25 Jul 2014 22:49:44
Callum Chambers to Arsenal, £12m.
I think it's safe to say whatever goodwill and benefit of the doubt fans have given the current board, the good ship Southampton is clearly rudderless and sinking without a trace.
It's not even a good price for someone who could be England's first choice RB in 12 months.
Come on, Les, time for another big interview where you try and keep a straight face whilst telling everyone that the club is super ambitious and has no intention of selling anyone. We could use a laugh.
Lambert, Lallana, Shaw, Lovren, Chambers - Schneiderlin next, then Rodriguez.
1 we can't hold on to all our youngsters otherwise there would quickly be a log jam!
2 no sale has been announced
3 £13m would be a ridiculous price for a player who backs up Clyne at right back.
4 there is no way he would be full England player in 12 months. Clyne more likely
5 the board are doing fine and have adequately replaced every player sold to date
Are we cashing out now?
This is now getting beyond a joke I want the board out!! NOW
I've read multiple sources going on this one. Anywhere between £7 million at the lower end and £16 million at the higher end. This is just ridiculous now. Clyne's good and all, but we really don't need to sell Chambers and shouldn't. Spineless from the board, utterly spineless.
Think I might just become a liverpool fan. really finding it hard to be positive at mo.
Where do people like you get off Quertywell? The good ship Southampton has come back from the dead before and we are in a very good position compared to where we have been before. No one ever accomplished anything with such a negative and defeatest attitude. We need to stay positive and have faith. Southampton til we die. Keep the faith!
25 Jul 2014 23:42:55
Sounds to me like good business for a player who is a reserve full back, we have probably got another one like him in the cupboard that no one knows about. Controversial I know but we can sign top quality internationals for less than we get for an untried player at the top level. I think we all agree that the young lads with all the promise don't necessarily turn out to be the complete article. Give the board a break guys and wait and see what happens this season, we could all be very nicely surprised.
25 Jul 2014 23:44:43
'If' true I'm thinking either there are some pretty serious dark forces working against us. or Frau Liebherr and the board are performing the sort of new regime 'purge' that would make Kim Jong-Un blush.
This is getting ridiculous.
26 Jul 2014 00:16:02
Trying to stay positive. Really I am. But. Someone mentioned we have replaced all those we have sold. Have we? I thought we had replaced one of our strikers. One of our midfielders and. nope that's it.
I live in perpetual hope that there are plans in place. All of the business has been for excellent money. But. We need at least another four + players within the next few weeks. Just to have any type of depth at all. Something that severely limits the bonding process we are going to desperately need for what is going to be a tough season.
I don't think some people have the right attitude by shaking their fists and saying how the world is ending. But. We are getting very little positive news whilst all other teams are solidifying.
We need more than conjecture and rumour now.
Right let's face fact if we get 12 million for some one whom until Clyne got injured in pre season last year was a centre mid and now a 12 m right back then we have to be having a laugh. Clyne is by far the better centre half and so meaning chambers will be understudy and wow we sell him for 12 mil well I have to be honest great business.
I would prefer him to stay but well I'm trying to think like a businessman rather then with my saints shirt on and I'm sure for 3/4 million at most we can replace him.
My question is although he would struggle for game time with us why move to arsenal where he will really struggle for game time='money (wages) talk.
26 Jul 2014 00:31:12
callum chambers 16m . I don't see it, good business I suppose, must admit i'm getting a bit worried now, i'm sure koeman knew what was going to happen before he joined up so hopefully he will get 2 or 3 players in soon and that will make us a bit all feel a bit better. I think!
I think it's possible that one of our right backs go. Neither would be happy on the bench. I personally rate chambers and believe he has huge potential. He looks as good on the ball as lallana did. But for me £12m is a snip. A sign if a club willing to sell off talent rather than mature it. I hope this rumour isn't true.
Agree f. g joke, les reed is a lying t. t board completely out of there depth, I appreciate where we've come from in 7yrs but all that hard work is just being pissed in the wind, complete lack of vision, kl needs to sell up and f. k off before we are completely gutted and staring relegation in face
Say what you want about the position we are in now compared to 5 years ago but the matter of the fact is we could be so much more. this will never happen with the KL and RK. Cortese was a genius and a ruthless business man and the club was 10 times better off with him than without. is clyne better than chambers? according to MoPo no.
They are causing rifts between fans which is not what we do at all! we have stuck together through thick and thin but they are causing problems, mugging us off and lying to us. compare the positivity and the praise we were receiving compared to how we look now. its beyond a joke. BUT we stand together and come the 17th we start again. we are the most heart wrenching club in England but that's why we love SFC. COYR!!
After warning this would be a tough summer in may I didn't expect this, I do however admire the positivity from some. However the simple facts are LR came out to reassure fans who have purchased the colours of Sfc season tickets and more only to go back on various promises. So far "good additions" are not proven here and if chambers, lovren and Morgan go we have not just taken out the spine, but the brains and the know how too. I am sorry but unless the board shock us with some top, top quality signings (unlikely) then staying in the league will be seen as a good season.
So 3 have gone. Chambers, Lovren and Schneiderlin appear to be halfway out the door and with this exodus ( that is exactly what this is now) I wouldn't be at all suprised if JayRod went too. We already clearly needed a GK, CB and striker. We have signed 2 so far. 2!!
I'm all for cashing in on players who don't want to be here but the start of the season is just weeks away. We have only 2 friendly's left. Realistically we need 7 new faces in, 5 as an absolute rock bottom minimum.
I get that transfer markets are complex and even with bags to spend you sometimes have to game play and wait it out etc but these new players need to be top class and these players need to gel, we have very little time for this to happen now. Worrying!
