Matthew Le God

What about the journalists that have said they is no release clause?

Who did they sign that was better than Wanyama & van Dijk?

Not a problem, because for that to happen he'd have to play exceptionally well for Saints... so Saints would benefit.

Slaughter

Would you like a back massage? That isn't really relevant, as him moving to Wolves (regardless of being contracted to Sporting Lisbon or not) shows players can sign for a new club whilst at the World Cup.

Hey Boss! This doesn't really hold water when other players have been transferred whilst at the World Cup. For example... Rui Patricio to Wolves on 18th June

His dad wore such short shorts it is amazing Angus was conceived!

Southampton PL 2017/18... defensive record... 11th best offensive record... 7th worst

Redknapp

He is more of an attacking midfielder than any of them, so would be used in a different role.

A song that has the lyric "his hair is fine", is not a good song.

On 18th August 2017 he signed a new 2 year contract, why would a player with a recently signed 2 year contract not be played due to his contract situation for the rest of the 2017/18 season?

His contract expires on 30th June 2019. Would that impact on his playing time in 2017/18? Perhaps it might if he was still at Celtic in the 2018/19 season, but at the start of last season he had 2 years left on his contract. Injuries more likely to be the cause of his limited game time last season.

Mawson is only 1 inch taller than Gibson, that is hardly a huge gap in height. What makes you think Gibson is not a leader or vocal? He is Middlesbrough's captain and knows how to point...

He reportedly has has a min fee release clause, Stoke can not raise his price if that is true. Any club that makes a bid at the level of the release clause automatically has the bid accepted. There is no need what so ever to bid higher.

Keeper

Basement

Player swap deals do happen, but are very rare and represent an extremely tiny % of all transfers completed. They are more commonly seen in media rumours than concluded transfers.

I don't see why them leaving would require a replacement, last season they were not in the first team squad so don't need to be replaced.

That has already happened earlier in the thread.

Is that a hint Shaqiri is possibly on his way to Saints?

Yes, on day one... https://southamptonfc.com/2017/08/14/katharina-liebherr-letter-to-southampton-football-club-fans

He asked a question how many of the other PL teams have not signed a player and I answered his question with a list of those teams. So how is it not the point?

PL teams without a 1st team signing so far this summer, 10 days before pre-season training starts... Burnley Everton Chelsea Spurs Fulham Bournemouth Saints So 7 teams (eight if you include Newcastle who have only signed players they had on loan last season). Some others only have 1 or 2 new players.

He signed a new 5 year contract on 17th May 2018. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44160537