Saints4Prem Posted 10 May, 2017 Share Posted 10 May, 2017 I have heard that Virgil is off to Chelsea and the deal is already done. Apparently when we played them recently he attended, all suited and booted, and watched from a Chelsea private box. It does not look good from Paddy Power either as they have him as odds on to Chelsea. To cap it all I have also just heard Eric Black on Talksport and when asked about VVD he did not say he was staying just that he thought he had options. I would love him to stay but not feeling hopeful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benjii Posted 10 May, 2017 Share Posted 10 May, 2017 Just for perspective, anything north of £50m would make him the most expensive defender ever. Is he better than Stones? Yes, IMO. Does that mean we will get £60 - 70m for him? Doubtful, unless there is a serious bidding war. I can't see Man City wanting to go huge after their abysmal CB recruiting efforts (Mangala, Otamendi etc...) so I reckon barring an overseas super-club bid it will be Chelsea for him. Of course, I would like us to tell him he is staying for another year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beavis17 Posted 10 May, 2017 Share Posted 10 May, 2017 I have heard that Virgil is off to Chelsea and the deal is already done. Apparently when we played them recently he attended, all suited and booted, and watched from a Chelsea private box. It does not look good from Paddy Power either as they have him as odds on to Chelsea. To cap it all I have also just heard Eric Black on Talksport and when asked about VVD he did not say he was staying just that he thought he had options. I would love him to stay but not feeling hopeful. Paddy Power have got him as odds on?! We may as well give up all hope now then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benjii Posted 10 May, 2017 Share Posted 10 May, 2017 Paddy Power have got him as odds on?! We may as well give up all hope now then. They called this year's Royal Rumble. Just saying..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkSFC Posted 10 May, 2017 Share Posted 10 May, 2017 I am hopeful he will stay for one more year but when a bidding war starts it's very difficult for someone to ignore. Even if he had every intention to stay for one more year - and even if his GF wants to stay - it will be difficult. Winchester to Cobham is only 30 minutes more than Staplewood! IF he does go we need to make sure it is 60-70m for 3 main reasons. 1) he has 5 years on his contract. It needs to provide value for the club. 2) he is that good. Not the greatest ever but even though it's a WR for a defender it's not relevant because priced just go up and up. 3) because priced go up we need to get at least 2 decent players (wages included) for the fee. Hopefully we can secure Ruben Samedo before he goes if he does. As ever it's going to be another exciting summer!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beatlesaint Posted 10 May, 2017 Share Posted 10 May, 2017 Apparently when we played them recently he attended, all suited and booted, and watched from a Chelsea private box. of course he did utter crap. I dont dispute there is a possibility of him ending up at Chelsea but this situation ? really ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pamplemousse Posted 10 May, 2017 Share Posted 10 May, 2017 That's almost as bad as the Bertrand Puel fight rumours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saints4Prem Posted 10 May, 2017 Share Posted 10 May, 2017 It is so difficult to post on this forum with the odd snippet you hear. Actually my info came from someone on the staff who was at the game. Like so many I do not know why I bother. Back to lurking and picking out the good and not dissing the ones I do not like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkSFC Posted 10 May, 2017 Share Posted 10 May, 2017 Maybe the deal with Chelsea is to loan him back to us for one year......ie they get him signed now, but we keep him for one year, everyone happy.....and maybe we get Ake or Christenssen next summer?!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilchards Posted 10 May, 2017 Share Posted 10 May, 2017 I have heard that Virgil is off to Chelsea and the deal is already done. Apparently when we played them recently he attended, all suited and booted, and watched from a Chelsea private box. It does not look good from Paddy Power either as they have him as odds on to Chelsea. To cap it all I have also just heard Eric Black on Talksport and when asked about VVD he did not say he was staying just that he thought he had options. I would love him to stay but not feeling hopeful. If this did happen then you would think it would be all over the Chelsea forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DT Posted 10 May, 2017 Share Posted 10 May, 2017 (edited) Virgil is pictured in the new interior paint-refurb of st mary's in this