Fitzhugh Fella Posted 30 December, 2011 Share Posted 30 December, 2011 Luke is featured in today's Independent as football's hottest prodigy. Still 16 he is a left-back noted for his pace and strength, for those unfamiliar and apparently Arsenal (who have a close relationship with Saints according to the article) are already taking a big interest (that bit sounds very familiar). Saints hope to tie him down with a pro contract in July according to Sam Wallace just before the new Elite Player Performance Plan comes into force. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_Bald_Si Posted 30 December, 2011 Share Posted 30 December, 2011 Link? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eelpie Posted 30 December, 2011 Share Posted 30 December, 2011 Link? http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/others/stars-of-2012-on-the-brink-of-the-big-time-6282897.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 30 December, 2011 Share Posted 30 December, 2011 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/others/stars-of-2012-on-the-brink-of-the-big-time-6282897.html "He has not quite made the same impact in the first team as Walcott did at a similar age but the competition for his signature will be intense when finally Southampton signal that they are prepared to listen to offers. Arsenal, who have a close relationship with the club, are very interested in Shaw." "When" rather than "if"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eelpie Posted 30 December, 2011 Share Posted 30 December, 2011 Arsenal have good relations with Saints have they? But is it in the best interests of the players they sign from us? What has Chamberlain done since he left Southampton? And have Arsenal really been the best for Theo? Not according to Arsenal supporters, in today's blog in The Guardian on the best and worst of 2011: "And so to the worst performers. In many cases readers' appraisals seem to have been all the harsher because of the high expectations invested in players: so, for example, Arsenal's worst player so far this season has apparently been Theo Walcott, while Liverpool's has been Jordan Henderson. Neither judgment seems fair: both players have delivered fine performances, not as regularly as hoped but certainly more than some of their team-mates (has Walcott really been less useful this season than Andrey Arshavin, for example?)." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 30 December, 2011 Share Posted 30 December, 2011 "He has not quite made the same impact in the first team as Walcott did at a similar age but the competition for his signature will be intense when finally Southampton signal that they are prepared to listen to offers. Arsenal, who have a close relationship with the club, are very interested in Shaw." "When" rather than "if"? Indeed, the independant obviously doesn't know about Corteses vision of champions league football with our academy graduates. Maybe they need a TSW login to show just how massive we are. On another note, the lad seems to be a great prospect. I see the Elite Player Performance Plan is being brought in soon and another way to shaft smaller clubs and make signing good young players cheaper for the big boys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrian lord Posted 30 December, 2011 Share Posted 30 December, 2011 Arsenal can **** off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sotonian Posted 30 December, 2011 Share Posted 30 December, 2011 Arsenal can **** off. Yes we need all the left backs we can get, in fact if we create a left back shortage, we can start pushing up the price Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alain Perrin Posted 30 December, 2011 Share Posted 30 December, 2011 I'd offer Arsenal first refusal on Luke Shaw in exchange for Alex OC coming back on loan in January. Regardless of whether we played hardball with them over Alex's transfer, they won't cut their nose off to spite their face. If and when Luke Shaw is ready for a move perhaps we'll be in the Premiership and therefore a) in a position to get a better price and b) offer him a reason to stay. Luke may be a good prospect but history is littered with prospects that didn't make it through injury or application - Jamie White for example). We should use whatever leverage we have to ensure we get promotion this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david in sweden Posted 30 December, 2011 Share Posted 30 December, 2011 can someone refresh me on the " new rules governing Academy players transfers " mentioned? ..effective from June 2012 apparantly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alain Perrin Posted 30 December, 2011 Share Posted 30 December, 2011 http://www.footballacademytalk.com/football-academy-revolution-or-disaster-the-new-fa-elite-player-performance-plan-eppp/ Hence why you want the player on a pro contract ahead of these rules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nexstar Posted 30 December, 2011 Share Posted 30 December, 2011 Arsenal are probably the club we have the least favourable relationship with. They make it out as though we are a feeder club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leicestersaint Posted 30 December, 2011 Share Posted 30 December, 2011 People have been telligng me for ages that luke Shaw is an outstanding prospect. Let us hope he does not go the way of the others mentioned in the article and leave Saints to realise his potential elsewhere - Bale, Walcott, Oxlade-C, Best and Surman - and there are others too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beatlesaint Posted 30 December, 2011 Share Posted 30 December, 2011 Arsenal are probably the club we have the least favourable relationship with. They make it out as though we are a feeder club. Absolutely.......add to that the fact they turned down our request to sign Lansbury on loan because we played hardball over Alex and they got all upset with NC I would think the chances of them doing business with us in the near future is pretty slight. I assume Shaw is in the same situation as Walcott was in so far as he can refuse to sign for us in July and therefore force NC's hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1976_Child Posted 30 December, 2011 Share Posted 30 December, 2011 Woolwich Wanderers can suck my plums. Fek off and get your own academy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNSUN Posted 30 December, 2011 Share Posted 30 December, 2011 ANother reason why a surprise promotion this season is paramount. Keeping our talented youngsters would be easier to do in the Prem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chin Strain Posted 30 December, 2011 Share Posted 30 December, 2011 http://www.footballacademytalk.com/football-academy-revolution-or-disaster-the-new-fa-elite-player-performance-plan-eppp/ Hence why you want the player on a pro contract ahead of these rules. I thought we were going to be category 1 though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le God Posted 30 December, 2011 Share Posted 30 December, 2011 Luke is featured in today's Independent as football's hottest prodigy. Still 16 he is a left-back noted for his pace and strength, for those unfamiliar and apparently Arsenal (who have a close relationship with Saints according to the article) are already taking a big interest (that bit sounds very familiar). Saints hope to tie him down with a pro contract in July according to Sam Wallace just before the new Elite Player Performance Plan comes into force. http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/others/stars-of-2012-on-the-brink-of-the-big-time-6282897.html The Independent article isn't very well researched, Luke signed a 3 year professional contract in December 2010... http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10280~2228492,00.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krissyboy31 Posted 30 December, 2011 Share Posted 30 December, 2011 The Independent article isn't very well researched, Luke signed a 3 year professional contract in December 2010... http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10280~2228492,00.htmlReading down the thread, I was sure this was the case! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macey_J2 Posted 30 December, 2011 Share Posted 30 December, 2011 The Independent article isn't very well researched, Luke signed a 3 year professional contract in December 2010... http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10280~2228492,00.html Nice! i forgot about that. Thinking about it, surely they won't be able to play for the first team (i.e carling cup this season) if they didn't have a pro contract?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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