11 Nov 2014 17:14:54
Toby Alderweireld
According to Talks-hite - Athletico have a buy back clause on TA for a mere £1.6m.
Personally i don't believe this - why would Saints enter a contract to buy a player for £7m only to then have the deal scuppered for £1.6m.
I can't see a lawyer creating a contract like this as it make no sense - anyway its on NewsNow - whatever that means but i think its just BS personally.
11 Nov 2014 17:46:10
Think you will find that Saints are pretty good at making sure contracts are secure. We know that, but some "persons" out there continue to feel we are amateurs. Good luck to them, they will continue to underestimate us and that is to the clubs benefit.
11 Nov 2014 18:05:28
Whilst on the subject of transfers, I see it is likely LFC will not be able to buy until they sell in January. As they found it difficult to unload players in the summer that will be interesting!
I am starting a campaign with some of my family who are supporters of LFC their alternative is to take an interest in Saints investing some more LFC funds in January, to help them appreciate how to obtain value for THEIR money and show some ambition! The response is "interesting". LOL
12 Nov 2014 20:19:53
Not being picky but Morgan joined us when he was 18 and he was only 25 last week, of course that is unimportant. He joined us when we were in League One and had the benefit of our first class training facilities ( they were good then as well ) so in many ways I feel we have helped in many ways to make Morgan the player he is today as good as he is. He played with a progressive tight knit unit that had first class players in it. I am not sure he would be where he is today without SFC, just listen to what Rickie Lambert said about us and how he owes everything to Southampton. That is gratitude but I don't think there is a word in the French dictionary for that.