11 Aug 2014 12:58:17
Don't know why everyone is saying the Rojo deal is off, Koeman has reiterated our interest with him and Florin Gardos, apparantly Gardos is close, also reports saying we're going to bid up for Byram, leaving one more position left for a top striker. I'd rather it not be Hernandez and it sounds like he doesn't want to come anyway, as we're intersted in Pedro Rodriguez why not through a bid in? He may not want to join, but worth a try! If we get our defensive target we should be solid, I just worry were the goals will come from, as last year we relied very heavily on Lallana, J Rod and Lambert and 2 of them are gone and Jay is out for a while, hopefully Pelle can step up to the plate and the likes of Tadic and Ramirez can get a few more goals, and maybe Gallagher too, we've been interested in Vela before and he'd be class, I don't really know who else to suggest for that position, any ideas besides Hernandez anyone?

1.) 11 Aug 2014
What about trying our luck for players in the Ukraine league there's bound to be some decent players looking away form there because of the war

2.) 11 Aug 2014
Everyone is saying it's off because he has told people he's not that keen on coming here (prefers a biiger club) and he's started follwing players from other clubs like Man U on social media.
Our only chance is if we offer the €20m the major owners want and if a bigger club doesn't make an offer we 'might' get him late on deadline day

3.) 11 Aug 2014
By the sounds of it we will sign mac 2 new players this window. With the gardos deal supposedly all but done (latest is that he will have a medical today to be announced midweek) and the confirmed interest in byram it looks like 1 cb and 1 rb. So probably no striker this window

I suppose koeman wants to give pelle the chance to be the main man.

Wrt vela, he has just signed a new deal with sociadad so he won't be going anywhere anytime soon!

4.) 11 Aug 2014
Vela signed for real sociedad permanently back in june so I don't see him coming. We should finalise the gardos deal soon and maybe the byram deal also. I think we should forget trying to sign hernandez and look elsewhere. let's be honest, why try persuade a player who doesn't value us. we are better off looking at younger, eager players willing to succeed with southampton and not just come and go. Ings and wickham wouldn't be bad would it?

5.) 11 Aug 2014
Just as mere suggestions, not rumours or interest from Saints I reckon we should look at
Abel Hernandez Palermo (I understand they may have been interest in the last year at some point under MoPo)
Antony Martial of Monaco (pacey, different style to Pelle)
Berardi of Sassuollo
Vela
Just a personal opinion

6.) 11 Aug 2014
I heard we put a bid in for Danny Ings.

7.) 11 Aug 2014
What about Bacca from Seville, 27, Columbian and a good scoring record in Spain & Belgium?
Belgium player of the year in 2012 and voted best signing in Spanish League last year
He has a €30m buyout clause in his contract

8.) 11 Aug 2014
11 Aug 2014 15:00:47
What about Guidetti of Man City well down the pecking order, just a thought.

9.) 11 Aug 2014
We will be signing another striker. i'm suprised we are not in for 2 with jay rod injured. if pelle doesn't work in the PL or gets injured we are screwed. imagine relying on gallagher, mayuka, and sharp for goals.

10.) 11 Aug 2014
Kevin volland. Young German.
Or ibe from Liverpool on loan til jan when j rod comes back

11.) 11 Aug 2014
Don't get me wrong I think we could do with one, but there are no sounds that we will be getting one.

Although perhaps it's just being kept under wraps like Bertrand was?

12.) 11 Aug 2014
Why don't we try and use jos hooliveld as a striker. Tall, strong, and he knows where the goal is, even if it is our own

13.) 11 Aug 2014
Ings could be good, as may Guidetti, but I feel we need a big signing up top who we know will get goals, Bacca's a good shout, as is Abel Hernandez, I like Berardi but isn't he more of a winger? Shame about Vela I forget about that, but then again Forster recently signed a new deal with Celtic and he's signed? Vela fits the bill perfectly, Kevin Gameiro maybe? Looking into players in the Ukranian league, Taison, Jermain Lens, would both fill the role, seems they have a lot of good attacking mids there but not enough strikers! Looking at Brazil, player like Alexander Pato who would be good. Also that Dede guy who was linked to AC Milan last summers is still in Brazil, if we can't get Rojo he could be an interesting one, but to be honest if we're not getting a top quality marque striker, we may as well lool into people like Ings, who are young hungry English players, like Berahino too

14.) 11 Aug 2014
If I could have anyone I would have bony.

15.) 11 Aug 2014
My understanding is vela was given new contract due to interest from arsenal, as end of period /contract arsenal had with his parent club then new contract was required to remove arsenal from being able to buy him back. The deal between clubs also had to be deleted from contract.

Vela didn't want to return to arsenal but then again he now likes first team action which he still felt he wouldn't get at the gunners so new contract rules out arsenal but not a team offering first team action.

This is just some info and well to be honest has nothing to do with saints signing him, just don't rule him out because he signed a new contract.