Matthew Le God

Yep...

He'd be right! He is far above the level of the rest of our squad, bar Fernandes.

I wouldn't take accounts that call themselves "the home of reliable rumours" with only 166 followers seriously. We need to be selling centre backs, not buying more.

Are you under contract with her until 2029?

I did not say they would or should say no. But given he is under contract until 2029, if no bid is deemed high enough... then they could.

He doesn't have a choice on that one if the club say no.

Not if Newcastle activate the option to buy.

Not probably, definitely. The article is a suggestion, not a rumour.

No it isn't. Clubs use it to play close(ish) to a starting XI for their first league game.

That link is not a link to Saints or a transfer rumour. It is a rehash of an Echo article (that it links to) that makes suggestions about what RC Lens players Saints could sign. So it is not a link saying Saints are interested in him, it is suggesting him as a transfer.

Won't be that high if he had a 40% relegation reduction like other Saints players

Wouldn't that kill the club rather than save it?

The first two wouldn't be near our first team last season even though we were appalling. They are currently at the level of 3rd and 4th tier loans. We have other youngsters performing at a higher level than both of them.

Using what mechanism could they do that?

Perhaps they tried, but no-one was willing to pay this summer.

Step in and do what?

£4m loan fee

7 more games on TV

He isn't 'new', he has been at the club for 9+ years!

If he ends up as good in goal as his dad was at Rugby, we'll have a star in our hands. Hopefully, he avoids his dad's injury record...

Why does that mean we can't be concerned about money going into Russia? Plus in any case, Gao didn't put a penny into Saints so it wasn't dirty money if there was no money transferred.

It isn't Solak's bank account that the money will be going from. To buy a player, it goes from Saints' bank account to the selling club.