Matthew Le God

The club could be open to selling him and if no deal is currently close then it would be daft to not take him on the tour. He still needs to train and if a deal fails to materialise and he hasn't had a pre-season then he'd be behind everyone else.

Not really, as my second sentence points out the flaw.

Extra highlights...

A rumour at last...

This is a good watch on the topic...

What is your point then?

If someone bid £80m for Ward-Prowse do you think he wouldn't be sold? Every player has a price no matter what a club may say.

Every player in the world has a price they would be sold for. No player is entirely 'not for sale'. In any case the £40m figure comes from Alan Nixon who is a terrible journalist and was previously using a £15m price for Walker-Peters.

Why do they need to be 'PL proven'? Mane, Wanyama, Tadic, Pelle, Alderweireld & van Dijk all had never played a PL game before joining Saints.

Girls

I wonder if Jo will continue with Dave's catchphrases, like... 'What Saints don't want to do is concede a goal'.

Yes

It was 3-1 at the time 😉

It is a medical condition, he has alopecia.

To give lots of players a decent amount of time. Perhaps this XI will play 60 mins, then a second XI play the remainder with the extra 15 mins on top.

Link to the game... https://www.southamptonfc.com/news/2022-07-16/live-stream-rb-leipzig-southampton-pre-season-friendly-16-july-2022

105 minutes will be played today. After the 2 x 45, followed by a short break, there will be another 15 minutes of play on top.

They are going to be replaced...

How does a starting XI in the 1st pre-season game show that? Especially as the team is a mix of first choice players and none first choice players... plus a few players are unavailable for selection. Sure we lack numbers and quality upfront and in attacking midfield. But the squad and first XI isn't weak in some other areas.

If we do opt for 3 at the back a lot this season, perhaps the plan is for... - Bednarek to be sold - Salisu, Bella-Kotchap and Colwill as a back three - With Stephens and Lyanco as backups and Simeu out on loan

Why is picking up minor knocks in the summer fortunate? Minor knocks don't prevent players passing medicals.