rebrab says to keep an eye on Witsel.
Mystery: Not posted any ITK on here for a long time... But here goes.
Striker:
We WILL bring in another striker. We are fairly confident of landing Berahino, providing West Brom play ball. They are demanding atleast 25M, but we don't want to go above 20M. We DID enquire about Pato, as is common knowledge he is happy where he is, but if the club did want to sell, we would put a bid in, and he would come to us, no questions asked. Wages would be realistic too.
Midfield:
The Witsel rumours are exactly that... Rumours. We are interested but haven't made an official approach. Our priority is Wanyama and we are due to able a bid within the next few hours. If this fails and time is pushed, then we will go in for Witsel as a plan b.
Outs:
A few teams are interested in taking Lamela on a loan deal with the option to purchase. DL doesn't want to cash in on him as cheaply as he may need do, so is hesitant on pursuing those deals. If we can get a loan deal only with a club which will help his development to raise his price tag, then he will go for it.
There will be a few other outgoings of development players.
That's all for now. I'll be posting as I know more.
Thanks
The Goat: Word reached The Goat that South Coast Big Club won't be selling to anyone this window. They've been a resisting pressure from agents and players and have effectively hung up the 'closed for business' sign.
Ali Z: Sigh hear we have asked to be kept uptodate on Austin.Things can change very quickly in the next 24 hours as clubs get desperate, agents on phone hawking players, we are working hard to get 2 in and 4 out but it's against the clock, seriously annoyed that we have 1 cf at the club and a young ch playing dm.
on lennon: We would deal with West Ham but on our terms not there's they wanted Ade very cheaply in Jan - no deal. If they offered an acceptable deal it would have happened.
Mystery: Southampton have just slammed the door in our face yet again. We have now dropped all interest in Wanyama. Saints are willing to sell but not to a premier league rival. If he moves, he moves abroad, and that's it.
Leaves plenty of time to get the Witsel deal done. As on SSN we have made a bid for the player, which from what I've just heard will be accepted. It's just a case of then agreeing terms with the player and getting him signed.
On a side note, we are not interested in Charlie Austin.