season's kit I've just seen on Twitter. all a bit odd @talksaints by the way Edited 10 May, 2017 by DT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjb7223 Posted 15 May, 2017 Share Posted 15 May, 2017 http://www.empireofthekop.com/2017/05/15/virgil-van-dijk-fuels-rumours-linking-him-to-liverpool-in-typically-modern-fashion/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelman Posted 16 May, 2017 Share Posted 16 May, 2017 http://www.empireofthekop.com/2017/05/15/virgil-van-dijk-fuels-rumours-linking-him-to-liverpool-in-typically-modern-fashion/ So, he retweets what a Dutch player says and the Liverpool press put 2 and 2 together to form a story. The last time this happened, I seem to recall Lovren tweeting about Fonte and them all thinking Fonte was going to LFC. If it happens, it happens, but I am not going to get overly excited by Empire of the Kop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beatlesaint Posted 16 May, 2017 Share Posted 16 May, 2017 So, he retweets what a Dutch player says and the Liverpool press put 2 and 2 together to form a story. The last time this happened, I seem to recall Lovren tweeting about Fonte and them all thinking Fonte was going to LFC. If it happens, it happens, but I am not going to get overly excited by Empire of the Kop. Moral of the story - footballers should not support their friends and fellow countrymen on Social Media cos some **** head pours over their tweets looking for dubious links regarding transfers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tajjuk Posted 16 May, 2017 Share Posted 16 May, 2017 We should do all we can to keep him and if not sell him outside the PL IMO, even if it's at a lower selling fee. I'd rather see him playing for Juve or Real or Barca etc. for £40 million than for Chelsea, Man Utd, or effing Liverpool for £50 million. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micky Posted 16 May, 2017 Share Posted 16 May, 2017 Maybe the deal with Chelsea is to loan him back to us for one year......ie they get him signed now, but we keep him for one year, everyone happy.....and maybe we get Ake or Christenssen next summer?!!! Is this a tongue in cheek assumption or head up your arse assumption...??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 16 May, 2017 Share Posted 16 May, 2017 Do these loan back deals ever happen anymore? There's always so much fee paid, the buying club want them now. I guess for PL clubs buying from the lower leagues a loan back somtimes makes sense as it's usually not insane money (But again, that will probably change), but someone will not pay £50m and then let us keep him for another year anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusic Posted 16 May, 2017 Share Posted 16 May, 2017 He is too big an opportunity for one of the big teams to miss and they won't let that happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wild-saint Posted 16 May, 2017 Author Share Posted 16 May, 2017 It is so difficult to post on this forum with the odd snippet you hear. Actually my info came from someone on the staff who was at the game. Like so many I do not know why I bother. Back to lurking and picking out the good and not dissing the ones I do not like. Actually I dont think its that unlikely. He could have easily cleared it with the club that he wanted to watch the game and Chelsea have offered him a seat in a box. Its not really that much different from watchin a game from the directors box. What would be more interesting to know who else was in the same box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwertyell Posted 16 May, 2017 Share Posted 16 May, 2017 What would be more interesting to know who else was in the same box. I think we can discount any of our midfielders being in the opposition's box... Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wild-saint Posted 16 May, 2017 Author Share Posted 16 May, 2017 Actually I dont think its that unlikely. He could have easily cleared it with the club that he wanted to watch the game and Chelsea have offered him a seat in a box. Its not really that much different from watching a game from the directors box. What would be more interesting to know who else was in the same box. Sorry for clarity, i think its highly possible that he was in a box for the saints game. I think its a bit of a leap to assume he is joining them. Although if a Chelsea steward / member of staff who may have seen him at the game could easily put 2+2 together to make 5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 16 May, 2017 Share Posted 16 May, 2017 Virgil is pictured in the new interior paint-refurb of st mary's in this season's kit I've just seen on Twitter. all a bit odd @talksaints by the way He's in the lift that goes from the main reception, to replace the pic of a few players which had Fonte in the middle of it, that happened after Norwich FA Cup but before last Monday. It's a posed one with the changing room text behind him, strangely the text behind him isn't the same as is actually on the wall of the changing room, it's a faked up backdrop. Not a big deal now anyway as the kit's being replaced within a couple of months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSAINT Posted 16 May, 2017 Share Posted 16 May, 2017 Moral of the story - footballers should not support their friends and fellow countrymen on Social Media cos some **** head pours over their tweets looking for dubious links regarding transfers Didn't Virgil start doing stuff on Twitter about us before he moved? