Matthew Le God

How does that work? They are opposites of each other.

You failed to answer my question.. Can you name any example in football where a player has signed a 6 year contract extension (van Dijk & Ward-Prowse) or 5 year extension (Forster) in May and been sold the same summer? Saints with those three are in a position where they can refuse a transfer, like we did with Schneiderlin & Wanyama and kept them. You also fail to release just how much any player Koeman would want of ours would cost. It would be huge amounts, that would quickly eat up his "£100m" budget. Perhaps why the Liverpool Echo is linking you with players of the quality of Scott Dann for £15m+. Your condescending and patronising attitude is pathetic. People said we'd lose players when Pochettino went to Spurs two years ago, they haven't signed any of our players since. I'd guess Saints would have been keen to put in a clause in the agreement limiting Koeman from attempting from signing our players for a signicant period. Even if we didn't, any of the players he'd want would cost a huge amount or we'd outright refuse to sell.

Can you name any example in football where a player has signed a 6 year contract extension (van Dijk) or 5 year extension (Forster) in May and been sold the same summer? I can't and if there are its not many. Neither of them will be sold, Saints are able to hold them to the recent contract without fear of value dropping and given the length of time left on their contracts, 2022 & 2021 they are worth vast amounts. Virgil van Dijk is currently a better player than Stone (who still has some flaws to his game despite looking promising). If/when we sell van Dijk it will be for a huge fee, likewise Forster. The condescending attitude of some Everton fans is beyond belief!

BBC Solent Sport ‏@solentsport 9m9 minutes ago #saintsfc coaches Sammy Lee and Dave Watson to remain at St Mary's - both club appointments, not brought in by Koeman

To be replaced with £15m+ Scott Dann according to the Liverpool Echo. That £100m will be quickly used up if they sign players of that quality! The next Southampton manager will be better off with Virgil van Dijk & Jose Fonte and a more water tight defence as the last two seasons have shown!

Paul Tisdale's ear's perked up! Close... But no cigar...

It will work the other way as well if we decide to sign a manager currently at a club, that £5m will go far with a lot of currently employed managers.

He had to juggle his squad with the Europa League winning campaigns in all three of those seasons. They also had long runs in the Spanish cups.

The time to worry is not when other clubs want your players/managers, its when they don't want them. As that is a sign of a decline in quality.

He is completely out of touch with modern football, you only need to hear him commentate on ITV to realise that. The last time he managed was 10 years ago!

I'd like to know what has led Steve to think this... Steve Grant ‏@SteveGrant1983 23m23 minutes ago @danbsfc Unconvinced by de Boer. Emery for me, apparently interested. Going for 4 Europa League wins in a row...

What does that actually mean?

LEWIS COOMBES ‏@LEWIS_C 21s21 seconds ago Just spoken to #Koeman's agent. Denied publicly saying there's an offer from #EFC, but non-committal. "Very touchy situation." #saintsfc 1/2 LEWIS COOMBES ‏@LEWIS_C 51s52 seconds ago #Koeman's agent would only re-affirm there's an offer on table from #saintsfc. Wouldn't say anything else "His hands are tied." #efc

Are you not aware that the club has been owned by the Liebherr's and in those 7 seasons we've improved each time? Out of 92 English clubs... 09/10 51st 10/11 46th 11/12 22nd 12/13 14th 13/14 8th 14/15 7th 15/16 6th How is that lack of ambition? ffs We've gone from League One to 6th in the most high profile league in world sport!!!

I'm going to waste my 3rd and final post of the day on you. Rather than meaningless comments like that, why don't you explain what you think I've said that is wrong and why?

Barely enough to make any difference. JWP is clearly taller. The Saints OS says JWP is 5 foot 8 and Mane is 5 foot 9, which is clearly wrong as JWP is taller and they may not have updated JWP's height after a growth spurt. He now isn't the tiny weakling some Saints fans continue to make him out to be.

5 foot 8? If Ward-Prowse is 5 foot 8, how tall do you think Mane is? Ward-Prowse towers over him...

Really? He may be a central midfielder, but he isn't remotely like a direct replacement for what we'd miss without Wanyama. Mason is 5 foot 9 and would be a big downgrade in quality. If/when Wanyama goes I think the club will be looking for a similar style of player as a physical presence in central midfielder, Mason isn't close to being that at all. The club already has Clasie, S.Davis, JWP & Reed as smaller central midfielder, I don't see what benefit Mason would bring to the squad. I've never been particularly impressed by him.

I don't see how he'd fit into the squad, he'd be on big wages and would want to be a regular in our side... Left back - he'd behind Bertrand in the pecking order and we have Targett who is back-up Centre back - he'd be behind van Dijk and Fonte in pecking order Defensive midfield - If Wanyama goes I think the club will look for a similar style of a physical presence in that position, which Blind wouldn't be

That is not true, Vitesse Arnhem have a partnership deal with Chelsea. 2015/16 - 5 Chelsea players on loan 2014/15 - 3 Chelsea players on loan 2013/14 - 5 Chelsea players on loan Saints could possibly look at a Chelsea/Vitesse style partnership with clubs like Groningan or AZ. If you enter a partnership with another club you reduce or completely remove the need for paying loan fees and/or % of wages.

Because a football club that has been a mess for a long time (and still is) isn't a good environment for Saints youngsters to develop. As Les Reed points out; he is looking for a stable club that plays good football, has good training & Saints can monitor things. Blackpool are a complete shambles, with a toxic atmosphere around the club and it would be a terrible place to send young players.

Why on earth does he need to go to the Championship? He is 21 and has already played over 100 games for a team that is now an established top half side of the Premier League. Going to the Championship now would be a regression, not an aid to development. In order to be a top 6 side like we are we need a squad of quality players, Ward-Prowse won't start many games, but is still very useful at Premier League level despite what many Saints fans think and only 5 Saints players (van Dijk, S.Davis, Mane, Tadic & Fonte) featured in more games than JWP this season. If he left who fills the gametime he would be used for next season in the first team? Its central midfielders like Harrison Reed that need a loan, not JWP who has proven his worth in the Premier League. Just because he isn't a first choice starter, that doesn't mean he isn't of good quality in this league, Pochettino and Koeman seem to agree.

Southampton are hardly unique in England of being close to the sea. It is a small island and a high % of clubs have coastline relatively near them.

Saints were 40/1 to sign him on Skybet.com for a long time, they've now removed the market.