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https://southamptonfc.com/news/2017-08-14/katharina-liebherr-letter-to-southampton-football-club-fans A letter to the fans of Southampton Football Club from Katharina Liebherr... I am pleased to confirm that talks to bring in a new partner to our club have been concluded. Following extensive and fruitful work, we are entering into a partnership with the Gao family and I am excited about what we will achieve together. Today is the start of a new and exciting chapter for our club. Mr Jisheng Gao and his daughter, Mrs Nelly Gao, with whom I have built a close relationship, share our values and ambitions. As a team, we will strive to build upon the strong foundation that is in place towards sustainable long-term success. Mr Gao, Nelly and I have full trust in Ralph Krueger and his management team. We wholeheartedly support their plans to follow the Southampton Way in the years ahead. But for now it is business as usual at Southampton Football Club and we must allow everyone at the club to focus on the first few weeks of the new season. I would like to thank the passionate supporters of the club for their ongoing loyalty and faith, and I look forward to seeing you soon at St Mary's. We March On. Katharina Liebherr Statement from Mr Jisheng Gao I am honoured and humbled to become a partner of Southampton Football Club alongside Katharina Liebherr, who, together with her father, has been such a great steward of the club, its growth and success. Together, we have the passion and motivation to build on Southampton’s excellent progress in recent years as we look forward to an exciting next chapter for the club.

Hasn't he only just signed a 1 year deal with Porto ?

AC Milan?

Obviously not good enough for us now, but sure he'd bag a few with the amount of decent crosses we stick in these days to players who can't head the ball.

Forster Cedric Stephens Yoshida Bertrand Romeu Lemina Redmond Davis Tadic Gabbiadini Taylor, Pied, Bednarek, Boufal, JWP, Austin, Long

Apparently not able to train for the last few days because of a "virus"....

Sells tickets.

Meh - not fussed by Wimmer, especially for this kind of money.

BIG or GREAT? Two very different things, I think we are a great club, but we're not a big club.

Good signing that!

Was 3100 last season I think, was 3200 before that. Think they added additional segregation.

Good player who probably wasn't given a fair chance for us, however Hojbjerg has to have more potential and Clasie couldn't finish 90 minutes. Makes sense for him to go.

Hmm not fussed by him.....hopefully not.

-----------------Forster------------------ Cedric - Stephens - Yoshida - Bertrand -----------Romeu-----Davis-------------- JWP-------------Tadic-----------Redmond ---------------Gabbiadini----------------- Might take Boufal out my FF team as thought he'd be a starter this season and may well be, but probably not on Saturday. COYS! Will be nice to be back, and have a bit of a day out on the beers!

Could it be linked with a potential agreement over VVD going to Everton? Can't see us bothering otherwise - especially not at £30m + and £100k pw +

The Gabonese Jake Livermore then?

Cant disagree with the above, it's a bit of a shambles really. Cant see Gazza going to Spurs but would be an odd one to be made up by the press!

Reads like an article saying, the club can't do anything else it's in our best interests to let him go

Cant see Liverpool selling Mane for less than what they paid for him, when he has so much potential and time to improve. Never going to happen.

He's a decent player, and actually had some very good games last season. Time for him to "push on" along with all the others that you can same the same about....(JWP, Redmond, Hojbjerg)

Got the same feeling, I think there is a lot of expectation on him because he had such a stop start season last year. Games will help him, but think this manager will get way more out of him than Puel. Cedric to be one of the best RB's in the league, but us to leak a few goals while we score a few more. No doubt we'll still have a couple of result at hoome where we have about 70% of the ball, hammer the oppo for 80 mins, then get suckerpunched at the end 0-1...!

Be silly to not keep an eye out for other youngsters too though, we did it with Slattery, Olomola, Tella, Stephens, Gallagher from memory ?

This - no brainer IMO.

Completely agree - which makes it a pretty odd decision to bring in Bednarek unless we think he's going to be brilliant (also ignores Gardos!) Would have been logical to bring in a first choice CB and have Yoshida and Stephens as backup. Think the bolds count towards the squad so think we have room for 1 more player over 21. Forster McCarthy Cedric VVD Yoshida Stephens Bertrand Targett Romeu Hojbjerg Davis JWP Redmond Boufal Tadic Gabbiadini Austin Long Taylor Gazzaniga McQueen Bednarek Clasie Sims Hesketh Gallagher

First 18 is likely to be something like.... Forster, McCarthy Cedric VVD Yoshida Stephens Bertrand Targett Romeu Hojbjerg Davis JWP Redmond Boufal Tadic Gabbiadini Austin Long Still leaves.... Taylor Gazzanigi McQueen Bednarek Clasie Sims Hesketh Gallagher