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Fry Posted 16 May, 2017 Share Posted 16 May, 2017 Would be genuinely gob smacked if he joined Liverpool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted 16 May, 2017 Share Posted 16 May, 2017 Would be genuinely gob smacked if he joined Liverpool. Huge club, champions league, well known manager, good at doing business with Saints all very possible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Fry Posted 16 May, 2017 Share Posted 16 May, 2017 Huge club, champions league, well known manager, good at doing business with Saints all very possible He should be able to sign for the Champions or the richest club in the country. The kind of teams who can buy players from Liverpool, or flog their cast offs to Liverpool. Would be such a sh it move for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted 16 May, 2017 Share Posted 16 May, 2017 He should be able to sign for the Champions or the richest club in the country. The kind of teams who can buy players from Liverpool, or flog their cast offs to Liverpool. Would be such a sh it move for him. totally agree, he would waltz into Chelsea, city, united Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Give it to Ron Posted 16 May, 2017 Share Posted 16 May, 2017 totally agree, he would waltz into Chelsea, city, united Higher than that too there are so few players as good as Virgil that can dominate a defence. Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Appy Posted 16 May, 2017 Share Posted 16 May, 2017 He'll still be worth over 50 million in a year with 4 years left, we should hold firm, doubt we will though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doddisalegend Posted 16 May, 2017 Share Posted 16 May, 2017 He'll still be worth over 50 million in a year with 4 years left, we should hold firm, doubt we will though. Not if he gets a bad injury or has a drop in form over a season.....on the other hand next year 80million will be the new 50million the way transfer fees are going up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Appy Posted 16 May, 2017 Share Posted 16 May, 2017 Not if he gets a bad injury or has a drop in form over a season.....on the other hand next year 80million will be the new 50million the way transfer fees are going up. He's just had a bad injury and he's still looking at a 50 million asking price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 16 May, 2017 Share Posted 16 May, 2017 ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 16 May, 2017 Share Posted 16 May, 2017 We didn't need to sell last year, or the year before - so they told us. So that's news to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Appy Posted 16 May, 2017 Share Posted 16 May, 2017 ... In no circumstances should football decide he goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alanh Posted 17 May, 2017 Share Posted 17 May, 2017 We didn't need to sell last year, or the year before - so they told us. So that's news to me. No football club ever says it needs to sell, even after relegation, as to do so would simply drive down the prices they might get for any player sold. Don't believe every word that Saints, or any other club or media organisation say. There will always be an agenda behind their statements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelman Posted 17 May, 2017 Share Posted 17 May, 2017 http://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/614897/Virgil-van-Dijk-Chelsea-Liverpool-transfer-news £60m is quite a lot really!! Remembering that Celtic have a 10% (??) cut of it. Personally I would have gone with a £75m price tag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farawaysaint Posted 17 May, 2017 Share Posted 17 May, 2017 http://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/614897/Virgil-van-Dijk-Chelsea-Liverpool-transfer-news £60m is quite a lot really!! Remembering that Celtic have a 10% (??) cut of it. Personally I would have gone with a £75m price tag. That quote doesn't even say we are demanding £60mi It just says we CAN turn it down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SW5 SAINT Posted 17 May, 2017 Share Posted 17 May, 2017 Not if he gets a bad injury or has a drop in form over a season.....on the other hand next year 80million will be the new 