Albion miss out on Dutch starlet (From The Argus)
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Albion miss out on Dutch starlet
3:50pm Friday 18th January 2013 in Sport Exclusive By Andy Naylor
Albion have failed in a bold attempt to beat Premier League clubs to the signing of highly rated young Dutch defender Virgil van Dijk.
The Seagulls made an undisclosed offer to top flight Dutch club Groningen for van Dijk in the last 24 hours but their bid for the 21-year-old has been rejected.
Richard van Elsacker, Groningen's press officer, revealed to The Argus: "We can confirm there was a bid, which was made between yesterday and today, but we are not confirming the amount of the bid.
"We have rejected the bid and our intention is for Virgil to play here for the rest of the season. He is one of our key players and we don't want to lose him during the winter period."
Everton, Newcastle and Sunderland have all been linked with van Dijk, a Dutch under 21 international.
Van Elsacker refused to say whether Groningen have received any other bids for the player.
Comments(21)
dave from bexill
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4:02pm Fri 18 Jan 13
Seagull83
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4:02pm Fri 18 Jan 13
6 foot 4 dutch U21 CB, clinical finisher in the box as well!
Old Scrote of the Amex
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4:06pm Fri 18 Jan 13
BobbyZamoraIsALegend wrote:Blimey, give them a chance!
No second bid then?
lotsofducks
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4:14pm Fri 18 Jan 13
dave from bexill wrote:Brilliant - loved this!
I saw him in Mary Poppins and he was rubbish.
Ringmer Rich
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4:18pm Fri 18 Jan 13
dave from bexill wrote:Lol
I saw him in Mary Poppins and he was rubbish.
wiseman of hove
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4:40pm Fri 18 Jan 13
dave from bexill wrote:10 out of 10 for that one!
I saw him in Mary Poppins and he was rubbish.
keswick
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4:52pm Fri 18 Jan 13
college
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5:34pm Fri 18 Jan 13
Doctor told the Southampton chairman he needed to lose some dead weight in January. So he went for the Adkins diet.
Glad we've got a proper Chairman and not a muppet like Stains
bruce beckett
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5:47pm Fri 18 Jan 13
Jonathan Mouette
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5:55pm Fri 18 Jan 13
bruce beckett wrote:Class, pure class - and such a refreshing change from the usual slagging and insulting... Let's keep it going (although I haven't a thing to rival these...).
Dave from Bexhill and College take a bow. You can't beat good old fashioned British humour!
Hector66
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6:00pm Fri 18 Jan 13
hardly an exclusive story as billed, first saw this on the comment section on the other albion story, it having been reported up newcastle way.
LACHANCE
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7:36pm Fri 18 Jan 13
VegasSeagull
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8:34pm Fri 18 Jan 13
Newcastle, Everton and Sunderland can all afford his wages and they are all reportedly in the hunt.
VegasSeagull
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9:11pm Fri 18 Jan 13
Another thing we now know for sure is that the, spend big,' agenda is not going to stop at two million, four to six million might be nearer the mark.
I think it's also pretty clear that Gus plans to start Vicente as often as he can, go for the game in the first half and then get him off, job share role for Vicente, IMHO.
Hovite
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9:24pm Fri 18 Jan 13
wiseman of hove wrote:I dunno I thought he was a **** good sweeper.
dave from bexill wrote:10 out of 10 for that one!
I saw him in Mary Poppins and he was rubbish.
Hovite
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9:25pm Fri 18 Jan 13
Hovite wrote:By the way I only said Dam*
wiseman of hove wrote:I dunno I thought he was a **** good sweeper.
dave from bexill wrote:10 out of 10 for that one!
I saw him in Mary Poppins and he was rubbish.
oksouthstander
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10:45pm Fri 18 Jan 13
PL,Central Defender.Needed for PL.Otherwise PL Defence. Midfield..PL..Attack
ing Midfield.PL...Strike
rs..PL..Just the one piece to complete the puzzle.
Say No to Chelsea Guz and take us all the way...
JoeBlow
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1:07am Sat 19 Jan 13
VegasSeagull wrote:I don't think this necessarily means GP is looking for a CB. I think he has made it clear in the past that if a special opportunity comes along he will try to take it if it improves the team. He may well be looking for one but I don't think this proves it.
One thing we now know for sure is that Gus is looking for a new CB in this window, that is one question that has now been answered.
Another thing we now know for sure is that the, spend big,' agenda is not going to stop at two million, four to six million might be nearer the mark.
I think it's also pretty clear that Gus plans to start Vicente as often as he can, go for the game in the first half and then get him off, job share role for Vicente, IMHO.
Gibseagull
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7:39am Sat 19 Jan 13
mikeygit
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9:05am Sat 19 Jan 13
BobbyZamoraIsALegend says...
3:55pm Fri 18 Jan 13