Ex-Barca midfielder linked to Saints (From Daily Echo)
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Ex-Barcelona midfielder Verdu linked to Southampton
9:49am Tuesday 22nd January 2013 in Sport
Pochettino
Saints have been linked with a move for one of Mauricio Pochettino’s former Espanyol stars.
Midfielder Joan Verdu, 29, was signed by the new Saints manager from Barcelona in the summer of 2009.
His current contract expires this summer.
Pochettino has also been linked with Anderlecht striker Lucas Biglia.
The Argentine, who has been on strike at his club after trying to engineer a move, has only scored three goals in 27 Belgian League and Champion League games this season.
Comments(38)
tomw1234
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10:53am Tue 22 Jan 13
soton3009
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10:55am Tue 22 Jan 13
saint Compo
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11:17am Tue 22 Jan 13
COYR
Barcelona Saint
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11:49am Tue 22 Jan 13
saint Compo wrote:You'd be surprised. Vivian Gibbins, Sandy Davie, Kasey Keller (Kasey variation on Casey which is also a girl), Jamie White etc.
Joan Verdu? Well, it's a while since we had a female in the team, since Marian Pahars in fact!
COYR
'Joan' incidently is John in Catalan.
:)
InCortesewetrust
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11:50am Tue 22 Jan 13
InCortesewetrust
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11:55am Tue 22 Jan 13
InCortesewetrust wrote:http://www.footballf
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Dubai-saints89
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12:19pm Tue 22 Jan 13
InCortesewetrust wrote:old news and definitely not going to happen
What's this I hear about Lambert going to Stoke?
Norwegian Saint
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12:21pm Tue 22 Jan 13
1) Get your facts right before you start posting items.
2) STOP using copy and paste from other sites
3) START ACTING LIKE YOU SUPPORT THE SAINTS! (you may not like the chairman but some of the poor reporting on here sounds like your a Skate paper)
If I was in charge of the DE, half the people would be sacked and replaced with local Saints supporting kids!
billythesaint
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12:52pm Tue 22 Jan 13
Verdu is a quality player and would fit in nicely alongside Gaston, I reckon. Offers a touch more dynamism than Schneiderlin who, although a good footballer, isn't exactly terrifying going forward.
bigfella777
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12:55pm Tue 22 Jan 13
Taoboy
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12:56pm Tue 22 Jan 13
bigfella777
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12:58pm Tue 22 Jan 13
Red n White
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1:02pm Tue 22 Jan 13
soton3009 wrote:Is says he's on strike though, does this make him a striker?
Lucas Biglia is a defensive midfielder, not a striker. Come on Echo.
On the football pitch though, he is indeed a defensive midfielder.
Benali76
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1:39pm Tue 22 Jan 13
bigfella777 wrote:Which nuggets (meaning useless i assume) would they be. Stayinv positive and looking forad is fine but dont get confused with actually pretending Adkins was useless.
Sebastian Fernandez from Malaga is being touted as well, looks like we are finally going to get some quality, just hope we can offload all the nuggets that Adkins signed.
Benali76
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1:44pm Tue 22 Jan 13
Benali76
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1:46pm Tue 22 Jan 13
tomw1234 wrote:Haha, lame reporting isnt it. I heard we were in for Joe Hart too but his scoring record sucks.
Biglia is a defensive midfielder! That's why he only scored 3 goals you nuggets!
fred the red
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3:30pm Tue 22 Jan 13
Apart from Nathaniel Clyne and Maya, few stand out as worth the money. Gaston was almost probably an NC signing. But Fox, Rodriques, Guly, Sharp, Davis etc that cost money have yet to show their worth.
I agree that we should be able to pick up some excellent players from the Iberian contacts that MC has, and the language barrier would not be an issue for the coaches, but might be for SRL et al!
upwherewebelong
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4:32pm Tue 22 Jan 13
Buddy SFC
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5:16pm Tue 22 Jan 13
upwherewebelong wrote:Facts ....... but what would we talk about !
Didn't I read that Pochettino said he's not even had time to consider signings so I wonder where the Echo have dug this up from. I wish there was more focus on facts rather than idle gossip
Buddy SFC
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5:18pm Tue 22 Jan 13
benkirk78
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5:23pm Tue 22 Jan 13
billythesaint wrote:Oh. My. God.
