SuperSAINT Posted 10 August, 2020 Share Posted 10 August, 2020 1 minute ago, Pilchards said: Why would I pretend ITK. He’s apparently met officials at the club about 5 days ago. There's a lot of it going around lately He's got great potential but it's a fair amount of cash to put down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suhari Posted 10 August, 2020 Share Posted 10 August, 2020 1 hour ago, Pilchards said: Been told we are very interested in bringing in a Arsenal youngster in a permanent deal. He’s a striker who we hope will give us options off the bench. Which presumably means one of our existing strikers would be off? Surely there's not room for 5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSAINT Posted 10 August, 2020 Share Posted 10 August, 2020 1 minute ago, Suhari said: Which presumably means one of our existing strikers would be off? Surely there's not room for 5. & we don’t usually spend £8m+ to say: “we’re a little short of firepower in the U23’s” (or ‘B’ team) With that said... I do like the idea of signing really young talented players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Pete Posted 10 August, 2020 Share Posted 10 August, 2020 9 minutes ago, woodsaint1 said: Not sure how I feel about a football writer/journo passing judgement on a players ability. I think the numerous club scouts, analysts and RH will make that assessment for themselves thanks Carl Yeah agree, seems a bit of an inappropriate comment really. And even if he was right, some would argue Saints have an established recent track record of signing "not particularly good footballers" so that in itself wouldn't rule this rumour out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivan Katalinic's 'tache Posted 10 August, 2020 Share Posted 10 August, 2020 (edited) Oliver Skipp on loan as part of the Hojbjerg transfer? Young central midfielder. https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/18641472.amp/?__twitter_impression=true Edited 10 August, 2020 by Ivan Katalinic's 'tache Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Fry Posted 10 August, 2020 Share Posted 10 August, 2020 45 minutes ago, woodsaint1 said: Not sure how I feel about a football writer/journo passing judgement on a players ability. I think the numerous club scouts, analysts and RH will make that assessment for themselves thanks Carl It's a strange comment. The only thing it tells us is that this journo is absolutely certain we're not interested at all. Because as the official Saints reporter for The Athletic he must be certain that he won't need to interview or profile this guy anytime soon. Imagine if he signed next week and poor old Carl has to write that up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Boy Saint Posted 10 August, 2020 Share Posted 10 August, 2020 BBC Sport Gossip page has us via The Mirror sniffing around Harry Wilson along with Leeds, Toon, and Palace Liverpool have valued him at £20m (he was an loan for the Cherrys last season for those unaware). Pirlo apparently doesnt want Ramsey next year at Juve so all and sundry will be linked with him. Same pages Chris ' I like your shirt give it to me now in the penalty box' Smalling linked to Inter for a bang average player he still seems to be carving out a career with household name teams, unlike so many who have withered on the Man U tree and been cast out. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/53727766 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simo Posted 11 August, 2020 Share Posted 11 August, 2020 2 hours ago, John Boy Saint said: BBC Sport Gossip page has us via The Mirror sniffing around Harry Wilson along with Leeds, Toon, and Palace Liverpool have valued him at £20m (he was an loan for the Cherrys last season for those unaware). Pirlo apparently doesnt want Ramsey next year at Juve so all and sundry will be linked with him. Same pages Chris ' I like your shirt give it to me now in the penalty box' Smalling linked to Inter for a bang average player he still seems to be carving out a career with household name teams, unlike so many who have withered on the Man U tree and been cast out. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/53727766 Tbf Smalling has been very good out on loan Iirc!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNSUN Posted 11 August, 2020 Share Posted 11 August, 2020 (edited) 8 hours ago, Ivan Katalinic's 'tache said: Oliver Skipp on loan as part of the Hojbjerg transfer? Young central midfielder. https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/18641472.amp/?__twitter_impression=true While I know very little of Skipp, the Spurs fans on the Fighting Cock forum seem to really rate him as an energetic, all action defensive midfielder and potentially top prospect. As has been said before though by others, I'm not keen on developing other team's youngsters for them when we could do the same to our own. Spurs will want him to go on loan to us because they can see how much KWP's loan developed him, although luckily he was surplus to requirements there and we are able to sign him. That won't be the same for Skipp, whom Spurs will want to keep, especially if he has a successful loan. If it's a loan with an option, then it would be a good deal, but from what I've seen he's 19 and has a big future at Spurs. Still in Ralph we trust. Edited 11 August, 2020 by SNSUN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
