Saint_clark

The way I see it he either thought he should be offered longer than 2 years and that was the derisory part, OR he accepted the lower-than-expected wages but on a shorter contract so he can move on soon if he gets a better offer.

Maybe this guy is intended to be a right winger.

Free transfer, so nothing to lose.

What makes you say that?

Fonte is rich.

So have league one and two teams been left out of the competition altogether in favour of Premier league academies?

F*ck! That's such a shame. The guy showed enough when he did play to think he could have been a great defender for us, but he's going the way of Michael Svensson right now.

I get the impression he is a vital part of the set up here now going beyond goalkeeping, and wouldn't be surprised to see him as a successful manager one day.

I'd rather be in pot 4 as it seems like the other 3 pots all have teams with decent-ish sized stadiums at least.

Think he won youngster of the year and was tipped to be one of the best prospects for a long time? Hopefully we see some training pics with him in next week otherwise the timing is a bit too convenient.

Lots of reports saying Watford are signing Boufal.......what.

Possibly a special train put on for Saints fans to get back then? We can dream.

Trouble is they've brought in these big rule changes a fair few times - remember when penalties had to be retaken if you stuttered in the run up? - they enforce it for a while then just let it slip. Hopefully they keep it going, a rugby-like respect for the referee might see more people wanting to become one and up the talent pool.

I was on my phone and the UEFA page wouldn't load properly.

The dates for group stage games are set in stone, right? They're on wikipedia already. Games don't get moved or anything? Always on a thursday?

Sigurdsson would still be my dream signing for this window.

It works out around £260k a week I believe.

Yeah Austin has already been a bit selfish and poor in his link up with us, which has led to Long in particular getting incredibly p*ssed off when he's in a better position but Austin shoots. Hoping we sign someone to fill Pelles role to be honest. We need that option.

You're thinking of the Bradley Wright-Phillips/Torres comparison made by Poortvliet. He also compared Lee Holmes to Arjen Robben.

Is it just me or does it look like Fonte is giving Ronaldo a good rogering right there?

Did Fonte forget to pick up his medal?

"Cristiano Ronaldos team" ffs.

Different circumstances. Was Sissoko playing like this for Newcastle all season? Hopefully he keeps this form going when he comes back.

Didn't want us to keep Mane then?

We don't even know that's what's happening. I for one am almost 100% sure we're signing more than two players this transfer window. I reckon we'll end up seeing four match day squad players brought in (if Pelle leaves). Three if not.