January Transfer Window 2025

[ErwinK1961]

3 hours ago, Wade Garrett said:

Didn’t do Grealish a lot of harm.

Dibling to score the winner at Fratton, after being decked by sucker punch from a Neanderthal skate nobhead.

[FarehamSaintJames]

I honestly couldn’t care less who stays and who goes. 😂

They’re all overpaid and underperforming. Sack the lot of them. 😇🤣

[goodymatt]

 

[gio1saints]

We don’t have the physically impressive MF that Juric would wish for, ideally. Aribo can hold off a challenge, Flynn and Will are good runners - but none are good defenders. 

Given we need to score more it’s obvious (to me anyways) Ivan will continue to play aggressive attacking style football with three up front for rest of season. These three will need defensive support. The CMF in particular must be prepared to do a lot of donkey work -and do it well - to allow our better players up front the licence to do what they are meant to do- shoot and score. 
 

Will, Flynn and Joe are not what you’d call physically dominant strong defensive CM’s though. IMO. Lallana not in a million years. The only one we have is Les - who gets better and better - but may be recalled.
 

By this admittedly circuitous  line of logic I deduce that IF Les goes (a) Ivan will be very upset and (b) we are extra fuxked and (c) Ivan will be asking for a like for like replacement in this window - or - wait for it - expect to see CaptainJack starting in that role at SMS soon….….….….of course we used to have an old CM that was so past it and useless he went from us straight into Barca’s team…😎

[Matthew Le God]

37 minutes ago, gio1saints said:

We don’t have the physically impressive MF that Juric would wish for, ideally.

6 foot 3 Lesley Ugochukwu 🤔

Edited 10 hours ago by Matthew Le God

[East Kent Saint]

2 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

6 foot 3 Lesley Ugochukwu 🤔

If he's still here

[Convict Colony]

Was just checking if Atalanta had any spare DMs we might able to loan and I see even their starting DM Marten De Roon has 3 goals in serie A this year.

We need to adopt this style ASAP where DMs can actually score goals, our top scorers anywhere on the pitch have 2 !!!!

Edited 10 hours ago by Convict Colony

[east-stand-nic]

2 hours ago, goodymatt said:

 

This is best for all concerned I believe. I doubt he has improved enough to be a PL player, so best leave him playing in that league, ready for us next season, with high confidence rather than bringing him here to get whipped every week. Though I honestly don't think he wants to come back anyway.

[Chez]

10 hours ago, Challenger said:

£25m in the bank and £25m to spend on 10 crap players 

 

More like £25m to pay down debt and £25m to cover shortfall in income to pay wages of existing 20 crap players.

[Saint86]

15 hours ago, Lee On Solent Saint said:

If he does go, where is he going to go that will guarantee him regular minutes? Am not suggesting that I think he will stay, but a season in the Championship wouldn't be the worst thing he could do. 

Could easily see him being sold but we have him on loan for the season.

[Holmes_and_Watson]

1 hour ago, Matthew Le God said:

6 foot 3 Lesley Ugochukwu 🤔

That will be why Gio went on to call  Les "physically dominant strong" later in his post then.

Bad habit #220: Reading posts for gotcha moments.

Bad Habit #221: Failing to read the rest of the post after thinking there's a gotcha moment, and making a clown of yourself.

It's also not great for anyone on the forum just wanting to post an opinion, only to remember there's every chance it will be followed by the likes of the above.

 

Edited 8 hours ago by Holmes_and_Watson

[Saint86]

14 hours ago, Dusic said:

Dibling is too good to waste a season getting smashed to bits in the Championship - it will serve him no purpose.

He will get enough game time at a good club because he is a really good player. We are overplaying him anyway because our other attackers are so poor.

Dusic what? A year being regularly exposed to championship football, developing physically, and excelling and building confidence is fantastic for a players' development... just look at players like lallana, Grealish, vardy, Eze/Olise, bowen etc.

If I was Dibling, i'd get a an improved contract out of saints to get paid what i was actually worth (rather than the £1.5k per week slap to the face he's rumoured to be currently on), and have a "higher division club" release clause (etc.,) inserted so he's got the option to move if he wishes. Then he's free to play and develop, and he's got an exit if he feels he needs it / wants it.

I personally don't think he's good enough (yet) to be starting regularly for a better club than saints, so playing regularly in a league where he's one of the better players and hone his skills at beating players etc. whilst developing physically will be great for him.

