04 Aug 2014 14:11:35
Ed007 please tell me this samaras rumour ain't true if it is I fear we may get relegated, and kl on her way out witch a handbag full of cash
Cheers ed

{Ed007's Note - As far as I knew Samaras was close to signing for Sevilla and I just don't see him as a Koeman type of player.}

1.) 04 Aug 2014
Cheers ed

2.) 04 Aug 2014
As stated below by someone, with whom I agreed, there are some figures out there which are convincing.

It suggests that Southampton have only 20 million to spend on transfer fees alone, based on debt levels and ground costs. This is far lower than the 40-50 million that I expected and even this figure was derided by some fans as too low.

I can't confirm it is 20 million but it would go some to explaining why the club has been reticent in bidding. And why the club is continually linked with free transfers and loans

3.) 04 Aug 2014
He is utter useless no thanks. if we sign him the board are complete persons and I can't believe we would take a backwards step like that. rather have etoo than him who is going free and he is half way on the way to his pension.

4.) 04 Aug 2014
Look - villa have £220m in debts - chelsea - £960m - qpr £177m - etc. southampton, swansea, west brom £0 net debt.

So we will be here for a long time now - we won't blow up if the backers decide to a. not invest for a year or b. sell to another.

We are owned by 3 generation swiss industrialists - they are not known for pimping their rides or running businesses with high debt. They are small c and probably big C conservative in everything and if you take the long view this is a great and strong moment for us. I won't even mention what happened to Portsmouth (whoops I did) - but remember how you felt 4 years ago.

5.) 05 Aug 2014
Agree with FU2 on both monies and the business model employed by the Liebherr's.

They have built up a group of companies with a turnover of of 10 billion annually. They do not do debt or silly borrowing but have reinvested profit to build the business over the years.

As for saints spending I would suggest that some people need to check out a league table of prem clubs who spent the most during this pre season. Forget the usual suspects topping the charts and check where we are in relation to clubs of a similar size. You may be surprised.

6.) 05 Aug 2014
05 Aug 2014 10:35:59
We are bottom with net spend of £76m profit. Spending £20m on players, receiving £96m from transfers.
Swansea are next, £3m profit after receiving £17m from transfers.

7.) 05 Aug 2014
Currently we are bottom of the net spending league table, with a profit of £76m. 96 recieved through transfers, £20m spent.
Swansea are next with a £3m profit, after receiving £17m in fees.

8.) 05 Aug 2014
Saints miff how goes it? We are talking what we have spent not what we have earned:

So here we go for this window so far in terms of transfer spend

Man city 18million
palace 990k
hull 20million
burnley 3million
villa 0 (yep nothing and believed to have financial liabilities of over 100 million hence no one buying them)
Leicester 8million
QPR 16 million with debt burden equal to what we picked up from the prem.

I could go but I think I make the point. I suspect that by the time Koeman has finished we will have spent over 30 million on new signings and with no significant debt to worry about.

Support your team and give thanks that we have sane owners because looked what happened to us when we didn't

9.) 05 Aug 2014
I'm all for running the club within its means. But I think we need two more good quality signings if we are to continue to be a top half club. There is still time to recruit players. We signed ramires in the last day.
I just think you have to take into consideration the amount of money we have brought in, when discussing money spent. No other team have sold their key players like us.

10.) 05 Aug 2014
Agree with you saintsmiff some real quality would be nice as we have certainly shipped some, virtually all home grown.

Kruger has just been interviewed on radio five live and I think it is clear from what he has stated that the new board and Kman were aware of what was going to take place this summer.

They have managed it by getting the best price for the club on those players who left. They did not want to sell but players wanted to go.

I think at this moment in time it is also fair to say from what he said that they and 'the owner' are committed to taking the club forward