labibs Posted 11 August, 2020 Share Posted 11 August, 2020 9 hours ago, woodsaint1 said: Not sure how I feel about a football writer/journo passing judgement on a players ability. I think the numerous club scouts, analysts and RH will make that assessment for themselves thanks Carl He’s a football journalist. Giving his opinion on things relating to football is kind of what he gets paid to do? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nolan Posted 11 August, 2020 Share Posted 11 August, 2020 51 minutes ago, SNSUN said: While I know very little of Skipp, the Spurs fans on the Fighting Cock forum seem to really rate him as an energetic, all action defensive midfielder and potentially top prospect. As has been said before though by others, I'm not keen on developing other team's youngsters for them when we could do the same to our own. Spurs will want him to go on loan to us because they can see how much KWP's loan developed him, although luckily he was surplus to requirements there and we are able to sign him. That won't be the same for Skipp, whom Spurs will want to keep, especially if he has a successful loan. If it's a loan with an option, then it would be a good deal, but from what I've seen he's 19 and has a big future at Spurs. Still in Ralph we trust. he signed a new 3yr contract with Spurs last month. would be a very curious arrival. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igsey Posted 11 August, 2020 Share Posted 11 August, 2020 (edited) 16 year old striker Luke Pearce has been signed from Walsall. https://www.southamptonfc.com/news/2020-08-11/southampton-football-club-academy-signing-luke-pearce-walsall Edited 11 August, 2020 by igsey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSAINT Posted 11 August, 2020 Share Posted 11 August, 2020 2 minutes ago, igsey said: 16 year old striker Luke Pearce has been signed from Walsall. https://www.southamptonfc.com/news/2020-08-11/southampton-football-club-academy-signing-luke-pearce-walsall Impressive that he played for their U23’s at 15. The academy scholars should get announced soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revolution saint Posted 11 August, 2020 Share Posted 11 August, 2020 8 minutes ago, igsey said: 16 year old striker Luke Pearce has been signed from Walsall. https://www.southamptonfc.com/news/2020-08-11/southampton-football-club-academy-signing-luke-pearce-walsall He needs to sort his hair out. I presume the photo was taken pre-lockdown so there's really very little excuse for that kind of behaviour. Outside of that I've been raving about the kid for years - pace to burn, wand of a left foot, hammer of a right foot, great touch for a big man, great in the air for a little bloke (leaps like a salmon!), does the simple things well and the complicated things simply, great composure for one so young and hungrier than Ghandi. The kid has a bright future (hair aside). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwertyell Posted 11 August, 2020 Share Posted 11 August, 2020 10 minutes ago, revolution saint said: ...great touch for a big man, great in the air for a little bloke... So is he big or little? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le God Posted 11 August, 2020 Share Posted 11 August, 2020 4 minutes ago, qwertyell said: So is he big or little? He is both little and large. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 11 August, 2020 Share Posted 11 August, 2020 1 hour ago, revolution saint said: He needs to sort his hair out. I presume the photo was taken pre-lockdown so there's really very little excuse for that kind of behaviour. Outside of that I've been raving about the kid for years - pace to burn, wand of a left foot, hammer of a right foot, great touch for a big man, great in the air for a little bloke (leaps like a salmon!), does the simple things well and the complicated things simply, great composure for one so young and hungrier than Ghandi. The kid has a bright future (hair aside). IF he doesn't maybe we could loan him to Barnet 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lighthouse Posted 11 August, 2020 Share Posted 11 August, 2020 Perhaps if we sign Skipp we can get rid of some of the rubbish in our squad. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the saint in winchester Posted 11 August, 2020 Share Posted 11 August, 2020 16 hours ago, skintsaint said: Would anyone touch Fraser who left Bournemouth...still without a club, decent hard working player who could suit our system. It's an emphatic NO from me. Resisted attempts to have Bournemouth extend his contract, so left on a free on 30th June. Then when season was extended, told Bournemouth he would play on to the end of the season for £100k a week! Howe was right to decline that! So he's self-centred and money grabbing, not what we need at all. Crystal Palace are in for him, so he'll get fixed up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSAINT Posted 11 August, 2020 Share Posted 11 August, 2020 23 minutes ago, the saint in winchester said: It's an emphatic NO from me. Resisted attempts to have Bournemouth extend his contract, so left on a free on 30th June. Then when season was extended, told Bournemouth he would play on to the end of the season for £100k a week! Howe was right to decline that! So he's self-centred and money grabbing, not what we need at all. Crystal Palace are in for him, so he'll get fixed up. Didn’t he also admit to not playing for the team in the 1st part of the season