Saints Back In For Concrete Ron Friday, 10th Jul 2015 08:56 Saints are believed to be about o make a move for free agent Ron Vlaar to replace the departed Toby Alderweireld for next season.
Saints are believed to be about to open negotiations with Ron Vlaar after missing out on former hero and now zero Toby Alderweireld.
Vlaar is of course out of contract and has left Aston Villas would be a good and cheap option for Saints,
Saints fans will be. Little worried though given Vlaar's performance at St Mary's couple of months ago but they should remember the player had had a very stop start season through injury and was in a side that only a week or to earlier had looked certs for relegation.
But Ronald Koeman had tried to sign Vlaar last summer after his great performance for Holland in the 2014 World Cup, good players do not become bad ones over night and Vlaar could bring experience and stability to the Saints defence to help them adjust to a tough season in four competitions.
Ronald Koeman knows Vlaar well from their time at Feyenoord together and will know what the man can bring to the table, it would also free up more money to be spent elsewhere.
If Saints land Vlaar it wont be a long tern signing but it coulda a crucial one in the hot term.
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DPeps added 09:06 - Jul 10
Disappointing if this is the best we can come up with | ![](/images/avatars/0.gif) | |
VeloSaint added 09:08 - Jul 10
Tweets from journalists with the team in Austria have suggested no interest from Saints. Expect him to sign next week then.... But I'd be surprised if he did, they'll want a mobile centre half like Toby. | ![](/images/avatars/6476.gif) | |
Zambucco added 09:17 - Jul 10
not forgetting that Toby hadn't exactly been lighting up the football skys before he came here. Give Ron a chance, a completely different player with confidence and great players around him he can rely on. | ![](/images/avatars/3737.gif) | |
wopper added 09:24 - Jul 10
Better than what we got. | ![](/images/avatars/0.gif) | |
Jesus_02 added 09:39 - Jul 10
Hardly gets the blood racing does it | ![](/images/avatars/0.gif) | |
saintsnutcase added 10:02 - Jul 10
He would be ok as a back up to Fonte, not as a first choice to play alongside Fonte | ![](/images/avatars/0.gif) | |
michaeljoycetf added 10:47 - Jul 10
lets ask ourselves Would he get in any of the top 4 sides? NO, He is probably too slow and injury prone, certainly not a player for the future Saints shouldn't be settling for 2nd best anymore, buying a player because they are cheap should be a thing of the past for us. If we want to compete with the best then we must buy the best, simple. OK we all love a bargain and Toby would have been one but players like him at his price are few and far between. We have the money so spend some of it. lets stop the penny pinching . Top 4 sides have top 4 players. | ![](/images/avatars/0.gif) | |
IanRC added 10:50 - Jul 10
See no problem with him as a squad player but would be disappointing if we didn't add someone younger and with more potential to develop too. | ![](/images/avatars/0.gif) | |
IWOZTHERE added 10:52 - Jul 10
Jose had an excellent season 'cos he was alongside a fast,mobile partner. Nothing to do with being cheap I suppose? | ![](/images/avatars/0.gif) | |
palmsaint added 10:55 - Jul 10
The clue is in the head line why not to do it | ![](/images/avatars/0.gif) | |
saintmark1976 added 14:11 - Jul 10
I fully appreciate that I will in all probability get a volley of abuse from the happy clappers but I will risk it,so here goes. Nick,if what you say is correct then what the hell is going on? Are we now at a point where we are so desperate that we are buying aged free agents? This is a man who is not wanted by Villa, a team that escaped relegation by the skin of their teeth and had four put by them in the cup final.Not to mention six by us at St Mary's where by all accounts he was truly dreadful. Supposedly we have the money from last seasons transfer dealings together with Premiership performance payment for finishing seventh and advance season ticket sales plus the fee for Clyne and almost certainly Spiderman?Why therefore is it so difficult for the club to spend it on quality players with proven Premiership experience such as the Burnley full back who went to Spurs and say Charlie Austin? Get your act together Saints or be honest and say that last season was as good as it gets and we are not going to invest to improve going forward. Having said the above I would point out that I wish concrete Ron well for the remainder of his career and my comments are not aimed at him in a personal manner.They are solely aimed at the clubs management particularly bearing in mind that after last season R K could walk into any management job in Europe and be welcomed with open arms.At this rate how long will it be before he does so? | ![](/images/avatars/0.gif) | |
VeloSaint added 16:19 - Jul 10
Has been denied by Les Reed. Paper bolx as usual so the bed wetters can take it easy. | ![](/images/avatars/6476.gif) | |
Hugh_Jarce added 19:29 - Jul 10
Jack Stephens seems to have been overlooked here too. Had a cracking season at Swindon and the club rate him highly. Yoshida can stand in too but there are others out there too who we can look at. | ![](/images/avatars/0.gif) | |
LesVivian added 08:59 - Jul 12
We mustn't forget how Ron and the others were slaughtered by Mane and Long, and then by Arsenal! Surely one or two of our youngsters would be a better bet? We have two squad players in the CB position in Yoshida and Gardos. we don't need another! | ![](/images/avatars/0.gif) | |
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