26 Jun 2014 19:26:01
BBC sport is reporting that Luke Shaw will be taking a medical at Manchester United over the coming days with a fee inbetween £34-40 million.

1.) 26 Jun 2014
Long as they pay up front give him a piggy back up there for that price

2.) 26 Jun 2014
Would probably be worth the money for us but also a bit frustrating if we don't have a replacement already lined up ready to come in.

3.) 26 Jun 2014
As nice as it would've been to keep Shaw, £30m would be fantastic business on our end. If we are serious about European football, we are going to need to acquire the funds to improve our squad somehow. I'm more worried about losing Lallana than Shaw to be honest.

4.) 26 Jun 2014
I saw that, but the fee reported was 30million. Fair play to the boy. Good luck getting a match.

5.) 26 Jun 2014
He's at Carrington now. I think you will keep Lallana though.

6.) 26 Jun 2014
Lovren than Lallana and Shaw! He's the one of the three we must keep, yet he's the one who has allegedly put a txfr request in

7.) 26 Jun 2014
If Shaw is on his way then Saints clearly have someone in line to replace him, obviously long term being Matt Targett. But there's been mention again of Kolodziejczak coming from Nice, looks a terrific player, maybe even better at attacking then Shaw has been. The money made from Shaw will give us plenty of opportunity to bolster the squad further in other positions as well so let's see what the situation is come the first pre-season game, it'll be surprising if we haven't made 1-3 purchases by then.

8.) 26 Jun 2014
34 million for shaw is good business. I am glad he is leaving. I want players to want to play for saints, not leave at the first sniff of a bigger pay cheque. Can't believe though that Lovren would go for 15 million if they let Shaw go for 34?. Need to sign someone soon to settle the old nerves

9.) 26 Jun 2014
I would like us to take a serious look at cresswell.

10.) 26 Jun 2014
Great bit of business les reed. Now impress us with a good replacement!
Wouldn't mind seeing lallana and lovren go, as I'm Looking forward to a new era under koeman, and they obviously think they are bigger than the club.
It's just a Shame though, as I feel shaw and England may have benefitted from shaw playing regular football.
Cue stevo with a Danny Ings link.

11.) 26 Jun 2014
Ah, I have now seen an update of a £30 million fee, either way it isn't all bad on our front. I can see Southampton having a very successful season under Koeman.

Stay cheery Saint's fans!

12.) 26 Jun 2014
Lets hope that 1) we have a sell on clause included this time, and that 2) we spend the money wisely.

The worry for me is that with Lambert, Lallana, Shaw, Lovren going, we're breaking up too much of the squad in one go. Irrespective of how much we'll spend, we could well struggle more this coming season. An huge part of Saints game is the level of understanding between the players. Saints already had a small squad, and we'll need to potentially sign 4/5/6 players. You can guarantee that they won't all work out.

Finally, if the money from sales is reinvested, and that comes to £4m (Lambert) +£34m (Shaw) +£27m (Lallana) +£15m (Lovren) = £80m + transfer budget -Every club that sits over the negotiation table knows we'll potentially have £100m to spend on players, and therefor their price will double

13.) 27 Jun 2014
We had a sell-on clause with Bale, we just sold that right to Spurs when we were trying to stave off administration.

14.) 27 Jun 2014
St Christopher, I find it very hard to believe that MU would agree to a sell on clause after parting with so much money. I think you are clutching at straws there pal. This is not a £6m plus add-ons Walcott deal or a £5m plus add-ons Bale deal. MU paid top dollar so there will not be a sell on clause. Same with Lallana.

I would love to hear what you guys want Southampton to do with the cash? I asked this a couple months ago when I predicted a fire sale and St Martin told me it was all paper talk and Luke wasn't going anywhere. So after being shot down for asking the question before, I can now ask it as it's actually happened.