25 Aug 2014 12:49:51
Jordy Clasie being linked again by a lot of dutch media. Apparently missed training today too. I thought he was going to Porto? Could be something in it?
Feyenoord have stated that he will not being leaving this summer but we all know every club and player has a price.
Certainly the type of player we desperately need!
IF we did get clasie. would we be willing to do a swap plus cash with townsend and spider?
Spider stays! end of
not too sure if we desperately need clasie as i'm not too sure where he would play. a pacey winger is what we need and we are linked to nathan redmond
I hope we can get him - class player! At the same time, we need to hold onto Spider.
If Morgan doesn't go this window he will in jan so getting clasie in now would be good business as it gives him time to settle in rather than scrapping round in jan and chucking him straight in
25 Aug 2014 21:19:44
poor old ricky, what must he think now Liverpool have got balottellie what is he now 4th or 5th choice striker, he will never get a game, let's give them there 4 million back and bring ricky home, on a serious note I think if we can get a pacey winger . maybe Redmond and vlaar or dawson think we be ok, coyr
Dawsons gone hull mate
25 Aug 2014 22:52:34
hull keep saying agreed a deal, but got got a feeling dawson still hanging around to see if there are better options, would you want to live in hull after all your life in London.I have been to ull lad
25 Aug 2014 21:37:00
gonna take it back!! after watching the game tonight I think he might be playing next week, any news on Redmond ed?
{Ed001's Note - no mate sorry.}
Schneiderlin needs to be sold now to maximise income, whilst negotiating a deal for Townsend; I understand talks continue between Spurs and Saints.
Unfortunately, Southampton painted themselves into a corner with a (albeit vague) declaration that Schneiderlin wouldn't be sold.
Clasie would be an excellent signing but there isn't that much money to spend, despite what some naive people think.
Naive? we have the 5th richest owner in english football but she is not willing to put her hand in her pocket. she wants $ out of us. we netted 200m from sky transfers and our 8th place. we have put back 40m whilst ruining the fantastic relationship the squad had. the only reason why spider hasn't been sold is because his "premium value" (which every player at SFC has) is 27m. tottenham are not even close to this price and never will be.
Dave you seem obsessed with the fact that there isn't much money to spend, when our manager has clearly stated he wants two more deals done by the end of the window which will cost money which we do have, Shneiderlin is not going, how many times does the board or Koeman have to say? It comes up in every post or pre match interview and the answer is the same.
27 Aug 2014 13:14:42
Said it recently about Rickie and everybody, well just about, thought I was talking nonsense. Why would he go to Liverpool and never play a full match ever again. Should have stayed here and been a massive part of our rebuilding plan. He was great for us and the supporters loved him so I think he got carried away with his dream and never actually thought about the reality. Get him back on loan in January? Wouldn't be surprised. Let me guess Agree 1 Disagree 14??
27 Aug 2014 14:51:16
"Why would he go to Liverpool"?
MONEY!
Same reason why the other players have gone, yet I keep seeing suggestions on here that we sign this guy Mark or "a big name". So, we get rid of players because we can't pay £100k week, but we will then sign replacements who want £100k/wk?LOL
St Sam: what I am obsessed with is this naive belief that we have millions to spend. We don't. £200 million is laughable.
There is about £10-£20 million left to spend on fees alone.
And the reason I am concerned is that fans delusions quickly turn to disillusionment. Expectations have to be realistic.
And to prove the point: I wasn't alone when I warned back in May that Southampton would lose several first teamers. It happened, quickly followed by anger, bitterness and disappointment. All of that was avoidable if fans had been realistic and understood how the market works.
Now we have a better perspective developed and cause for some moderate optimism
How many do you think would have left with cortese still there? no one expects us to spend 200m.
28 Aug 2014 10:34:37
Cortese wouldn't be there and nor would the Leibherr money. If Cortese had carried on spending like he did ( and also making bad investments in players ) KL would have pulled out by now.
And cortese would have found other investors. he always said if she pulled out he could find someone else. it was cortese that found markus not the other way round.
SaintGibbs: the same players would have left. Cortese would have made no difference. Players decide transfers