Ivan Katalinic's 'tache

Clearly the exodus has started with our Spanish international striker who will be representing Spain at the Euros after his stellar season with us. Oh...

These managers that aren't interested, is that genuinely not interested or Koeman-style not interested?

I hope we never reach the stage where we have to 'pull off another Poch'.

Cynic. I mean, how could you possible spin: "player who doesn't play & wants to return to his home country starts exodus from club who doesn't play him?"

He's already on penalties & defending at corners...

I genuinely like Sammy Lee & I'm sure he has a really positive influence on the squad. It'll be a shame if he goes. I should also say the 2 substitute appearances he made for us are among my highlights as a Saints fan.

And Ronald wants to leave this behind???

Oh no, don't now start writing posts which give us hope he'll stay!!

Brilliant manager for us but no point having him here if his heart is not in it (or head if he's moving to Merseyside like Dejan!). #wemoveon. Again. Just hope it wasn't something which could have been resolved in our favour by the board & it is all about him seeking more money/having taken us as far as he can/ambition/whatever else.

So, if Everton haven't been given permission to speak to Ron, are we pushing him down the "quit" route, if he becomes determined to go?

It's probably the same chap who decided no meeting was required who advised Les the Toby deal is in the bag!

Reading the report on the BBC site, Zlatan is clearly enjoying silly season:

I agree to a point but then you think we got £16m for a player not worth half that (at the time or now).

Now The Sun think he could be off to a Malmo, according to the Beeb gossip page... Striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic, 34, could choose to join his former club Malmo ahead of United this summer. (Sun)

Thinking back, the only person I remember calling this a triffic signing was 'Arry. I seem to recall Fuller being booed from the off because he'd signed from Pompey.

No, Zlatan will sign us if it happens...

When Les Reed talks about negotiating with more agents to try to get more of our stars to sign longer deals, I hope Mane is one of them. I think most of us feel it's likely he'll be off but I hope it's only after we've made him a bloody good offer to stay on.

Half the player, but twice the size...

Thought of another. What about Ronnie Ekelund? Was delighted when we got him off Barcelona & even more delighted when he played his first few games. What a player & linked beautifully with Le Tiss. Then came the back injury & disagreement over treatment & he was never the same again. Gutted for him & us.

With the news that Gaston Ramirez has been released today, to end his highly unsuccessful spell at the club, it made me wonder about which signings others were overjoyed that Saints had made only for that deal to ultimately end in real disappointment. The player doesn't have to be among the most expensive or high profile signings we've made (but clearly this does heighten anticipation), just ones which ended up being a real disappointment for you. Gaston would certainly be one, for me. I was delighted when he signed as I thought were making a real statement having just rejoined the Premier League and particularly as we'd rammed Lawrenson's remarks back down his throat, when he said he'd never sign for us. Now I wish Lawro had been right! Another would have to be our first million pound player, Alan McLoughlin. He was decent enough but suffered from being shoehorned into a system which didn't suit him, by Chris Nicholl. Any other offerings?

John Burridge was such a good back up to Tim Flowers when he first signed, he even ended up stealing Flowers' place for a couple of seasons!

So this another one, like Toby, we're going to lose out on? Gutted.

Good to see one of our academy CBs has continued to have a career in the lower leagues: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36350124

Thanks for the update. Juanmi, not surprised given his little game time after breaking into the Spanish squad before signing for us Mane, will be a massive loss as he simply scares teams with his pace and skill Pelle, can imagine he fancies a move back to Italy while his stock is high as one of the national team's main strikers Tadic, brilliant on his day but not for long enough periods across a season. Might be able to replace with better Wanyama, can be a formidable defensive shield when his mind is set right but can also dawdle through games when it's not. Might actually be the hardest one to replace. Oh well, it'll keep the summer interesting once England have crashed out of the Euros.