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Toby Alderweireld Signs on Season Loan - Official

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jasonb

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The more I read Aziz Yebde posts the more convinced I become that he's a Wum . Is it our old mate Barry Sanchez ?

 

I thought this was a given that it was a fruitcake with too much time on his/her hands.. if they have hands.

Gorgiesaint

Gorgiesaint

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Pellè the schmuck at losing Southampton

 

:?

 

Was a report on the Bayer Leverkusen game and Pelle OG.

 

More important is the new headline:

 

[h=1]Die is cast: Alderweireld one year to Southampton[/h]

alpine_saint

alpine_saint

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Know much about the Salzburg winger we're linked with?

 

Mane ?

 

My Austrian work colleagues rate him. But Austrian football is crap, so that means nothing

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Heisenberg

Heisenberg

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never mind that, how can we possibly afford a hugely and nonsensically inflated €500k per year?

 

Ha i did see that. Shows how mental football wages are when we can instantly dismiss €500k per year as a typo/error

 

How could a modern day footballer survive on a measly £6k per week....

DT

DT

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Please be true. I get much more excited about CBs than most other positions as it's something we've not been great at over the years. Would be big signing

david in sweden

david in sweden

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Mane ? My Austrian work colleagues rate him. But Austrian football is crap, so that means nothing

 

 

....is their opinion any better than others, or is that just a judgement on Austrian football, I wonder?.

 

Born in Belgium, Toby joined Ajax Academy (in Holland) and was a star player there... before moving to Athletico Madrid (one year ago on 4 year contract).

 

Athletico had a great season with their predominently Spanish players, ....and consequently he was limited to only a dozen games. He's obviously second choice in the Spanish outfit.

 

He's already played 37 times for Belgium (alongside Vertongen) .and was in their World Cup squad. Hardly seems like much of a gamble for a one year loan.

Greenridge

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I am still looking to bring in two more players, an attacker and a defender. Toby Alderweireld will undergo a medical today, hopefully we can also add another attacker. I can't say who we are working on.

 

RK from Helden online

Saint IQ

Saint IQ

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500,000 per year.? ....equates to something around £10k / week .....what's inflated about that?

 

Even less, 500k euros is £395k/12= 33k a month so just over 8k a week which has to be lower than most our first team players. strange article who do they think we are? Blackpool?

Block34

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talkSAINTS ‏@talkSAINTS 1m

 

DONE DEAL: Toby Alderweireld has joined Southampton on a season-long loan. pic.twitter.com/R0yNJ9YIU1 (@TotalDutchFB) #Saintsfc

jayrivers

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Someone reported nop option to buy though - any update on that?

 

I guess we could still end up buying him, like Lukaka at Everton, but might not be so easy. Could that be because they don't want to halt the path of some of the U21s?

Colinjb

Colinjb

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Out of interest, how would the signing of Aldeweireld square with our current CBs? Seems to me that Gardos is not the preferred first teamer.

 

Cover at right back as well as a capable centre back. Excellent depth in a position that could have been troublesome.

Professor

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Under Koeman, it seems no one is guaranteed a starting place, eg Wanyama at West Ham and the departure of Taider who is reported as wanting an assurance of selection. Despite playing RB for Belgium, since Aldeweireld is primarily a CB he will be one of 4 competing for 2 places. Gut feeling is that Fonte may be the one who loses out if the two new boys are as good as their reputations but we can only wait and see. Shame about Jos, who comes over as a very likeable squad member but is the weakest link and has probably played more Premier games than he ever expected to.

Faz

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Wait until you hear Koeman speak his name and you'll have the definitive Dutch pronunciation.

 

I'm going with the Dave Merrington version.

hypochondriac

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Under Koeman, it seems no one is guaranteed a starting place, eg Wanyama at West Ham and the departure of Taider who is reported as wanting an assurance of selection. Despite playing RB for Belgium, since Aldeweireld is primarily a CB he will be one of 4 competing for 2 places. Gut feeling is that Fonte may be the one who loses out if the two new boys are as good as their reputations but we can only wait and see. Shame about Jos, who comes over as a very likeable squad member but is the weakest link and has probably played more Premier games than he ever expected to.

 

I agree. Refreshing after the reports of favourites under poch.

Ken Tone

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Aldeweireld - how do you pronounce his name?

 

carefully?

 

Wikipepdia etc give the .dutch pronunciation, but although he has spend a lot of his career in Holland, he is actually Belgian, where he may or may not use the the similar Flemish , or may have a French background.

 

So in short, I have no idea! But I'm pretty sure Dave Merrington will research it thoroughly ;-)

DT

DT

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Under Koeman, it seems no one is guaranteed a starting place, eg Wanyama at West Ham and the departure of Taider who is reported as wanting an assurance of selection. Despite playing RB for Belgium, since Aldeweireld is primarily a CB he will be one of 4 competing for 2 places. Gut feeling is that Fonte may be the one who loses out if the two new boys are as good as their reputations but we can only wait and see. Shame about Jos, who comes over as a very likeable squad member but is the weakest link and has probably played more Premier games than he ever expected to.

Fonte is captain...

Essruu

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Out of interest, how would the signing of Aldeweireld square with our current CBs? Seems to me that Gardos is not the preferred first teamer.

 

Don't read too much into the fact that he hasn't featured yet, other than on the bench.

 

Florin was recovering from injury when he joined, so it's been 3mths since he last played a competitive match. He's recovered from the injury now and is fit - but not match fit. He'll be eased in to the first team.

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