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Celtic sign two defenders

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We did not officially announce mulumbu today so maybe a double official unveiling this week?

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Whilst Celtic bringing in other defenders, possibly replacements, is a good sign - the fact that Southampton are almost certainly not going to be getting Alderwiereld is a bad one. They are looking at van Dijk as an alternative.

If Norwich want him, they need to make a big move early. Stoke and Swansea have shown the advantages of getting in early and going big by brining in (or close to brining in) Shaqiri and Ayew respectively.

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We could surely compete with Southampton for his transfer fee but I''m not sure McNally would want to make him our highest paid player. Wages would be the stumbling block.

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Southampton are absolutely loaded, and have the additional Europa League cash (which is significantly more now BT Sports are paying).

Think of the transfer fees Southampton have received from Liverpool alone over the past two seasons and the relatively little they have spent. Lallana - £25m, Lovern - £20, Clyne - £12.5m. Not to mention the money for Chambers and Shaw, Southampton can quite easily blow Norwich out of the water if they so choose to.

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Bethnal Yellow and Green wrote the following post at 02/07/2015 6:09 PM:

Southampton are absolutely loaded, and have the additional Europa League cash (which is significantly more now BT Sports are paying).

Think of the transfer fees Southampton have received from Liverpool alone over the past two seasons and the relatively little they have spent. Lallana - £25m, Lovern - £20, Clyne - £12.5m. Not to mention the money for Chambers and Shaw, Southampton can quite easily blow Norwich out of the water if they so choose to.

Yes i understand that but Southampton go about there business very astutely and i don''t think they would pay an over inflated price for a player just to outbid Norwich. Which would then bring us back in the game.

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Price is all relative though. Norwich need 6 or so players this summer so will have to spread their available cash wisely - Southampton need as many probably, but have a lot more cash to spread.

He may be ''worth'' more to them than he is Norwich. Southampton aren''t afraid to spend money when they deem it necessary. £12.5m for Wanyama shows that.

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[quote user="lharman7"]We could surely compete with Southampton for his transfer fee but I''m not sure McNally would want to make him our highest paid player. Wages would be the stumbling block.[/quote]In the 2012-13 season our wage bill was the same as Southampton''s. But in 2013-14 season they spent £9m more on wages than we did.. It is a fair guess, particularly with our relegation in between, that the gap will have carried on widening and be a fair bit more than £9m this season.

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