Southampton Rumours Archive July 06 2014

06 Jul 2014 13:27:35
Southampton are eyeing a move for Lokomotiv Moscow striker Dame N'Doye. According to the Daily Star, so probably paper trash, just thought I would post the rumour

06 Jul 2014 15:26:30
He was one of the best strikers in the Danish league when he played for FC Copenhagen, but I really didn't like him and I very much doubt he'd be a success in the Premier League. He's a very wasteful player, managing to score a goal in a game but missing 3-5 great chances. Not sure he'll get those amount of chances in the PL.

Not feeling very confident that Koeman and gang will be with us very long if we don't give them the proper financial backing for players. 41 days to rebuild a team and we haven't even got started yet. Worrying times. Just sell Lovren and get on with it.

06 Jul 2014 17:51:35
I know you should be wary of the bookies BUT the odds on Lovren leaving have gone from 8/11 to 2/7 in the last 2 days. They are rarely wrong at these prices.

Koeman had no money at feyonord and I'm sure he was aware of the situation before he signed May take a couple of windows to get the side looking how he wants it

I sort of agree but just hope we are able to wait 2 windows as everything looks a bit of a mess at present. Can't remember any other Prem club losing all their top players in one go like we are. Poor start and we may lose others like Nat and Corky etc.

06 Jul 2014 22:01:17
I know I have been on here a lot and I apologise for that, but just feel that something is just not right and that we as fans are being kept in the dark. I really believe we have the funds to more or less buy whoever we want (within reason) but something has just struck me. Do you think that agreeing terms with the players clubs is not the problem and that the real problem is we are not prepared to meet the players wage demands? We have heard time and again that players came here on lower contracts than offered by other clubs on the selling of our intention to progress quickly to be a club with European qualification capability. Lovren ( acting a bit like AL unfortunately ) wants to jump ship but if you believe the interviews he gave he was apparently sold this vision. If this is so I think we will struggle to attract players here especially when they see our mass exodus, I think they would have very little confidence that the dream could come true.

Its all well and good offering average players £70-£80,000 a week but what happens when the money eventually runs out or the club is sold to somebody with a tight budget? Learn from Portsmouths mistakes.

Jamie is right: wages have to be sustainable

But there is another issue: what if the players Saints want actually don't want to sign for Southampton

@chrisdownj I understand your dismay, it's been tough recently. However there is no need to panic or come up with conspiracies. The transfer window has only just opened and will be open for another 7 weeks! Also, training only started last week & Koeman needs time to get to know the squad to make sure everyone is comfortable with each other before introducing new signings.

I can't tell you for sure what is going on at the club but I can tell you there is no reason to panic, in two months time you'll be smiling, the 2014/15 campaign will be successful, just you wait and see!

07 Jul 2014 09:34:19
I know what you're saying but can't help wondering why the likes of Tadic and Pelle aren't done and dusted. If they were other players might see this to be true ambition to rebuild. I am afraid I'm bit of a glass half empty person but then I am a lifetime Saints supporter! But we will never be like that lot down the road luckily we got rid of the QPR manager just in time, phew!!

06 Jul 2014 11:56:47
I have just read an article on Newsnow and the article is saying Everton are ready to match our offer for Tadic. Does the Ed's or anyone know of any truth of this article?

{Ed001's Note - I don't know anything about that.}

Ffs wish this board would pull their finger out! Tadic should have been signed a week ago!!

Agree but saints penny pinching like usual will ultimately relegate us from epl

Nonsense. Koeman is still new. The World Cup is still a distraction. Clubs, players, agents are still jockying for position.

Its only the beginning of July. You can't just force players to sign for you. The club has to make the right decision. A 10 million pound player might cost the club 30 million over the course of his contract.

Southampton also need to know who is staying and who is going. let's sort out the futures of Schneiderlin and Lovren first.

Saints will have around 50 million to spend on fees. That needs to be spent wisely, not just to appease impatient fans

Dont think kl/lr estimate the drop in turnover/revenue if we come out of epl, its disgusting that the decision withhold bonuses has started this monumental failure in the making, holding back on say £15m in bonuses which could couple with losing £100 from dropping out of epl such short sighted and shows current board ARE out of there depth, I agree I want us to b well run well budgeted club not like man c/ psg/anzi but in all my life I've never seen a team loose 5 first teamers let alone survive, lot of people on here deluded to think we will survive with rowe/targett/Gallagher/isgrove, we had smallest outfield squad in epl last year, fact,, we need 7 new poss 8 if spidy goes and at least 4 of these need to be able to hit ground running and quality with the likes of Witsel/Tadic/perisic not with the likes bentner/ings/samaras, very peed off disillusioned saints fan

You get these problems when clubs are run by people who know nothing about football.

Remind me the background of cortese before he joined.

My understanding is the the day to day football is run by reed not the board as they also understand they don't have the knowledge to make football calls hence why reed oversea the Koeman signing- one which will prove a perfect fit for us saints, so I for one say back of the board let them breath and well who knows we might we be liking the new look saints in a month or so. Or do we want to over pay over the odds for players like Liverpool have and seem keen to continue doing so. Koeman needs some space and time to do deals that are long term players for us not just quick fix to make us think everything is ok. Chill relax and watch the jigsaw slowly fall in to place as what I heard its happy days ahead

Yes but wheels shouldve been put in motion sooner, they knew mopo would most likely leave so they should have had options not mince around and wait 3wks, now the problem is getting people in and getting them to gel in 40odd days, we cannot afford to have a bad start in epl

07 Jul 2014 09:49:28
Couldn't agree more dsj. Seems to me it's always been the same with this shall we, shan't we buying policy. A bit like being in a shop and there's only one item you want left, by the time you dither about making your mind up this long arm comes over your shoulder and grabs it!