However it is untrue that Spurs were in fact in for the player after Baldini came into the club.
Osvaldo is an outspoken player and has caused problems for himself and his team mates at Roma and previous clubs. He is certainly some what of an enigma.
A player that has been capped by Italy and has shown his talent, but has fallen into the same catergory as so many other players in footballs history.
To me he is not a prolific striker (albeit he scored 17 goals in 31 appearnaces last season), but this is purely down to his behaviour on and off the pitch that hinders him.
His move to Espanyol proved fruitful and the player began to receive praise in his first season there (his second season even better), a move to Roma and the player's stock has risen again.
At £15million we may have missed the boat, but I feel we are better off with Eriksen and to bring in some fresh young talent up front that would cost less.
Well done to Southampton, let's just hope it was not a big miss on this one!