Ulloa to Southampton for £6.5m?

[saafend_seagull]

Rhodes scored about 10 penalties - yes I know ulloa missed a couple.

 

[EastUpperSeagull]

Oh so Leicester and Southampton want him in the Premiership.. I thought NSC thought he was a slow, immobile lump?

Oh well, let the bidding war commence,

I do but can't deny right place right time on many occasions. Will be way out of his depth at PL level IMHO.

 

[SweatyMexican]

6.5 million is VERY tempting, but could we get a reasonable replacement THIS coming summer, and how much of that money would we need to spend. I'd like to think the club would try for 7.5 million which would be very hard to turn down. From the clubs point of view, you really have to weigh up the pros and cons, and not just turn it down straight away.

I don't want him to go, but I hope it's because we couldn't do better with the money that's offered, and that if a sum like 7 million was accepted then we would be better off for it, and it's not just a nice cash boost.

 

[B.W.]

Here we go again. Well, Southampton - put up or shut the **** up.

 

[TaxiRichieUK]

6.5 million, snap their hands off, and buy Sam Baldock from Bristol City for about 2 million

 

[Stumpy Tim]

6.5 million, snap their hands off, and buy Sam Baldock from Bristol City for about 2 million

I wonder how much Troy Deeney would cost from Watford? He would be perfect for us

 

[Milano]

Saints are supposedly playing hard ball with Liverpool over Lallana stating no more transfers until they have a manager - so our answer is simple really......

 

[TaxiRichieUK]

yes but we cannot argue the same case can we really, we do not have a manager or head coach to manage transfers, we have barber, burke and bloom to do this and the whole of the football in england know this

 

[MJsGhost]

Say we did sell for £6m plus, would we have to pay Ulloa his remaining 3 years salary as he's not asked for a move? If that's the case then it's a shit deal for us.

We wont need to pay him anything on his current contract, as soon as he has signed his new contract the old one is effectively void.

Are you sure? The old contract would need to be dissolved prior to signing a new contract would it not? A player cannot sign a new contract without the mutual termination of the current one.

What as I understand as being typical in a player contract, is that if they are being sold without asking to leave, there is normally a settlement figure in the termination clause of the contract that the player will receive - hence why so many players try to engineer moves without directly handing in a transfer request.

I'm pretty sure that players don't hand in transfer requests unless they have to because they will qualify for loyalty bonuses if they don't (rather than hanging on for a 'settlement fee'). It's only if the potential pay rise outweighs the foregone 'loyalty' payment that they will put in for a transfer (or if they are just desperate to move for other reasons, so will take the financial hit).

I think the settlement figure is written in to cover what either the club or player will have to pay to terminate the contract without the other's consent/agreement. In a situation where the player wants to go (regardless of having handed in a transfer request or not) and the club is happy enough with the offer received to let them go, the contract can be cancelled by mutual agreement, with no settlement fee to pay.

Edit: I would also imagine that 'loyalty' bonuses are often waived by players who haven't handed in transfer requests to grease the wheels and make deals more attractive to the selling club...

 

[AmexRuislip]

On the ball chap
http://www.givemesport.com/471550-arsenal-plan-to-sign-christian-walton?autoplay=on

Perhaps we can throw in CMS as part of the deal.

Then we can start the season with no strikers, and no keepers.

 

[kevtherev]

I take £6.5m for Ulloa in a heatbeat. Although that would only leave us with one striker. Still that's one more than we have keepers or left backs atm, unless your happy starting with Ankergren and Chicksen next season....That said I thought Chicksen done ok against Hull at home, maybe he is penned in for a starting berth next season.

 

[Seasidesage]

If we decided to sell Ulloa we'd only have about 10 weeks to sort a replacement before the season starts, calm down FFS...

 

[Insel affe]

If we decided to sell Ulloa we'd only have about 10 weeks to sort a replacement before the season starts, calm down FFS...

To be fair it took us allegedly two years to get Ulloa, so in if that be the truth..... forgive me if i shout out FECKINHELLMYARSESANDWICH

 

[Bevendean Hillbilly]

6.5m? Happy days. The new manager could start the season with a blank team sheet and 10m in the bank!

Whoop whoop!

 

[fat old seagull]

I love that Saints might be interested, the more the merrier. More clubs showing interest encourages even more to look at him. All the time the price goes up. And our new manager will have a decent war chest to build his team...... Sometime before Christmas would be good.

 

[Insel affe]

6.5m? Happy days. The new manager could start the season with a blank team sheet and 10m in the bank!

Whoop whoop!

Do you honestly think we will have 10m to spend ? what usually happens is the new manager will get half of that amount.

 

[portslade seagull]

Do you honestly think we will have 10m to spend ? what usually happens is the new manager will get half of that amount.

Even that is being hopeful

 

[saafend_seagull]

£6.5m plus billy sharp and we have a deal!

 

[Munchkin]

6.5 Million for Ulloa.

Zamora and Murray back.

Delighted.

 

[Barrel of Fun]

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