Matthew Le God

He said in the Daily Echo interview this week the intention is to spend "hundreds of millions" on "changes on the capacity of the stadium and facilities around". https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/25246799.dragan-solak-interview-southampton-owner-opens-sale-rumours/

Yep, it won't just be the stadium expansion for hundreds of millions. It is part of a bigger plan for the surrounding area.

Yes, "hundreds of millions" on "changes on the capacity of the stadium and facilities around" are quotes from the Echo article.

The purpose of it is as Solak states to increase revenues so the club aren't as reliant on things like TV money. It isn't one or the other, it is a case of infrastructure helping the other things by raising our income. Especially as incoming financial rules limit spending on transfers and wage to a % of income. Plus infrastructure spending is exempt from the spending rules, so the "hundreds of millions" he talks about doesn't impact megatively on the ability to spend on transfers and wages.

https://www.skysports.com/football/live-blog/11688/13163353/efl-transfer-news-rumours-and-gossip-for-championship-league-one-and-league-two?postid=9761071#liveblog-body

Bit extreme to nail the hard hat on!

Someone you quoted, so I then saw still isn't able to grasp "soon" meant given the apparent conditions at the time. Things then changed and we became aware Gao didn't have a pot to piss in. Still recycling the debunked nonsense I see!

They are both 20 years old. Damion Downs is older than Evan Ferguson by a few months.

Yep, key difference is Solak has money and Cortese thought he did.

Nicola Cortese commissioned AFL architects to come up with designs long before those Leicester plans came out.

When has a Southampton owner ever said the intention is to spend hundreds of millions on the stadium and facilities before this week?

When was the last time the Southampton owner stated the intention to spend hundreds of millions on capacity and facilities upgrades at the stadium?

Dragan Solak confirms they are looking to invest "hundreds of millions" on "changes on the capacity of the stadium and facilities around". 😇 The architect renders will be interesting to see.

Dragan Solak confirming in interview this week they are looking to invest "hundreds of millions" on "changes on the capacity of the stadium and facilities around".

We only have a tiny sample of 1 player that the new recruitment team can be judged on.

Not that we didn't know already, as Saints even in the Championship have a significantly larger income and fanbase than the other Sport Republic clubs, but Dragan Solak states in the BBC Radio Solent interview Saints are the "main club" in the Sport Republic group. Even if one of the others made the Champions League Saints as a Premier League team would have a bigger income. He also states the intention to spend hundreds of millions on the development surrounding St Mary's & stadium capacity increase.

The whole Sport Republuc project falls apart without a keystone club. So little incentive to sell Saints at a point when their value is lower than they've spent on it.

Would you prefer radio silence from the owner?

The retained list is on the Premier League website... https://share.google/it2dEq3LhPdNmjooG And so is the released list... https://share.google/vO7QGqr0O5e7sEfZy

Not giving individual wages. Just ballpark numbers for certain roles at different levels of the game. That doesn't break GDPR.

It is very tricky to work out! I use a range of things... - media reports - club accounts to see total wage bill and work back from that - Sports Interactive has a lot of football industry contacts who can help with ballpark figures in the online database guidlines that researchers use - Some researchers work for clubs which helps Lots of guesswork! Many will be incorrect, but hopefully not by too much.

The official Premier League site does not list player wages.

Those websites haven't got a clue. They pluck numbers out of mid air. I've even seen some take their numbers from FM, and I'm the one making those up!