Southampton Rumours Archive June 02 2014

02 Jun 2014 13:25:15
Lambert to Liverpool official
Nice statement from Ricky, I think every saints fan will wish him luck.
Club statement also positive. Let's hope they stay true to their word about other offers. Although if we accepted over 30 for shaw, 30 for lallana, you can only say it's good business IMO

02 Jun 2014 13:32:18
Rumoured to be in for Leo Ulloa from Brighton. £6.5m, leicster have been chasing him for £3-5m. Brighton reporoted to want £8m.

Safe to say that if we are interested, we won't pay more than we did for Jayrod for an older player with a worse goal scoring record.

Won't knock his ability, scored a good number of goals and how many of our "lower league" players are now on champions league wanted lists!

02 Jun 2014 14:54:34
i must be the only one whos bitter about lambert joining liverpool. he said last summer he will finish his carrer at saints. he then asked for a move. we must all admit that he's only going to be a bench player as suarez and sturridge are both starting 11.
i think he's ruined his england chances too. soory , great player for us , but will be sadly missed.
another comment , do we seriously think we can find a replacement for £4million? someone who can also get 15 goals a season . don't think so. we've lost out

No you are not the only one cyberchris. This deal was insane full cash up front with no add ons ( 9 Mill) would have represented good business and even then the sale should not have been entertained until after the world cup.
A deal being good for Ricky is one thing but the first priority is what is good for the club.
Also to the previous poster I don't see 30m as good business for Adam Lallana. he is irreplaceable therefore a minimum of 35m nett (ie 45-50 mill gross allowing 25% going to Bournemouth) I do concede that 30m for Shaw seems OK as Left backs are available to replace him but even there no sale should take place until after new manager and after world cup where his value can only increase.
Saints are in a great position reed should be dictating the terms not being bullied into early settlements.

His legs are going he had an ok second half to the season he would of played for us off the bench this coming season as he will do at liverpool.

Be fair who in a million years would of guessed liverpool would bid for lambert. its a dream move for him AND his family moving back to there home can you really say its not a good move for all partys yes we have lost are talisman but he leaves a hero and on a high not a bit part player.

This season Lambert was half as good as he was last season, if that happened again he'd hardly be worth keeping in the team. There's no way he would have got 15 goals again.

we don't necessarily have to spend 4mil on a replacement, but it's 4-9mil more towards that replacement we inevitably would have needed this/next summer anyway

The board are in control of transfers, Lambert is a special case where he asked to bored to accept and I believe them when they say no more will be sold until the manager takes control

02 Jun 2014 18:10:00
Think you have to ask yourselfs if saints came in for you after finishing second in the league with luis suarez in the team would you be able to turn them down? I certainly wouldnt. Not to mention the fact we finished 8th. I for one wish him good luck and hope he wins the PL and CL double in his first season. After scoring the winning goal in the world cup final in just over a month that is!

Rickie Lambert- Southampton Legend

Yes indeed cyberchris Rickie said last year he was more than happy to finish his career at saints but as he states the job was to go from bottom of league one to top half of prem which we achieved. The only club he would leave us for is Liverpool surely everyone has known that since he joined us! cheers for the memories Sir Rickie Lambert and enjoy your dream move back home!