Ivan Katalinic's 'tache

Klopp saying Minamino can leave but he'd prefer him to stay. Wonder if we'll go back for him again? Jurgen Klopp finally explains Liverpool's plan for Takumi Minamino after Southampton approach - HampshireLive

Southampton are expressing an interest in 23-year-old Manchester City midfielder Yangel Herrera, the Venezuelan has just returned from a second season on loan at Granada, & is valued at ‘up to £20million’ #saintsfc [telegraph]

Origi?

Ok, thanks, didn't see that coming. Ralph must rate him more highly than most on here do!

We certainly seem to be shipping out those we don't want or don't expect to be getting much game time this season. I hope this is a prelude to some proper additions to give us a much stronger pool of players to use otherwise we're just making the original pool into a puddle.

Maybe the new contract keeps him on the roster whilst we work out whether he will ever cut it? Do we know how long he's signed for - I can't imagine it's too long term a deal? A season long loan at a side which made the League One play-offs will at least tell us if he hold down a place and score regularly at that level. If not, I guess we'd be looking to move him on for good.

Yep, that should do it. Anyone got Jorge Mendes' number?

Going to need to get him a Portuguese passport first...

Wolves have lost their rather excellent goalkeeper to Roma, as expected: Rui Patricio: Roma signs Wolves keeper for £9.8m - BBC Sport

Looks like Palace will be trying to keep two more of the old guard (Ward and Cahill) but Townsend isn't likely to re-sign: Crystal Palace set to confirm new Joel Ward contract as Andros Townsend opens up on his future plans (msn.com)

3 deals already today...

#inexplemsive?

And we thought we were getting the next Tony Adams!! 🤣

Scott Marshall? 2 games, 2 own goals, 2 defeats, in 1 week, sent out on loan to Celtic. Must be on a par.

It's gone a bit quiet on this one? I must have a different definition of "close"...

It's a funny one. On the face of it, if someone said we would be adding Celtic's star attacking midfielder to our ranks, a player who scored 17 goals last season for them, we'd be looking for another Van Dijk/Wanyama/Armstrong success story. But, because that player has been here already and not really been a success in the limited game time he had, we've adopted the sense he'll never come good. I guess, if he is being given another shot, we can only hope the 2 years he's had at Celtic has given him confidence, toughened him up physically and given him a better understanding of "British" football in readiness to have another crack at doing well in the Premier League.

All the talk was that this lad was a talent but seemingly something has gone wrong along the way. Best off going our separate ways, if so, and fingers crossed we don't live to regret it. I can only hope Young Boys headlined the story on their website "Jank at the Wank" or something along those lines...

The race for Arnaut Danjuma is underway - if we are interested. This is from the BBC Gossip page. Championship side Bournemouth have rejected a £13m bid from Villarreal for 24-year-old Dutch winger Arnaut Danjuma.

'Arsenal sign Benfica defender Tavares' http://www.skysports.com/share/12352858

He really has slipped from being the Special One, hasn't he?

A bit unfair. Che has two feet too - it's just it's one for standing and one for kicking. 😁

Bissouma replacement maybe?

Which means he's one duff and/or injury hit season away from being out of contract and having none of the sides he's thinking of being interested in him (especially as he'll be 29 by then). It could be risky on his part and it'll be interesting to see how this plays out. The best case for Saints, other than him having a complete change of heart, is he has a stellar season before he goes and we get a year to find and bed in his replacement...

Ismaila Sarr seems a fair trade for a player who's played in a recent Champions League Final... 😎

We probably just tell them to look at the career paths of Van Dijk and Mane, glossing over how 'well' it went for Hoedt and Carrillo!