Saints Finally Get Their Man
In one of the most on off transfers of recent times, well since Gaston Ramirez, Saints finally get their man.
Victor Wanyama was announced as a new Saints signing on Thursday evening for an undisclosed fee thought to be in the region of £12.5 million pounds, the second signing of the summer he is an undoubted asset to the squad, however just where he will fit in and at whose expense is a debate for another day.
Able to play either as a central midfield player or as a central defender his versatility will be valuable to the team next season and it will be interesting to see whether he plays in midfield or in defence.
Hopefully he will live up to his billing and will hopefully alongside Dejan Lovren prove that Saints have finally started to get their transfer policy strategy together, ironically coming on the same day that Saints sold their last signing Vegard Forren back to his old club for a fee that although reportably not much less than what we paid for him, will almost certainly have cost the club over a million by the time that wages, signing on fees and agents fees are taken into account.
So welcome Victor Wanyama, its taken time and if you show the form that the supporters hope that you will, then the traumas of this transfer and the on off nature of it will soon be forgotten.
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