Southampton Rumours Archive July 11 2014

11 Jul 2014 22:27:39
Head coach of Feyenoord now saying Pelle is in England for negotiations with us! Looks like Koeman was true to his word. I for one am now very excited despite our potential losses! COYR!

Fantastic news. looking forward to seeing him play.

12 Jul 2014 06:30:46
Excellent. Fingers crossed he doesn't osvaldo/delgado us.

A couple more good players ans think it could be a good season

I think he might be going to Newcastle ( hope not)

My understanding is he came in last night and fly's out Sunday morning. He will be at Staplewood today for the official doings.

I have also heard we have offered Morgan the captain arm band and a new deal

Interesting ref the new Capt as the Koemanator stated that we will see in the friendlies next week what is happening but Spider not back until the week after.

12 Jul 2014 09:41:10
New captain has to be Cork, surely! Model player, always works hard, never gives up!
Love to see the teams engine with the arm band!

12 Jul 2014 10:41:38
Sounds good Corky is perfect for the armband. Here we go. BUT . I am not sure he will be playing every game with our midfield options. If he stays has to be Spider , if not Davis but then he might not be an ever present. Let's see who the centre half is going to be , in history they are usually the best bet.

12 Jul 2014 10:46:13
If Pelle signs today or tomorrow will he join the team over in Belgium or have to come and train with Lovren and Osvaldo at Staplewood. Just thought of that and I think probably best he goes shopping or something till the lads get back!

Schnids should have the band. for me he is the most vital component to the way we play. he has been mature in the media about transfer talk, he's come all the way with us and for me would be the first name down on the team sheet.

11 Jul 2014 17:06:59
AC Milan are looking to bring Osvaldo from Southampton back to Italy. The deal will involve Osvaldo and Japan star Keisuke Honda swapping clubs on loan with option to buy for both as well. Good source within Milan youth team who says that Honda could be frozen out of the first team if he stays.

Keisuke Honda would be an insane amazing signing :) come on yosh send him a txt to get the ball rolling!! COYR+WS!!!!

While I would love this to be true as Honda is a great player, I do not believe this rumour as it seems to be too good to be true.

11 Jul 2014 18:48:35
oh please let this be true.

11 Jul 2014 20:11:30
Didn't they only get Honda in January. Surely this is completely trash talk. Like most of Southampton I would love this to be true. Highly doubt it though

Bring in honda

Think you miss read it, they want Osvaldo and want to swap with a 52 plate Honda Accord, it has 6months tax and Mot, and a nice little runner

If true that's class he is quality

11 Jul 2014 15:49:06
Koeman has said Schneiderlin is staying!

I hope so he would be very hard to replace.

11 Jul 2014 16:42:18
Has he? That is EXCELLENT news. If that's true then I am really hopeful

Managers say stuff like this all the time.

11 Jul 2014 10:49:24
Steven Caulker is not keen on joining QPR and is reported Southampton could make a move as a possible replacement for Dejan Lovren

11 Jul 2014 11:04:48
Steven Caulker would be a fantastic capture for us. I just have a feeling though that we may have other targets in mind.

Reports are suggesting he's holding out for Liverhampton and not interested in QPR or Crystal Palace, I can't find any recent info regarding Saints though

Caulker is nowhere near as good as lovren nor is he as commanding. Lovren is a leader at the back and so should be his replacement. Caulker would be welcome to join but as a challenger to fonte and yoshida. I don't expect Koeman to see him as a replacement to Lovren either and i'm sure he has people in mind this does not sound like one of his targets.

11 Jul 2014 20:16:49
I would love Caulker at Saints. He is a future England captain in my eyes and at 22 he shows maturity at Center back way beyond him. Not just a great prospect for the future but also class atm. Get him and van dijk signed and we are laughing. Hooiveld and Yoshida are not premier league standard defenders

Hooiveld is definitely not up the current standard, but I think that Yoshida looks good enough when he gets a run of games. It's when he just gets an odd game here and there that he looks disconnected and off the pace.

11 Jul 2014 07:10:25
According to the Daily Star Southampton's bid to sign Graziano Pelle has stalled with the club unwilling to meet Feyenoord's £9.5m asking price. Ronald Koeman could now turn his attention to Sunderland's Connor Wickham. Also Hull want to sign Southampton centre-back Jose Fonte if they fail in their bid to capture Michael Dawson from Spurs.

Nooooo I don't want wickham, get lukaku in or someone with his ability

We can't afford Lukaku. not the price. its his wages

That's why we need to re-configure our wage structure

Pelè has scored 52 goals In Two Seasons. Southampton would Be mad not raise their bid. 😧

Don't know what it is with saints they seem to take ages to sign anyone, get the players in sooner than later to gel with squad,

11 Jul 2014 11:21:10
saint marco, all teams take a long time to sign players, it's the process. We only notice because we're waiting, but it's the same for fans of every other team. Just have a look at their forums.

"build it and they will come"

WillsaSaint, to up the wage structure we need an increase in revenue or we will start heading down the slippery slope of 5 years ago.

One of the best ways to increase this is to increase season ticket sales to a point that we are at capacity at all games. Then increase the ground size.

The more support from the fans in turning out for games, the better the revenue and the better chances of increasing the wage structure. If we want to grow as a club this is the way forward.

Our sugar daddy days are finished and now we are being run as a business which means balancing the books.

Mateja kezman scored 105 in 122 in holland. it means nothing in the PL. van wolfswinkel also scored for fun there. The club will be looking more at the player than stats and the fact Koeman isn't saying "pay the 12m euro, he is worth every penny" speaks volumes to me.

It was all over twitter last night that the deal is back on, and that potentially Pelle is in Southampton today for a medical. Also reports from Total Dutch Football state that Feyenord are open to selling Pelle, and need the cash. Koeman has a great relationship with Feyenord's Technical Director, and is aware of how much Feyenord are willing to sell Pelle for.

This isn't about the sale of Pelle - this is about the 'Phat Wad of Cash' that Saints have just received.

11 Jul 2014 16:40:04
Sort of agree with cyprussaint about the slippery slope, however, we will only have maximum season ticket sales if we have a top class team. Unfortunately to do this you have to pay the very best players the very best wages. Catch 22 but I know what you mean.

I don't think we should raise the bid for Pelle, Koeman know the player & his ability. Remember Alfonso Alves, Middelsbrough paid about £15m for a so called proven goalscorer but was useless in the premier league. Not saying he will not be good for use but we have to trust the Manager.

The main stumbling block to changing Saints' wage structure is the new Premiership Financial Fair Platy rules. As I understand them (I'm not an expert), these state that for clubs with total wages above 52 million per year, wages can only increase by 4 million per year, plus the amount of any additional income generated by "revenue from new commercial deals. " Saints were actually at about 47 million in wages last year, so this year our total wage bill can grow by about 9 million. That means a total increase in wages across ALL players and staff at the club of about 170,000 per week is all that is permitted until we have new commercial income in place. This is why we could not match United and Liverpool's huge wage offers to Shaw and Lallana.