I am not pushing the panic button yet but if we haven't signed at least 3 players in the next two weeks then I fear that we really are in a bit of trouble.
Identify targets, throw the money at them, get them in. All this wheeling dealing trying to get a few mill knocked off here and there may cost us a damn sight more in the long run if we don't get a move on and start building a competitive looking squad. NOW!
If this is true I will be so upset.
i have spent ages defending the boards decisions up till now but this just seems like madness. unless we have a replacement literally already signed it is just poor business
unlike our other sales its not even that good money, they were understandable when others where paying way over the odds but his isnt. if they offer 20+ then take it but what is the point in letting him go otherwise
26 Jul 2014 06:27:11
Looking forward to the new season, I think that we have an excellent equation for valuing players, and I can almost guarantee that there is a tremendous amount of time going into bringing in quality players.
That said we will very likely need to re-evaluate any time constraints in said equation. Last season we were very fortunate with injuries, and I am not comfortable with the risk of continuing with a squad of the same size as last time.
Our youth system is second to none yet it is another risk to back inexperienced players, we would all love to see youth blooded, but without any great pressure on them.
As long as we get in players who are leaders, taking full responsibility on the field we should be fine, I'll reserve judgement until the end of August.
I'd like to think that RoKo can build his own team his own way and any cash left over is going towards stadium expansion, time will tell but l'm a long way off losing faith in Katrina and her team.
This started as one of those fake itk's on twitter, doubt it's happening, unless Koeman doesn't rate him (and we all know Koeman's record with youth)
Look at the hysteria on here.
I warned 6 weeks ago that there was growing interest in Chambers.
I warned at the end of the season that the manager might go (although I wasn't convinced), Shaw had asked to leave last season etc etc etc.
Fans can be naive to the point of stupidity.
The Board and manager have limited control over player sales. Players and agents decide transfers nowadays. All the club can do is maximise the transfer fee
26 Jul 2014 07:42:24
It seem last seasons team are all off for glory and big pay packets, I find it strange that after doing so well last season that they all want to go. With a few new players and Roko as manager we could reach a higher position and Europe qualification. Maybe now CC off to Arse they can let us keep spider. As long as we don't sell him to spuds. Keep the faith. It is a worry that so many are leaving but it show how far the saints have come we are creating international players. Good quality players and attractive football so it's understandable why bigger clubs want our players. We have made a lot of money from them so we must now re build and come back better and stronger. I for one have faith in Roko and his coaching staff. So now all we need is to SPEND the money on quality players who want to play for us and achieve the same goals which is European football and you never know one day be league champions (Blackburn did it & and don't forget it was so long ago Man City were in the lower leagues) COYR
Cant believe fans are still trying to stay positive fair play but it is so obvious what is happing KL is just cashing in on our youth system I honestly believe there will never ever be anything to be excited about whilst KL is in charge good business some say yeah for KL it is not for the club or the fans it isn't we have brought in two players with three weeks left. I think there is a strong possibility we are going down then she will sell up if that's what it takes for her to sell then I am game : ( Please before you dislike explain yourselves
I would rather have chambers. Really do t want him to go he was one of my favourite players to watch last year. Out of any team though I feel he will get on well at arsenal because of their passing style.
In my head I was thinking maybe the board wanted to raise £30m ish then start running the club within its needs. But it becoming excessive. We really don't need to keep selling now. We won't have any players left to sell in January! That would be awful
I'm gutted about this, I found it hard to swallow lovren and spider rumours but it looks even worse now, this stinks of rupert Lowe days all over again. I fear more will leave, no ambition now. KL clearly doesn't think the same way as her father did. NC leaving was because of THIS.
We had a squad that was too small last year. Chambers and lovren confirmed today, let's be honest SpiderMan will go. With mopo sniffing around j rod. With the players left and the small squad anyway i'd say we need ten players minimum to come in.
My only straw to clutch is that Ron would not have come in without some knowledge if this situation. Hoping against hope this was the case and board will back him in his decisions. assuming the players he wants want to come
26 Jul 2014 09:07:22
My sources tell me that Ron was told of only three sales. He too has been misled by the board and he no longer intends to stay at Southampton beyond the summer but is hoping to do his best to get him a bigger club. Like Poch basically.
It is basically a closing down sale. It is not fair to mislead us fans so much when we are so loyal in our support physically, mentally and financially. The fans of our great club always unite at bad times as well as good. We must now unite to oust the board and owners. I gather also that this has begun with a big people protest expected at our first home game.
26 Jul 2014 09:18:24
If anything I did enjoy it when we were in league 1 and the championship, and let's face it the premiership is overrated
26 Jul 2014 09:55:32
Chambers is an outstanding young player who will be a full international within 18 months, he and Morgan are the true stars of our team. If both of those leave then we have lost 2 irreplaceable players.
26 Jul 2014 11:41:13
Do you think that this team thought they could never match what they did last season and went for the big pay day while they could?
I'm disappointed with CC going but if there is a plan we need to have some re-assurance from the board.
A few signings will calm the nerves and remember, it's not always easy convincing clubs to sell their best players. I'm trying to remain positive.
26 Jul 2014 12:53:11
All this gloom and doom about KL being a parasite and selling all our best players, THEY want to leave for whatever reason (probably money) so best to let them go. You don't appoint one of the most sought after coaches in the world in RK if you are thinking of selling off. If we back off and give them time to properly re-group it may be best as panick buying could be a disaster.
Bring back Nicola!!
{Ed001's Note - where do you get this crap about Barca calling him 'The Wall'? It is simply not true. It was one comment in an interview calling him that and he has no such nickname or any kind of nickname in Spain at all. He flaps at crosses still, you seem to have forgotten that.}