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Hussein Marhoon 10.20am....

GdS: Gastón Ramírez towards Southampton. The Uruguayan's move to the English club will be completed soon.


Hussein Marhoon 10.25am....

GdS: #Bologna will sell Gastón Ramírez for a net amount of €15m of which €9-10m will be paid as down payment.

Football Agent South 2.15pm......

Was told over lunch today that Southampton have contacted Tottenham over a defender - I can't say who but good for #saintsfc fans

things continue to drag on

Daniele Labanti (Bologna Sport columnist) 6.30pm.....

to all my #saints followers:the price is ok (€15mln) but not the terms.bolognafc wants be guarateed about the payments.ramirez still waits


Jrodfan2 6.40pm.....

so what u saying ? The fee is agreed but? And Ramirez wants to join ?


Daniele Labanti 6.42pm.....

but not the terms of payment. how much now, how much next year


Kyle Martin 6.35pm.....

your personal opinion, do you think we will sign him?


Daniele Labanti 6.39pm.....

51% yes


Daniele Labanti 6.25pm......

i guess bolognafc wants the money.they have to agree the terms of payment.for sure the guy wants to join saints


Daniele Labanti 6.40pm.....

we guess bolognafc chairman wants so much that money and he will be so upset if ramirez stays


Charlie Messenger 6.42pm.....

Haha really? He wants to sell him?


Daniele Labanti 6.43pm....

more or less.. but he cannot say it


Charlie Messenger 6.45pm....

Thanks for your responses, we are excited about Ramirez in Southampton!


Daniele Labanti 6.48pm.....

he's a great young player


Greg Vulinovic 6.35pm.....

so the door is still open for saints? is there a deadline?


Daniele Labanti 6.37pm....

it was today. but last bolognafc chairman quote keeps the door open

FootballDave01 (allegedly an agent) 12.20am.....

A contact in #Southampton just told me #SFC are currently in discussions over transfer of la liga forward.

Simon Peach 9.50am.....


Saintsfc & Bologna have agreed a fee & payment plan for Ramirez. The hold up is because the Rossoblù are trying to sort out their finances.

Peter White (sports journalist) 9.55am.....

Everything in place but if Bologna cannot secure loan then all could crash

Simon Peach 9.58am.....

If #SaintsFC get messed around by Bologna & the deal collapses, there are other targets on the radar. I think it'll go through, though.

Alex Crook (Journalist) 10.10am.....

saintsfc have given bologna 24 hours to complete the Ramirez deal or will withdraw their offer

wake me up when this one is over please

More tweets from fairly reliable journalists:

Alex Crook again 6.20pm......

For those asking i am confident #saintsfc will sign Ramirez. Think agent quotes saying deal is dead is an attempt to panic Bologna.


Peter White again 9.30pm.....

From what I hear NC has given Bologna until tomorrow to sort out finances or forget £11.8m deal for Ramirez. Deadline extended.

Ramirez deal definitely not dead yet, but could do with an early kiss of life tomorrow


Simon Peach again 10.30pm.....

Still getting a lot of Ramirez tweets. As I said, led to believe deal to #SaintsFC is not off yet. Games are being played by all involved.

Peter White again 9.45pm tonight.......

Nothing official on Ramirez but understand talks ongoing to try to resolve matter and get signing done

"French papers are reporting Southampton have had an €8m bid accepted by Rennes for Jean Armel-Kana Biyik. More as this develops. "

if we bid 8m for Biyik then think Ramierz deal will be dead and we have moved on.

From Simon Peach at 10pm.......

Saintsfc linked with Barcelona's 22-year-old defender Andreu Fontàs tonight. Decent player but missed the most of last season with an ACL injury. Fit for purpose? Andreu Fontàs would reportedly cost #SaintsFC a fee of £6million.

Tancredi Palmeri (CNN Italian correspondent) at 12.20am....

According to journalist @dimarziotweet , Ramirez deal almost done with Southampton:his agent persuaded Saints to accept Bologna conditions


And at 12.50am...

means that,while days ago Saints supposed to take 100%,now they'll go in co-ownership w/ Penarol


From Simon Peach at 12.50am....

Italian journalist @dimarziotweet is reporting Gaston Ramirez's move to #SaintsFC is almost complete. The standstill appears to be over.

Football Agent South at 9am....

Southampton look to have agreed a deal with Blackpool for Matt Phillips - Likely to go through on Wednesday

Possible signings?? Where have I heard that before!

What did we do before twitter and facebook!

Matty, before Twitter and Facebook I (all of us in fact) had newspapers. The technology is great, but I'm struggling to keep up.

Pete from Oz wrote:Matty, before Twitter and Facebook I (all of us in fact) had newspapers. The technology is great, but I'm struggling to keep up.

Cortese must hate these type of media as a real control freak and these are pretty much uncontrollable. Think this has also lead to lazy, poor journalists who just seem to trawl through the internet and make a story from something they see on line.

Simon Peach 2 minutes ago....

Days after Nigel Adkins flatly denied the move, I am hearing that Japan international Maya Yoshida may now end up at #SaintsFC

John Cowman (magazine editor) 5 minutes ago....

Italian journo pal just informed me Gaston Ramirez to #saintsfc is a done deal. If true a real scoop for Saints and NC

'A Year ago Today, Southampton signed Iago Falque on loan, he played for 45 minutes against Leicester and never played again'

Tonight from Alex Goring Crook (National newspaper journalist, talksportlive commentator and reporter for Soccer Saturday and Soccer Special TV shows).....

Think tomorrow could be a busy day at saintsfc


Reply from a Saints fan.....

busy based on Forren? Or expecting something else?


Alex Goring Crook.....

certainly Forren. Possibly something else. Apologies for vagueness. Have been unable to stand up what I'm hearing.

Would expect Forren deal to go through as have not been any rumours relating to other clubs, maybe anouncement on Puncheon contract plus I still wouldnt rule out a move for Butland . Was originally our main gk target and think Birmingham are despearte for the money and seem to have another goalie lined up so looks like he is going somewhere. Goes back to initial buying stratgey young english players. Now have Cork, Shaw, Cline, Lallana, Rodrigues plus Ward Prowse on the fringes so it wouldnt surprise me.