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Saints Now Need To Turn The Attention To The Centre Of Defence
Sunday, 28th Jun 2015 09:37

Things will start to move fast as we move into July and Saints need to look to make a good central defensive signing.

All focus in the first month of the transfer window seems to have been on replacing Nathaniel Clyne and Morgan Schneiderlin however with these deals looking to happen once the July 1st yearly bonuses date has passed, Saints will themselves be needing to move fast to not only secure Schneiderlins replacement but presumably signing a new central defender.

That's is looking like it won't be Toby Alderweireld although the mumblings in the press about him being about to join Spurs might be no more than the Tottenham media machine going into overdrive.

But it is an important position for Saints to fill, being blunt Yoshida did well in some games but he is not up to the job full time being cover at best, there is also Florin Gardos and he may come through this year fitter and ready to step up to the plate, however we really do need to make another signing and a quality one at that.

For the past two summers we have signed two key central defenders but it sadly looks like we will need to make it a hat trick this summer and pull another gem out of the bag.

There have been surprisingly few names touted for the job unlike our midfield where every man and his dog has been linked. Saints will prefer it this way leaving them to quietly get on with their job.

Hopefully they will tie up any potential signing swiftly with the first competitive game being only four weeks away, it is crucial that we get out of the blocks early.

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DPeps added 09:57 - Jun 28
Real shame if the rumours are true about Toby A going to Spurs. I could accept it if he was going to a club with Champions League
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StEdmund added 10:20 - Jun 28
Ron Vlaar??
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corkcitysaint added 10:49 - Jun 28
We need 2 signings here I reckon. Yoshida & Gardos would be squad players in my opinion. We need at least one that can come straight into the team. I'd break the bank to keep Toby...
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perazi added 11:21 - Jun 28
Virgil Van Dijk perhaps. Hope Toby stays.
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SanMarco added 18:21 - Jun 28
I wonder if we can get one who stays for two whole seasons...
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Jesus_02 added 08:39 - Jun 29
Vlaar is 30 and wasn’t great when we played Villa so would only be cover for Fonte in my opinion.

Apart from Toby (obvs) Virgil Van Dijk would be the signing for me. At 23 he clearly has a future in the game.

Also I wouldn’t discount Yoshida, he made massive steps last season IMO and still has the time to develop at 26. I would be happy if we moved Gardos on, but I can’t imagine that we would have any takers.

In an ideal world we would have 2 for each CB position my 4 would be Fonte, Toby, Virgil Van Dijk and Yoshida. Add an experienced RB and our defence would be complete!
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stmichael added 10:26 - Jun 29
One thing is for sure just like last summer we are fire fighting again.
Last year the new signings worked but it wont always.
Almost like rolling dice.
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