Summer Transfer Window 2023

[Chez]

13 hours ago, Maggie May said:

Hopefully he’ll stay. The financial reward for promotion outweighs Che leaving on a free. 

that maths works well, until you don't get promoted, and then the reward is not having £15m to buy a striker next summer.

Sell and replace with someone just as effective is the  way to do it. However, its very difficult to find that guy.

 

[SaintsFan86]

3 minutes ago, Chez said:

that maths works well, until you don't get promoted, and then the reward is not having £15m to buy a striker next summer.

Sell and replace with someone just as effective is the  way to do it. However, its very difficult to find that guy.

 

We could still sell him in January.

[Chez]

11 hours ago, Appy said:

Cameron Archer from Villa on loan would be my suggestion if we needed a striker. 

Decent shout. He will cost £20m apparently. Two footed, skllful and very sharp, if this video is anything to go by. Only issue would be that he's not very tall, so isn't going to offer us an arial threat. 

 

 

[Sevvy]

4 minutes ago, Chez said:

Decent shout. He will cost £20m apparently. Two footed, skllful and very sharp, if this video is anything to go by. Only issue would be that he's not very tall, so isn't going to offer us an arial threat. 

 

 

Nor is Messi but that doesn't stop him scoring 

[Smirking_Saint]

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[Harry_SFC]

Would definitely take McAtee. Seem to remember Sheff Utd fans were raving about him last season. 

[Baird of the land]

1 minute ago, Smirking_Saint said:

Thats where I am I think, we don’t need to reinvent the wheel here

A CB, two if we lose both Lyanco and ABK

Downes plus one more.. unfortunately we don’t even have a youth CM to drop in

Thats pretty much it for me.. maybe a GK to replace McCarthy if Im being really greedy

Where in midfield does Doyle play?

[davefizzy14]

3 minutes ago, Harry_SFC said:

Would definitely take McAtee. Seem to remember Sheff Utd fans were raving about him last season. 

McAtee would be a quality addition. 

[Smirking_Saint]

Not sure why that posted twice

[Chez]

17 minutes ago, Sevvy said:

Nor is Messi but that doesn't stop him scoring 

If he is as good as Messi, then £20m seems a bargain. 

[Chez]

4 minutes ago, Chez said:

If he is as good as Messi, then £20m seems a bargain. 

just seen his stats on wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameron_Archer 

101 goals in 9 games for Villa.

£20m really is cheap.

Seriously though, he does looks a very exciting player in his highlights video. 

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[egg]

12 minutes ago, Baird of the land said:

Where in midfield does Doyle play?

Attacking CM. Ryan Finnigan is more of a conventional CM/ ditto Cameron Bragg. Finnigan apparently did well on loan at Crewe in the second half of last season. He came off early for the B team on Friday (as did Ballard) so I half expected him to be on the bench with Ballard yesterday. 

[Hopper]

Verbal agreement from Tella? looks like he might be on his way. Thank god we've got Sam Amo waiting in the wings. (No pun intended!)

[coalman]

2 minutes ago, Hopper said:

Verbal agreement from Tella? looks like he might be on his way. Thank god we've got Sam Amo waiting in the wings. (No pun intended!)

If we sold Tella and got McAtee in whether loan of permanent (with the standard buy back or sell on for City) I'd say that was decent business.

Tella didn't look up for it yesterday.

[Galway saint]

Just now, coalman said:

If we sold Tella and got McAtee in whether loan of permanent (with the standard buy back or sell on for City) I'd say that was decent business.

Tella didn't look up for it yesterday.

Apart from scoring a very good goal 

[AlexLaw76]

2 minutes ago, coalman said:

If we sold Tella and got McAtee in whether loan of permanent (with the standard buy back or sell on for City) I'd say that was decent business.

Tella didn't look up for it yesterday.

Apart from scoring the 1st goal and being general threat

[Turkish]

4 minutes ago, coalman said:

If we sold Tella and got McAtee in whether loan of permanent (with the standard buy back or sell on for City) I'd say that was decent business.

Tella didn't look up for it yesterday.

Anyone else know Alan Ball is Mcatees great uncle?

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[Baird of the land]

11 minutes ago, Hopper said:

Verbal agreement from Tella? looks like he might be on his way. Thank god we've got Sam Amo waiting in the wings. (No pun intended!)

That would really annoy me. Not only losing a good player but losing him for a relatively small fee. Really hope the club show some ambition and keep him.

[Webby]

Don’t think Tella was a threat, personally. Scored a goal but little else. Didn’t take his man on over on the right at all. Looked more comfortable on the left and actually attacked his man from there. 

[SaintsFan86]

1 minute ago, Baird of the land said:

That would really annoy me. Not only losing a good player but losing him for a relatively small fee. Really hope the club show some ambition and keep him.

He said yesterday that we wouldn't sell for anything less than €25Million too, potentially €30Million.

[Harry_SFC]

2 minutes ago, Webby said:

Don’t think Tella was a threat, personally. Scored a goal but little else. Didn’t take his man on over on the right at all. Looked more comfortable on the left and actually attacked his man from there. 

I know he's played less minutes but the winger I've been impressed with the most this season is SAA. Something isn't right with Tella IMO. 

[Chez]

4 minutes ago, Harry_SFC said:

I know he's played less minutes but the winger I've been impressed with the most this season is SAA. Something isn't right with Tella IMO. 

What are you expecting that you are not getting? 

[Hodgey]

7 minutes ago, Harry_SFC said:

I know he's played less minutes but the winger I've been impressed with the most this season is SAA. Something isn't right with Tella IMO. 

Yep - he’s scored 2 goals and got us 4 points, that’s not something saints wingers do…..

