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Summer Transfer Window 2017

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rochdaleblue said:
Couldn't agree more. He didn't just turn us down last time he humiliated Everton football club and the manager. Private jet awaiting to bring him up to Merseyside, then he ignored the phone calls of koeman. Walsh bangs on about having the right character to play for the club, well he showed us last summer the type of character is.
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That's why this is no more than bottom of the birdcage tomorrow morning
 

http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/sa..._alone_after__telling_Saints_he_wants_to_go_/

Virgil van Dijk has been banished to train alone after 'telling Saints he wants to quit the club' this summer.

The Dutch centre half, who has been targeted by Liverpool, is no longer involved in pre-season preparations after telling manager Mauricio Pellegrino he is “not available to play because he wants to leave”.

Pellegrino has taken the decision to remove van Dijk from his squad, confirming that the 26-year-old will train alone at Staplewood next week while everybody else jets off to France to continue preparations for the new season.

The new Saints boss insists he has told van Dijk that the club’s position is that he is not for sale, and hopes he will think again.

“The boy said that he is not available to play because he wants to leave. This is the decision," said Pellegrino.

“I had to say 'if you don’t want to be involved because you don’t feel OK then you have to train alone until this period of time happens'.”

He added: “My relationship with Virgil is excellent. I was clear with the boy, and I was talking from the first day with him.

“The club was clear. The club told me they will not sell Virgil.

“I translated the idea of the club to the player and for me it was easy because I had to manage the dynamic of the team.

“Now he is not involved with the team because psychologically he is not 100 per cent. If you are not 100 per cent with the team I need to work with the players who are 1000 per cent to defend Southampton. It’s easy for me.”

Saints are standing firm with van Dijk, who signed a six-year contract last summer that is believed to have made him the highest-paid player in the club’s history.

Liverpool did back off from their pursuit after the tapping-up row earlier this summer, but van Dijk’s mind is clearly no longer at St Mary’s, leaving Saints in a tricky corner.

“I hope that Virgil can review his feelings because you know that today a player is big business. Not just the player but behind them is a lot of interests,” said Pellegrino.
 
BlueToff said:
http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/sa..._alone_after__telling_Saints_he_wants_to_go_/

Virgil van Dijk has been banished to train alone after 'telling Saints he wants to quit the club' this summer.

The Dutch centre half, who has been targeted by Liverpool, is no longer involved in pre-season preparations after telling manager Mauricio Pellegrino he is “not available to play because he wants to leave”.

Pellegrino has taken the decision to remove van Dijk from his squad, confirming that the 26-year-old will train alone at Staplewood next week while everybody else jets off to France to continue preparations for the new season.

The new Saints boss insists he has told van Dijk that the club’s position is that he is not for sale, and hopes he will think again.

“The boy said that he is not available to play because he wants to leave. This is the decision," said Pellegrino.

“I had to say 'if you don’t want to be involved because you don’t feel OK then you have to train alone until this period of time happens'.”

He added: “My relationship with Virgil is excellent. I was clear with the boy, and I was talking from the first day with him.

“The club was clear. The club told me they will not sell Virgil.

“I translated the idea of the club to the player and for me it was easy because I had to manage the dynamic of the team.

“Now he is not involved with the team because psychologically he is not 100 per cent. If you are not 100 per cent with the team I need to work with the players who are 1000 per cent to defend Southampton. It’s easy for me.”

Saints are standing firm with van Dijk, who signed a six-year contract last summer that is believed to have made him the highest-paid player in the club’s history.

Liverpool did back off from their pursuit after the tapping-up row earlier this summer, but van Dijk’s mind is clearly no longer at St Mary’s, leaving Saints in a tricky corner.

“I hope that Virgil can review his feelings because you know that today a player is big business. Not just the player but behind them is a lot of interests,” said Pellegrino.
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Get the check book back out Farhad ...
 
BlueToff said:
http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/sa..._alone_after__telling_Saints_he_wants_to_go_/

Virgil van Dijk has been banished to train alone after 'telling Saints he wants to quit the club' this summer.

The Dutch centre half, who has been targeted by Liverpool, is no longer involved in pre-season preparations after telling manager Mauricio Pellegrino he is “not available to play because he wants to leave”.

Pellegrino has taken the decision to remove van Dijk from his squad, confirming that the 26-year-old will train alone at Staplewood next week while everybody else jets off to France to continue preparations for the new season.

The new Saints boss insists he has told van Dijk that the club’s position is that he is not for sale, and hopes he will think again.

“The boy said that he is not available to play because he wants to leave. This is the decision," said Pellegrino.

“I had to say 'if you don’t want to be involved because you don’t feel OK then you have to train alone until this period of time happens'.”

He added: “My relationship with Virgil is excellent. I was clear with the boy, and I was talking from the first day with him.

“The club was clear. The club told me they will not sell Virgil.

“I translated the idea of the club to the player and for me it was easy because I had to manage the dynamic of the team.

“Now he is not involved with the team because psychologically he is not 100 per cent. If you are not 100 per cent with the team I need to work with the players who are 1000 per cent to defend Southampton. It’s easy for me.”

Saints are standing firm with van Dijk, who signed a six-year contract last summer that is believed to have made him the highest-paid player in the club’s history.

Liverpool did back off from their pursuit after the tapping-up row earlier this summer, but van Dijk’s mind is clearly no longer at St Mary’s, leaving Saints in a tricky corner.

“I hope that Virgil can review his feelings because you know that today a player is big business. Not just the player but behind them is a lot of interests,” said Pellegrino.
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I don't get someone who was obviously in high demand at the time signing a 6 year contract containing no clauses and then pulling off this kind of stunt 6 months later ffs
 
Efcjake said:
L'Equipe saying Matuidi has been told to find a new club and we're one of his best options for game time.

http://www.theevertonforum.co.uk/2017/07/21/lequipe-blaise-matuidi-join-everton/

I'd take him if we shift McCarthy out. I can't imagine he'd come cheap though and I'm not a massive fan of signing more center mids to push Davies further back down the pecking order.
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Hmm, as amazing a signing as this would be, he'd have to displace either Schniederlin or Gueye, two of Koeman's big favourites. He'd be the best midfielder in the squad though instantly.
 


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