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Just stated again that no deals have been done. No discussions have taken place with any other clubs.

 

Talks have been had with Pochettino and will continue after the season finished because Pochettino wanted to concentrate on remaining games first.

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Just stated again that no deals have been done. No discussions have taken place with any other clubs.

 

Talks have been had with Pochettino and will continue after the season finished because Pochettino wanted to concentrate on remaining games first.

 

...he also said ''That doesn't mean it won't happen, but nothing has happened as yet''.

 

hmm.

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...he also said ''That doesn't mean it won't happen, but nothing has happened as yet''.

 

hmm.

 

Yes heard it as that means someone could come in for our players. At the press conference he said if people do come in they will be told "no" or not for sale,

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"Mauricio made it clear. I bought it to the fore last week that as soon as that games out of the way on Sunday we will sit down and continue our discussions that we've been having. So it's not like we've been doing nothing about it, but we respected the fact that he wanted to focus on, he actually wanted to achieve these record points and focus on the games and nothing else"

 

"This is one of the issues of being successful. It's not just Mauricio it's other coaches at the club, young players, players nowhere near the first team yet. Everyone's attracting attention. They want to know how we do it and can it rub off on them....We have to carry on what we're doing and not worry about it"

 

"There are no deals done, there are no deals being discussed. Absolutely nothing, I can clearly say that. I'm not saying it's not going to happen, but at the moment nothing's been discussed"

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...he also said ''That doesn't mean it won't happen, but nothing has happened as yet''.

 

hmm.

 

Hmm what? He is just saying he cannot predict the future - who can? Real Madrid might bid £80m for Lallana following a stellar World Cup - or they might not.

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At the press conference he said if people do come in they will be told "no" or not for sale,

 

He said "probably" meaning they might also say yes. It's likely that we'll sell one player and that will be dragged up by the fans. Fact is, he didn't say that.

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Name a summer transfer window where no Saints player has departed? Of course we will lose players, how many and how much we can get is the key, along with retaining some continuity if at all possible and keeping the core as strong as possible.

 

We wont be this strong next year thats for sure.

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Name a summer transfer window where no Saints player has departed? Of course we will lose players, how many and how much we can get is the key, along with retaining some continuity if at all possible and keeping the core as strong as possible.

 

Since the takeover 5 years ago Saints have only sold one player they didn't want to leave who was a 1st choice.

 

We wont be this strong next year thats for sure.

 

Won't we? Everton sold their star player last summer and have improved as a result.

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Since the takeover 5 years ago Saints have only sold one player they didn't want to leave who was a 1st choice.

 

 

 

Won't we? Everton sold their star player last summer and have improved as a result.

 

Because we were big fish in a small pond with a lot of money, we did the buying from the other clubs now the shoe in on the other foot.

 

They already had a strong core, do you want loans? Could we attract the like of Barry, Lukaku and Deulofeu?

And Baines was their strongest player last season.

 

If we sell Lallana who could we realitically buy to make our team stronger?

The same goes for Shaw.

Lovren.

Schneiderlin.

Rodriguez.

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Nothing the club or les can do if players want to leave. Personally listening to Adam and luke I think both could be off. This is the modern game .No loyalty. Just hope the money we get is invested into the team. And I think maurico will stay. Unless a major team gets interested and I don't think spurs are a big enough club for him to feck off for :)

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Nothing new said, nothing new he could say. Just hope KL and the Board invest enough to keep the momentum from this season going into next. Maintaining the progress we've made over the last 4-5 years now becomes a real challenge - if Adam and Luke or anyone else for that matter are too lilly-livered to stand up to that challenge well we're best off without them in my opinion. Having said that, as I've said before, I think there's more to the spirit in the squad than meets the eye and it's by no means certain that anyone will leave unless they're released by Mopo.

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Well that was down to buying badly. Barry claimed a club automatically gets worse if it sells star players. It doesn't, just depends how well you replace them.

 

How could we replace the players I have mentioned?

 

Name some players we could buy that would not weaken the team if we sold those players?

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Nothing new said, nothing new he could say. Just hope KL and the Board invest enough to keep the momentum from this season going into next. Maintaining the progress we've made over the last 4-5 years now becomes a real challenge - if Adam and Luke or anyone else for that matter are too lilly-livered to stand up to that challenge well we're best off without them in my opinion. Having said that, as I've said before, I think there's more to the spirit in the squad than meets the eye and it's by no means certain that anyone will leave unless they're released by Mopo.

