Matthew Le God

If you are basing that on him going to Norwich then that is flawed as they are a newly promoted team. If the story is true, do you rule out the possibility that Norwich can offer more gametime than us? Saints may view him as a backup fullback to Walker-Peters and another left back.

The summer of 2014 was pretty good for incomings!

Bond

Money guaranteed at a later date for Gunn can still be structured into any buys Saints make this summer.

Birmingham City couldn't afford him

We did, without Bertrand and with Vestergaard, Stephens and Bednarek it was 3 at the back in possession with wingbacks and 4222 out of possession.

Retired and 73 years old, he is hardly going to have the time or energy to turn things round.

That didn't answer the question.

Why is he so far to the top right on that chart? Who he plays for is irrelevant as an answer to that question.

We only did that due to Bertrand being unavailable. Plus it was still 4222 when out of possession.

And? The other players on that chart managed fewer tackles and interceptions despite playing with better teams.

He was consistent and committed last season...

Nothing inherently wrong with a swastika, it was used for thousands of years all over the world by many civilizations and countries before the Nazi party used it for 25 years.

He is 73 years old.

He joined Saints when he was 14 or 15 years old from Thatcham Town, no real fanfare at the time.

I very much doubt it, the 4 years left on his contract puts the club in a very strong negotiating position.

Are you kidding? Villa have been buying Championship players for £33m. Ward-Prowse is a very experienced Premier League player, club captain, England International with 4 years left on his contract. He is worth £50m+ to us.

Alexander-Arnold's replacement hasn't been named yet. Southgate might view Ward-Prowse as the replacement, so makes sense to play him and use him for set pieces today.

Why would other clubs let this rumour influence their decision? If it was widely known agents did this, then the method would have no credibility with clubs as they'd be aware what the purpose was.

Villa have been paying £33m+ for Championshhip players, so any fee for our 26 year old Premier League captain with 4 years left on his contract will be huge.

Turkish yet again showing he doesn't understand burden of proof. You made a claim, you were asked to justify the claim and instead asked for evidence of the opposite. That isn't how evidence works!

How is this relevant? The academy system in England did not start until circa 1998, so Le Tissier was not in one.

I didn't spin it. Read my post in the context of what it was replying to! captainchris said... That is what my post was a response to. You keep taking my replies out of context.

Bournemouth to Brighton is a 200 mile, 5 hour commute each day!