Southampton Rumours Archive July 17 2014

17 Jul 2014 21:49:38
David Marshall has told cardiff he wants to go to pl. this could mean we have got him?

Hmm. It's tough because I'd rather have Forster who's younger and who I feel is better. Just my opinion of course

No, we will have him once I've agreed terms

When the season ended, GK was an obvious potential signing because we were unsure about shaw/lallana/lambert at that point, but GK has always been an improving point. I always wanted Kaspar Schmeichel but now that it won't happen, I really want Forster. He wants PL football and is young and English and fits our philosophy. Also, if he joins, the incentive of him and Wanyama, alongside the nationality link of Koeman may also entice or reaffirm the rumours of Virgil van Dijk possibly joining. Seems like a great prospect who should've made the Dutch wC squad.

I like marshall better then forster hopefully this is true!

If it's a choice between Forster and Marshall, I'd have Forster every time, as Ruffhead said he's younger and he's played at a higher level

Let's have a vote:

agree for Forster
Disagree for Marshall

Marshall Is 2x better the forster yes forster maybe younger but marshall plays better and trys harder.

17 Jul 2014 15:05:14
Swansea, QPR, Crystal Palace, and West Brom have all shown interest in Jack Cork according to the Daily Fail.

17 Jul 2014 16:20:11
dont think to much to worry about
all of them are smaller clubs than saints
qpr will only last one season in the prem and go back down
forestsaint

Did anybody see the brief interview with cork after his fitness test? When asked about whether he wanted to join other freinds in the England squad, he said that his main aim was to play first team football, and came across frustrated at the lack of opportunity at the beginning of last season.

I don't feel jack cork will be 100% happy at saints unless he is playing week in week out. If an offer comes in I think he will want assurances from the club. I really hope we offer him a new contract to warn off other clubs. I think he has the mentality to want to play regularly, rather than just playing for a bigger club. Check it out in the saints YouTube channel and see what I mean

I don't think he would want to leave us for one of the mentioned clubs, hope he gets a new deal soon!
COYS!

17 Jul 2014 19:13:34
I personally think he's better than both Wanyama and schneiderlin after last season

Under koeman I hope players are selected on merit. Wanyama when fit always seemed mopos preferred choice, even when cork played some superb games. Wanyama I hope will really need to impress to start ahead of cork or spider if he remains at the club

17 Jul 2014 09:21:45
The Livorno president says Saints are one of three clubs in for Brazilian striker Paulinho along with Stoke & West Ham - be interesting to see where we stand.

17 Jul 2014 12:28:57
Sounds very much like our interest in Andy Delort has been stepped up and according to the paper he spoke to he has almost made his mind up. It would seem that we have put in an offer and he is definitely leaving France. Only 22 and could be a bit special.

Well they better get him here on a trial first, considering the french premier league is absolute toilet anyway I hope we don't buy a player outright who has only managed to produce for a mid table french championship team unless were talking peanuts for a gamble anyway

17 Jul 2014 14:57:16
Don't forget we got JRod from a championship side. If RoKo has checked him out that will do for me.

J-rod came to a just promoted team on the back of 2/3 decent seasons, and took a season to settle though ;)

Ok agreed, so this guy is 22 if it takes him a season it may be worth it. Koeman is no fool he would know if he has got that special talent.

The championship is much stronger than all 2nd div teams in europe by far, not just because they pay stupid wags in half the teams either, the french 2nd div is particularly rubbish as well, having said that i'm all for polishing a rough diamond but don't think france is a very good place to poach a striker, hopefully if we buy him i'm proved wrong tho

17 Jul 2014 10:59:40
Rumours coming up again saying were in for ever benega for 6 million

17 Jul 2014 14:20:00
Newsnow said we are on alert with the toon as he wanted away but I don't know if that's because we were linked with him previously

Rubbish that was a pottechino rumour at best

He has played under Koeman before so that's the link.

Ever benega has been linked to us for about 2 seasons, next up is the damio rumour and the scott sinclair one and we are back to two seasons ago

17 Jul 2014 09:48:52
We have reportedly activated Steven caulker's release clause. If he signs for us, I would be very happy with this. What do you guys think about this?

Just don't think he is top quality and think we could spend more and get much better. De Vrij would do for me.

17 Jul 2014 12:16:47
Where has this been reported? I heard SSN but cannot find anything about it on the internet. Would be a good signing with high potential, but maybe not the commanding centre back we will need should Lovren end up leaving. Would like him though!

He's only 22 would be a great signing, sell lovren and get de virj aswel.

De vrij ha sbeen offered champions league fotball by about 7 teams come on boys get a grip

Very over rated player is Caulker