Southampton Rumours Archive June 12 2013

12 Jun 2013 16:00:40
apparently we're in for Dennis Praet and Matias Suarez both from RSC Anderlecht

That was posted by a fake agent on twitter, load of rubbish

Both good players would love praet could maybe get better than matias bt be good still

I'd love that but probably just some twitter nonsense

Even so these would be quality signings

Does anyone know if gareth bale does go else where for all those reported millions do saints get a sell on fee?

I know when we were in trouble that arsenal paid us a premium to stop that happening with theo as we needed the money but I'm not sure if we sold that part of the deal to spurs re bale as well, there was a sell on clause in the original deal, if that remains or not I don't know, would be nice though! Would have proffered a buy back clause for 5million!

^^A buy back clause of less than we sold him for? Surely the clause would've had to have been at least 15 million.

If Bale does get sold we won't get anything, because Rupert Lowe turned down the offer of a sell on fee, we took Tommy Forecast insted

With bale we don't have a sell on clause due to the money issues we were in at the start of adminastration so we took money up front instead of any clauses.

The buy back clause comment was tongue in cheek.

The guy who said we got forecast intstead of a sell on is spot on wich means rupert lowe is even more of a cnut than you thought

What a truly great chairman and financial dealer RL was for us. Still some people complain about Cortese!

The above comment about rupert lowe being a cnut made me spit out my cereal with laughter hahahha

As much as I blame Lowe for us getting relegated, I also blame the local council.
Southampton tried for years to build a new stadium and had numerous planning applications rejected. Had we managed to get a stadium a few years earlier we would have been in a far better financial situation, and probably avoided relegation altogether. Unfortunately the cashing in of Bale, Walcott etc was purely down to severe cash flow problems, which in the end kept the club running.

As much as it hurts me to say this, without cashing in, we may well not have any club at all. As it stands we now have owners and a Chairman in Nicola Cortese who has a real desire and ambition to take us forward, and are in a far better position than we ever were.
It may well be that in a bizarre turn of circumstances, Rupert Lowe has actually done us all a favor by failing so well. He certainly did us a favor by investing so well in our Academy, without which we wouldn't have developed walcott, bale, lallana etc so we do have a few things to thank Wupert for.

Lowe was a decent man trying to keep the club going in difficult circumstances. All this bitterness is misplaced.

Fans are only happy when their club spends endlessly in the transfer market. Then they wonder why their club is in financial trouble. Portsmouth anyone??

Sorry St Christopher you may well be related to Woopert

But this is posisbley the most misguided sentence I have seen on here and there are a few

"As much as I blame Lowe for us getting relegated, I also blame the local council. "

Eastleigh Council vetoed the proposed stadium at Monksbrook yes, but when both Southampton constancies councils where run by Labour they had to basically sell the idea of St Marys to Lowe.

People that defend Lowe always say that he delivered a Stadium, but the truth is he delivered nothing but debt. Saints fans thought that the club was being run frugally but in truth the Morgage agreement alone was was a "fail" of epic proportion. The Stadium cost £25m to build we got £5m for naming rights sold all our best players and replaced them with budget ones, existed in the premier league at a time of un-precidented wealth and when the club went into admin we still owed £25m for it.

All I was trying to imply was that had the council allowed the club to relocate a few years earlier we would more than likely have remained in the Premier league. As soon as legislation changed to make stadiums all-seater, and the Dell was reduced to little over 15,000 seats we were facing financial ruin. How we remained in the top league for so long on such a limited budget was a minor miracle! Our survival was dependent upon our increasing our gate receipts. We all hate Lowe for running the club into the ground, especially when we were relegated - selling off the best players, but by that time our fate was sealed.

^ "How we remained in the top league for so long on such a limited budget was a minor miracle!" Think you've forgotten about Matt maybe?

The buy back clause was not a ruse or a p*** take i'm a big saints fan. just asking that's all! I think saints will do very well this year 3 or 4 signings and we will be up there ish. let's just remember where we were 5 years ago! like the way we are playing but let's tighten up on defence and try not to push too far up because one day we will get caught big time!

I certainly haven't forgotten about Matt. He's another reason why I feel that had we got permission for a stadium earlier, even though we'd have struggled initially, we'd have stayed in the league.

Anyway, as I said in my original post, if we hadn't failed, Marcus would have never bought the club, and we wouldn't be where we are now, looking forward to our exciting future

12 Jun 2013 14:53:20
Southampton fc close on agreeing a deal with Joan Verdu

Verdu tell press were he be playing next season tomorrow. heres hoping it with the saints

Why would we want him? Not really an improvement on Cork or Spiderman.

Pochettino might want him as he managed him at Epanyol where he was one of his best and most influential players. Plus he is also on a free!

I really cannot see Saints letting a player call a press conference to announce where he is going. Not saying it won't or couldn't happen but would be stunned if NC would allow that to happen. Every single player signed is a marketing opportunity & given the Financial Fair Play rules coming in then we would want to boost our overseas revenue & identity wherever the chance presents itself. btw. i'm not saying we won't sign him, just suggesting a rogue press call is unlikely.

^^maybe not an improvement but great to have the option surely?

As he's an attacking player not a defensive player

TopSaint

Why would we not want another cork or spiderman?

He's not another Cork or Spiderman. Plus we have James Ward-Prowse who's got his agenda and I honestly believe is up to the challenge of the Premiership with Steven Davis as an option as well.

Hes a cam not cdm great playmaker would. be a great option to have

12 Jun 2013 06:45:28
Alot of rumours floating about but Honda & McGeady? would like to see 1 of these and NC

I would love to see Honda in a saints shirt but mcgeady i'm not so sure about

Honda over Mcgready, he will have lower wage demands

Mc Greedy! left Celtic for money. not our kind of player

Honda gets linked with every1 in every transfer window so don't be surprised if he stays where he is

I watched Honda play against Australia last week. he killed us. creative, can run at defenders (which NONE of our players can. I thought gaston would be good for that but he just runs to the side and then gives it away with a crap pass).

i hope we get a bunch of 5-10mil players. seems some other teams are picking up some good'uns. they don't all have to be 15m+ for some unknown kid

Pretty sure Honda's contract at CSKA has run out and will therefore will be a free agent. He will be on the move somewhere! Fingers crossed its to saints as his versatility could be very handy! {Ed001's Note - runs out at the end of December, the end of the season there.}