He’s a day late with this story I can see lots of people are taking and running with the 40m to Newcastle story. And of course making is GBP when apparently it was originally reported in Euro Nothing like a good bit of inflation Given Lyon rejected 4m for an early return of a player who: - would not be being sold to a direct rival - is apparently worth far less than Broja I can only only imagine what fee would be required to “cancel” the loan - assuming there isn’t a clause where this amount is fixed
I guess Broja wants to be 100% certain Saints will be in the PL next season before signing. Fair enough. Would explain why a deal is unlikely this month as well.
That actually sounds incredibly hopeful to me. We're almost certainly going to survive, and it could well be a formality by the end of March. If that's the primary stumbling block, it's not a large one.
That's my opinion as well. Of all the reasons that there could have been to hold up a deal, that's the least problematic.
Sounds like he’s just looking for an excuse to wait and see what the scenario looks like in the summer. Can’t really blame him for that
Who's good at %s round here? Betfair have us at 38 (37/1) for relegation. Which I think means roughly a 3% chance of relegation? I could be way out there, and of course so could the market. Still, though; sounds like bollocks. We're not going down, so whatever is holding up a deal, it isn't that. I'll be stunned if we sign Broja on a permanent deal - so go on Saints, stun me.
If we play like we did in the second half of last season then there is a chance. We were absolute garbage. Perhaps Chelsea wonder whether Ralph’s intense style burns our players out
I've erased last season from my memory entirely, you'll have to remind me what happened. On second thoughts, don't. You may be right though, I suppose.
Sounds like code for “I want to wait til summer and assess my options then” Which means we won’t sign him
Most 20yr olds would love to be playing regularly in the PL with us. If he's not keen to sign then **** him, send him back to Chelsea now for all I care. He's not that good anyway.