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Martin on Ramsdale: "If it happens it would be amazing, and I’m sure we’ll talk about it if and when it does happen."

London away please. AFC Wimbledon or Leyton Orient preferable

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Holy fuck what a goal James Bree

Cracking instinctive finish on the turn from Archer, go on lad

Fuck me, never thought I'd say it but 'Alex McCarthy would have saved that' Let's hope nothing ever happens to Ramsdale and AMC

Also, fair fucks to Ramsdale for getting out of the cushty #2 gig at Arsenal on big money and coming to Saints to scrap it out. Respect

If you're wondering why the fee is £18m with the rest built in as bonuses...

Ornstein is the oracle of Arsenal news, so that's that

£25m fee agreed between Arsenal and Saints for a permanent deal

Wow I wonder who Romano's source is on this one then

Give it a few more games and you'll be able to get tickets...

In talks with Toulouse over Zakaria Aboukhal apparently. 24 year old right winger, Morocco international (21 caps). 15 goals in 42 games in 22/23 and 3 in 5 in 23/24 before an injury

Neither did anyone else in England seemingly. He either wanted more than anyone thought he was worth or just fancied the change of scenery and a move abroad

Ipswich make £11m bid for Tom Fellows

Probably beating his man and then doing fuck all with it, tbh

Russell Martin on whether Saints need to add just one more or add two new players in the final third... I think I need to help the lads. We need to help the lads a bit more as well. Last summer Nathan Tella left and he went and had a great season, achieved brilliant things, and then we ended up playing Adam Armstrong out there. He did brilliantly but he's a guy that wants to play as a number nine really, and he did all last season - although he scored 25 goals or whatever. We just need people that are a bit different to what we have right now just so we have various options. I'm really happy with the options we have. But we have a lot of similar options if that makes sense. We just need probably one or two points of difference at some point. I think Mateus Fernandes can help us with that. Tyler Dibling and Sam Amo-Ameyaw are brilliant young players. We'll wait and see where we end up. It depends on who leaves the building as well, whether it's one or two players or whatever, it will depend on maybe who goes out. It's probably frustrating for people but it also may be exciting for some to see what happens. I'm pretty sure whatever business we do, it will be good for us.

Russell Martin on the decision to sanction the sale of Charly Alcaraz... I think if it happens, it helps us financially. Carlos is a really talented player but probably his attributes suit a different style. Charly's a great guy. I've enjoyed working with him. If he stays, it's not a problem. I think he's at a stage in his career where he wants to play every week. We'll have to wait and see on that one but I think if he goes, it's a good deal for us and it's a good deal for Carlos. He goes with nothing but positive things hopefully to say about the club and us to say about him. He came here and played in a system that really suited him and his attributes, and did well in a team that really struggled. Last season, he had a couple of really good moments but couldn't quite get into the team in front of other people. He wanted to go and play elsewhere in January and he did. Obviously, he didn't play as many minutes as he would have liked. Now he's at a point in his career where I think if it works for him and it works for us, then he moves on and goes and plays somewhere that suits him. If it happens, it'll be a good deal for him. It'll be a good deal for us and it means we can probably have players that can really help us in the next few days.

Wow, that is a mad price for him

Insightful post, thanks. That would tie in with the exact wording Bijlow used re: a disagreement between Saints and Feyenoord on how to treat a previous injury, which he personally feels he has recovered from already