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This looks like a bargain at £6m, if we end up paying £10m he’s been a success. Sounds like his numbers are a little low but if he’s played the majority of games at CM/DM then what can you expect. Prowsey had great numbers from there and we value him at £75m! On the surface it’s a good value transfer with welcome flexibility.

Sky Sports saying Everton have approached Chelsea about signing Broja.

New one for me too, anyone know anything about this guy?

Wonder how much game time he gets now Lavia is coming in? He has shown glimpses but has also had some awful games for us. Sangare was the one unfortunately.

Close up of the new home kit from the megastore. I actually quite like the new away, quite bold but think it will be a grower. Yellows to return next season hopefully.

Liverpool have done quite well with relegated players. Wijnaldum, Shaquiri and Robertson come to mind.

Looks like a £10m fee according to TalkSport

Newcastle saying they opted for Pope ahead of Henderson and Bazunu as it was seen as better value for money with regards to their financial fair play restrictions. Not sure how much residual value Pope will have, but 3 keepers we’ve talked about a lot this summer. Will be interesting to find out if we made the best call this season.

Sounds like we have a good chance of bringing in Delap then. That would be our Broja replacement sorted, the question is how good is Delap?

https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/20213792.remarkable-road-southampton-fc-new-signing-bazunu/?ref=twtrec Not sure if this Daily Echo article has been posted on here yet? Good read, speaking with people he’s worked with in his fledgling career so far. After reading this article, I’m even more excited to see him play for us. So much positivity about his current ability, potential and attitude. Looks an excellent signing, if you’re good enough, you’re old enough!

This sounds quite promising. Would be great for our model to find the talent one step earlier in the chain if possible. In the short term though, could this impact any relationship with City for immediate/near future targets?

Former Saint (and Skate) David Connolly talking about Bazunu, 15:09 onwards. On a side note, he seems quite negative about Ralph, which half of our fanbase might agree with atm. Interesting to get an opinion from the Irish on our new signing anyway.

That’s a fair assessment, does feel like a big summer for Saints. Hard to not feel a little fearful looking through the fixtures as things stand, following our poor end of season form.

Sounds like Henderson would be £20m now and £100k/week plus in wages. Bazunu looks like £10m now, rising to £16m with add ons. Expect his wages will be half of Henderson’s. it’s not just a £4m difference. I agree that Henderson would be, at greater cost, a much less risky option. But Bazunu is the Saintsy approach and Henderson would take a huge chunk of our summer budget and wages.

Make that 2 pens! 😳

Well that’s a preferred angle. I’m going to choose to believe Alex Crook for a change!

https://www.southamptonfc.com/news/2022-05-24/retail-online-saints-store-maintenance-southampton-football-club-2022 Official website says store is closed until ‘Thursday 28th May 2022’ for upgrades. Although the 28th is actually this Saturday… Think our kits were announced on 27/5 last year so you’d expect this is to prepare for releasing the new one? If so, not too much longer to wait.

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cd5XQOVg2Rl/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= Reads like a goodbye from Broja.

I thought it was quite an odd interview from Blackmore and at the end he said he’s hoping it wouldn’t be the last time they spoke. Left me thinking that he either knows something or has just come to the assumption that now is the time he should leave. Prowsey was quite guarded at the end in his response, understandably I guess.

This sounds like Blackmore knows Prowsey is off? Not looking positive.

Sounds like Benfica want him to replace Nunez, we might struggle unfortunately.

Yeah it will be a really weird position, needing huge wins and city to lose (which is very unlikely), whilst trying to not get injured for a CL final.