 

So you would resent them going to Liverpool, Chelsea, United or City?

 

Its a huge step up in their careers, come on lets be honest.

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How could we replace the players I have mentioned?

 

Name some players we could buy that would not weaken the team if we sold those players?

 

And that, unfortunately, is the problem. There is no way if we sell any of our best players that we replace them with someone as good. It's not going to be a case of selling Shaw for £30m and signing his replacement for £30m. Selling players is just a bad idea for us.

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And that' date=' unfortunately, is the problem. There is no way if we sell any of our best players that we replace them with someone as good. It's not going to be a case of selling Shaw for £30m and signing his replacement for £30m. Selling players is just a bad idea for us.[/quote']

 

That is then point I have been making for the last 3-4 months, if we sell Lallana we will weaken, all that money will not be reinvested as it was what would be the point of selllng?

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That is then point I have been making for the last 3-4 months, if we sell Lallana we will weaken, all that money wil not be reinvested as it was what would be the point of selllng?

 

What makes it worse is that bar Lovren and Davis (S) every single other outfield first team squad player right now is one we have developed as well (Wanyama is up for debate but I see some good progress in his game this season alone). So we don't even get the medium term benefit of that. Say we do scout well and sign a decent player, we've then got to develop them over a few years etc. Selling when we should be the ones to benefit from our hard work is just a terrible idea.

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Well that was down to buying badly. Barry claimed a club automatically gets worse if it sells star players. It doesn't, just depends how well you replace them.

 

Well yeah but then our two record signings have been garbage, and how about three star players, who's ever improved from that?

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What makes it worse is that bar Lovren and Davis (S) every single other outfield first team squad player right now is one we have developed as well (Wanyama is up for debate but I see some good progress in his game this season alone). So we don't even get the medium term benefit of that. Say we do scout well and sign a decent player' date=' we've then got to develop them over a few years etc. Selling when we should be the ones to benefit from our hard work is just a terrible idea.[/quote']

 

Again I have been saying this for months, what is the real benefit (other than a drunken self appraisal of how far we have come down the local) of the academy if we sell, do we function to sell and it keeps us going?

The truth I fear would hurt but at least the fans would know where they stand.

If we sell this year it would be obvious to see we are a selling club and a stepping stone (we all should admit this) but it would be difficult for the club to argue against this when players are on long term contracts and get sold, they could be made to stay here but would they?

 

I dont think for a second it could work or it would happen, its the way of the World.

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Have we ever had a really great player that we signed on from elsewhere and didn't develop in-house? Keegan maybe, Wayman from far back... not many other than that.

 

 

Why only a "maybe" for Keegan!? He was the reigning European player of the year when Saints signed him! :D

 

Peter Shilton got 50 odd England caps whilst at Saints.

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Nothing new said, nothing new he could say. Just hope KL and the Board invest enough to keep the momentum from this season going into next. Maintaining the progress we've made over the last 4-5 years now becomes a real challenge - if Adam and Luke or anyone else for that matter are too lilly-livered to stand up to that challenge well we're best off without them in my opinion. Having said that, as I've said before, I think there's more to the spirit in the squad than meets the eye and it's by no means certain that anyone will leave unless they're released by Mopo.

 

I think that's the problem.....Lallana and Shaw are more than up for a challenge.....But that disappeared at Saints, with the fire, energy and ambition of the last CEO

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...................The truth I fear would hurt but at least the fans would know where they stand................

QUOTE]

 

How do you know it's the truth? Do you have information that others on here don't have? If so any chance that you could share it?

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Have we ever had a really great player that we signed on from elsewhere and didn't develop in-house? Keegan maybe, Wayman from far back... not many other than that.

 

Mayuka was already one of the World's 100 Greatest Players when we signed him IIRC

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you mean, in your opinion.

 

jesus it's like you're actually retarded.

 

No it's pretty obvious if we sell we will weaken our side, we are not selling them because we want to are we? We will sell them as well, don't deny yourself that that is a high % of what will happen. Capital for Jesus as well as it's a name.

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