PABLO OSVALDO??

I am  about us getting into £17m bids for one player.

Don't worry Matty, looks as if this isn't going anywhere.....

http://www.fanatix.com/news/roma-striker-turns-down-chance-to-join-southampton/124353/

Quite glad as looks like he has a bit of an attitude, trouble off the field, slapped one of his own team in dressing room for not passing to him and I think more red cards in 2 seasons more than all the saints team put together!

We did well last year with a good team spirit and need to make sure that new players buy into that, think that is one reason Ramerez struggled last season as didn't realise that has was just one of a team.

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/premier-league-osvaldo-refuses-20m-southampton-move-122921780.html

Don't think we want this guy, let him go to City and warm their bench

http://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/421558/Roma-pushing-Fulham-target-Pablo-Osvaldo-to-accept-Southampton-move?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+daily-express-sport-news+%28Daily+Express+%3A%3A+Sport+Feed%29


http://www.footballfancast.com/football-news/southampton-target-serie-a-star?

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'Southampton are confident they could even have Osvaldo in their squad for the Premier League opener against West Brom this Saturday.'..............

I think I'm willing to bet my house on that not happening!!!

This is a fake??

https://twitter.com/FootballAbsolut/status/367968201730060288/photo/1

http://www.soccernews.com/southampton-have-offer-accepted-for-osvaldo/125790/?


And a tweet from Talk Football....

Roma have accepted a deal for Osvaldo, they have persuaded him to move to Southampton even tho he's not keen on move. [18m euros]

Clearly the individual is not that keen on a move or thinks he can get a better offer from a London club so I am this is the best option. As such will probably try and drag out which is not what we need with just 3 strikers available

And there we go again....

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/5075896/Pablo-Osvaldo-set-for-15million-Tottenham-transfer.html

Apparently MP is speaking to the player to try and persuade him to sign, spurs will have to match our bid and they are still after 2 others so they will want to pay the extra £3m but if they match our bid then no doubt he will go there, depends if they are selling Bale then could afford to up their bid.

Osvaldo has signed!!

Saints official Twitter wrote:SouthamptonFC: #SaintsFC are delighted to announce the signing of Italy international striker Pablo Daniel Osvaldo from @OfficialASRoma.

SouthamptonFC: Osvaldo has agreed a four-year deal at St Mary's, and will be officially presented as a #SaintsFC player tomorrow. Full story to follow.

Well hope the wait is worth it, certainly seems to be the player MP wanted and adds that extra bit of class up front. That means all 3 areas, Defence, Midfield and attack all significantly improved from last season