Mislav Orsic's time at St Mary's has not been a great period for either player or for that matter the club, it is in the best interests for all that they part ways quickly, but that does not mean that Saints will be bowing down and giving him away.
A report on Sportswitness Mislav Orsic has agreed a deal with Turkish club Trabzonspor, which is all well and good, but Saints have not agreed a price with the potential buyers and more to the point are not budging on their valuation of a player for whom they paid a little over £5 million only 6 months ago in the January transfer window.
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In simple terms that means that the player wants to go, but he is on too much money at St Mary's, that means that Trabzonspor can only afford to sign him if they can get him on the cheap and thus use the money saved to make up the difference in what they would usually pay. Southampton though are prepared to take a loss on the player, but they are not prepared to give him away and are sticking resolutely to, that is said to be around £3.75 million, in truth in English football terms a pittance for a player who was starring at the World Cup Finals 7 months ago. Tranbzonspor are a big club in Turkey and surely they must be able to afford that sort of money, although a quick look at their record transfer signing, shows that the highest fee paid out by the club is around £6.5 million for Majeed Waris in 2014/15, although since then they have regularly paid out fees between that record and the £3.75 million being asked by Saints. So it seems this one could end in deadlock with Trabzonspor unless the Turkish club up their offer a little. One question that isn't being asked though is whether Orsic could have a future at St Mary's ? Russell Martin will be his 3rd manager at St Mary's in 6 months, both Nathan Jones and Ruben Selles ignored the Croatian international, but could the new manager with his possession based football better suit Orsic ? Of course the player himself seems keen to get away and play top flight football in Europe, but his agent needs to find him a club who are willing to pay the going rate, rather than try and get him on the cheap. I know all things are relative and the Turkish Super league isn't the highest paying league, but Trabzonspor are supposedly one of the top clubs, winning the competition in 2021/22, last season they dropped to 6th and perhaps the fact they are unwilling or unable to pay £3 million for a player is one of the reasons for that. If that does not happen then Orsic may well find himself plying his trade in the Championship next seasonWhat to read next:
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As you probably know already, our play-off final against with Southampton kicks off at 3pm on Sunday. And if you didn’t manage to get your hands on a ticket, it’s live on Sky Sports.
With our recent form being what it was, I was expecting a nervy encounter, with Leeds struggling to get through the Norwich City defence, but how wrong I was! Suddenly we recovered the swagger we have shown for much of the season, and not a moment too soon.
Many neutrals have complained on social media that yesterday’s game at Norwich City was a bit on the dull side, but the Leeds team wasn't set up to please them. For us it was the result that mattered, and it should leave us in a better position to get through to the final.
For the second time this season we are visiting Norwich City, this time for the play-off game at high noon on Sunday, and the kick-off time is of course thanks to our good friends at Sky Sports. You’ll find Carrow Road is about a mile to the south-east of the city centre.
If we were ever going to have a final day miracle we needed a much better performance than this final day showing against Southampton, so now we have to endure the agony of the play-offs yet again.
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