24 Apr 2013 20:49:55
Saints are looking at Jose Callejon for £8 million from Real Madrid to take the right wing slot and add some much needed cover.
They are also looking at Keisuke Honda who will be leaving CSKA Moscow at the end of the season to replace Gaston Ramirez
Lucas Biglia is also on the wanted list to add quality and depth to the squad in Midfield.
Charlie Austin, John Guidetti and Luc Castaignos are all being considered to add to the striking options.
A lot of players will be leaving including Ramirez, Mayuka, Guly and Puncheon.
Why would Puncheon sign a 3 year contract then leave? Makes no sense.
Puncheon? You mean the same Jason Pubcheon who signed a new 3 year deal about ten minutes ago? That makes perfect sense.
Punch signed a new contract with Poch. can't believe this happened just to get a fee.
Ramirez not too likely to leave this summer, what is forgotten about his issues with settling this season is he has had a large range of personal and family issues to deal with including loosing a close relative.
His wife has apparently settled in England and they have bought a house, I'd be surprised if he wanted too much more change in the near future so him staying at St Mary's with the support he has received from the club seems, to me anyway, quite likely.
Il drive guly to the airport
Mayuka will leave in the summer, but on a season long loan. he's still very young, and shows a lot of promice. when rickie lambert retires, mayuka will still have a bout 10 years in front of him. so let's see
Here we go again! Pure speculation, which will not be clarified until we actually see who MP brings in.
Why do supporters try and guess who may come/go when we all know business will be done behind closed doors?
Having been a Saints supporter for over 50 years, I would suggest it is still valid that patience is a virtue!
Saint Martin
This is a rumours site, what do you think people are gunna do?
Rumour yes-but pure speculation/guess work/ agent "advertising" and trawling through space fillers in uninformed media are not rumours with any foundation. Might as well make a list of all professional players and throw a dart at it!
" Saints would like to sign Messi!" I'm sure there could be an ounce of truth in that but I would see no justification in considering that a rumour. And most other suggestions we will see from now until August will be equally just speculation.
Rumour site yes, Fantasy Football Manager no.
Saint Martin
I agree with saint martin, could people not just say I would like to see saints sign so and so and do that in the banter section, leave this section for some informed rumours that can be at least linked to some form of media source, I have seen us linked with at least 15 players so far in this section and what with the 15 being released or sold it will be a case of whos he? wheres he gone? on the magic roundabout of SFC speculation.
The Ed's decide if it is Banter or a Rumour. To be honest some of these people seem up the managers street and it is a very tough job to sort the nonsense from the rumours with substance.
I know we all get excited but unless "rumours" on this site have some basis it does make us look as if we suffer the Chelsea/Liverpool supporters curse of "lets buy him, and him, and him. ", seen at its extreme after MOTD!
And the rumours posted about going back for players we were rumoured to be interested in during the summer seem particularly strange, firstly as the club have moved on some distance since then and secondly we have a new manager who will definitely have his own ideas.
And as for rumours about taking the Ox back on loan to allow him to gain experience, well that really would show a huge amount of ambition, wouldn't it?
I suspect at the end of the day, we will just have to wait and see, and we will all end up surprised!
Saint Martin