03 May 2013 21:06:39
According to an article on the tv website, Southampton are close to agreeing deals with two players and another 1 or 2 are not far behind.
One is Bradford striker Nahki Wells, who has been watched all season and impressed scouts. He is out of contract in the Summer having opted not to extend his deal with Bradford.
The other is Japanese international Keisuke Honda who's contract with CSKA Moscow expires in the Summer who is available at a knockdown 4m price as his contract ends at the end of the year and he has indicated that he has no intention of signing a new deal.
I wouldn't worry about Schneiderlin rumours, he recently signed a new contract and Cortese has zero intention of letting our star performers players leave and Schneiderlin is rated by those at the club as the best player in the team.
Ramirez OTOH, could well go back to Italy as the coaching staff and MP do not think he will ever adjust to the PL style. Fiorentina and Milan are interested, however Cortese will accept nothing less than what we paid for him.
Astori deal is still on, the player agreed to stay at Cagliari until the summer under the condition he was allowed to leave at the end of the season and he is keen to play in the Premier League.
In addition to, who will cost around £8m, Wells (Seen as one for the future) & Honda, expect big money to be spent on another CM, another Winger and a CF. Also expect cover to be brought in at RB/Lb & GK.
40m budget plus whatever we get from sales for Pochettino.
As for the outs, you can say goodbye to the likes of
Fox (Reading)
De Ridder (Genk)
Richardson
Sharp (will go to Forest permanently if they can get in and win the play-offs)
Hammond (Several Championship clubs want him)
Lee (permanent deal with FC Tokyo almost finalised)
Chaplow
Gazzaniga (Pochettino really doesn't rate him)
Martin (Coventry)
Seaborne (Bournemouth)
Forecast (Jobcentre Plus, j/k)
Wouldnt mind honda, he's been bossing the russian league for the seasons he's played
None of this will happen, and schneiderlin will be going to Arsenal to further his career, as he realises he has no chance of european football with Southampton
Schneiderlin has stated he is happy with Southampton and signed a contract about a month ago until 2017. Obviously an Arsenal fan. Produce your own players.
See we have pompey fans continually on the Saints page trying to say every player is leaving. As for the original rumour Honda maybe but Wells is definitely not coming being lined up by some Championship teams
Schneiderlin doesn't want to go anywhere and Cortese is not willing to sell him at all, plus with a contract running to 2017 he has no need to.
Wells is not likely to happen, performing at too low of a level for us to take a punt on him.
Honda and Astori seem to be fairly solid rumours but expect a lot of business in the summer.
Agree with most of that post although most of it is guess work, Disagree with Gazzaniga going though. He will come good IMO and Pochettino hasn't said he doesn't rate any player so how would you know!
"None of this will happen, and schneiderlin will be going to Arsenal to further his career, as he realises he has no chance of european football with Southampton" go away skate, stop your bitter jealousy and enjoy league 2. Makes laugh everytime. League 2 HA. HA!
Anyway back to saints, schneiderlin is not going anywhere, I always told my mates that he would be brilliant. They didn't believe me! He has just extended his contract and Cortese wants champions league football, so why would he sell the best mid in the prem to Arsenal (who wins nothing anyway, so wouldn't be furthering his career at all, a team like man united on the other hand. Fair enough), also the price would be way to high for what Arsenal would be willing to pay! On to all the players being linked to Saints, who knows? Only MP and NC that's who! We will only know about players signing when they have been announced on the offical saints site, until then let's keep guessing, that why I am on here! Up the Saints! COYR! One more thing, league 2 HA!