Edited 8 hours ago by Saint86

[OldNick]

10 hours ago, FarehamSaintJames said:

I honestly couldn’t care less who stays and who goes. 😂

They’re all overpaid and underperforming. Sack the lot of them. 😇🤣

How many seasons have we been saying that??

[Dman]

14 hours ago, Dusic said:

Dibling is too good to waste a season getting smashed to bits in the Championship - it will serve him no purpose.

He will get enough game time at a good club because he is a really good player. We are overplaying him anyway because our other attackers are so poor.

I couldn't disagree anymore.

He's clearly incredibly talented, especially at carrying the ball. However, he's incredibly one (left) footed and has very little output - His decision making is pretty poor. 

I think a season in the championship would be unbelievable for his career. 

[Saint86]

6 minutes ago, Holmes_and_Watson said:

That will be why Gio went on to call "physically dominant strong" later in his post then.

Bad habit #220: Reading posts for gotcha moments.

Bad Habit #221: Failing to read the rest of the post after thinking there's a gotcha moment, and making a clown of yourself.

It's also not great for anyone on the forum just wanting to post an opinion, only to remember there's every chance it will be followed by the likes of the above.

 

Its almost like MLG only read the the first sentence of Gio's post before trying to criticise him. Totally missing the fact that Gio had gone on to mention Lesley, and that in fact MLG is basically just agreeing with Gio#s sentiments. Bit of a woopsie moment really 😰.
 

Edited 8 hours ago by Saint86

[OldNick]

14 hours ago, ErwinK1961 said:

 

If he was that keen to stay, he’d have signed a new deal by now.

He is not foolish and will not just sit down and sign any contract. The interest in him is growing and so he holds the cards. The club will need to push their offer up and now he and the agent have seen we are asking 55m for him, I assume their demands will increase. The club will want to extend his contract so that they can have a stronger hand, whilst the agent may want a get out clause. It is not just Tyler saying he wants to stay and so hand him a pen

[Rebel]

If Big Les gets recalled by Chelsea - which seems likely given Lavia's injury - we have to replace him.  Which is partly why I think we recalled Charles, not just to squeeze more money out of Sheff Weds. 

I think we also realised we need another CDM to play with Big Les which is the other reason we recalled Charles.

My guess would be we think we are pretty close to brining in Glen Kamara  or someone else to help out Big Les in the middle of the park meaning we could let Charles go back to Sheff Weds.

I hope Kamara or anyone else is really a replacement for Charles - and Big Les is staying - as we really need 2 DMs for the system we are playing now so that we have a proper double pivot. 

Downes was great as a single pivot 6/playmaker in the Championship where we dominated the ball but in the Premier League he's an average box-to-box 8. 

Smallbone and Aribo are both more Attacking Midfielders or No10s than pure CMs - better on the right or left of a midfield 3 or playing in the 3 behind a striker in a 4-2-3-1.  

[Turkish]

17 minutes ago, Holmes_and_Watson said:

That will be why Gio went on to call  Les "physically dominant strong" later in his post then.

Bad habit #220: Reading posts for gotcha moments.

Bad Habit #221: Failing to read the rest of the post after thinking there's a gotcha moment, and making a clown of yourself.

It's also not great for anyone on the forum just wanting to post an opinion, only to remember there's every chance it will be followed by the likes of the above.

 

 

11 minutes ago, Saint86 said:

Its almost like MLG only read the the first sentence of Gio's post before trying to criticise him. Totally missing the fact that Gio had gone on to mention Lesley, and that in fact MLG is basically just agreeing with Gio#s sentiments. Bit of a woopsie moment really 😰.
 

you have poked the snake now lads! 

[revolution saint]

56 minutes ago, Saint86 said:

Dusic what? A year being regularly exposed to championship football, developing physically, and excelling and building confidence is fantastic for a players' development... just look at players like lallana, Grealish, vardy, Eze/Olise, bowen etc.

If I was Dibling, i'd get a an improved contract out of saints to get paid what i was actually worth (rather than the £1.5k per week slap to the face he's rumoured to be currently on), and have a "higher division club" release clause (etc.,) inserted so he's got the option to move if he wishes. Then he's free to play and develop, and he's got an exit if he feels he needs it / wants it.

I personally don't think he's good enough (yet) to be starting regularly for a better club than saints, so playing regularly in a league where he's one of the better players and hone his skills at beating players etc. whilst developing physically will be great for him.

