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I think red just needs to be the main colour, “come on you reds!”. I like it though, nice change and very 2012 promotion kit.

Posting pic to save people clicking the links. I like this but does feel a bit more Stoke/Sunderland than Saints with white being dominant. Assuming a white back?

What we could have had if we stayed with Hummel: https://x.com/hummel1923/status/1806258681840836804?s=46&t=7raSKCMt6LV8RJ1C2d39WQ

https://x.com/fabrizioromano/status/1806213622999249395?s=46&t=7raSKCMt6LV8RJ1C2d39WQ Can’t see us spending €35-40m. Would be a great signing though!

Didn’t they have Maatsen on loan from Chelsea for their promotion season? Just signed for Villa for £35m!

Like the idea of a 1 of 20 collectors item. £180 is steep though! It’s a bit unique…

Agree this season’s objective is survival! 8th would seem to be the best we can ever hope for with the current financial rules and that would admittedly be some achievement if we were to get back there in the coming seasons. The question is how do we get the financial wiggle room to build a team to get there Owners seem to be willing to invest but won’t want any points deductions. It feels like we need to get lucky on recruitment and make some big money to be back in the net spend trophy 1st place, essentially what Brighton have been doing and we did under Koeman. This season is going to be a tough one, but your optimism is always welcome!

@S-Clarke has already answered this for me. My understanding is that over the 3 year period (which will include the lower threshold for the championship year) we have ended up in a position where we can’t spend what we want to, without breaking the FFP rules. If we were to sell KWP for say £25m and then sign a £10m replacement on a 4 year contract, that would be £2.5m per year amortised plus wages (which you’d expect would be less than KWP was earning), plus the £25m counting in full for this years numbers. The other factor is him walking for nothing next summer, that then makes replacing him much harder. In order to stay within the FFP rules, we will need to generate cash to go straight into the bottom line, freeing up the ability to improve the team in all required areas and spreading those costs over their contracts. The flip side is that selling your best player makes you weaker and the gamble of replacements being good enough. We could effectively be losing Che, Stu and Alex all for £0, all need replacing somehow. what we don’t know is exactly how much money we have to spend but after Downes, THB and Fraser come in, I can’t imagine there is much wiggle room left without sales. It’s so backwards as rules designed for fair competition are actually making it absolutely impossible for us to ever be a consistent top 8 team.

Those teams could easily be the top 7 come the end of the season, that is a horrific start. Lovely.

It’s not impossible that KWP signs a new deal with a sensible release clause but the most likely outcome is that he moves on for 2 main reasons: 1. He’s a top half PL fullback. 2. Stupid FFP rules will force our hand.

I’m also only in the market to buy for my 2 kids, 6 months and 2.5 years old.

https://uk.puma.com/uk/en/pd/rc-lens-24-25-home-jersey-men/774897?swatch=01&size=0120&gad_source=1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIp-Gd2er2hgMVnJZQBh3aNQ4DEAQYASABEgIjiPD_BwE Here’s the Puma link to see it from all angles. Are we going to see Saints shirts costing £80?! Hummel shirt was £55 last season.

I prefer this to Fenerbahce, more stripes.

Fenerbahce have released their Puma kits for this season. I wonder if we will get a red and white version of their home kit? I’d be happy with that.

Wasn’t it an obligation to buy?

Newcastle and Spurs both interested in Alcaraz. Bella-Kotchap wants a new challenge. KWP in his final year. Sulemana and Onuachu surplus to requirements. Stu gone, Che and Macca going? Perraud to Betis, DCC to Lyon, Lyanco to wherever. You’d hope that would go some way to giving us some freedom in the FFP numbers to bring in a new GK, CB, RB, LB, CDM, AM and CF. 11 out, 7/8 in?

It’s crazy that we kept KWP in the championship and he could now be moving to a club in the top 6. For giving us a year in the championship and playing a big role in our promotion, he would leave with my blessing. Not that I remotely want him to leave. Sugawara seems to be of reasonable calibre, loves a slide tackle and perhaps stronger defensively than KWP. We will miss his close dribbling, it gets us up the pitch so often. Just technically so good.

Best chance of getting into the England squad but I’d agree, he’s a top half PL RB for me, I wouldn’t accept playing out of position all season when I can go elsewhere and likely earn more than we can offer. You’d expect our sales pitch to KWP would be building the team around him. He may well have let us know he won’t be signing an extension and then it’s up to us to manage that effectively. Be gutted to lose him though, love him.

KWP replacement?

https://x.com/fabrizioromano/status/1804948202329940062?s=46&t=7raSKCMt6LV8RJ1C2d39WQ Fabrizio saying ABK is open to a new challenge and has changed his agent.

Plenty of Puma templates on show too (Austria, Czech, Swiss and Serbia) although not stripes. There is a clear base template but also quite a bit of freedom in the designs.

Ella Morris the next to leave.

Are we expecting a 1/7 announcement?

That would be achievable from just the sale of KWP. I’d prefer to get to that figure from the deadwood mind!