Ham der Tom28 fra The Saints forum har postet det her indlæg for ikke så længe siden, som sagt virker det til, at han har noget insider viden omkring hvad der sker i Southampton.
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I knew the news today was coming (albeit I only found out yesterday it was happening today) but told I couldn´t share anything on the forum (strictly). However, I can share what the implications are now re: VVD, some of which I knew and shared yesterday.
Kat was open to VVD leaving. She´s a businesswomen and so was happy to sell him at the highest price to any club, including Liverpool.
Les was adamant that we will not sell him to Liverpool at any price, and that it would take a monumental offer to sell him to any other club. He would rather VVD stays and doesn´t play. He feels the club needs to make a stand and financially the club is in a good position and doesn´t need the VVD money.
Before the takeover, Kat was likely to win out and VVD would have left.
Now, it´s anyone´s guess what the new owner will want. On one hand, £70-80m minus the Celtic sell on fee and one or two player purchases, pays off nearly a fifth or so of the amount Gao has paid for the club. On the other hand, VVD is a big draw and our best player and for the club to continue to grow and compete at the top level, and therefore increase the return on the investment in the long term, it makes sense to keep him at the club.
Pure speculation on my part, but I think the new owners first move to sell their best player would get the relationship with the fans off to a terrible start so I think he now stays. But that´s speculation and not based on any ITK information.
For sure though, the only influence inside the club that was open to selling VVD to Liverpool (assuming they were the highest bidder), has now gone. Which is why I was confident to post last night he wasn´t going to Liverpool because Kat was the last remaining hope for VVD that might happen and I knew the takeover was going ahead today.
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I knew the news today was coming (albeit I only found out yesterday it was happening today) but told I couldn´t share anything on the forum (strictly). However, I can share what the implications are now re: VVD, some of which I knew and shared yesterday.
Kat was open to VVD leaving. She´s a businesswomen and so was happy to sell him at the highest price to any club, including Liverpool.
Les was adamant that we will not sell him to Liverpool at any price, and that it would take a monumental offer to sell him to any other club. He would rather VVD stays and doesn´t play. He feels the club needs to make a stand and financially the club is in a good position and doesn´t need the VVD money.
Before the takeover, Kat was likely to win out and VVD would have left.
Now, it´s anyone´s guess what the new owner will want. On one hand, £70-80m minus the Celtic sell on fee and one or two player purchases, pays off nearly a fifth or so of the amount Gao has paid for the club. On the other hand, VVD is a big draw and our best player and for the club to continue to grow and compete at the top level, and therefore increase the return on the investment in the long term, it makes sense to keep him at the club.
Pure speculation on my part, but I think the new owners first move to sell their best player would get the relationship with the fans off to a terrible start so I think he now stays. But that´s speculation and not based on any ITK information.
For sure though, the only influence inside the club that was open to selling VVD to Liverpool (assuming they were the highest bidder), has now gone. Which is why I was confident to post last night he wasn´t going to Liverpool because Kat was the last remaining hope for VVD that might happen and I knew the takeover was going ahead today.
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