Matthew Le God

This is never going to happen. We signed him on a deal upto £12m. He has 2 years left on his contract. It makes no sense for either club or player to agree to your suggestion. 1) Why would he agree to forfeit millions of pounds in contracted wages? 2) His value isn't £0, why would the club let go a player they signed for a fee rising to £12m go on a free transfer? Even if you don't think he is any good, his value is still in the millions. 3) How many examples can you name of other clubs doing similar to other relatively big money young players with 2 years left on their contracts? It just doesn't happen... and for good reason.

I think Juric would use 3 CBs in a 3421 or 3412 regardless of who we had as centre backs (good or bad). It is the system he has used for years at multiple clubs.

Won 5-0 tonight vs Norwich. Nicholas Oyekunle with 4 goals! Moved to top of the league, but many teams have a lot of games in hand over Saints (although they will all be taking points off each other in those games so Saints may not plummet too far).

Not happened quite yet. Not finalised.

Why are you seemingly complaining an 18-year-old signing who has not cost €5m (yet and possibly never will) has not played for our first team? Plus 20 of those 31 were in the 2nd tier (when he was 16/17 years old).

Kayi Sanda has not cost that much (yet). That is the potential total fee if all conditions are met, which has not yet happened. At the age of only 18 he already has 31 first-team appearances.

About to tip over (after 30th June) into not having the 2022/23 £160m+ spent disaster transfer windows not applying to the rolling accounts.

The press have mentioned Newcastle as a potential destination for Ramsdale. He may need to look elsewhere...

Let's not rule him out completely. If he avoids injury (that is a big if), he could be very useful next season. Stewart and Larios playing for the under 21s today...

Stewart and Larios playing for the under 21s today...

The books do not need to be balanced in isolation so that every season you break even. You can take losses. The football financhial rules work on a rolling cycle over 3 seasons. That doesn't force players sales after a relegation, quickly bouncing back solves a lot of issues. The issue comes if you do not get a quick return in one or two years, like we had last time.

I provided a link to the source where it can be seen by anyone on this forum with a subscription. What would lying about what the link shows achieve when it is open to be verified as saying so in the Athletic article? 🤔 Here is the Echo reporting on the Athletic story... https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/23521496.southampton-players-reportedly-40-per-cent-wage-reduction-clause/

I'm not going to buy you a subscription! 🙃

Yes it is. It is the name of the source. You did not ask for a link. Here is a link... https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/4449788/2023/05/13/southampton-relegation-premier-league-sport-republic/ It is from 2023, but relegation wage reduction clauses are standard practice across the industry. They won't have stopped using them for subsequent contracts, especially given how we were always likely to be potentially facing another relegation.

Reasons explained here... https://www.ilgiorno.it/milano/cronaca/inter-southampton-tifosi-9dcb4101

The Athletic

Because what Chez said is nonsense. Of course auto relegation reduction clauses are a form of cutting cloth. The club will know some players will leave for big money because they want PL football and big wages.

1) He was not signed from Hoffenheim 2) Why put him on the bench rather than another player if there is no intention to play him?

Taylor was on the bench vs Bournemouth.

Cloth is automatically cut with 40% relegation wage reduction clauses and aided with parachute payments.

Those statements are not in conflict. I think Ramsdale will leave because he will want to leave.

Any decent keeper with that description will want/need regular gametime and not playing second fiddle in the Championship. It is for good reason 2nd and 3rd choice keepers are often old. I'd be very surprised (but happy) if Ramsdale is our keeper in the Championship. I think 1st choice is more likely to be Bazunu, with older keepers as backup. So probably McCarthy and Lumley again.

What profile of player do you suggest for a backup keeper in the Championship if not McCarthy?