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According to Guillem Balague (english based La Liga expert) he does.

Good read http://www.umaxit.com/index.php/columns/english-clubs-should-chase-mauricio-pellegrino-hes-the-real-deal

Fabian Schar for me, fits the clubs profile 25 years old, international with 28 caps for Switzerland and currently not in the side at Hoffenheim.

Drama! AR-10 Do you know who the player is we are close to agreeing a fee for from the transfer thread?

That Arsenal signing should speed up our pursuit of Carl Jenkinson with Calum Chambers and this chap for cover at right back behide Bellerin.

http://www.thedaisycutter.co.uk/2015/12/southampton-join-chase-for-haller/

Seen we have been linked with Sebastian Haller from Utrecht this morning 22 year old centre forward in the same mould as Pelle.

Van Dijk has now started following Pelle and Wanyama on Twitter also the official premiership page read in to that what you will.

Ron Vlaar had a awful season last year just because he had a good 5 or 6 games at the world cup does not make him a decent player, there is a reason he has stayed at Villa fighting in the lower half of the table because he not good enough for the top half of the prem. Besiktas are in for him also hopefully they get him. Some chap on the Celticforum said Van Dijk was in talks with us and Swansea not sure how true that is but fits the bill with what we are looking for.

Surely going to go in with a better offer for Krychowiak once Morgan moves on, must have been our top target for the postiion hence the first bid back in June. But like then said in the March video they move on to there second choice target but with money not being a problem when Morgan leaves I can see us going back in for this one as he fits the same profile.

Seems we have missed out on the signing of Ondrej Duda Inter have had a bid accepted and have already agreed terms, on to the next one.

Hull managed to spend about 25 mil last season and that was before they sold Long to us for 12mil. So we should have at least 20mil to spend with all this tv money etc. The wage budget was the 16 lowest in the Prem so must be room to add players to that.

With the new tv money and the money from the league finish etc, how much do you think we will spend this summer if we were not to sell anybody? My guess would be between 25-30mil Think we will try to sign the following providing no one leaves. Gk-Maarten Stekelenburg loan? RB- been linked with a few but if Clyne stays think it could be a up and coming one like Sam Bryam. CB- Toby if not another first choice CB MC-Jordy Clasie- lot of reports claiming we had a bid turned down in Jan as a replacement for Cork. AM-Looking like Vilhena don't think Djucric has done enough for us to spend 9mil on him. Winger maybe Elia but hasn't set the world alight but could be snip at 3mil after a pre season with us.

Looks like all the other clubs are trying to get there business done early. Hopefully we can get in on the act too.

Ondrej Duda looks like a number 10 instead of a replacement for Morgan as some of the media outlets are suggesting. The club must see this as a area of pitch that needs improving as we clearly don't have enough goals coming from the likes of Davis or Ward-Prowse who have both taken up that position.

If no players were to leave this summer (which seems highley unlikely) I reckon we would still sign another RB as are bid in the summer for Sam Byram was turned down, Back up Gk or one that would challange FF before he got injuried(was linked to Neto the Brazil goalkeeper who is a free agent in the summer a few months back), CM to replace Cork which looks likely to be Tonny Vilhena and Poacher centre forward have no clues but have been linked with a fair few the last few months. Whilst also signing Toby and Elia/Djuricic making it six. If Clyne and Morgan were to leave we would also have to replace them both.

Pelle to get the winner.

We were also linked with him in the summer.

Got a feeling it will another loan with a option to buy and a sneeky feeling it will be Bas Dost. He is out of favour at Wolfsburg and Koeman will know him from his time in the dutch league where he was prolific. He also fits the profile of the centre forward we need being 6.4 and trying to kick start his career again and at the same time being direct competition with Pelle for that target man role.

The problem with Pelle is he needs 2 or 3 chances before he converts and against the big sides you get fewer chances, so need to take them.

Does anybody think we got a chance of landing Hernandez? I know Juventus are interested but are they really going to spend 14-15mil for a back up to Tevez. In one of the weekend papers it said we was confident that we could convince him.

http://www.eyefootball.com/news/18669/Kasper-Schmeichel-Southampton.html

Linked with carlos vela again in the Spanish press.

Saints said to have pulled out for a deal for Blackpool's Tom Ince last night, according to reports.

http://www.goal.com/it/news/7/calciomercato/2013/07/30/4152119/napoli-pronto-ad-un-altro-colpo-di-calciomercato-skrtel-ha-detto- According to this link the deal could be close.