Daniel Osvaldo - Signs 4 Year Deal

[ART]

I'm guessing Spurs fans are now taking to Twitter in their droves to exclaim how they've dodged a bullet...

AVB said after their match when asked about"P. O." ,that, as far a strikers were concerned he was now fully covered.

[Toon Saint]

Such a great transfer window. Lovren, Wanyama, Osvaldo, wow. Would have been happy with just one of them!

 

Best bit is that we aren't going to have to endure any last minute panicking on transfer deadline day. Done some fantastic business already, now we can sit back, relax, and see what deals there are to be done.

 

I'd be perfectly content if the window were to close now.

[SNSUN]

For £15 million, who would you rather have? Andy Carroll or Pablo Osvaldo?

[ottery st mary]

COYS

 

Great signing..

 

Looking forward to seeing OSVALDO in the side.

 

Well played MP and NC

 

Osvaldo ,Lovren , Wanyama and the youth signings.....Top class...

 

OWTSGMI:)

[Saint Garrett]

I wish we would just go for more realistic targets like Gary Hooper.

[LeBenali]

I don't think I can add anything that hasn't already been said. A brilliant improvement for the spine of our team - three players with Champions League experience is something a majority of teams in the league could dream of (including one Arsenal based team who themselves have qualified for the competition this year). Anything else in the next couple of weeks would just be a bonus..

[Olallana]

Change the thread title.

 

Should be Daniel Osvaldo!

Osvaldo himself prefers that.

[Avenue Saint]

Speechless at just what is happening to our club!

 

What have the wums have to say now?

 

GLASGOW, do old players not want to play for him? Is he joining spurs as your ITK contacts to you ages ago?

 

BARRY SANCHEZ, is this another cr aa p window?

 

Said it before, will say it again, NICOLA CORTESE is the single most important figure for our clubs exciting future on the saints payroll...

[Joensuu]

Anyone want to talk about our inactive, inept, negligent and over-ambitious transfer policy?

[CHAPEL END CHARLIE]

He may not be the most enthusiastic player to ever arrive here, but his class is obvious. Spending our (by which we mean Liebherr) money on signing 3 quality players, rather than half a dozen decent ones, just has to be the way forward I'd say - how fortunate this club is to be in such a envious situation.

 

Is this now the best Saints squad most of us have seen during our lifetimes? I reckon so.

[SNSUN]

Remember when Huddersfield passed on Rickie Lambert because there'd be no resale value for a 27 year old? I wonder what the resale value on Osvaldo will be if he's a success....

[saint_jas]

What a signing.

[Saint Without a Halo]

Just checked his stats. Scores more than a goal every 2 games. On the fringes of the Italian team. Kind of like a Andy Carroll with a better goal count.

 

Like Andy Carroll? LoL

[bjk]

F uck me what a strikeforce.

[skintsaint]

And he will be wanting to impress in a WC year...

[stknowle]

For £15 million, who would you rather have? Andy Carroll or Pablo Osvaldo?

 

It's Carroll all day long for me, even if I had to pay DOUBLE that amount. Yours, K. Dalglish.

[Matty's Caddy]

Oh my fookin good god! That's Italy's No9

[david in sweden]

.....has scored 50 goals in last 104 apps. (since 2010) for Espanyol and Roma (thats a very good striking rate).

 

+ 3 goals in 9 games for Italy.

 

Him and Lambert (what a partnership

[tedmaul]

Flipping hell, for me what's really good is we're signing top international players as well as integrating the good youth players. Heady days.

[Sheaf Saint]

Would be interesting to hear what the rest of the squad think about his signing. Have any of them tweeted anything about it? I don't use twitter myself so I don't know.

[davefizzy14]

I can't quite believe what is happening at out club! to sign a world class payer of this stature! what a strike force we have got now. Thanks to NC & MP for making this happen.

[eurosaint]

Happy Clappies - 3 Bedwetters - 0

:)

[rickylambert]

Call me crazy, but why not keep Gaston, J-Rod and Lallana with Rickie and Pablo ahead of them with just Shaw, Clyne and Lovren at the back

[Dan Johnson]

Just under a year ago, after losing 2-0 away to west brom I was stuck in a huge Facebook debate about the quality of our squad and what the future holds... I was still excited then and argued we had a great future ahead of us with the youth I out squad... Nearly a year on and a more positive result away against West Brom and we've signed Italy's number 9!!!!

 

Seriously!?! Am I dreaming...

 

IT'S HAPPENING!!!! IT'S ****ING HAPPENING

[davefizzy14]

I can't quite believe what is happening at our club! to sign a world class player of this stature! what a strike force we have got now. Thanks to NC & MP for making this happen.

[mcjwills]

Would be interesting to hear what the rest of the squad think about his signing. Have any of them tweeted anything about it? I don't use twitter myself so I don't know.

Luke Shaw & Lovren have both tweeted great signing

[mcjwills]

duplicate post

[Dr Who?]

Omg

[scotty]

Remember when Huddersfield passed on Rickie Lambert because there'd be no resale value for a 27 year old? I wonder what the resale value on Osvaldo will be if he's a success....

 

 

Really good point there. I'd forgotten that, would it have made the difference when they were matching us game for game and on our tail for months? Methinks Lambert in that Hudds side instead of ours, and they would have comfortably overhauled us.

