Swift to... Southampton

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Re: Swift to... Southampton

by Sutekh » 22 Jul 2020 13:47

Its now being reported from Mr Friday that Mr Yongge does not want to sell Swift and wants the team built around him. I would rather hope that that is what MB wants to do rather than the owner though!

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by SouthDownsRoyal » 22 Jul 2020 14:58

Sutekh Its now being reported from Mr Friday that Mr Yongge does not want to sell Swift and wants the team built around him. I would rather hope that that is what MB wants to do rather than the owner though!



How odd. I agree mark Bowen should be the one deciding who to build the team around not Yongge.

Also as much as swift puts in the odd good performance, be good to keep him but I wouldn’t mind if he went. Certainly don’t see us building the team around him

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by Old Man Andrews » 22 Jul 2020 15:00

Sutekh Its now being reported from Mr Friday that Mr Yongge does not want to sell Swift and wants the team built around him. I would rather hope that that is what MB wants to do rather than the owner though!

Reported by fake journalist Courtney Friday who gave up writing for the Reading Chronicle over a year ago and has no connection to the club whatsoever.

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Re: Swift to... Southampton

by WestYorksRoyal » 22 Jul 2020 16:03

TalkSPORT now saying the stumbling block is differences in valuation between the 2 clubs. I'm going to tune out of rumours and journo tweets.

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Re: Swift to... Southampton

by linkenholtroyal » 22 Jul 2020 16:53

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Sutekh Its now being reported from Mr Friday that Mr Yongge does not want to sell Swift and wants the team built around him. I would rather hope that that is what MB wants to do rather than the owner though!

Reported by fake journalist Courtney Friday who gave up writing for the Reading Chronicle over a year ago and has no connection to the club whatsoever.

To be fair he was more 'on the pulse' the last 2 transfer windows than anyone else he has given me no reason not tor trust his info in the last year or so.


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Re: Swift to... Southampton

by Zip » 22 Jul 2020 18:25

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3.5 is the initial fee apparently, no mention of what the fee could or will be.


Yep. I’m sure it could rise with appearances etc but even so it is very low for a highly fancied English Championship player.


Well, he's not a bad looking lad but really....?


He hasn’t got your ravishing good looks tbf

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Re: Swift to... Southampton

by Snowflake Royal » 22 Jul 2020 19:18

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Yep. I’m sure it could rise with appearances etc but even so it is very low for a highly fancied English Championship player.


Well, he's not a bad looking lad but really....?


He hasn’t got your ravishing good looks tbf

Don't see it with Swift personally. I think he looks a bit ratty and unkempt. But he's not my type and I'm fairly sure I'm not his so doesn't really matter

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Re: Swift to... Southampton

by Old Man Andrews » 23 Jul 2020 08:40

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Well, he's not a bad looking lad but really....?


He hasn’t got your ravishing good looks tbf

Don't see it with Swift personally. I think he looks a bit ratty and unkempt. But he's not my type and I'm fairly sure I'm not his so doesn't really matter

You don't know this, you shouldn't just give up on him. He might want an older, experienced gentleman to look after him. Start looking for flats in Sheffield just in case.

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Re: Swift to... Southampton

by paultheroyal » 23 Jul 2020 09:47

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Sutekh Its now being reported from Mr Friday that Mr Yongge does not want to sell Swift and wants the team built around him. I would rather hope that that is what MB wants to do rather than the owner though!

Reported by fake journalist Courtney Friday who gave up writing for the Reading Chronicle over a year ago and has no connection to the club whatsoever.


This we agree on. He is still living off that transfer window where McCleary was his confidante and fed him the stories. His ties now well and truly cut and feeding off scraps. He is your typical creepy retro journalist.


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Re: Swift to... Southampton

by Sutekh » 23 Jul 2020 13:46

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Well, he's not a bad looking lad but really....?


He hasn’t got your ravishing good looks tbf

Don't see it with Swift personally. I think he looks a bit ratty and unkempt. But he's not my type and I'm fairly sure I'm not his so doesn't really matter


Villa now rumoured to be interested so that’s reportedly 3 clubs after him so, if true, that should help up the price he is sold for.

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Re: Swift to... Southampton

by Mid Sussex Royal » 25 Jul 2020 19:14

Is Swift out with some of the players in Marbella playing golf?

if so nothing will happen for 2 weeks as he will have to quarantine

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Re: Swift to... Southampton

by Franchise FC » 25 Jul 2020 21:17

Mid Sussex Royal Is Swift out with some of the players in Marbella playing golf?

if so nothing will happen for 2 weeks as he will have to quarantine

Is his and his agents email quarantined as well ?

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Re: Swift to... Southampton

by Winston Biscuit » 27 Jul 2020 11:49

Mid Sussex Royal Is Swift out with some of the players in Marbella playing golf?

if so nothing will happen for 2 weeks as he will have to quarantine


I reckon they might just find ways around the quarantine if all parties are happy with the detail of the proposed transfer


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Re: Swift to... Southampton

by WestYorksRoyal » 27 Jul 2020 12:06

If 3 parties are now interested, I assume we've told Sheffield United to f*ck off with their £3.5m?

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Re: Swift to... Southampton

by Nameless » 27 Jul 2020 13:44

WestYorksRoyal If 3 parties are now interested, I assume we've told Sheffield United to f*ck off with their £3.5m?


Not if he to her the won have also offered the same amount. Would be logical for them to do that and rely on persuading the player to chose them based on salary/ location/ style / likelihood of playing etc etc

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Re: Swift to... Southampton

by Snowflake Royal » 27 Jul 2020 17:47

Yeah, you can't bid anything up if you already accepted the first offer.

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Re: Swift to... Southampton

by Nameless » 27 Jul 2020 17:59

Snowflake Royal Yeah, you can't bid anything up if you already accepted the first offer.



Well, obviously you can if you’ve not signed contracts. But if clubs believe we have set a selling price of £3.5 million and they can offer the player a better deal why would they necessarily offer more ?
The player holds the cards in terms of which club he joins unless we decide to reject all offers....

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Re: Swift to... Southampton

by Nameless » 27 Jul 2020 17:59

Snowflake Royal Yeah, you can't bid anything up if you already accepted the first offer.



Well, obviously you can if you’ve not signed contracts. But if clubs believe we have set a selling price of £3.5 million and they can offer the player a better deal why would they necessarily offer more ?
The player holds the cards in terms of which club he joins unless we decide to reject all offers....

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Re: Swift to... Southampton

by Hound » 28 Jul 2020 10:15

I don't think the first offer ever got accepted

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Re: Swift to... Southampton

by Winston Biscuit » 28 Jul 2020 12:58

Snowflake Royal Yeah, you can't bid anything up if you already accepted the first offer.


A lower or higher offer might be more appealing to a club depending on the basic/add on split, how the add on's are achieved, what else may come from dealing with a particular club etc

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