too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Wayman Posted 11 August, 2020 Share Posted 11 August, 2020 2 hours ago, revolution saint said: Outside of that I've been raving about the kid for years - The kid has a bright future (hair aside). How come when he's only 16 🤣 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revolution saint Posted 11 August, 2020 Share Posted 11 August, 2020 3 hours ago, revolution saint said: He needs to sort his hair out. I presume the photo was taken pre-lockdown so there's really very little excuse for that kind of behaviour. Outside of that I've been raving about the kid for years - pace to burn, wand of a left foot, hammer of a right foot, great touch for a big man, great in the air for a little bloke (leaps like a salmon!), does the simple things well and the complicated things simply, great composure for one so young and hungrier than Ghandi. The kid has a bright future (hair aside). 5 minutes ago, Charlie Wayman said: How come when he's only 16 🤣 Nothing gets past you does it Charlie? You must be like some kind of MI5 genius or something! OK, I'll admit it - I've never ever seen him play but tell me one thing - how on earth did you figure it out? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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View From The Top Posted 11 August, 2020 Share Posted 11 August, 2020 5 hours ago, igsey said: 16 year old striker Luke Pearce has been signed from Walsall. https://www.southamptonfc.com/news/2020-08-11/southampton-football-club-academy-signing-luke-pearce-walsall I have friends whose nippers are at the academy at Walsall and they speak very highly of him. It was expected he'd end up and Wolves, Baggies or Villa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSAINT Posted 11 August, 2020 Share Posted 11 August, 2020 http://sportwitness.co.uk/southampton-hinteregger-eintracth-frankfurt-transfer/ surely not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beatlesaint Posted 11 August, 2020 Share Posted 11 August, 2020 5 minutes ago, SuperSAINT said: http://sportwitness.co.uk/southampton-hinteregger-eintracth-frankfurt-transfer/ surely not. Unless Vestergaard or Bednerek are on their way then I very much doubt it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErwinK1961 Posted 11 August, 2020 Share Posted 11 August, 2020 32 minutes ago, SuperSAINT said: http://sportwitness.co.uk/southampton-hinteregger-eintracth-frankfurt-transfer/ surely not. Seeing as we don’t seemingly want to pay €25m for a PEH replacement, I can’t see us paying that for a 4th CB (assuming JV goes). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSAINT Posted 11 August, 2020 Share Posted 11 August, 2020 http://sportwitness.co.uk/southampton-orel-mangala-stuttgart-transfer/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le God Posted 11 August, 2020 Share Posted 11 August, 2020 Eastleigh's media team won Twitter today... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodsaint1 Posted 11 August, 2020 Share Posted 11 August, 2020 13 hours ago, labibs said: He’s a football journalist. Giving his opinion on things relating to football is kind of what he gets paid to do? Yeah because theres plenty of journos who comment on player ability. Whats he basing the assessment on? Has he watched plenty of Schalke or USA games. Needs to give us something to back up his assessment. Lazy 'journalism' if you ask me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toon Saint Posted 11 August, 2020 Share Posted 11 August, 2020 4 minutes ago, woodsaint1 said: Yeah because theres plenty of journos who comment on player ability. Whats he basing the assessment on? Has he watched plenty of Schalke or USA games. Needs to give us something to back up his assessment. Lazy 'journalism' if you ask me. He’s written an entire article on this issue. Why don’t you read it rather than dismissing as lazy journalism? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
View From The Top Posted 11 August, 2020 Share Posted 11 August, 2020 12 minutes ago, woodsaint1 said: Yeah because theres plenty of journos who comment on player ability. Whats he basing the assessment on? Has he watched plenty of Schalke or USA games. Needs to give us something to back up his assessment. Lazy 'journalism' if you ask me. Anyone who watched Schalke last season, and they were on BT an awful lot, will tell you he was bang average in a bang average team. Also, the Athletic writers know their shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodsaint1 Posted 11 August, 2020 Share Posted 11 August, 2020 1 minute ago, View From The Top said: Anyone who watched Schalke last season, and they were on BT an awful lot, will tell you he was bang average in a bang average team. Also, the Athletic writers know their shit. Do they now? Then if he knows his shit he could easily write an informed article outlining exactly why hes not good enough for saints, as opposed to a comment in a tweet. Clearly he loves Harrison Reed and wants to see him given a chance. But sure he knows his shit better than us mere fans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
