Pedro Obiang

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It's being said that Pedro Obiang, Spanish mid-fielder has signed and passed his medical. Highly rated by Sampdoria fans, apparently not unlike a younger version of Diame...

I hoped so but

apparently not as he is waiting for Milan to make an offer, and if they do that will be another one lost!

I think that's the downside of trying to sign players before there's a manager in place mate, seems daft to me that the manager isn't signing his own, the same happened when SA was manager, Zarate, Paulista, asking for problems I reckon

I'd heard that rumour as well

I'd heard that rumour as well, but also heard that it was rubbish! Who knows eh? :-)

But the club has put out a tweet about making a "major new signing in the next 24 hours." But would Obiang be classed as a major signing? Maybe it's somebody else entirely...

Sometimes our clubs idea of a

Sometimes our clubs idea of a major signing is slightly different to everybody else's, always remember the unveiling of a huge star from the World Cup....Barrera!

Very true.

Although I'm happy with Bilic

Although I'm happy with Bilic I've seen some questions asked about his credentials when DG comes out with the statement about employing a top European manager that's won things, I don't think they help themselves sometimes

Done deal apparently

Done deal! https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano

And Obiang has, apparently,

And Obiang has, apparently, 'favoured' the tweet -- if it aint a false Pedro Obiang! :-)))

Yeah LOL,just waiting for

Yeah LOL,just waiting for jack to confirm the news from his school gates this morning bully :)

Haha yeah :-)

He might be waiting for Milan

I'm waiting for Levy .

Yeah I'm sure that guy

Yeah I'm sure that guy targets players just cos we do.

Could be right

and Bilic has gone back to Croatia on holiday so has he left a list for the board? apparently he's a guest of honour at the Croatia v Italy game so lets hope he's networking!

You'd hope so mate, we don't

You'd hope so mate, we don't want a scenario similar to Hearts where the owner tried running the team and buying players, it would be nice to do our business early rather than getting players in when the season has started, hopefully he's identified some players

Did we want obiang last

Did we want obiang last season ahead of kouyate?

Hope we

Get charlie austin too...

Once again the name Loic Remy

Once again the name Loic Remy has emerged as a potential signing.

Does anybody know much about

Does anybody know much about this Obiang fella, I just watched some Youtube footage (renowned for giving false hope) and the clips made him look very ordinary, perhaps this is a good omen?

Nope, had never heard of him

Nope, had never heard of him until recently. But young and high energy is what our midfield REALLY needs.

He's young and hopefully has

He's young and hopefully has plenty of energy, need someone alongside Kouyate. The clips showed him doing Diamesque stepovers and then crossing to nobody amongst other things, if that was a highlight package he needs a new PR dept

Now official, 4 year deal.

Now official, 4 year deal. Undisclosed sum, but thought to around the 4-5 million mark.

What's with this undisclosed

What's with this undisclosed sum bollocks? I see that more and more with our signings. Can't they just say how much they paid so we have an idea of how much is left of the kitty.

Yeah, it always makes me

Yeah, it always makes me think they paid over the top, and so they wont tell us!

Just seen that young Sullivan

Just seen that young Sullivan has tweeted:

"Bit more info on Obiang...cost 6.5m euro, plus another 2m after certain PL starts. Maximum cost to us 8.5m euro"

So don't know why they bothered with the 'undisclosed' bit!

For those who know more about him

I'm encouraged by the comments of adoration pouring in for Obiang

what about

taking glen Johnson on as a free be

F*** that! If I see us buying

F*** that! If I see us buying more 30+yr olds with no sell on value to add to the current 30+'s with no sell on value how the eff to we take a step forward?

Never heard of hm,cant be the

Never heard of hm,cant be the quality player surely

That's what I thought.

I seem to be suffering with

I seem to be suffering with Tourette's syndrome today! So effing sorry!

lol

Man city were advised to get

Man city were advised to get Obiang with this Yaya Toure comparison and he was valued at 10mil british pound,so we may have got him for a song LOL

we have got him instead of a

we have got him instead of a song!

Yep: for those who can't do

Yep: for those who can't do the Euro-Sterling conversion, we will be paying a maximum of about 5 million quid. Yes I did get the 'Song' quip! :-)))

:))

Yeah let's hope he's a hit!

Sullivan still wants Song i

Sullivan still wants Song i hear

I wondered if he might, but

I wondered if he might, but Barca want 10 million don't they?

Yeah Sugo must have a bigger

Yeah Sugo must have a bigger budget than what we think

Article in The Telegraph

Article in The Telegraph reckons we could get him for 5 million. Would be a no-brainer at that price, for all his drop in form in the second half of the season, he is is a class player when on form. Perhaps Bilic could play him more as an attacking midfielder as we seem to have plenty of DMs?

Very Happy with This Signing

We are going to need a bigger squad than we've seen in recent years if we are going to give Europe and the cups a right go; and we need competition for places. Dare I say it, Mark Noble will have to take a step up or be sitting on the bench. And Kev Nolan will not be seen, I guarantee it. Be very interesting to see if Andy Carroll gets much game time, especially if Valencia and Sakho are fit, and, say, if we have Cabaye, or Ba, or Remy or someone of that quality available. Feel good factor starting to return.

Was scouring the internet

Was scouring the internet looking for any news about Lassana Diarra, and whether he might be still wanting to join us; didn't find much on him, but did find this snippet about Obiang in an international sports magazine, written a few days before he signed.

"In comparison to the already-departed Song, Obiang possessed a better goal return as well as his pass accuracy being higher than Song's. Song was also dispossessed of the ball more regularly, as well as encountering more unsuccessful touches over the course of the season."

Yeah that's a funny one with

Yeah that's a funny one with Diarra last i heard he was training with us and his move was blocked by fifa only at west ham "A" lol,and yes more encouragement for us about Obiang, if we do sign song for 5m and Bilic can regain his excellent up to Xmas form what a bargain and good bit of business it could turn out to be,it will be an injury risk gamble though,but for 5m it's got to be worth taking!

Is it true that David Gold

Is it true that David Gold tweeted his happiness at signing Obiang with picture and all, but it turned out the picture wasn't Obiang at all but some other player.!!!!!