After losing out on Toby Alderweireld Saints are now trying to snatch Angelo Ogbonna from West Ham's clutches at the 11th hour.

The Hammers are believed to have agreed a £10 million fee for Juventus central defender Angelo Ogbonna, linked by this site to Saints a few weeks ago, but after lowing out on Toby Alderweireld, Ogbonna is a target for Saints who are believed to have made an offer in excess of West Ham's to Juventus in an attempt to steal the player at the last minute.

However the player himself after agreeing terms with the Hammers looks set to keep to his word and not change his mind and join Saints despite Juventus much preferring a deal that would nets them at least 2 million Euro's ore that West Ham are going to pay.

Saints do have other targets and it is not known hos high up on that list Ogbonna was.

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schatfield added 08:56 - Jul 10 Given we could have done with perhaps more than 1 central defender, as we have Europa commitments, its a shame we didn't try for this player earlier on
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Jesus_02 added 09:13 - Jul 10 too late again!
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Zambucco added 09:18 - Jul 10 How dare we, my goodness it would make us seem like all those other mercenary clubs out there. What next? We start raiding 'smaller' clubs for their best players?
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mgprobert added 09:39 - Jul 10 Ive got mixed feelings on this one - if he is any good it will be great to get another CB in, but it would also be quite nice to see a footballer sticking to his word if he's already said he'll sign for Wet Spam
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palmsaint added 10:52 - Jul 10 Lol if we had pulled our fingers out our ass we would have Toby for that .... And strange we tell the press that they not pay us the 1.5 mill and so can't go to spuds but no talk of court or even if they have paid us the cash
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IWOZTHERE added 11:00 - Jul 10 Desperation!!!
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TimSaint added 11:09 - Jul 10 This is a load of bollox. We knew full well we were not going to get this guy, as we were too late as usual. The increased bid once it was virtually a done deal, is nothing more than a publicity stunt, in an attempt to appease the fans to make it look like we are trying to sign someone decent after missing the boat on Toby - who incidently is now revealing himself as a Spurs fan, and was alway looking out for their results and saying how fun it will be to play there. I still think we will sign a quality defender, but it looks like we have not only missed out on our main taget, but now we are losing our 2nd / 3rd / 4th back up options. Incidentally - we seem to make the majority of signings with players who have had experience in the Dutch Leagues - so can we assume it will be the same for a new centre back too ?

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schatfield added 17:19 - Jul 10 the geezer has formally signed for west ham now...
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Hugh_Jarce added 19:15 - Jul 10 No great surprise that Alderweireld has gone to Spuds as they will probably always pay more. What pisses me off is this hollow thanks to SFC from the player himself - a token gesture to damage limitate and avoid too much abuse at SMS. So thanks for last season but sod off you greedy bastard
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