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Steven Defour
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Standard have announced that he has signed a new contract till 2016.
Surprising but you've seen more Belgium players staying put than attempting to head off into a bigger league. Think they've seen too many talented players tossed to the side to risk it.
Cocks back in then lads.
It was never out tbf.
maybe 20 years ago signing a new contract meant something,but today it can just be a way of upping the transfer fee.
and implement certain clauses that benefit the player if certain clubs become interested in the players the services.
According to todays Eurosport Yahoo tracker
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Eurosport:
Ah I thought it was common knowledge: Defour is a long-term target for Manchester United (Spartak Moscow will pounce if that falls through), while Witsel is probably joining Milan. Both are 'in process', and given the professional nature all these clubs usually work, we won't hear anything concrete until the t's are crossed and i's dotted.
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Comment From Ganj
hi Eurosport, you mentioned something earlier about Standard being set to lose Defour & Witsel? What teams are they linked to?
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Eurosport:
Ah I thought it was common knowledge: Defour is a long-term target for Manchester United (Spartak Moscow will pounce if that falls through), while Witsel is probably joining Milan. Both are 'in process', and given the professional nature all these clubs usually work, we won't hear anything concrete until the t's are crossed and i's dotted.
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Comment From Ganj
hi Eurosport, you mentioned something earlier about Standard being set to lose Defour & Witsel? What teams are they linked to?
Defour snubs Premier League
Belgian expected to move to Russia before the end of the week
Defour snubs Premier League | Arsenal News, Fixtures, Results, Transfers | Sky Sports
Belgian expected to move to Russia before the end of the week
Defour snubs Premier League | Arsenal News, Fixtures, Results, Transfers | Sky Sports
I am not really sad we missed out on him.
I kinda am, more so than if we missed out on Sneijder for some daft reason.
Me too. Only seen him play ever so sporadically, never really kept up with his progress but I've always had this feeling that he'd end up with us. Before Fergie sent that letter too.
Obvioulsy the PL snubbed him instead of him snubbing the Pl. If a club here wanted him he would have been bought. Doubt he will ever be close to world class now with the rate of his development
Why, he's developing fine and there's a lot of money in eastern Europe footall now. I can see in the next 5 years a return to the levels of old for some of the teams.
Would've really liked him here. I somehow doubt he'd ever have picked CSKA over us so I guess he just wasn't wanted.
Another 'target' we can score off the list.
This list is wittling down pretty fast
This list is wittling down pretty fast
On his way now to Sporting Lisbon.
all those posts lost, but yeah looks like he's gonna be at Sporting.
Glad he's gone there to be honest, we'll keep tabs on him, with our scouting presence in Portugal.
He is a quality, energetic player who will suit the speed of the premier league well. Good passing skills and excellent technical ability. I feel we should definitely keep an eye om him.
Today Belgian media reports that the deal between Standard and FC Porto regarding Steven Defour is finalised. On monday Standard will have a press conference so it is expected they will announce the transfer during that press conference.
Apparently it's only €6m.
€6m? That's it. That will be a fantastic buy if so.
Correct. The fee is only €6m according to the reports. Bargain!
How much did they pay for Moutinho again? Insane they got both of them combined for less than 20m euros.
The feck? €6m? That's it?
How do Portuguese clubs pay so little for obviously talented players? Promise 50% sell on clauses?
Not good enough for us. We should really be looking at Steven Defive or Steven Desix. Both are clearly better.
Fergie frustrates the feck out of me sometimes 
why not take a gamble at that price?
why not take a gamble at that price?Fergie frustrates the feck out of me sometimes
Maybe because he's shit!!!
Jeezz some people he signed for Porto not a top league top four side!!
70% of us on here haven't even watched him, your probably one of them.
Loads of players sign for Portuguese clubs for small fees and move on for big bucks a few years later. Our very own Anderson, David Luiz, Angel Di Maria, Ramires and loads more. Juan Iturbe will probably be the next 20-30m signing from Portugal who cost a fraction of that for Porto to sign.