david in sweden Posted 21 January, 2015 Share Posted 21 January, 2015 Not for the first time, the name of Joh Guidetti has come up (noted in Echo). He is a player I have been writing about for several seasons - since his teenage days in Sweden . JG was getting rave reviews already as a 16 year old with the Academy set-up Brommapojkarna in Stockholm. He played U17/18 for Sweden and was quickly bought by Man.City and spent a couple of great seasons in their youth system. Not old / experienced enough for the Prem.yet, he was loaned out to Feyernoord where his manager was - guess who?. JG had a great season and scored around 20 goals, but was stricken with a strange ailment (connected with food poisoning from shellfish ? can't recall) -but the effects of which, took ages to overcome. Returning to England, MC loaned him out to Stoke, where " Sparky " gave him the last 10 mins. in the occasional game, and he was well and truly miffed. His exploits at Celtic since the summer have been well-publicised -even in Sweden, and getting him to SMS at £2 million - would be a real killing. An agressive striker, with lots of enthusiasm, he occasionally reminded me of the " young James Beattie" plus the goals. Let's hope that RK is as interested as the media seem to suggest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 21 January, 2015 Share Posted 21 January, 2015 The John Guidetti saga? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david in sweden Posted 21 January, 2015 Author Share Posted 21 January, 2015 The John Guidetti saga? maybe Turkish ? .....we'll have to wait and see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulrich van Gobbel Posted 21 January, 2015 Share Posted 21 January, 2015 John Guidetti is a player who seems to have been around for years but he is still only 22. He is clearly a talented player and has scored plenty of goals in the Eredivisie (20 goals in 23 games) and scored 6 goals in 15 appearances for Celtic this season - clearly these leagues aren't PL standard but it shows he has an eye for goal. I believe his contract expires in the Summer so if City want to shift him in January for £2m then I think that could be a great bit of business. The link up with his old manager could be the key here. JG is clearly not going to get regular first team football at City, you could argue he wouldn't get it at Saints currently but if Pellè gets injured then he could be a good out and out striker replacement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igsey Posted 21 January, 2015 Share Posted 21 January, 2015 Still just think this is lazy journalism. They need a story, some could argue we need a striker, he played under Koeman, therefore we MUST be after him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disconnect Posted 21 January, 2015 Share Posted 21 January, 2015 John Guidetti is a player who seems to have been around for years but he is still only 22. He is clearly a talented player and has scored plenty of goals in the Eredivisie (20 goals in 23 games) and scored 6 goals in 15 appearances for Celtic this season - clearly these leagues aren't PL standard but it shows he has an eye for goal. I believe his contract expires in the Summer so if City want to shift him in January for £2m then I think that could be a great bit of business. The link up with his old manager could be the key here. JG is clearly not going to get regular first team football at City, you could argue he wouldn't get it at Saints currently but if Pellè gets injured then he could be a good out and out striker replacement. Definitely worth a chance for 2 mil. We're desperately short for backup for Pelle (i.e. dont have anyone besides an unproven and long term injured Gallagher), and he'd also benefit from being able to have a breather every now and again! Has worked with Koeman before, has a decent record, but has a bit to prove to City and Stoke... All in all, worth a shot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSAINT Posted 21 January, 2015 Share Posted 21 January, 2015 I believe his contract expires in the Summer so if City want to shift him in January for £2m then I think that could be a great bit of business. The link up with his old manager could be the key here. JG is clearly not going to get regular first team football at City, you could argue he wouldn't get it at Saints currently but if Pellè gets injured then he could be a good out and out striker replacement. Is he not locked in for the season on loan at Celtic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delboy Dave Posted 21 January, 2015 Share Posted 21 January, 2015 At £2m I wouldn't even hesitate for a millionth of a second. Get it done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectisSaint Posted 21 January, 2015 Share Posted 21 January, 2015 Is he not locked in for the season on loan at Celtic? Would Man City sanction a transfer to a rival? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Convict Colony Posted 21 January, 2015 Share Posted 21 January, 2015 The John Guidetti saga? I reckon I can claim getting involved in the saga starting back in July, I really rate JG. Am open on the CB role but I would really fancy Guidetti over Ings purely based on Koeman has worked with him before and he scored a tonne in the system we are going to play. Would be under whelmed if Redmond was our RM buy, we have a tonne of cash and should be looking for decisive quality in the final third not someone who plays well once every 10 games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulrich van Gobbel Posted 21 January, 2015 Share Posted 21 January, 2015 Would Man City sanction a transfer to a rival? John Guidetti scores last minute winner for Saints at the Etihad on the last day of the season to send us into the Champions League and ensures Chelsea win the league.