Dusic

Pathetic offer if true.

Whats Brian Howard up to?

Fulham want Targett again according to SSN. Personally I think somehwere around £12m would represent a fair deal. Just don't think he is quite up to PL level as he lacks that yard of pace, especially in a back four and that is unlikely to change. Ultimately every time Bertrand returns after injury it massively improves us and Targett needs regular football which we can't give him.

Re Dragowski (and lots of deals for all clubs), always intrigued as to whether not being interested comes before or after knowing a player is going elsewhere. Man Utd masters of not being interested in players that they used to be interested in up until they knew he was moving elsewhere!

Seems the wee lad has a promotion and is now the most senior member of staff on the football side of the club. He is likely to be the man handling all our transfer negotiations this window which gives me very little confidence that we will get good deals done. If you judge Heads of Recruitment by their recruitment then he deserved firing rather than promoting...we haven't had a good window since he joined the club. Pressure is on son.

Agree to an extent but at some stage if you have identified the players you want and who you think can make the team better than you have to go and actually get them. Most of the PL clubs outside the top 6 are looking at the same pool of players so the ones you really want you may need to pay slightly over the odds (within reason) to get them. Pointless missimg out on top targets for the sake of one or two million given how much cash is around. I don't doubt that Saints identify good players to bring in. But I do doubt the ability of the club to actually get good deals over the line and now we have little idea who is actually performing that role at the club.

https://app.football-italia.net/?referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.football-italia.net%2F138842%2Fbournemouth-spark-dragowski-bidding-war#article/footballitalia-138842 Bournemouth have offered more for Dragowski according to Alfredo Pedulla, who reported our bid yesterday. Dragowski sounds like a great prospect - would be a shame to lose out to them.

Pleased for Mane especially. Great player and has really kicked on since leaving Saints. Fantastic scouting to get him in the first place. I think he is better than Salah.

Is Sims that good?

First GK for a while that hasnt been picked/approved by Watson?

FAO the few unrealistics amongst us that think Upamecano is an option for us this summer: https://www.bild.de/bild-plus/sport/fussball/fussball/rb-leipzig-bild-enthuellt-geheim-klausel-von-abwehrstar-dayot-upamecano-62329990.bild.html

https://www.getfootballnewsfrance.com/2019/lille-in-pole-position-to-land-victor-osimhen-from-charleroi/

Still quiet...

So he is worth 80k a week because he scored a handful of goals at the end of a season? Despite being dross for the 18months prior. Right.

Guessing you haven't seen Fyre Festival?

Wouldn't be shocked if Spurs showed an interest. They need some more HG players. Need to get him signed on a new deal.

He didn't start many games in central midfield for Blackburn as Mowbray said tactically he wasn't the best. Can't see him getting any games out wide for Saints. Let him go with our best wishes and a sell on percentage.

If we go for him, that is also probably why we need to get it done soon. If he does well at the ACON then it might scupper it altogether.

We need to sign a RB, 100%. But if we are going to spend approx £50m overall, I don't know that we need to spend 20% of that on a RB when we would also need: 1 x striker, probably quite pricy 1 x attacking midfielder, probably pricy 1 x CB Thats as a minimum..

https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/rovers/news/17667454.striker-search-is-high-on-rovers-summer-transfer-agenda/ Mad that SG is on considerably more money than any Blackburn player.

Only question is do we need to/will we spend €12m + on a RB? Personally think Valery's emergence puts this into doubt. We definitely need another RB, but as priorities go, more cash needs spending in other areas, so wouldn't be suprised if we got someone cheaper.

James Justin: https://www.footballinsider247.com/sources-southampton-leicester-submit-bids-for-flyer-after-massive-aston-villa-offer/ Jack Clarke: https://www.footballinsider247.com/trio-join-hunt-for-leeds-ace-clarke/

Agree.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/9153399/aston-villa-man-city-celtic-rangers-charlton-joe-aribo/ Villa for Aribo.

Interesting that we haven't really been linked with any CBs yet.