I don't think dropping down to the Championship would be terrible for him but for the sake of his career he should really be looking at another season in the premier league or equivalent.  He's already proved he can cut it at this level so dropping a division wouldn't enhance his reputation much at all.  There's a lot he can improve on and his next choice of club should be one that offers him the most chance of playing regularly because that's what he needs - regular gametime at premier league level.  

[goodymatt]

 

[hypochondriac]

2 hours ago, Saint86 said:

Its almost like MLG only read the the first sentence of Gio's post before trying to criticise him. Totally missing the fact that Gio had gone on to mention Lesley, and that in fact MLG is basically just agreeing with Gio#s sentiments. Bit of a woopsie moment really 😰.
 

You could almost say he's Mr Wrong? 

[Matthew Le God]

2 hours ago, Holmes_and_Watson said:

That will be why Gio went on to call  Les "physically dominant strong" later in his post then.

Bad habit #220: Reading posts for gotcha moments.

Bad Habit #221: Failing to read the rest of the post after thinking there's a gotcha moment, and making a clown of yourself.

It's also not great for anyone on the forum just wanting to post an opinion, only to remember there's every chance it will be followed by the likes of the above.

 

 

2 hours ago, Saint86 said:

Its almost like MLG only read the the first sentence of Gio's post before trying to criticise him. Totally missing the fact that Gio had gone on to mention Lesley, and that in fact MLG is basically just agreeing with Gio#s sentiments. Bit of a woopsie moment really 😰.
 

I did read the entire post. Saying you don't have something and then later saying you do... is a contradiction!

Bad habit #219 for @Holmes_and_Watson and @Saint86

Edited 6 hours ago by Matthew Le God

[Chez]

2 hours ago, Saint86 said:

Dusic what? A year being regularly exposed to championship football, developing physically, and excelling and building confidence is fantastic for a players' development... just look at players like lallana, Grealish, vardy, Eze/Olise, bowen etc.

If I was Dibling, i'd get a an improved contract out of saints to get paid what i was actually worth (rather than the £1.5k per week slap to the face he's rumoured to be currently on), and have a "higher division club" release clause (etc.,) inserted so he's got the option to move if he wishes. Then he's free to play and develop, and he's got an exit if he feels he needs it / wants it.

I personally don't think he's good enough (yet) to be starting regularly for a better club than saints, so playing regularly in a league where he's one of the better players and hone his skills at beating players etc. whilst developing physically will be great for him.

He isn't on £1500 a week. When he rejoined Saints his scholar deal may have been for relatively buttons, but then he signed a professional contract the following year. He isnt signing a pro contact that lasts for four years for £1500 a week. 

does he need to develop physically? He's already more than built for PL football. Even if he wasn't, being in a lower division doesn't help you develp physically more than being in a higher division - they both have weight rooms.

Why does he need to drop down a league to build confidence? He is not Adam Armstrong and needs to play against worse players. The lad is absolutely briming with confidence already.

I agree that playing games regulary is important to keep developing, but he's been running rings around opponents and there is no reason why he wouldn't do the same playing for Bournemouth, Brentford or Brighton. Why not Everton, Spurs, Newcastle, Man United, Arsenal even?   

[Doctoroncall]

6 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

 

I did read the entire post. Saying you don't have something and then later saying you do... is a contradiction!

Bad habit #219 for @Holmes_and_Watson and @Saint86

Not everyone is effective in written communication, myself included, however, for the level of interpretation required, may I suggest you run the forum posts through copilot which should make them easier to understand for you.

For instance, type summarise the following text… followed by the text from the post, or what does this mean… followed by the text from the post. 
 

HTH. 

[Chez]

2 hours ago, Rebel said:

If Big Les gets recalled by Chelsea - which seems likely given Lavia's injury - we have to replace him. 

Are Chelsea short without Lavia? Would be a shame if he was recalled when he has just got started for us.  

[goodymatt]

2 minutes ago, Chez said:

Are Chelsea short without Lavia? Would be a shame if he was recalled when he has just got started for us.  

Maresca seems to be happy to go with what they have, hopefully he doesn’t change his mind before the window shuts.

[hypochondriac]

36 minutes ago, goodymatt said:

Maresca seems to be happy to go with what they have, hopefully he doesn’t change his mind before the window shuts.

Does it really matter? Given we are down already, losing Les isn't really a blow as he won't be here next year. 

[gio1saints]

4 hours ago, Matthew Le God said:

6 foot 3 Lesley Ugochukwu 🤔

Yes, you are correct @Matthew I did mention that later in the post.

