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Not United's main CB target, but very much sitting in around 2 to 3. Lets hope United bag their main man.

Hes already signed up http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/news/article/20151016-jose-fonte-contract-announcement-2018-2746964.aspx

zzzzz doesnt happen at other clubs.

No justification in giving either Cedric or Fonte a new contract, the latter only got an improved deal last october. Cedric, well hes hot and cold and hasnt proved hes worth an improved contract. So i think the club shouldnt be offering new contracts to either.

Saints bottling out of radio forum ?

See ya later Clasie, off to everton.

The simple clean design of the Spurs stuff and Villa, clearly shows how we have been dealt garbage. There must be input from SFC and so who allowed that 'messy' home kit and old template for away.

The best thing to do would be SFC coming out and saying, "We dont want to damage this Cup for league teams and will withdraw from playing in it."

I like what UA have done with the Villa home shirt, very clean and simple. For a maximum selling shirt SFC should have got them to do ours also a simple striped shirt affair, especially as it will be the last striped shirt back and front. 3 stripes , red collar, some detail in trimming and voila ! You wouldnt have been able to fill the shelves quick enough on selling them. Mid 70s style that just needed a bit of tinkering to be a winner http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Southampton/images/southampton_1973-1974.gif

New kit looks awful to be honest, when i see a clean simple design from Villa and Spurs i wonder why we have such a mess. Why dont we have a flat design for the away and again have this bra look. Club badge looks too big on all training kit.

Villa UA stuff http://shop.avfc.co.uk/kits/2016-17-kit-range?utm_source=display&utm_medium=shop&utm_campaign=KitLaunch http://shop.avfc.co.uk/training-2016-17/full-range/

It would have been total carnage, if Koeman was allowed to enter his final year going into a new season. The media would be jumping up and down on a weekly basis and it would have all damaged the club tenfold. The option was to sign a new contract with a release clause, but he wouldnt sign, why ? The fact is Reed has been heavily involved in two promotions, and two best ever PL finishes. That of course still doesnt give him a 100% 'get out of jail free card' because football is about the 'here and now'. We are currently in a 'anxiety vacumm' because we have no manager and lets just see how things roll along until end of July.

But SFC briefed the media (telegraph sam wallace) tha everything was positive and Mane was no for sale unless a stupid offer game along and that clearly is £35M+ Liverpool yet again are using the media to unsettle our player and so that means more should be added and upfront its £33m at least.

I imagine the club would tell the 'paying' fans first rather than some journalist.

Club leak ****e names into the media, so people wont be that disappointed when the 4th choice is revealed. All the good managers available have said NO.

Pellegrini a chequebook manager and the other two, well totally uninspiring for fans and more importantly players.

About time Les Reed got his act together and instead of being 'second' to everything gave the full detail before Koeman destroyed him yesterday. Make no bones about it, Koeman totally mugged off SFC and Reed yesterday. All that time to sort eveything out and the 1st question answered smashes Reed from pillar to post. As for the idiot that runs the media at SFC, total joke.

Forget pellegrini, he's a chequebook manager. The others do nothing for me looking at their cvs

Third party trying to stir fans up against Reed, Ashton did a similar article last August in the mail before he wento the sun. No big row from what i see and its all been blown out of proportion

Merely stated how Koeman views it and totally nothing in it. typical gutter journo scum

Everton fan telling me that the delay is down to Koeman wanting a loyalty bonus, thats due in his final year and waiting for that to kick in.

I can see a fellow dutchman like de boer unwilling to follow Koeman as they are both big personalities in Holland, so FDB wouldnt want to lose any face to Ko£man. Some of the managerial names mentioned are just fantasy and never coming here.

If youre going to put people on gardening leave, then best bet and being totally awkward would be Erwin and the trainer.

No way can it be eddie howe as hes already turned us down in the past. He wouldnt keep players or attract top ones either.

Drag it out as long as possible, SFC hold all the cards.