Chez

...bet you couldn't score the blinder he got at ST Andrews though.

I don't hate any Saints players. That terminology is reserved for the likes of Heath and Bailey. That said, I never really liked Claus. I wasn't a big fan of Frannie either. There, I've said it. Claus, how can I say it, looked a bit gormless and played that way sometimes. Him and Bednarek seem very similar to me. I struggle to warm to CBs at the best of times. Yeah, I know, proper club man and all that.... I've nothing against Frannie - and I really like how he presents himself and represents the club now. He's a top guy. However, at the time, I thought he was out of his depth in the top flight and having mediocre (at best) players like him explained why we struggled year on year.

Not paying them is a breach of contract, but I suspect the players others would want, and with value, Djeidi Gassama, for example, will be paid first and so probably won't be available on a free.

Saints pay Charles his wages directly - so he wont have been impacted at all. SWFC pay us a fee equivalent to his wages. Not sure how/when that is paid, but potentially there will be a debt. As we know from our own history, the other football clubs get paid first, the other non football debts get settled afterwards.

we must see Bree/Sugawara as 'OK' otherwise RB would have been deemed 'critical'.

Seems a good price. I guess we think Sugawara will work out.

It will be interesting to see how much they and Sunderland spend in total this summer and on how many players.

Looks like Demarai Gray might be going back to Brum. I'm a long time admirer - he always seems to cut us to ribbons - but the timing (of his transfers) has never been quite right for Saints.

Ghana soccernet says Sulemana's medical is this Sunday https://ghanasoccernet.com/kamaldeen-sulemana-cuts-short-ghana-holiday-to-undergo-atalanta-medical-after-e21-5m-deal

Not sure if this was posted earlier in the week, but I see Lumley got a gig at Bristol City. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/ce83m37023ko

Not necessarily. What if the contract offer was way below the level he could get elsewhere?

Went over this at the time - he did provide end product, it's just that some fans don't really understand what that means. Personally I am disappointed to see him go. Edozie and Fraser are not as good.

We were told we could sign three players without having to sell and then if players leave we can potentially sign others.

another winger `fails' at Saints.

If he hasn't got a relegation release clause in his contract, then any angst (and there won't be) should be put at his agent's door. Can't see him going to Turkey. Bournemouth need a keeper.

Emegha signed for Strasbourg for quite a decent sum £11m. They'd probably want double what they spent, which might be an issue. Right age and profile. I know jack about Edon Zhegorova other than he missed most of last season through injury. I think Santos was similar. Didn't he do his cruciate? Seem to recall Lamine Camara was mentioned on a transfer thread last season or the season before? Central midfielder with one really great long range goal on his youtube video and a shed load of sliding tackles.

If Ramsdale sees his wages cut by 40% (assuming he has a contract reduction similar to other Saints players), then if we loan him out , he will only get paid (by us) that much lower amount. I would imagine he'd much prefer to continue to get the full 100% amount, so unless the PL agrees to pay more (thus matching his wages from last season), he might push for transfer that would probably ensure the PL size wage.

I don't think championship sides sign players that, on paper, are good enough for the Prem. If they were "good enough", that's probably where they would plying their trade. That means you either sign players on loan that can't get in a PL team, like we did with Brooks, or sign players we think/hope can make the step up. I don't think we will be spending £15m on "championship players" like Sargent or £10m on Maja to get us up fully expecting they won't cut the mustard in the PL. We will invest in players that we feel can get us up and then compete in the league above. You could argue that we already have the tried and trusted "championshp" players like Edwards, Charles, Downes, Armstrong etc. In the end, the club just need to sign the very best they can. The league we are in (and budget available) will dictate that.

Are the reds the same shade S_C? they look different on your pic.

Let's just buy him now.

Some turnaround from me having to defend their transfer policy on here to it now being lauded. They sold their best player in Johnson to balance the books a couple of summers ago. Last summer they didn't really have to fend off the vultures. Looks like they might price their star players out of moves. Fair play to them.

Loan in talent to get us up and then look again if we go up. Next summer we can offload more players (out of contract etc) and the attraction of PL football (hopefully) helps us buy a better caliber of player.

That's makes sense, but we can't buy decent championship players this summer on three year deals and discard them if we go up. We will be buying players we think can get us up AND then compete at PL level. Perhaps someone like Jack Rudoni meets both criteria.

Thanks. I forgot about all of those. Olusegun is a right back and Zeneli a traditional central midfielder, so not sure they fit the attacking midfielder description. I don't know Rudonis game so will check him out.

the top players in the league are looking for moves to the prem. We will get the leftovers - championship players that the PL don't think are good enough. Is that who we want?