My point is that Ivan may be rather underwhelmed by his MF options without Lesley and I’d expect a like for like incoming if he was recalled not a make do with the squad CM players solution as first choice. 
…You may have missed it -

 Will, Flynn and Joe are not what you’d call physically dominant strong defensive CM’s though. IMO. Lallana not in a million years. The only one we have is Les - who gets better and better - but may be recalled.

 

[Saint86]

42 minutes ago, Chez said:

He isn't on £1500 a week. When he rejoined Saints his scholar deal may have been for relatively buttons, but then he signed a professional contract the following year. He isnt signing a pro contact that lasts for four years for £1500 a week. 

does he need to develop physically? He's already more than built for PL football. Even if he wasn't, being in a lower division doesn't help you develp physically more than being in a higher division - they both have weight rooms.

Why does he need to drop down a league to build confidence? He is not Adam Armstrong and needs to play against worse players. The lad is absolutely briming with confidence already.

I agree that playing games regulary is important to keep developing, but he's been running rings around opponents and there is no reason why he wouldn't do the same playing for Bournemouth, Brentford or Brighton. Why not Everton, Spurs, Newcastle, Man United, Arsenal even?   

Ah yes, you are right re his contract. Signed it Feb 23 through till 2026 initially. The kid is still only 18 turning 19, he will physically continue to develop and he's played half a season of senior football. It surely goes without question that he'll play more minutes for us in the championship than he will in the premier league for a more established side - That gives him the perfect opportunity to hone his skills and develop his physicality vs senior players. A year developing and building confidence, likely winning promotion will do wonders for a 19/20year olds development compared to squad minutes in the prem. Although he may equally get a tasty move abroad instead.

Its all likely quite academic - if he won't sign a new contract he'll be sold this summer like as not. And if the club is in turmoil on and off the pitch he's far less likely to stick around.

[Gloucester Saint]

8 minutes ago, hypochondriac said:

Does it really matter? Given we are down already, losing Les isn't really a blow as he won't be here next year. 

I don’t think Chelsea will recall him anyhow. He’s been better under Juric on the whole but still not pulling up consistent trees that would get him a start at Chelsea. 

Edited 5 hours ago by Gloucester Saint

[goodymatt]

14 minutes ago, hypochondriac said:

Does it really matter? Given we are down already, losing Les isn't really a blow as he won't be here next year. 

Debatable. Relegation all but mathematically confirmed but I would like to see us at least keep having a go in the remaining games. Les gives us a better chance of being competitive with Juric’s style.

[Chez]

2 minutes ago, Saint86 said:

Ah yes, you are right re his contract. Signed it Feb 23 through till 2026 initially. The kid is still only 18 turning 19, he will physically continue to develop and he's played half a season of senior football. It surely goes without question that he'll play more minutes for us in the championship than he will in the premier league for a more established side - That gives him the perfect opportunity to hone his skills and develop his physicality vs senior players. A year developing and building confidence, likely winning promotion will do wonders for a 19/20year olds development compared to squad minutes in the prem. Although he may equally get a tasty move abroad instead.

Its all likely quite academic - if he won't sign a new contract he'll be sold this summer like as not. And if the club is in turmoil on and off the pitch he's far less likely to stick around.

beating slow and crap fullbacks in the championship wont necessarily improve his game. He needs to play against the best, every day in training and in games. Playing in the championship will make him look good, but we don't need to advertise his skills. Those are evident to all. He also doesn't need the slog of 50 odd games. So long as he is playing as part of the regular rotation of a big side, being at a bigger club won't hurt him.  

As you say, he ain't signing a new contract. The offers will come in during the summer and then its just a question of how much Saints are willing to accept. If we turn down all offers (which could happen if we ask for say £70m), then he will have no choice, like KWP last summer. No sure it will come to that. I ould imagine unless we sell this summer we wont have money to buy. As a reminder, despite all the sales last summer (approx £160m), we only spent £10m on Charles and £8m on Stewart.

[Chez]

16 minutes ago, hypochondriac said:

Does it really matter? Given we are down already, losing Les isn't really a blow as he won't be here next year. 

Fair point - and returning him would save a few bob, but equally it would be nice to at least attempt to break the Derby points mark.

[revolution saint]

16 minutes ago, Saint86 said:

Ah yes, you are right re his contract. Signed it Feb 23 through till 2026 initially. The kid is still only 18 turning 19, he will physically continue to develop and he's played half a season of senior football. It surely goes without question that he'll play more minutes for us in the championship than he will in the premier league for a more established side - That gives him the perfect opportunity to hone his skills and develop his physicality vs senior players. A year developing and building confidence, likely winning promotion will do wonders for a 19/20year olds development compared to squad minutes in the prem. Although he may equally get a tasty move abroad instead.

