davefizzy14

Another excellent listen, keep them coming Total Saints Podcast

Pelle?

Falque?

Well skysports are normally reliable when it comes to information. Why do you know different then mate?

It's good though that we are looking to crack on with our transfer plans during this current pandemic.

Very good interview with Beatts

Great move by the club. Very proud to support this great club

Ok thanks

Do you know mate when part 2 will be put up for listening to?

Agreed, another great listen. Keep them coming

Me too! Praying for him

Yes a very good listen. Like listening to Adam Blackmore, he knows what hes talking about

A great video on the OS featuring Redders. An interesting insight into how he is recovering from his injury and supporting the rest of the team Hes a top bloke

Thanks for the translation

I only posted a link earlier from a Twitter page saying about a possible rumour to that Chinese billionaire.

What does this mean then? Short summary please

Yes please mate. PM me

Hes worth £41 billion!

https://mobile.twitter.com/TheSaintCentre/status/1237448072449400833

Oh right I see. Isnt David Thomas head of the commercial side of things? Also I remember Ralph saying back in early January that if we wanted to do something in the window, the finances were there to do so.

Oh really, what sort of senior role was it?

Can any of the ITKers shed any light on this story that has been reported in the times?

Heres the full article: Southampton Football Club have been made available for sale less than three years after the Chinese businessman Gao Jisheng purchased a controlling stake in the Premier League club. The Sunday Times understands that more than one broker has been invited to source a buyer for Southampton at an asking price of about £250 million. Achieving an enterprise value of around that level would allow Gao to leave English football at a sum similar to the amount the previous owner — Katharina Liebherr, who inherited the club from her late father — received for 80 per cent of Southampton’s shares in August 2017. Since Gao’s takeover the club have been repeatedly endangered by relegation, finishing 17th in 2017-18, and 16th last season. They are now seven points above the drop zone after yesterday’s 1-0 home loss to Newcastle United. Gao has employed three managers — Mauricio Pellegrino, Mark Hughes and Ralph Hasenhüttl — two chief executives and seen Les Reed, an individual involved in generating significant profits from the transfer market, leave in a November 2018 move that Southampton said was designed to “provide new drive and direction to our football operations team and enable them to get results back on track”. The club is yet to report financial results for the 2018-19 season but sources involved in finding a purchaser for Southampton expect these to be considerably less healthy than the £28.6 million profit declared last March. The club would have made a significant loss in 2017-18 had it not been for Virgil van Dijk’s record £75 million sale to Liverpool, while the ratio of wage to turnover rose to 74 per cent. In the period since, Southampton have operated inefficiently in the transfer market and presently have a number of high-cost signings, such as Guido Carrillo, Wesley Hoedt and Mohamed Elyounoussi, on loan across Europe. A number of intermediaries have been lined up to try to raise revenue from transfer fees and reduce the player wage bill this summer. Gao’s Shenzen-listed Lander Sports Development company reported a loss in 2018, leading the sexagenarian to sell the majority of his stake to a state-owned asset manager last March. In June he told the Financial Times that there were “no problems” with his financial situation. “I am not treating Southampton as a pig to be fattened and sold,” Gao said. “I am treating it as a child. But my children must believe they cannot depend on the boss. I have said to Southampton: ‘I am now your father. But I am putting you on the right track — you need to feed yourself.’ ”

Agree with all of this. We have to keep a four at the back and play on the front foot like we did against Villa in the last home match. It will be interesting to see what Ralph does with the 2 number 10s. With Armstrong unfortunately missing today, it could well be Prowsey pushed up and Romeu bought back in alongside Pierre. I hope Boufal starts as one of the 10s. Be good to see Moussa too, hope everyone gets behind him today and supports him after what hes just gone through. KWP to start at RB for me also. 2-0 to us today - Ings and Boufal COYR

We need to improve in the 2nd half. Nice finish by Obafemi. Need Prowsey in the middle. Still all to play for. COYR