Matthew Le God

What makes you think the remaining budget is £30m? Damiao will cost circa £20m and Pochettino has said he wants 2 or 3 more players. Wanyama will cost £12m so that takes it over £30m before you even start thinking about who the 3rd player might be.

You can watch the 24 minute press conference here... http://www.player.saintsfc.co.uk/latest-news/article/3228560/date/20130704180600/page/0/name/Pochettino's-First-Pre-Season-Press-Conference Care to take back the insult now?

Pochettino did not say Yoshida was "out of favour" during that press conference.

Scotland to England isn't "overseas".

I doubt we'll change the main formation from the 4-2-3-1 system used last season.

Mr Wrong! Rodriguez isn't exactly lightweight either...

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He's not good on crosses.

Why do you disregard Brazil's performance in the Confederations Cup? Is that not the most up to date measure of them on the World stage in competitive matches against strong opposition?

Don't you mean the Confederations Cup rather than the Copa America? The last Copa America was in 2011.

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I think it does (as well as you can answer such a question). Plus it wasn't the best question as Dig Dig points out... Exactly!

At 23 years old he has 16 senior caps for Brazil and has played numerous games in the South American equivalent of the Champions League. This transfer if it happens would be talked about throughout world football, that didn't happen for Rodriguez or Lambert.

That article is lifted from the press conference yesterday, where Pochettino confirmed Saints interest in all three players.

See Turkish, we can get along!

In any case at €10m it is still a significant signing and I was responding to this question...

Are you 100% sure that says the €2m is included within the €10m and not on top of it? I don't know as only have poor website translations to rely on.

The Lyon website said this... "L’Olympique Lyonnais informe du transfert de l’international croate Dejan Lovren au club anglais de Southampton pour un montant de 10 M€ dont un maximum de 2 M€ d’incentives, réalisant ainsi une plus-value significative sur le deuxième semestre 2012/2013." My French isn't any good, but isn't that €10m plus €2m of extras probably depending on appearances etc? So upto €12m in total potentially.

Dejan Lovren for €12m?

They signed Nicolas Anelka this evening. Yes, he is 34, a free transfer and on the decline, but I bet he is still on a very big wage.

Press conference of just over 24 minutes is now on Saints Player... http://www.player.saintsfc.co.uk/latest-news/article/3228560/date/20130704180600/page/0/name/Pochettino's-First-Pre-Season-Press-Conference As is a roughly 6 minute interview with BBC Solent... http://www.player.saintsfc.co.uk/latest-news/article/3228525/date/20130704172900/page/0/name/Manager:-Our-Preparations-Have-Gone-Really-Well

Stephens is being used as a centre back, Chambers a right back for club and country.

What about them? Some years they have black, others no black at all.

A lot of Leeds fans in 1960 probably didn't want to move to an all white kit. You have to get over that initial hurdle of it being a new idea and not tradtional and stick with it for it to then become "traditional". I'm sure you consider Leeds traditional kit to be all white don't you? But if they didn't take that first step of a change in 1960 then you wouldn't.