Its all likely quite academic - if he won't sign a new contract he'll be sold this summer like as not. And if the club is in turmoil on and off the pitch he's far less likely to stick around.

Based on that logic, I'd assume if we had stayed up then you'd be advocating a loan move to the championship for Dibling?

[goodymatt]

 

[Chez]

3 minutes ago, goodymatt said:

 

Fair play to them for putting their money where their mouth is, but RB Leipzig aint getting him for £30m. 

[Turkish]

3 minutes ago, Chez said:

Fair play to them for putting their money where their mouth is, but RB Leipzig aint getting him for £30m. 

if we use Archie Gray as our bench mark, one month between them. Gray cost £40m, he'd never played in the premier league plus a more defensive player. Dibling has proven he can do it in the premier league plus attacking players generally cost more. So you've got to be looking at north of £50m.

[Holmes_and_Watson]

4 hours ago, Matthew Le God said:

 

I did read the entire post. Saying you don't have something and then later saying you do... is a contradiction!

Bad habit #219 for @Holmes_and_Watson and @Saint86

Although the post, like so many others you struggle with, had enough clarity for the purposes of a football forum, why not simply ask for a clarification if you had failed to understand it?

That enables discussion and makes you look a lot less ignorant. Far be it for me to mention another MLG bad habit, but...

Bad Habit #3: Get caught out. But rather than adjust behaviour, pretend you are never wrong by grasping any straw and try to dig a big hole with it.

Edited 1 hour ago by Holmes_and_Watson

[Holmes_and_Watson]

32 minutes ago, Chez said:

Fair point - and returning him would save a few bob, but equally it would be nice to at least attempt to break the Derby points mark.

This. @gio1saints mentioning it could get even worse without him gave me pause. Worse? How can it get worse? But it could. 🙂

[benjii]

Yep, 50m minimum or he gets us promoted next year.

[Holmes_and_Watson]

36 minutes ago, Chez said:

beating slow and crap fullbacks in the championship wont necessarily improve his game. He needs to play against the best, every day in training and in games. Playing in the championship will make him look good, but we don't need to advertise his skills. Those are evident to all. He also doesn't need the slog of 50 odd games. So long as he is playing as part of the regular rotation of a big side, being at a bigger club won't hurt him.  

As you say, he ain't signing a new contract. The offers will come in during the summer and then its just a question of how much Saints are willing to accept. If we turn down all offers (which could happen if we ask for say £70m), then he will have no choice, like KWP last summer. No sure it will come to that. I ould imagine unless we sell this summer we wont have money to buy. As a reminder, despite all the sales last summer (approx £160m), we only spent £10m on Charles and £8m on Stewart.

I recall reading that Dibling was frustrated not to get minutes in the Championship. Now he's shown strengths in the PL, I agree that there's little point in him going back there.

He can now develop his all round game against better opponents.

There was a time when SR were wanting to get the next RB target, develop them, and sell them on for a large profit. Selling low to RB doesn't fit this really, and I'd think they'd want to sell for a higher price. Nothing wrong on a personal development view to him going to RB though. He'll learn a lot.

[SirWoody]

Romulo Da Cruz at Goztepe - 6ft 4" Brazilian striker 

16 appearances this season - 6 goals 5 assists 

Valued at £3.5m 

Is he worth a punt, seems to know where the goal is 

Plus sports repulsive own Goztepe 

 

[Obstacle1]

20 hours ago, BARCELONASAINT said:

I have posted before that i have a very good friend that is close to the Dibling family and that he firmly believes from what he has been told that both Tyler and his parents want him to stay at Saints and sign a new contract. The issue appears to be the agent who is gunning for a big pay day.

Saints are under no pressure to sell, Tyler knows he is starting virtually every game for Saints (which is what he wants). He is a very quiet young man that is very close to his family and friends. Even if we go down a season in the Championship will not harm him, to be honest he is likely to develop even more.

Keep the faith that he might just stay beyond this season! 

I don't really understand this whole it's the agent pushing for it against the player's wishes scenario. Wouldn't you just get annoyed and fire your agent if they behaved like that?

[Chez]

1 hour ago, Turkish said:

if we use Archie Gray as our bench mark, one month between them. Gray cost £40m, he'd never played in the premier league plus a more defensive player. Dibling has proven he can do it in the premier league plus attacking players generally cost more. So you've got to be looking at north of £50m.

