Saint Garrett

£58k supposedly...

News to me... I've seen the obvious third kit rumours, however nothing on the home kit. Personally I'd rather they just kept a similar kit to this years, but unlikely...guessing we can't have stripes on the back anymore, so will probably look pretty awful by default.Possibly the home kit will be the same but with red and white stripes...sure someone can mock this up using some internet tool...(not Bournemouth / Glasgow / Heisenberg / Ekon Okereke)?

for 5 different accounts too...!

Come on Mods this guy is painful.

Regardless of whether we play 2 or 3 at CB next season, we still need a first choice CB.

Would be interested to hear how much he's earning, probably upwards of £150k a week at that fee...?

http://www.getfootballnewsfrance.com/2018/exclusive-napoli-in-talks-for-southampton-midfielder-mario-lemina/

And Virgil & Fonte, and Pelle & Mane...etc

He is a class act when he wants to be, however his attitude can be questioned. That performance against Chelsea at Wembley is one of the poorest by effort that I've seen anyone have in a Saints shirt, his effort was pathetic. However, if we can get him on side and playing well and regularly and he gets a bit more luck with injuries, then we have a brilliant player.

https://www.calciomercato.com/en/news/southampton-star-gabbiadini-likely-to-make-serie-a-return-the-si-91928 Sounds like we've made him available or his agent is certainly banding him about.

Is De Ligt out of our reach? Jordan Torunarigha? Maybe we should be looking at St Etienne, they had a good defensive record last season...Neven Subotic, Loic Perrin?

Should end up something like... You can have a play around on here...https://bracketchallenge.fifa.com/bracket/prediction

The England side?

Surprised we've not head much of a sniff of the home or away shirt yet...normally quite a few people have heard snippets by now...!

Hmm, think it would be a bit of a gamble. but could work. Problem is that none of Stephens, Hoedt, Yoshida or Bednarek are really good enough to be first choice in this division, but we can't get rid of them all in one window...!

Because our DM's are all better than him. (Including Reed & Clasie)

5 CB's needed if we're going to play 3 at the back...I'd try and offload Stephens and try and brign in two established CB's, though that won't happen. More likely we'll bring in 1 and keep Stephens. NEW NEW Hoedt Yoshida Bednarek

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Think we would end up playing them in the Quarters...or Brazil if we win the group...

Exactly, the high wage bill is surely driven by the amount of staff turnover we've had since coming into the prem, and therefore the players all coming in on very decent wages. Theoretically, the youth players such as Targett, Stephens, Sims, Reed, JWP (to an extent), Gallagher & McQueen should mean we have quite a few players who are on lower contracts.

Just did that - doesn't make a lot of sense but what do I know, class player!

But come on, we've got 5/6 years of Prem TV money behind us, we should have more than enough money to pay the wages. And, anyway, weren't we told that we are a sustainable business model these days? Plus we have bigger attendances / brand etc. We shouldn't be being outspent by the likes of Huddersfield & Bompey...

Well...no, because everyone else has to pay their players too....

There is no excuse for not spending ca £50m plus anything we bring in. The biggest sign that the club has f*cked up will be if they say we have no money. The money in this league is largely ridiculous, and if we have to sell to buy, then that means our finances are right down the sh!tcreek.

Seems to have been on the radar for quite a while now, they normally are and we normally get our man in the end...Bielsa going to Leeds might scupper that one though...