[Chez]

Martin confirmed that they turned down a bid from Everton, wasn't sure of the outcome but was sure they would need to sign a replacement.

https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/everton-transfer-news-live-adams-27555688

[ally_uk]

Said it before but we would be absolute idiots to sell Tella.... 

Can see us in a situation where we end up flogging all the talent. 

And replacing with cut price inferior players.

Posted yesterday we need to build team around Tella and Adams and I'm sticking by that. 

 

[beatlesaint]

I would rather keep Tella than Adams if it’s a straight choice. 
 

[Chez]

3 minutes ago, Hodgey said:

Yep - he’s scored 2 goals and got us 4 points, that’s not something saints wingers do…..

were there no body language experts at Home Park yesterday to provide some insight into his state of mind?

[Miltonaggro]

59 minutes ago, Chez said:

just seen his stats on wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameron_Archer 

101 goals in 9 games for Villa.

£20m really is cheap.

Seriously though, he does looks a very exciting player in his highlights video. 

Even with that goal record as he is a short-arse I’m out! 

[SNSUN]

34 minutes ago, Hopper said:

Verbal agreement from Tella? looks like he might be on his way. Thank god we've got Sam Amo waiting in the wings. (No pun intended!)

I would not want to rely on A-A all season. We would need a replacement for Tella or we could end up with the likes of Djenepo as a regular starter. But I really want to keep Tella. I like him.

[SuperSAINT]

Zero surprise McAtee is on the wishlist.  Whether we can realistically get him is another thing altogether.

[Chez]

29 minutes ago, SaintsFan86 said:

He said yesterday that we wouldn't sell for anything less than €25Million too, potentially €30Million.

https://sportwitness.co.uk/southampton-player-now-decided-next-destination-transfer-getting-hotter-offer-mad

seems like there is a pretty big gulf between what Bayern are going to offer and what we are going to accept.  

[Chez]

22 minutes ago, ally_uk said:

Said it before but we would be absolute idiots to sell Tella.... 

Can see us in a situation where we end up flogging all the talent. 

And replacing with cut price inferior players.

Posted yesterday we need to build team around Tella and Adams and I'm sticking by that. 

 

if a club offers €30m it will be difficult to turn that down. Not sure they will though.

[Smirking_Saint]

46 minutes ago, Webby said:

Don’t think Tella was a threat, personally. Scored a goal but little else. Didn’t take his man on over on the right at all. Looked more comfortable on the left and actually attacked his man from there. 

This is what Ive been saying, he is good, but he isn’t worth 18-20m

[Toussaint]

1 hour ago, davefizzy14 said:

McAtee would be a quality addition. 

So would MacAfee , May have prevented Downse’s stomach virus 

[Smirking_Saint]

47 minutes ago, SaintsFan86 said:

He said yesterday that we wouldn't sell for anything less than €25Million too, potentially €30Million.

Where did he say this ?

[SaintsFan86]

5 minutes ago, Smirking_Saint said:

Where did he say this ?

bottom sentence.

 

[Chez]

15 minutes ago, SaintsFan86 said:

bottom sentence.

 

so who is "he"?

[Chez]

Aribo linked to Hellas Verona

https://footballleagueworld.co.uk/southampton-playmaker-linked-with-european-transfer/

[beatlesaint]

Just now, Chez said:

Aribo linked to Hellas Verona

https://footballleagueworld.co.uk/southampton-playmaker-linked-with-european-transfer/

Filing this in the “please be true” pile 🤣

[Saint NL]

JWP potentially playing against Lavia today in the PL 😢

[Smirking_Saint]

35 minutes ago, SaintsFan86 said:

bottom sentence.

 

Ahh ok, no direct qoutes then

[miserableoldgit]

24 minutes ago, Chez said:

Aribo linked to Hellas Verona

https://footballleagueworld.co.uk/southampton-playmaker-linked-with-european-transfer/

Bugger! Looked quickly and started looking for Hellas Verons's YouTube highlights, trying to find out more about him.....

[SambaMaverick]

RE McAtee - if we just take City youngsters with buybacks due to the obvious connections, then I can fast see us becoming the enemy in this league.

Not that I particularly care as long as we go up.

[egg]

1 hour ago, SaintsFan86 said:

He said yesterday that we wouldn't sell for anything less than €25Million too, potentially €30Million.

I read that as his opinion that we should ask for €25-30m, not that we are. 

[Appy]

3 minutes ago, SambaMaverick said:

RE McAtee - if we just take City youngsters with buybacks due to the obvious connections, then I can fast see us becoming the enemy in this league.

Not that I particularly care as long as we go up.

Would be very surprised if they sold him.

[egg]

2 minutes ago, SambaMaverick said:

RE McAtee - if we just take City youngsters with buybacks due to the obvious connections, then I can fast see us becoming the enemy in this league.

Not that I particularly care as long as we go up.

Indeed.

We were massively disliked under Cortese, but as long as a) clubs like us enough to send us their better youngsters on win/win deals, and b) good players like us enough to come here, who gives a monkeys. 

[SaintsFan86]

1 minute ago, egg said:

I read that as his opinion that we should ask for €25-30m, not that we are. 

That's fair, But he would suggest that amount without some noise from the agents side either I would imagine.

[Baird of the land]

1 hour ago, Smirking_Saint said:

This is what Ive been saying, he is good, but he isn’t worth 18-20m

Adam Armstrong wasn't worth $18M in 2021. To me given inflation he's worth much more especially given we've already made major sales, deadline is close and will struggle to replace him with someone with a similar goal record.

[Ivan Katalinic's 'tache]

Good...

[FarehamSaintJames]

Got to be looking to keep Adams and Tella now, surely? This group is looking more as a unit and more established.

We just need to add three or four bodies to the mix and clear on the likes of Perraud, Onuachu, Aribo etc.