Southampton Rumours Archive June 05 2012

05 Jun 2012 21:19:59
Here's a few rumours rubbing round at st Mary's, this isn't gospel but I do have a fairly reliable source who
Has been correct in the past.

Leonardo - A Brazilian 25 year old attacking midfielder from top Greek team AEK Athens.

Stefan Kießling - top bundesligue Player plying his trade at Bayer 04 laverkusen, top scored with 16 goals last season.

Ezequiel Garay - tough tackling argentinian defender from
Top European team benfica, also has an eye for goal scoring 7 goals last season.

Sort of things I can see happening. IE looking abroad rather than UK.
But know forewell to take anything I read on this site with a pinch of salt

Don't sound like stupid guesses but they pretty much all go against the youth approach to players. Sound like good top class players though.

Lol, cant see you really signing any of these players. there all extremely good players who aew worth alot of money and wanted by big clubs around europe. might as well say we want messi, rooney , and torres

Get real with these rumours might aswell say saints have signed messi

Kiebling is poor

Garay who is rated at 35 million by his club SL Benfica? And Kießling rated at 15 million, even though we are getting Jay Rodriguez? Yeah right mate...

05 Jun 2012 09:30:52
Nigel Adkins and Nicola Cortese are believed to have drawn up a list of around ten to fifteen players that they would be happy to try and bring in to the club. It is believed that the pair are wanting to bring in around five to seven new faces before the start of the new season. Adkins and Cortese agree that the biggest area for improvement in the squad is need in the backline. Names such Adrian Mariappa, Paul Scharner and Sebastian Bassong have been mentioned. The midfield is also believed to be in need of a revamp with Robert Snodgrass, Peter Whittingham and Christian Eagles. With expected addition of Jay Rodriguez in the coming days, the pair are thought to be happy with the Saints' front line. However they do still feel that there is a need for Premier League experience. Free agents Andrew Johnson and Hugo Rodellega are up for discussion, as well as an audacious bid to bring Michael Owen to the club on a pay-as-you-play deal. Steven Fletcher has also been mentioned.

Where did you hear all this buddy? Sounds goid to me

It is marvellous that you are in the loop with Adkins and Cortese!
Biggest load of manure since I planted my rose garden. Any real Saints supporter will know that Adkins and Cortese will have had a number of players they are looking at (Adkins has said so himself) but the rest is pure fantasy football.
The other point a lot of people seem to be missing is if Saints have developed their scouting network to examine all locations, why is it that these supporters "in the know" are only able to come up with players that have been playing in the UK. Suggest it is because that's all they can guess at, whilst Adkins and Cortese will be looking at a much wider canvas.

U talk rubbish, how would you know na and nc had a meeting discussing those players unless you were there which you were not

I'd love this to be true, but where did you get this info?

Its believed that Adkins believes in Santa, but only by me and a few others

Lol, i know that nigel adkins has drawn up a short list of players he wants to southampton.
buffon
ramos
lahm
puyol
c. ronaldo
messi
x. alonso
tevez
surez

but dont mean he will ever sign them, some people need to start coming up with believeable rumors that might be a little bit true

Thats what they said about kevin keegan

I will quite happily take that squad.

Well when you are related to the manager a football team, you tend to get some inside know. You can choose to believe me or not.

It's not about believing or not it's about common since every manager has done this