(08-08-2019, 02:16 PM)TartanRug Wrote: Austin official

https://www.wba.co.uk/news/2019/august/austin-joins-albion/

(08-08-2019, 02:23 PM)EastMidsBaggie Wrote:

(08-08-2019, 02:16 PM)TartanRug Wrote: Austin official

https://www.wba.co.uk/news/2019/august/austin-joins-albion/

If he’s fit and motivated he should be able to get 25 plus in this league and finish some of the work of some of the potentially exciting attacking midfielders and wise players we are amassing.

(08-08-2019, 01:04 PM)Pragmatist Wrote:

(08-08-2019, 12:58 PM)Hopalong Wrote:

(08-08-2019, 12:07 PM)Idiodyssey Wrote: #wbafc closing in on THREE deals. Advanced talks with #saints for Charlie Austin, Pereira undergoing medical at training ground, Diangana from  #whufc very close, I’m told.

Rob Dorsett - 3 mins ago on twatter

Pereira reported earlier to be having medical in London.

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(08-08-2019, 12:40 PM)Sliced Wrote:

(08-08-2019, 12:18 PM)SW4Baggie Wrote:

(08-08-2019, 12:15 PM)boingingbaggie Wrote: Couldn't see us signing Gayle as well.
We paid decent money for Zohore, if we signed those 2 as well I just don't see where he'd fit in.
Austin is the main signing if it happens.

We've made a £30m profit on sales in the last 12months, and reports have already stated there's money in the budget from last season remaining.

We've also reduced our wage bill significantly last season with so many players leaving/vs arrivals and wage differences.

Austin is likely to be a minimal fee, with Saints contributing to his wages, and neither Diangana or Periera will be commanding big wages due to where they're coming from... and the fees will barely be a million pounds combined.

We've also been willing to drop £8m for Ajeti, £15m for Maupay, so there is no shortage of funds... If Gayle is available on loan, lets get him in and worry about how we get everyone on the pitch tomorrow.

Absolutely. It's a myth that we can't afford also to get Gayle in. If we're going to go up we should be willing to push the boat out a bit and we've already cut our costs massively.

Signing Gayle isn't going to bankrupt the club, but it could take us up

Gayle's salary 2.08m. Austin 3.5m  Don't understand why we can't afford to sign Gayle.

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(08-08-2019, 12:53 PM)Pneumann Wrote: Zohore for £8 million is sounding weirder by the minute, esp. if that's the grounds for not being able to afford Gayle

Believe we paid c4m....up to 8m with add-ons, promotion, goals etc...

Gayle is on rather more than £40k/week!

(08-08-2019, 02:26 PM)TartanRug Wrote:

(08-08-2019, 02:23 PM)EastMidsBaggie Wrote:

(08-08-2019, 02:16 PM)TartanRug Wrote: Austin official

https://www.wba.co.uk/news/2019/august/austin-joins-albion/

If he’s fit and motivated he should be able to get 25 plus in this league and finish some of the work of some of the potentially exciting attacking midfielders and wise players we are amassing.

That's the key.. if he's fit. If he is then think he'll be a great signing for us. We'll have to be careful with him with all the games in the chump especially when we've got 3 games in a week, if we could just get someone else in would give us the option to rest him from time to time.

(08-08-2019, 01:55 PM)Peachy Wrote: Apparently we've tried to sign a Spanish striker Moren. Turned down

(08-08-2019, 02:38 PM)Hopalong Wrote:

(08-08-2019, 01:55 PM)Peachy Wrote: Apparently we've tried to sign a Spanish striker Moren. Turned down

Loren Moron. 10m bid accepted.