Biglia's attitude sounds like a recipe for disaster! We were linked to him last year though so maybe there's a grain of truth in it.
Verdu is a quality player and would fit in nicely alongside Gaston, I reckon. Offers a touch more dynamism than Schneiderlin who, although a good footballer, isn't exactly terrifying going forward.
Schneiderlin has the best tackle and interception stats in Europes top 5 divisions at 165.
His role of breaking up the opposing teams play is probably the most vital and he is proving to be one of the stars of our team!
Thank God you're not in charge!!!
right back in the bar
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6:02pm Tue 22 Jan 13
billythesaint wrote:Spider is a fantastic player, plays a vital role, and is getting better and better. I would go as far to say he is the lynchpin of our team - everything starts with him. I don't think we need players like Verdu; we already have two in Gaston and AL. We should get an out and out winger - someone to stay out wide, get behind defences, and get crosses in. We try and play too much through defences instead of getting behind. RL would thrive on someone like that.
Biglia's attitude sounds like a recipe for disaster! We were linked to him last year though so maybe there's a grain of truth in it.
Verdu is a quality player and would fit in nicely alongside Gaston, I reckon. Offers a touch more dynamism than Schneiderlin who, although a good footballer, isn't exactly terrifying going forward.
MGRA
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6:23pm Tue 22 Jan 13
Drunken Proletariat
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7:31pm Tue 22 Jan 13
pokersaint76
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8:14pm Tue 22 Jan 13
billythesaint wrote:You absolute muppet, Morgan has been one of our best players this season.
Biglia's attitude sounds like a recipe for disaster! We were linked to him last year though so maybe there's a grain of truth in it.
Verdu is a quality player and would fit in nicely alongside Gaston, I reckon. Offers a touch more dynamism than Schneiderlin who, although a good footballer, isn't exactly terrifying going forward.
billythesaint
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8:36pm Tue 22 Jan 13
right back in the bar wrote:yes but this fella would add a more attacking option when needed, that's all I mean! Schneiderlin has been class but only has one assist all season. When we're losing and need to be a bit more direct this player would be good for us.
billythesaint wrote:Spider is a fantastic player, plays a vital role, and is getting better and better. I would go as far to say he is the lynchpin of our team - everything starts with him. I don't think we need players like Verdu; we already have two in Gaston and AL. We should get an out and out winger - someone to stay out wide, get behind defences, and get crosses in. We try and play too much through defences instead of getting behind. RL would thrive on someone like that.
Biglia's attitude sounds like a recipe for disaster! We were linked to him last year though so maybe there's a grain of truth in it.
Verdu is a quality player and would fit in nicely alongside Gaston, I reckon. Offers a touch more dynamism than Schneiderlin who, although a good footballer, isn't exactly terrifying going forward.
billythesaint
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8:43pm Tue 22 Jan 13
benkirk78 wrote:Read the post before throwing stats my way. Schneiderlin has been class but only has one assist all season. When we're losing and need to be a bit more direct this player would be good for us. That's all. Don't start an argument when all I'm saying is we need more options going forward when players get tired or if we're trailing. Schneiderlin and Cork are good ball players but some extra attacking options would be nice when Ramirez and Lambert run out of steam/get injured. Whenever they don't play and with Lallana injured we don't have a lot on the bench do we?
billythesaint wrote:Oh. My. God.
Biglia's attitude sounds like a recipe for disaster! We were linked to him last year though so maybe there's a grain of truth in it.
Verdu is a quality player and would fit in nicely alongside Gaston, I reckon. Offers a touch more dynamism than Schneiderlin who, although a good footballer, isn't exactly terrifying going forward.
Schneiderlin has the best tackle and interception stats in Europes top 5 divisions at 165.
His role of breaking up the opposing teams play is probably the most vital and he is proving to be one of the stars of our team!
Thank God you're not in charge!!!
billythesaint
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8:53pm Tue 22 Jan 13
billythesaint wrote:one more thing, Cork has no assists. So, despite having 2 great centre midfielders they have one assist between them. At 1-0 down with 10 minutes to go taking one of them off and sticking Verdu on wouldn't be the worst idea ever would it, Kermit.
pokersaint76 wrote:Gobbycunt, read the post. He's a good footballer but not terrifying going forward. This bloke would add a more attacking option and we've got Cork as defensive cover. How many assists has Schneiderlin had despite being a great passer? Sometimes we need to go at teams more if we're chasing the game and this bloke would be ideal. You're trying to start an argument without even thinking.
billythesaint wrote:You absolute muppet, Morgan has been one of our best players this season.
