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If you look at post #123 the tabloids were reporting we were after a double swoop for Zaha and Clyne therefore is somewhat appropriate to this thread.

Sky Sports (18/07/12) Clyne seals Saints Switch Twitter - @Nathaniel Clyne (18/07/12) Sky Sports (13/07/12) Saints close in on Clyne The Mirror (12/07/12) Sign on the Clyne The Daily Mail (12/07/12) Southampton hopeful of wrapping up Clyne's switch from Crystal Palace

Would be extremely happy with these two. Pick up a GK and possibly another CB I'd be confident going into the PL season.

He plays for Leicester City.

He is indeed according to this. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Grill http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/en/acta7/details/berater_66.html

Very promising young man, his attitude could be s concern but under NA and NCs guidance who knows. Looks a very similar player to Taarabt to me though (attitude included) who was a massive flop this season in the premiership. I can't seeing them selling for less than £7million or so though.

Thought some people might be interested there is a program on Sky Sports 1 this evening called Footballs Richest Prize which follows the 11-12 season for the NPC mainly following the promotion chase. Could be an interesting watch. Program started at 23.30.

Does anyone know if he is actually under going the medical right now or is he still in holland?

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11661/7873359/Saints-agree-Buttner-deal

I can't believe this thread is only 6 pages long. It's usually over 40 before the player actually signs. Looks a really good catch from NA and NC. We really are premier league when we beat the likes of QPR, Fulham and Werder Bremen to signings.

Breaking news on Sky Sports too now SSN: Southampton agree fee to sign defender Alexander Buttner from Dutch side Vitesse Arnhem.

Surely this could be people within vitesse just leaking information to try and get Fulham or QPR to put in a rival bid to ours.

Sounds pretty much a done deal now then. Let's wrap this up and move on to the next!

Fabio is actually a right back. The only reason he plays left back is because rafael is the better of the two. Which tbh is even better as he is capable of playing both positions well.

I really feel we've missed out on fabio from Manchester United. The fact he has gone to QPR surely means we would have had a great chance of getting him based on what happened with Macheda last season. He would of been an amazing signing and ideal for RB this year.

We should not be spending 6 million on an untried keeper. The wise thing to do will be to take Mcgregor on a free who still has alot of playing time ahead of him. Hes only 30 so potentially another 10 years. That to me seems a better investment than Butland.

I agree with MLG here. The days of the makelele are gone. Defensive midfielders now have to be able to start attacks and be a decent passer of the ball rather than just winning tackles and offloading 2 yard balls to the creative midfielders. Just look at the likes of tiote/song/carrick for example.

Could well be the excellent signing Graeme Bailey mentioned earlier this week. Either way Adkins is clearly in talks with representatives about a player or two as hinted in his interview on the OS. Roll on July 1st I say

Adam Johnson on loan? Graeme usually is the first person from sky to release huge transfer deals on twitter and this would most certainly be an excellent signing.

QPR to sign Ryan Nelson on July 1st. I still think he could of added some experience to our defence.

Okay thanks looks like it might be a struggle to get a ticket for United then.

Hard to make any assumptions yet as I think the top teams will spend big this summer in order to chase City but here is my take: Top 3: 1st Man United 2nd Man City 3rd Chelsea Bottom 3: 18th Norwich 19th Reading 20th QPR Saints 14th

Does anyone know when 2012/2013 membership can be renewed. Id of loved to get a ST this year but I just dont get enough weekends off work. Just want to get it sorted asap as id like to get to the Wigan and Man United home fixtures.

Id be suprised if the opening day wasnt moved to sunday or at least televised

Im talking about in the premier league. So in 20 years its only happened once. Which is why its highly unlikely we will have Wet Spam or Reading