I agree. Brendon Johnson joined Spurs for £48m and although he had a good season for them before his departed, I think Dibling has been equally impressive while offering a much higher ceiling. Both were/are excellent with th eball at their feet, but Dibling just strikes the ball so well and his weight of pass is bloody lovely.   

[Chez]

49 minutes ago, Holmes_and_Watson said:

This. @gio1saints mentioning it could get even worse without him gave me pause. Worse? How can it get worse? But it could. 🙂

The two halves at Forest show, with our best team we have a fighting chance in games, without him, Dibling, Sulemana and Ramsdale (which might be the case on Saturday) we are absolute fodder.

[WALK DMC]

1 hour ago, Saint86 said:

Ah yes, you are right re his contract. Signed it Feb 23 through till 2026 initially. The kid is still only 18 turning 19, he will physically continue to develop and he's played half a season of senior football. It surely goes without question that he'll play more minutes for us in the championship than he will in the premier league for a more established side - That gives him the perfect opportunity to hone his skills and develop his physicality vs senior players. A year developing and building confidence, likely winning promotion will do wonders for a 19/20year olds development compared to squad minutes in the prem. Although he may equally get a tasty move abroad instead.

Its all likely quite academic - if he won't sign a new contract he'll be sold this summer like as not. And if the club is in turmoil on and off the pitch he's far less likely to stick around.

I guess that there is another scenario:  people will be expecting him to tear up an inferior league based on what he has done this year in the Premier, but just suppose he has a poor or average season in the Championship. He was never a prolific scorer in the under 21 team (or in the Premier this year), so what happens if he shows moments of potential but ultimately doesn't deliver scintillating goal or assist statistics; his value to other teams may drop significantly. Will clubs pay £55m for a player who has had an ordinary season in the Championship ?  And of course, as Larios and Stewart have demonstrated, injuries can play a big part. I am not suggesting for one moment that any of those scenarios will happen, but maybe it could be a consideration for selling him now or in the summer while his price is high. 

Of course, there is another similar scenario; Tyler destroys the Championship, grows as a player and his value continues to increase exponentially. 

I personally think that with the number of teams chasing him at the moment, there is little chance of him staying beyond the summer, but only time will tell. 

[BARCELONASAINT]

1 hour ago, Obstacle1 said:

I don't really understand this whole it's the agent pushing for it against the player's wishes scenario. Wouldn't you just get annoyed and fire your agent if they behaved like that?

In general i would totally agree with you. However my son is a football agent in South America and the stories he tells me about agents that really do not have their players welfare at heart and just look for a big potential payday. My son will not move any player on his books to a club (or recommend it to the player) unless he genuinely believes the move will long term benefit the player.

[SWLondon Saint]

1 hour ago, Obstacle1 said:

I don't really understand this whole it's the agent pushing for it against the player's wishes scenario. Wouldn't you just get annoyed and fire your agent if they behaved like that?

Well, 

 

1 minute ago, BARCELONASAINT said:

In general i would totally agree with you. However my son is a football agent in South America and the stories he tells me about agents that really do not have their players welfare at heart and just look for a big potential payday. My son will not move any player on his books to a club (or recommend it to the player) unless he genuinely believes the move will long term benefit the player.

I work in an industry which hires a lot on commission / the agency type model and I'd agree with this 100%. The agencies don't want people to stay in one job / one place and are always 'encouraging' job changes as that's when they get paid. However I do get it in the context of that first big contract for players - as at that level it basically gives you 'f*** off' amounts of money which means if you manage it well you won't have to work again. 

[gio1saints]

Sadly think @WALK DMC is right. Tyler is showing he can absolutely perform at EPL level. It does not matter how much he likes it here - or whether some feel a year in the lower league could improve him further - if a big team, home or abroad offer £40m- £50M, I think SR will sell. And rightly so. And I hate that that’s the case but nothing we can do. Just be grateful we get to see him play when he’s not injured & still for saints I guess. 

ION ; I’m surprised nobody has mentioned Morgan Whitaker being snapped up for £6m by Boro. That is cheap for guaranteed goals albeit he’s not had a great year this time around. We might be short a wide player who actually scores come end of season entering the championship and that’s the kind of price range we like. 
 

 

Edited 1 hour ago by gio1saints

[Badger]

3 hours ago, goodymatt said:

 

Wouldn't it be preferable if Red Bull just bought our club ?