50million the way transfer fees are going up. He's just had a bad injury, nobody really knows how well he is recovering from that. Suppose if Saints thought he might not be same player again, it might be a good move to flog him off now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelman Posted 17 May, 2017 Share Posted 17 May, 2017 Has he just had a bad injury or a minor injury that has taken a long time to heal? For example, I fractured my scaphoid and it took an age to not recover before having to have it pinned, and more moths to get strength back. Not a bad injury at all, in fact a very minor one that has taken over a year to sort out properly, and still not back to where I was before I fractured it. And anyway, what actually was his injury? Not sure I have ever seen what it was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 17 May, 2017 Share Posted 17 May, 2017 Has he just had a bad injury or a minor injury that has taken a long time to heal? For example, I fractured my scaphoid and it took an age to not recover before having to have it pinned, and more moths to get strength back. Not a bad injury at all, in fact a very minor one that has taken over a year to sort out properly, and still not back to where I was before I fractured it. And anyway, what actually was his injury? Not sure I have ever seen what it was. It's all very hush hush isn't it. No idea what his injury was. Broken foot? Achilles? ankle ligaments? It was something kinda bad anyway, as his leg was immobilized for weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSAINT Posted 18 May, 2017 Share Posted 18 May, 2017 Talks with Chelsea buried in this article: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2017/05/17/chelsea-make-swift-move-tie-thibaut-courtois-new-deal-ward-real/ (Also states Bournemouth will bid £20m for Ake). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Albert Posted 18 May, 2017 Share Posted 18 May, 2017 According to the Sun, which bases its story on reports from Germany, Chelsea will sell Christensen to B. Monchengladbach if they get VVD: https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/3591223/chelsea-sell-andreas-christensen-borussia-monchengladbach-17m-virgil-van-dijk/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 19 May, 2017 Share Posted 19 May, 2017 (edited) Sunday's matchday programme front cover... Make of that what you will... Edited 19 May, 2017 by trousers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doddisalegend Posted 19 May, 2017 Share Posted 19 May, 2017 Jurgen Klopp: Liverpool manager says club have spoken to transfer targets "The world is not full of players who will make us better immediately but clearly there are a few out there," said German Klopp. "We have spoken to them. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39973999 I await Liverpool's bid for VVD next week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doddisalegend Posted 19 May, 2017 Share Posted 19 May, 2017 Sunday's matchday programme front cover... Make of they what you will... sneaky ploy to get ST sales up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DT Posted 19 May, 2017 Share Posted 19 May, 2017 Sunday's matchday programme front cover... Make of they what you will... Last chance to feature... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintwbu Posted 19 May, 2017 Share Posted 19 May, 2017 Never have I wanted a player to stay so badly, just to shove two fingers up to all the ****s in the media that have been shopping him around all season. Even when he doesn't play it's all the commentators can talk about. Just **** off already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doddisalegend Posted 19 May, 2017 Share Posted 19 May, 2017 Sunday's matchday programme front cover... Make of they what you will... He looks like he is giving up football to work in a Jazz club in that picture.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Albert Posted 19 May, 2017 Share Posted 19 May, 2017 Jurgen Klopp: Liverpool manager says club have spoken to transfer targets "The world is not full of players who will make us better immediately but clearly there are a few out there," said German Klopp. "We have spoken to them. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39973999 I await Liverpool's bid for VVD next week I await a tapping up complaint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 19 May, 2017 Share Posted 19 May, 2017 https://southamptonfc.com/news/2017-05-19/saints-matchday-magazine-southampton-stoke-city nside the Stoke City edition the 25-year-old talks exclusively to SAINTS about his recovery from injury and how he has grown as a leader over the course of the season. He also heaps praise on young defender Jack Stephens and reflects on his campaign before being sidelined.* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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