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This has deadline day subsidised QPR loan written all over it.

Sheff Utd signing Mousset as well so options diminishing for CA. Maybe Newcastle? Hopefully he will take a loan move at the very least just to get rid of his wages.

If we get £10m for him then its a good deal for us. Cut our losses and reinvest the cash where its needed, i.e defence.

No sign of him or Lemina in the Staplewood training pics, ditto Clasie and Carrillo. Thats telling when they arent training with the rest of the squad even at our own training ground.

Yeah, its disappeared or been closed for some reason. Not sure why as clearly a valid topic.

In the Championship he may do ok. £10m is a pipe dream IMO.

Any whispers on new contracts for these two? Both only have two years left, so selling values will diminish significantly after this summer. Would be good to get them tied up and imagine we will be trying hard to persuade them. The carrot of a significant pay rise should in theory be enough. If not, and they make it clear they won't sign an extension at all, then this summer or January would be the optimal time to sell, business wise, not that I hope this is what happens obviously.

He isn't good enough for the PL. He will probably never play another minute in the PL for any club. If he wants to stay he will just be joining Forster in being a non playing PL player, so thats up to him if he wishes to go down that route. I think if he does it will finish him as he will lose any sharpness he still has. Adams has been given Austin's no10 in the friendly today. Sure Saints have been very clear with him that he needs to leave. But of course, he has the final say and is entitled to turn dow any move that doesnt suit him.

4-2-2-2 in the friendly today. Interesting Adams has been given Austin's number!

A direct consequence of not being able to get rid of enough crap. Less than 30 days left and still a lot of business to do to be able to call it a successful TW.

Nixon saying Burnley in for Maehle.

This is poor, Duncan. Put up or shut up.

There is more chance of Carillo being PL top scorer than us signing Upamecano.

Seems Spurs want him and if thats the case, they will get him.

Wouldnt be a disaster to keep Cedric IMO if he is committed. He is a decent PL quality player, rarely injured and happy to cover LB as well as RB. Keep for a year, lose on a free next summer which isnt much of a loss as we only paid £4m for him and he wouldnt generate much this summer anyway.

Clearly we are going to end up keeping some we would rather get rid of, which is less than ideal. I am worried that there are about 30 days of the window left and its feasible to need the following as a minimum I would say: Sales/Loans: Austin Gallagher Carillo Boufal Lemina McCarthy or Forster Reed Hesketh Clasie At least one CB Cedric Buys: CB Fullback cover (if Cedric goes) CM (if Lemina goes) Thats basically a deal completed every two days until the end of the window. I think Cedric will end up staying til hia contract expires and therefore we won't bring in a full back.

No current, semi-plausible links at the moment which is strange mid window. Feels like what happens next will very much be determined by outgoings. Surely we won't sign a 6th first team CB until at least one of the current five leaves? Likewise RB with Cedric.

Think his ego would push him to go out and play, and if he didnt then I doubt there would be a queue of great clubs in for him in a years time, even as a free agent. A club like WBA on a 3 year deal would be a great move for him.

Much better value than most of the dross we have on £60k per week and above.

I get the impression we want to overhaul the squad but can't afford to, especially as we have loads of ****e we are still paying transfer installments for. Lemina, like Targett probably wasnt on the list of priority sales but fell into the category of being capable of attracting sizeable bids and not being a totally key player. Therefore, they are sacrificial lambs because we can't sell the mountain goats like Carrillo and Hoedt so will either loan them out at a huge loss or keep them. At this stage we have about 10 outs to do in a month and how close we get to all 10 being sold will directly impact incomings.

If we are happy to lose him on a free next sunmer then he could be a good option as able to cover LB at a push. Not sure his ego would cope being behind Valery, but at least he is a decent PL quality player unlike Hoedt, Clasie etc.

Agree with much of that, but have to remember there is still a month to go and most deals happen in the last month. Also we have at least 10 players to sell or loan out which is probably hampering our ability to make more additions. All the below are surplus to requirement or clearly leaving but still here on first team wages at the moment: Forster McCarthy Cedric Stephens Hoedt Clasie Lemina Reed Hesketh Boufal Elyounoussi Carrillo Austin Gallagher Also the window shuts earlier for us than most of Europe which reduces their urgency. Why sign Hoedt, Cedric, Boufal or Carillo now when you can wait and get someone better? That said, if we need a CB, RB and CM. But Saints always leave one position massively under resourced so who knows...

Whoever we sign as a CB has to be someone who is in our starting XI (in a back 4) otherwise its a pointless signing. I don't see the likes of Konsa or Webster being immediately better than Yoshida or Vestergaard. I agree totally with the U24 policy re signings but also feel this position could be one that it doesnt apply to, unless there is an exceptional young CB, ready to play every week in the PL who is less than £20m and happy to sign for Saints. Should be easy...

Mail says we have had enquiries from Man Utd, Arsenal and Leicester, plus Atalanta. Shows what a talent he is, when he applies himself and that it may be possible to get a good fee for him.

1. Central midfield could do with a signing 2. We have so many average CBs and surely cannot sign another without letting one or two leave (easier said than done). 3. Fullback cover needs addressing 4. Likes of Reed, Hesketh, Gallagher etc clearly have no future so hopefully we can generate a little more cash from them.