[warsash saint]

A Saints win & a huge signing in 2 days .... How's Alpine gonna cope with all this postivity?

[Jonnyboy]

Very excited! Hopefully both he and Lambo combine well and both stay in their respective international squads.

[S-Clarke]

A Saints win & a huge signing in 2 days .... How's Alpine gonna cope with all this postivity?

 

He won't post, usually how he deals with good news!

[Sour Mash]

Wins me over £100 which is the main thing. Good times.

[trousers]

Official announcement to Italian stockmarket?

 

@OfficialASRoma: Corporate: Osvaldo

http://t.co/PMgDBmyYik #ASR

 

Pablo Daniel OsvaldoCessione a titolo definitivo

L’A.S. Roma S.p.A. rende noto di aver sottoscritto il contratto con il SOUTHAMPTON FOOTBALL

CLUB per la cessione a titolo definitivo dei diritti alle prestazioni sportive del calciatore Pablo

Daniel Osvaldo, a fronte del riconoscimento di un corrispettivo pari a 15,1 milioni di euro.

L’accordo prevede altresì il riconoscimento di un corrispettivo variabile, fino ad un massimo di 2

milioni di euro, per bonus legati al raggiungimento da parte del Calciatore e del Club inglese di

determinati obiettivi sportivi.

* * *

[Jimmy_D]

Osvaldo was trending at #2 Worldwide for a while...

 

This really is a huge signing.

[S-Clarke]

The A. S. Rome S.p.A. announces that it has signed an agreement with the SOUTHAMPTON FOOTBALL

CLUB for the outright sale of the rights to the player Pablo

Daniel Osvaldo, along with the recognition of an amount of 15.1 million euro.

The agreement also provides for the recognition of a variable fee, up to a maximum of 2

million euro, bonuses linked to the achievement by the Players Club and English

certain athletic goals.

[Olallana]

It,s even a bit better.

 

€15,1m, not in £...

[Winchester Red]

Official announcement to Italian stockmarket?

 

@OfficialASRoma: Corporate: Osvaldo

http://t.co/PMgDBmyYik #ASR

 

So 15.1m euros plus 2m in add ons

[Saint137]

Boruc

Clyne Lovren ???? Shaw

Rodriguez SpiderMan Wanyama Lallana

Osvaldo Lambert

 

INSANE, CL here we come with that lot. So much quality on the bench and competition for places. Should get Lallana back to his best, have felt he's been a little bit lacking since his injury layoff

[saints_is_the_south]

Roma announce that Osvaldo has cost #saintsfc €15.1m + a maximum of €2m in bonuses. That's around £12.875m + £1.7m. http://t.co/KDVGh3O6Au

[ericofarabia]

I'm just hoping that this last few days isn't all a dream, and that I'll wake up in the morning and find out that it really has happened.

 

Wednesday - SRL the toast of England, could have even had a at trick in 20 mins!!

 

Sat - winning on the opening day of the season in The Prem for the 1st time since 1999, and against a team who convincingly beat us twice last season.

 

Sun - yet another International player with CL experience signed, another eterna watch to be worn at official press conference.

 

My head is spinning. It's like having a Happy Pill Overload!!

[shurlock]

Wins me over £100 which is the main thing. Good times.

 

What odds did you get?

[Olallana]

Anyone got the exact fee for Wanyama?

 

This was probably a record but not by that much....

[Griffo]

In all honesty, before we were linked with him I'd never heard of him.

 

I've been one of the more negative people about the whole Adkins/Pochettino business, that we finished 14th and Adkins left us in 15th. But now I can see the reasons behind it.. Would we really have attracted any of these 3 players under Adkins? I love Nige and everything he did for us but the decision to appoint Pochettino is starting to be justified to me now. Just hope this doesn't mean Lambert's forced out or doesn't play as much now.

[itchen_dan]

Roma announce that Osvaldo has cost #saintsfc €15.1m + a maximum of €2m in bonuses. That's around £12.875m + £1.7m. http://t.co/KDVGh3O6Au

 

B-B-B-Bargain!!!

[JoeShmoe]

Roma announce that Osvaldo has cost #saintsfc €15.1m + a maximum of €2m in bonuses. That's around £12.875m + £1.7m. http://t.co/KDVGh3O6Au

 

Haha Cortese FTW

[SaintSparky]

Fantastic

[grezz]

Roma announce that Osvaldo has cost #saintsfc €15.1m + a maximum of €2m in bonuses. That's around £12.875m + £1.7m. http://t.co/KDVGh3O6Au

 

That's outstanding business for Italy's 27 year old striker in this financial climate. He might chuck his dummy now and then but he's gotta be worth that much at least. NC is a wily old fox........

[CB Saint]

F..k me. Thought this was going to be one of those threads to nowhere.

 

This is probably the first signing that has got me convinced that NCs little project just might have legs.

[Give it to Ron]

Hands up time - never thought we would get him after the Damiano deal went tits up and things I heard but

how far have we come from Trotman and Mellis the same time just a few years ago.

 

Also puts to bed my fears that no players had followed Pochettino...well done Nicola.

 

Now lets hope he enjoys his time at this great club.