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Sky Sports reporting that Armel Bella-Kotchap has been given permission to undergo a medical with Hoffenheim tomorrow, after Saints accepted a bid of €15m

BILD saying Eintracht Frankfurt are interested in a deal for Armel Bella-Kotchap now, Hoffenheim also looking at Oumar Solet from RB Salzburg

Two weeks now until the first home game. Imagine the groundstaff are thankful for that. Probably could've done without two games in four days this week

In the spirit of keeping the thread updated...

Think it's WBA TBH

I hope you're right and generally agree with the perspective you've given. Also, if you're going to spend £27.5m and it's on someone who isn't Matt O'Riley that would probably play slightly strangely with the fanbase - and likely the manager, based on what we've heard

FT: Saints 0-0 Getafe

Honestly, you can almost see why Forest just signed all the players they wanted and then took the points deduction and tried to make some quick sales to tidy the books up for the next season

Fabio Carvalho going to Brentford for £20m + add-ons

That makes a lot more sense. Assumed with these officials that it was just raw incompetence

Fuck me, that is a criminal offside. Edozie plays it to Sugawara who is behind the play... and the flag goes up

Paul actually doing some work to hold the ball up and try to bring others into play but just getting totally wiped out by the Getafe lads after his first touch. Ref doing nothing about it, of course

Onuachu is playing!

KWP and BBD subbed off after 60 mins Saints: McCarthy; Harwood-Bellis, Stephens, Bednarek; Sugawara, Smallbone, Downes, Aribo, Taylor; Edozie, Armstrong

Ref needs to start treating this as a proper game to try and get Getafe to fall in line

No changes at the break

HT: Saints 0-0 Getafe

Sugawara is really good

Saints on the backfoot just now. Struggling to pass through Getafe

Trying not to get in shit with a potential suspension/punishment after the scrap the other night?

It does, but it is currently without Charles, Lallana, Stewart and any of the drop outs who will be forced onto the bench by the 3/4/5 new signings that should still come in before the window ends (with the caveat that Alcaraz/Mara/Onuachu may go)

No Shea Charles...