Biglia's attitude sounds like a recipe for disaster! We were linked to him last year though so maybe there's a grain of truth in it.
Verdu is a quality player and would fit in nicely alongside Gaston, I reckon. Offers a touch more dynamism than Schneiderlin who, although a good footballer, isn't exactly terrifying going forward.
One Heart....One Vision
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10:13pm Tue 22 Jan 13
Norwegian Saint wrote:The Daily Advertsier will never change their ways.......sadly, the media think bad news is good news
Oh dear DE... can you please do 3 things... 1) Get your facts right before you start posting items. 2) STOP using copy and paste from other sites 3) START ACTING LIKE YOU SUPPORT THE SAINTS! (you may not like the chairman but some of the poor reporting on here sounds like your a Skate paper) If I was in charge of the DE, half the people would be sacked and replaced with local Saints supporting kids!
Expect the constant jeckel & hyde style reporting to continue..
Sometimes reports are full of praise....then the next minute it's doom and gloom with a bitter below the belt dig at NC....which I find immature.
Perhaps it's because they don't believe the fantastic exciting vision....which is a lost opportunity..
TEBOURBA
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10:16pm Tue 22 Jan 13
upwherewebelong
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10:23pm Tue 22 Jan 13
TEBOURBA wrote:put simply if the reports i've read are accurate the best players were always sold to balance books so he had little chance of success.
If MP has such wonderful contacts to sign brilliant players, why did Espanyol finish rock bottom, resulting in MP getting the sack?
TEBOURBA
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10:31pm Tue 22 Jan 13
TEBOURBA
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10:36pm Tue 22 Jan 13
Chipmonk1
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11:15pm Tue 22 Jan 13
TEBOURBA wrote:I could be wrong but I think only player we wanted to stay that left during NA's tenure was Oxo. Think Theo Bale etc left long before Cortese's arrival. All our good talent since (Shaw, Lallana) have been retained. So far. As for reports SRL leaving. Anything is possible in football, especially given NA's sacking, but why offload your top scorer and current captain at such an important stage of the season? Not Likely.
upwherewebelong--- same problem as Nigel and his predecessors suffered when big clubs, Arsenal in particular, came in for Saints youngsters, Theo and Oxo, yet he managed back to back promotions and 15th in the toughest league in the World when he was sacked!
Rising_Son
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12:55am Wed 23 Jan 13
TEBOURBA wrote:No money to buy them.
If MP has such wonderful contacts to sign brilliant players, why did Espanyol finish rock bottom, resulting in MP getting the sack?
Redhat
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9:58am Wed 23 Jan 13
TEBOURBA wrote:If you actually bothered to do your own research, you will find that Espanyol ran out of money and sold all their best players...
If MP has such wonderful contacts to sign brilliant players, why did Espanyol finish rock bottom, resulting in MP getting the sack?
Hence why things went tits up for MP.
Just get behind the club now, the past is the past- i love NA and always will for what he did for our club, but it's time to get on with supporting the best team on the South Coast- FACT.
abcdefcuk
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11:28am Wed 23 Jan 13
benkirk78 wrote:Spider is a top footballer but agree we need some attacking threat off the bench when chasing the game/trailing by a goal. Think your post has been misunderstood but with no "tone of voice" in posts it's easily done. Now we've bought a decent centre back we can be a bit more dynamic in the middle of the pitch if needed and hook off Cork or Spider towards the end to add a more attacking threat if losing.
billythesaint wrote:Oh. My. God.
Biglia's attitude sounds like a recipe for disaster! We were linked to him last year though so maybe there's a grain of truth in it.
Verdu is a quality player and would fit in nicely alongside Gaston, I reckon. Offers a touch more dynamism than Schneiderlin who, although a good footballer, isn't exactly terrifying going forward.
Schneiderlin has the best tackle and interception stats in Europes top 5 divisions at 165.
His role of breaking up the opposing teams play is probably the most vital and he is proving to be one of the stars of our team!
Thank God you're not in charge!!!
murfmeister says...
10:33am Tue 22 Jan 13
Some class signings in january please!!
Really enjoyed last night and first half performance was as good as I've seen!
Ramires looked like a different player
More of the same!