View From The Top Posted 11 August, 2020 Share Posted 11 August, 2020 5 minutes ago, woodsaint1 said: Do they now? Then if he knows his shit he could easily write an informed article outlining exactly why hes not good enough for saints, as opposed to a comment in a tweet. Clearly he loves Harrison Reed and wants to see him given a chance. But sure he knows his shit better than us mere fans It would appear so in your case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKD Posted 11 August, 2020 Share Posted 11 August, 2020 7 minutes ago, woodsaint1 said: Do they now? Then if he knows his shit he could easily write an informed article outlining exactly why hes not good enough for saints, as opposed to a comment in a tweet. Clearly he loves Harrison Reed and wants to see him given a chance. But sure he knows his shit better than us mere fans I can tell you for sure, that Anka will know more about him than most saints fans. saying he’s not very good is obviously his opinion and one that can be debated, and ultimately it’s only Ralph’s opinion that matters, but having seen the way he works and his questions I’m press conferences, he’ll have looked at games and stats to come to that conclusion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted 11 August, 2020 Author Share Posted 11 August, 2020 (edited) Remember when everyone kept telling us Carrillo was shit, before he signed Only for lunatics to claim he had a good goal scoring record etc Of the journos out there, the Athletic lot are some of the best Edited 11 August, 2020 by Batman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooney Posted 12 August, 2020 Share Posted 12 August, 2020 8 hours ago, Batman said: Of the journos out there, the Athletic lot are some of the best They ask intelligent questions at the press conferences with Ralph too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 12 August, 2020 Share Posted 12 August, 2020 (edited) Quote Arsenal are eyeing a £25m move for Ajax ace Quincy Promes, according to The Sun. Name from the past.... Not sure how much we would/wouldn't pay back during that il-fated January? I remember when we sold Virgil there was lots of bluster from Reed and co feeding the media 'We want Theo, Sessengen, Promes...''. We wouldn't be forced into overpaying for Promes etc. We ended up with Carrillo and paid 19m for the privilege. The worst transfer window in my memory! Edited 12 August, 2020 by S-Clarke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivan Katalinic's 'tache Posted 12 August, 2020 Share Posted 12 August, 2020 Linked to Rangers midfielder Glen Kamara via the BBC Gossip page: Sheffield United, Crystal Palace, Everton, Newcastle and Southampton are interested in Rangers midfielder Glen Kamara. The 24-year-old Finland international is also wanted by Dynamo Kiev and Dynamo Moscow. (90Min) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
le_tiss Posted 12 August, 2020 Share Posted 12 August, 2020 I see Palace have had an initial bid of £12m rejected for Emi Buendia from Norwich (which seems low for a chap who created the 3rd most chances in the league?) (Including his seven assists, Buendia has created 81 chances this term, putting him ahead of the likes of James Maddison, Riyad Mahrez and Mohamed Salah) Norwich City have set the benchmark for any deal involving their young players at the same price they received for James Maddison from Leicester City in 2018 - believed to be in excess of £20million (British Tax and a different time in the world) would love him at the club - wonder if £15/18m would get him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igsey Posted 12 August, 2020 Share Posted 12 August, 2020 17 minutes ago, le_tiss said: I see Palace have had an initial bid of £12m rejected for Emi Buendia from Norwich (which seems low for a chap who created the 3rd most chances in the league?) (Including his seven assists, Buendia has created 81 chances this term, putting him ahead of the likes of James Maddison, Riyad Mahrez and Mohamed Salah) Norwich City have set the benchmark for any deal involving their young players at the same price they received for James Maddison from Leicester City in 2018 - believed to be in excess of £20million (British Tax and a different time in the world) would love him at the club - wonder if £15/18m would get him? I don't think he fits in our system, he'd have to compete with Armstrong/Redmond for a spot and from what I saw of Norwich last season, he's not nearly hard working enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarvSFC Posted 12 August, 2020 Share Posted 12 August, 2020 Buendia was their hardest working player/their only player making any effort from what I saw of Norwich following the restart of the league season. But, again we've got more important positions to focus on this window. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 12 August, 2020 Share Posted 12 August, 2020 Not sure I'd target an AMC type as our priority. Probably more of a box to box midfielder if we add to that area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwertyell Posted 12 August, 2020 Share Posted 12 August, 2020 Werder Bremen talking to Mario Lemina's advisors - probably another loan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Convict Colony Posted 12 August, 2020 Share Posted 12 August, 2020 https://www.stuttgarter-zeitung.de/inhalt.transferticker-zum-vfb-stuttgart-vfb-kaderplanung-laeuft-auf-hochtouren.2116d58a-010a-40cd-bdd5-9d3d1f18100f.html Premier league club FC Southampton has apparently become aware of VfB midfielder Orel Mangala while looking for a replacement for Pierre-Emile Höjbjerg (on the way to Tottenham Hotspur). As it is said from England, the eleventh place in the table of the past season would be ready to shell out eleven million