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorne Malvo Posted 21 January, 2015 Share Posted 21 January, 2015 and scored 6 goals in 15 appearances for Celtic this season - clearly these leagues aren't PL standard but it shows he has an eye for goal. Actually I think he hasnt scored for ages in their league. Those 6 goals came in the first 5/6 games and has struggled since against albeit the top quality sides in that league. Is Hooper still around by the way banging in goals for Norwich? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 22 January, 2015 Share Posted 22 January, 2015 Koeman: "There is nothing serious in the John Guidetti rumours. At the moment we are not looking for another attacker" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svetigpung Posted 22 January, 2015 Share Posted 22 January, 2015 He was on loan at Stoke and failed to get a starting place there. Stoke FFS. Says it all really. Now playing in the scottish "please dont laugh' league and hasn't done much there against. Considering the opposition, never going to be a top goal scorer. My conclusion...he is ****e! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sotonist Posted 22 January, 2015 Share Posted 22 January, 2015 Koeman: "There is nothing serious in the John Guidetti rumours. At the moment we are not looking for another attacker" I suppose from that we can interpret that either rodrigez is returning or elia was the striker he said we needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSAINT Posted 22 January, 2015 Share Posted 22 January, 2015 Posted this in the HCDAJFU thread, but it's probably better suited here: http://www1.skysports.com/transfer/n...ver-his-future Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorgiesaint Posted 22 January, 2015 Share Posted 22 January, 2015 Actually I think he hasnt scored for ages in their league. Those 6 goals came in the first 5/6 games and has struggled since against albeit the top quality sides in that league. Whilst he hasn't set the Scottish Premier League on fire of late, he is playing in possibly the worst Celtic team for probably 20-30 years. That said I'm not sure he's the quality of player we should be looking to sign - maybe when we first got promoted but not now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fitzhugh Fella Posted 22 January, 2015 Share Posted 22 January, 2015 Koeman: "There is nothing serious in the John Guidetti rumours. At the moment we are not looking for another attacker" He's changed his tune from a week or two back - with Rodriguez still a while away we are dangerously light for cover for Pelle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doggface Posted 22 January, 2015 Share Posted 22 January, 2015 He's changed his tune from a week or two back - with Rodriguez still a while away we are dangerously light for cover for Pelle This. Pelle needs competition for that CF role, Long looks better playing alongside Pelle than on his own. If Pelle gets crocked or suspended we are ****ed imo.... Let's hope it's a smokescreen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted 22 January, 2015 Share Posted 22 January, 2015 He's changed his tune from a week or two back - with Rodriguez still a while away we are dangerously light for cover for Pelle he may have been told no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Convict Colony Posted 22 January, 2015 Share Posted 22 January, 2015 Surely as our feeder club we have the first right of refusal for all Celtic players even if they are on loan http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/english/john-guidetti-a-target-for-southampton-1-3667890 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pancake Posted 22 January, 2015 Share Posted 22 January, 2015 This. Pelle needs competition for that CF role, Long looks better playing alongside Pelle than on his own. If Pelle gets crocked or suspended we are ****ed imo.... Let's hope it's a smokescreen. Hmmm. Not so sure We have seen over the last few months that where a certain pivotal player is missing, RK is not backwards about switching the style and system about to use the players he does have. For example, Toby is out so he brings in Gardos BUT also gets Ryan to stay back and not bomb on, providing more cover. We also saw the switch to 3 CBs to cover off the lack of fit DMs earlier as well. So I would assume that if we end up with a spell of games without Pelle playing then we will see Saints play with a front 2 and a flat 4 behind. Long and Elia (or Mane) with Schniederlin, Vic, Tadic and JWP/Davis. I think we are more pressed for a backup keeper, but even then I can see why the club isn't too fussed about busting a gut in the midsession window to get someone in beating in mind how many we have at the club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Convict Colony Posted 22 January, 2015 Share Posted 22 January, 2015 Koeman: "There is nothing serious in the John Guidetti rumours. At the moment we are not looking for another attacker" Yeah and Toby was beyond us as a signing this summer, I think we can all agree we need another pure target man forward we have JRod/Sadio/Elia/Tadic/Long who are all very similiar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 22 January, 2015 Share Posted 22 January, 2015 He was on loan at Stoke and failed to get a starting place there. Stoke FFS. Says it all really. Now playing in the scottish "please dont laugh' league and hasn't done much there against. Considering the opposition, never going to be a top goal scorer. My conclusion...he is ****e! So do you think the same about Frazer Forster? He couldn't get a game at Newcastle and was playing in the Scottish "please don't laugh" league. He must be s***e too, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectisSaint Posted 22 January, 2015 Share Posted 22 January, 2015 So do you think the same about Frazer Forster? He couldn't get a game at Newcastle and was playing in the Scottish "please don't laugh" league. He must be s***e too, right? Unlikely to ever be a top goal scorer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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