Forster And Van Dijk On Saints Radar After Celtic Crash In Poland
Saints will be leading the chase for Celtic stars Fraser Forster and Virgil Van Dijk after the Glasgow side crashed to a 4-1 defeat in the Champions League qualifiers in Poland last night.
Saints have allegedly already had a bid for England keeper Forster turned down, but could be heading back to Scotland as the vultures circle around Celtic Park with the Bhoys looking certain to be heading out of the Champions League unless they can pull back a 4-1 deficit to Legia Warsaw after last nights first leg, to make matters worse they also will be missing Nigerian defender Efe Ambrose who will be suspended after being sent off.
This means that Celtic will have to sell without the big Champions league money, Forster will be looking to make a breakthrough into the England side and he knows he is not going to get it by playing in a one horse Scottish league.
So Saints could be making a joint bid for the keeper as well as Van Dijk who looks to be a good replacement for Dejan Lovren.
Collectively it will cost Saints the best part of £20 million, but that is small change for us as a club having just banked £100 million from the five who have left St Mary's so far, yes it would probably be a million or two more than Saints would like to pay, but given we got far in excess than their true worth for our infamous five and the short time left before the Premier season starts, surely Saints would be better to pay that extra and land their targets rather than risk losing them to other clubs by haggling over a million or two.
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