Matthew Le God

The Mane fee was one rising to £38m, which at the time was alot. Had he been sold a year or two later it would have been alot more as player values increased rapidly from that point.

Two horse race

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We probably aren't going to sell them when they are the finished article. van Dijk wasn't the finished article when we sold him for a world record £75m. Potential still warrants a big price.

Livramento, Salisu and Walker-Peters would all fetch huge fees in addition to Ward-Prowse.

How about we judge an owner on their own merits rather than making sweeping generalisations based on nationality?

In terms of revenue we are, which is partly what such investors would be looking at. There are thousands of professional European clubs and from 2013 to 2019 Saints were in the top 25 highest turnover clubs in the whole of Europe according to Deloitte. At one point we had the 18th highest income of all European clubs. We've dropped off a bit in the last 2 years, but are still high enough to count as a major club in terms of income.

The origin of the article... https://news.sky.com/story/football-finance-veteran-harris-eyes-club-takeover-through-us-spac-deal-12463847

Yes, can you answer it?

Because you've realised it doesn't stand up under a simple question of 'can you explain that please'?

Nope, I'm stuck. Can you explain please.

How would an agent benefit from doing that?

Yoshida recorded among the highest speeds of any Premier League player when at Saints.

Palace are only 1 point above Saints, so if they are doing very well then so are Saints.

Matthew Crocker is effectively Saints Director of Football.

The time frame is not mention in the article beyond it being this summer. It wasn't only Saints linked to him.

The article does not name the club. It may not have been Saints.

Doesn't appear to be any others. At least not in the public domain.

No, more comparable to Gareth Bale switching position as they both have the skillset and Stephens is far more limited.

I knew you would say that!

I worded it as an opinion. You don't have to flag an opinion with... 'in my opinion'. I said it... so it is my opinion.

I'm puzzled why you think there were 12,000 empty seats rather than 2,000! 🤔

Because I'm a time traveller. Or because it is an opinion having watched both teams play.