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Yep or £18m and Gabbiadini went for around £8-10m. Saying the money for him has to go towards Ings is just ridiculous IMO, we aren't just buying Ings in the summer or I'd hope not so other money will be available to buy him by then so why can't money produced from a player we've sold this month be used now?

That's just rubbish. We will have enough to pay for Ings in the summer, our budget for the summer should not be 10m

We lost 12 points from winning positions with Hughes, only 3 with Ralph. I have no doubt we'd be in with a shout for 7th or top half had he been in charge the whole season. There's little difference in quality between the squads from 7th to 20th only Cardiff and Huddersfield you'd say are considerably weaker.

And the percentage of the fee that Celtic Bournemouth Lyon and Salzburg got for the players we sold.

I've heard he's custard. Next big thing

He has been terrible but I'm willing to give him till the end of next season to prove us wrong.

As it stands if fit Yoshida and Bednarek have to start surely!? Then one of Vest and Stephens with them in a back 3, quite happy with our centre back options now as against teams like Burnley you would pick Vest and against teams like Arsenal you would pick Stephens..2 totally different centre half's with clear strengths and weaknesses

Could be end of Feb if he goes to China...Absolutely no point in loaning him out with our options atm, perm deal or he stays till the summer.

Why would we get less than we would now? 1 year or 18 months left on contract makes little to f all difference in value.

Kagawa, Che Adams and Maehle in.... Boom! https://tbrfootball.com/shinji-kagawa-would-be-a-2-6m-bargain-for-southampton/

Austin is worth keeping till the summer as we will still get a decent transfer fee for him in the summer

Be good to get in a right back who can cross One that has some sort of jumping reach too.

Our annual wage bill in the 2016-17 season was 112.5m probably higher now even with Gabbiadini and Davis leaving https://www.planetfootball.com/quick-reads/a-club-by-club-breakdown-of-wages-in-the-premier-league-championship/ Still we could go down if Redmond gets injured so surely getting someone in now would make financial sense.

There's no way Reed had influence in the first 11, Hughes just thought Hoedt was better than the other 4

Polish Maldini! He's going to be a legend, love him already! Don't need pace to be a top top centre back.

Aaron Mooy would fit Ralphs philosophy perfectly but in a position we aren't short in.

We need a winger and a right back then that is it till the summer. Keep Gallagher Long Austin Ings and Obafemi as our striking options and get rid of one or 2 of them in the summer.

Have it on good authority that had Mark Hughes stayed JWP was off, probably to Leipzig, won't be going anywhere now #saintsfc - Alex Crook

He's going to West Ham?

Well not really seeing as Blackburn want him this window and this season they're are in with a shout for the playoffs.

We would have got 4th or 5th if we had a really good right back in the 2015-16 season, Cedric played 24 Martina played 15 both not very good and we only needed 3 more points for 5th, 4 for 4th....

Crouch didn't come good in the prem till he was 24.....Keep the faith!

I doubt we will ever have the amount of players unavailable than we have for the last 2 matches In order of standard of player we had out injured or suspended 1. Bertrand 2. Hojbjerg 3. Ings 4. Lemina 5. Yoshida 6. Austin All 6 probably starters then take into account we have sold Gabbi and Davis have young prospects Hesketh and Sims unavailable, Bednerek McCarthy and Redmond on the bench countless big wage players out in the cold or on loan it's a bloody miracle we even gave derby a game

We will buy a right back if we sell Cedric and a Forward to replace Gabbi and that will be it I reckon.

Look man, I don't give a Trossard, we are Southampton and we are gonna sign anyone we Mbwana. Heard Bale wants a return too