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And to be honest, we don'y currently need anyone else. That said, this coming summer really needs to be the window of change that has been at least 4 windows in the making!

https://www.footballinsider247.com/walker-peters-agrees-move-to-southampton-from-tottenham/ Suggests a loan with no option/obligation as the two clubs couldn't agree on the fee. That would be a shame.

Quite suprised by the negative reaction to this. After the singings of Carillo, Hoedt, Vestergaard etc I am quite pleased that Ralph has the chance to evaluate a player at close quarters before spending on them. As for KWP not making it at Spurs, even to break through there is tough enough, and we know Mourinho likes big, physical players so hardly a suprise he isn't a fan. If he signs its a no lose for Saints really, ahead of what needs to be a big summer of outs and ins.

From what RH said, will be interesting to see what kind of option is included. IMO a decent signing, especially if its 'try before you buy'. He can also play LB quite well, so good cover there.

Summer interest in Jeremie Frimpong, RB at Celtic (signed from City summer 2019). Source: Ornstein, The Athletic

If we keep Stephens and Bednarek (his contract needs renewing) plus Danso then we can ideally lose the wages of Hoedt, Vestergaard and Yoshida which should allow us to bring in a good CB to compete to be a first choice.

If we are to sign Danso for a low fee then I'm not against that. Ralph may well see him as a player with good core attributes who can be coached on. Can easily be a 4th CB next season and if we continue to play a back four then we only need 4 CBs in the squad rather than the 5 we have now (6 with Hoedt).

If we don't sign anyone then that would be two of three transfer windows where Ralph hasn't been able to freshen the squad. Three players in three windows, which isn't the way to back what is clearly a good Manager.

We don't need 5 strikers. Re Maehle, the fact nobody else is going for him either is perhaps telling?

https://www.footballinsider247.com/southampton-favourites-to-sign-walker-peters-from-tottenham/ Favourites for perm signing of KWP according to this. Leeds moving on from Adams by lining up JK Augustin.

Have they stopped tweeting/advertising when the away tickets are going on sale?

Well its going to come to a head soon if he won't sign a new contract. Will be sold in the summer IMO. Too valuable potentially to let his contract go beyond 12 months to go. Also, re the fees. They are high, but its the same when we want to sign someone. Decent Championship players are at least £20m these days - so Hojbjerg is probably rightly valued at £35m or so and JWP would be over £50m I think. Also shows the importance of extending contracts for key players before they reach two years to run.

Lets hope Saints are sensible in these talks. Great opportunity to get a decent fee for a player I assumed we would end up loaning out in the summer at a huge loss. With relatively few games to go, I think we could sell without getting a replacement in until the summer if needed.

Well Cedric, Long and Yoshida are all out of contract and at least two of those big wages will go. Chances are we can shift Forster and possibly Lemina, even if we have to accept less than we paid. Carillo is a write off - he has one year to go so will just be loaned out again. If we wanted to then we could get money for Adams and Boufal and Vestergaard may have a market. Elyounoussi and Hoedt probably the toughest to shift. I also think this summer could be the one where someone comes in for JWP and if PEH doesn't re-sign then we need to sell him. So really it should be the summer that we have needed for 2 or 3 years. Its a shame that the recruitment person won't be in place until the summer has already started though.

Morph was an interesting one. All IMHO of course.

Doh, I meant David in Sweden. Gets so confusing with all the Dave's, Duncan's and Ron's of this world!

Most of the best posters no longer post and you can see why. I would add Eric in Sweden to the list.

They played OWTSGMI over the tannoy before kick off vs Wolves. Can't remember that before? Had shades of the awful My Way song.

In todays presser RH basically said unless we have an option to sign a player permanently posy loan, then there is no point loaning til the end of the season. I would tend to agree. He said we are still looking for the right package.

https://as.com/futbol/2020/01/19/primera/1579393831_802274.html?id_externo_rsoc=CM_ES_TW Set to join Celta Vigo for €10m according to AS. If true, interesting as he doesnt really fit Hasenhuttl's style but is a reliable option who would need replacing within the squad. Also seems like a top guy and a bit of a throwback footballer whose life extends beyond Instagram, Dubai and getting Smoked.

What job would Romeu have done on Traore (who by then was playing up front)? Traore would have just bypassed him with ease, as he does most PL players when given any space.

Suprised by a lot of the over reactions here, given our recent form. For me we were quite fortunate to be 2-0 up at HT. Wolves were the only team in the game until our first goal and were pretty comfortable for most of the first half without creating a lot. Second half, Jimenez and Traore killed us with their physicality, which they have done to better teams than us, whilst we know our defenders have a weakness against powerful forward one ve one. Good tactical shift by Nuno to get Traore further up the pitch - he is unplayable at times. We have had a great run, but are far from a great team, which we all know. Need to get something against Palace otherwise our good run will likely become 3 league defeats in a row post Liverpool.

Good business if we can get a decent fee for a player who is beyond his best. If he won't sign a new deal then we should sell in the summer. I hope, with a good Manager, that finally this coming summer can be the change we have needed for a while. Good chance to get rid of the wages/generate a fee for: Cedric Yoshida Bertrand Elyounoussi Forster Hoedt Lemina Boufal Romeu (possibly) Long (possibly) Gove Ralph a chance to shape a squad of his own, a year and a half into his tenure.

Have you actually watched yesterdays Press Conference? The one where Ralph, clearly and unprompted, says the finance is there to do something if we decide to.

He has been a good option for us over a long time and seems like a great guy. Unfortunately though, he was utterly spineless in the Leicester game and has rightly been ditched since then. Alongside Austin away at Fulham it was one of the laziest performances I have ever seen from a senior player at Saints and quite rightly he has been ditched since then. Sad way to end a memorable Saints career for him.