euros for the Belgian. According to information from our editorial team, however, no offer has yet been received. With Mangala (contract until 2023), VfB has top priority - a departure this summer cannot be ruled out. The top French clubs Olympique Marseille, OGC Nice and Olympique Lyon, among others, recently had an eye on the 22-year-old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSAINT Posted 12 August, 2020 Share Posted 12 August, 2020 (edited) https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2020/08/12/report-southampton-want-3-5m-speed-machine-after-january-championship-move-collapsed/ His name came up in early July. Youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cp3GYGU7ofw Edited 12 August, 2020 by SuperSAINT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wsaint Posted 12 August, 2020 Share Posted 12 August, 2020 42 minutes ago, SuperSAINT said: https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2020/08/12/report-southampton-want-3-5m-speed-machine-after-january-championship-move-collapsed/ His name came up in early July. Youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cp3GYGU7ofw Worth a punt for 3 million, looks lively. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusic Posted 12 August, 2020 Share Posted 12 August, 2020 (edited) 47 minutes ago, SuperSAINT said: https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2020/08/12/report-southampton-want-3-5m-speed-machine-after-january-championship-move-collapsed/ His name came up in early July. Youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cp3GYGU7ofw The actual report just says we watched him. Doesn't mention us in relation to actually making a move to sign him. Not criticising, just pointing it out as the problem with lots of these sites is their rehash reports bare little resemblence to the original story. Edited 12 August, 2020 by Dusic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint-Armstrong Posted 12 August, 2020 Share Posted 12 August, 2020 (edited) Salisu incoming... Translation Today I am writing you this letter, first of all to thank you all for your constant support from day one. I want to thank all my teammates, coaches and all the staff of this wonderful club. I also want to especially thank my coach, coach Sergio, who has given me the opportunity to play in La Liga despite my little experience. He put his trust in me and I will always be grateful for every opportunity he gave me! Also to my teammates for pushing me and making me a better player and for trusting me from day one. Of course I also thank the president, Ronaldo, very much. For me it has been a dream to play for someone who has achieved so much in football. I would also like to thank all the fans, you have been incredible to me and I am very grateful for all the love you have shown me. Thanks for your patience and encouragement! You have always pushed me to get my confidence high and you have always made me feel so loved both on the pitch and off, now another opportunity has presented itself and it has always been my dream to play in the Premier League. As I leave Valladolid to continue living my dreams, I carry on with a heavy heart leaving this incredible club. I came here as a child and I am leaving as a man. I do it with the hope that you will always remember me as a good person and a true professional who happily gave everything for the jersey and this great club! When I leave and move towards my next challenge, I will always have you close to my heart and I hope that 1 day we will meet again knowing that we have all done great things. Edited 12 August, 2020 by Saint-Armstrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grim Reaper Posted 12 August, 2020 Share Posted 12 August, 2020 27 minutes ago, Saint-Armstrong said: Salisu incoming... Translation Today I am writing you this letter, first of all to thank you all for your constant support from day one. I want to thank all my teammates, coaches and all the staff of this wonderful club. I also want to especially thank my coach, coach Sergio, who has given me the opportunity to play in La Liga despite my little experience. He put his trust in me and I will always be grateful for every opportunity he gave me! Also to my teammates for pushing me and making me a better player and for trusting me from day one. Of course I also thank the president, Ronaldo, very much. For me it has been a dream to play for someone who has achieved so much in football. I would also like to thank all the fans, you have been incredible to me and I am very grateful for all the love you have shown me. Thanks for your patience and encouragement! You have always pushed me to get my confidence high and you have always made me feel so loved both on the pitch and off, now another opportunity has presented itself and it has always been my dream to play in the Premier League. As I leave Valladolid to continue living my dreams, I carry on with a heavy heart leaving this incredible club. I came here as a child and I am leaving as a man. I do it with the hope that you will always remember me as a good person and a true professional who happily gave everything for the jersey and this great club! When I leave and move towards my next challenge, I will always have you close to my heart and I hope that 1 day we will meet again knowing that we have all done great things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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