Southampton Rumours Archive July 15 2014

15 Jul 2014 20:33:54
With the money we have generated, we really shouldn't be wasting time with below par bidding for players. 3. 5 for Redmond? Give them 6 and see what they say, same with De Vrij, Utd are linked but if we can sort it out before they've got their hands on him, a 10 million bid should be good enough to land him with utd probably thinking of players like Rodriguez of Monaco and other big name players. The sooner we sign more players, the more time we have to generate good squad morale and will show the other teams we mean buisness.

15 Jul 2014 21:36:59
I agree in principle but it partly comes down to the player demands and if they know Man U are waiting with a vastly improved wage offer then it could cause us problems. Especially if their reps are telling them to wait. I really do think we should go back and offer the 6 for redmond asap.

Saying we should pay what teams are asking just because the club has the money is like going into a car dealership and not trying to get yourself a better deal just because you have the money

Rodrigues who was arguably the best player at the world cup? I Take that is a joke?
Don't know why everybody thinks Redmond is that good anyway? Only a handful of good games last year.
I suspect with the scouting team the club goes on about, we will have many targets, some the media haven't reported yet. Just chill and I'm sure some good appointments will be made at the right price.

Afraid that's not how it works in football. Why would you bid 6 if they would accept say 4.5 mill but 3. 5 was to low. That's 1.5 mill that could go on something else.

How is that a joke Saintsmiff? James Rodriguez definitely was one of the best players at the World Cup? He won the golden boot!

Haha de vrij and rodriguez as if, if any other fans read this then were all going to look crazy, please stop

I don't think some of you read my post correctly, at no point do I say we should get James Rodriguez, I just said Utd would be looking at players like him and others right now. And yes, the cheaper we can get the players the better but if a club has already named a price, why are we wasting time by bidding less? "We want 20 + for Lovren" and Liverpool bid 15. If they bid small, we will probably end up keeping, if they cough up 20, he's their player and done deal. Same with Redmond.

And to saintysaintsaint, I agree with your statement completely, but this isn't a car dealership where we're tryna get £500 off or £1000 off. Football is surrounded by stupid money where 500,000 and a million difference isn't much to pay more.

You've misinterpreted what he said. He mean United should be looking at players of Rodriguez quality, not De Vrij's.

The joke is thinking we could get somebody like Rodrigues.

I don't mean to ruin the party or anything but I think that SaintJamie was trying to say that, because Manchester Utd have the big name players on their hands such as James Rodriguez, there is the opportunity for us to move in and take the slightly smaller players from under the noses. The whole notion is that they are going to prioritize the big name players and not smaller ones, so we can take advantage of this opportunity. I'm not saying I agree with what he said, just that I think the wrong idea came across - no, we are not going to sign james rodriguez

At the risk of sounding cheesy.
There's only 1 J Rodriguez

Saintsmiff & S1 you might want to read the original post through one more time!

Seattle Saint, after reading the above post I have to agree. And I see what u mean. It did sound crazy that somebody was trying to link us with James Rodrigues

Individually it might not seem a lot in comparison but paying an extra million plus on 4/5 players that we could have saved is enough to buy another player, it's definitely worth the club trying to save as much as they can

I didn't misread the post but your sugesting we throw big team money about united have built their empire over about 20 yrs, we have been back in the prem for two seasons we DEFINATLY should not start acting like manchester united becaus we are nowhere near the size of them, we are the best midtable team with without doubt the best academy were streets ahead there, but that doesn't make our first team one of the bigboys and we need to stop thinking we are

De vrij signing will depend on whether Lovren leaves, 24 mill in 8mill out is really good business

15 Jul 2014 16:10:02
Saints and Stoke have had £3.5m bids for Nathan Redmond rejected by Norwich, who are holding out for £6m.

Can I suggest that Saints meet the £6m asking price. This is a seriously talented young footballer, who will be an asset to the club and eventually worth 3 times that amount.

Come on saints sign him up, 3.5m never enough, surely worth at least 5 m, great pace and an eye for a goal

I think it'll end up being that price, but all clubs now seem to edge up over a period of weeks to try and get a bargain if possible. It makes good business sense - Why show your hand straight away? He would be fantastic playing in that line of 3 behind Pelle! Bags of pace and ability.

Even £6m is a steal. Pay it.

Wouldn't be overly impressed he's a raw talent needs developing he scored against us and people seem to think he's an English Robben.

Could become a decent player but wouldn't be overly shocked if he was nothing more then cover for JayRod

6 mill is a steal, already tore it up in the prem for a crap team imagine him in ours would be like having hazard

Lol hazard

15 Jul 2014 13:16:38
TV reporting we have offered Jayrod a new 5 year contract!

15 Jul 2014 14:16:44
Not a rumour I know but was just wondering what other people think of TV live game schedule. After finishing eighth in the PL and playing very attractive football we have been given 2 live games between the start of the season and the beginning of December. Just goes to show that apart from us ( the loyal supporters of a great club ) nobody really is interested in us or taking us seriously. I say let's give Koeman and the team the best support we can to prove them wrong and show the rest of the country what they will be missing.

Must be a bid on the table for him from Liverhampton or Spuds. sign jay sign!

15 Jul 2014 12:10:54
Connor Wickham has rejected a three year contract extension at Sunderland with Southampton monitoring the situation. Think this would be a good signing. Showed great promise end of last season and I think its safe to say we need the the depth upfront. Always good to buy young English talent