transfer stuff right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bailey Posted 6 July, 2013 Share Posted 6 July, 2013 He also writes that our interest has cooled, despite MP saying we wanted him in his press conference. Then again, he gets a lot of transfer stuff right. Perhaps MP is using Wanyama interest as a smokescreen to secure our top midfield target? It is the silly season after all! Who knows - I'm going to bed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 6 July, 2013 Share Posted 6 July, 2013 That doesn't seem to tie in with what Nixon was hinting at earlier. Maybe he's decided he wants to join Everton? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Wayman Posted 6 July, 2013 Share Posted 6 July, 2013 Lallana is terrible in the Prem. Should be sold. Boy, you sure push your luck. Good on ya! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 6 July, 2013 Share Posted 6 July, 2013 Could be genuine interest from Everton, in which case they'll need to stump up quite a bit of cash to get Kone, Alcaraz & Wanyama. As Nixon says, they'll probably have to sell if they want all three. Could also be a move from Wanyama's side to force Saints and any other potential suitors into making a decision and to get the deal done. Whatever the case, I'm sure this one will rumble on for a little while longer yet. Baines and Fellaini should raise £25m. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypochondriac Posted 6 July, 2013 Share Posted 6 July, 2013 It's not going to look great if we are saying things like Wanyama is someone we are very interested in and we do our deals in our own time if he was never interested in us and wanted to sign for a bigger team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldbarbarian Posted 6 July, 2013 Share Posted 6 July, 2013 Felliani to Arsenal, Wanyama to Everton... Is possible I guess? This one will drag on for a while Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toon Saint Posted 6 July, 2013 Share Posted 6 July, 2013 http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/everton-transfer-news-victor-wanyama-2034347 Everton enter the race according to Nixon, but they have to sell first. Hardly fills me with dread as it will take Everton weeks to scramble together the pennies for this deal, unless of course, they are close to selling Fellaini/Baines. Not sure why the headlines reads 'Saints interest cools'. Nothing in the body of the article to suggest this, and all the stuff on the OS suggests we are very much in the hunt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glasgow_Saint Posted 6 July, 2013 Share Posted 6 July, 2013 Maybe he's decided he wants to join Everton? Another Glasgow exclusive!!! http://www.saintsweb.co.uk/showthread.php?45365-Wanyama-bid&p=1726487#post1726487 5 pages back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le God Posted 6 July, 2013 Share Posted 6 July, 2013 De ja Vu from Nixon? http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/everton-target-jay-rodriguez-the-burnley-867931 This could be quite telling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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