Matthew Le God

It looks like he is merely rehashing what Alan Nixon claimed and reporting what was in the English papers said. So it is not another source for the rumour, it is essentially the Nixon rumour retold in French.

Probably because Aston Villa already spent circa £100m on attacking midfielders, Emi Buendía, Leon Bailey and Philippe Coutinho. That doesn't mean Gerrard wouldn't have liked Aribo, just they probably feel they've spent enough already.

6:30pm instead...

My guess... new number 7 at 7pm

Adam Blackmore

I did not say that was the reason I knew he was a Villa fan. Him saying on the radio he is a Villa fan on numerous occasions was my big clue.

He supports Aston Villa. He even has a Brummie twang to his accent.

I very much doubt it. That salary for Broja was signed with him in the Chelsea youth teams, where as Bazuna, Lavia and Bella-Kotchap have been signed by Saints to be 1st team players and their wages will likely reflect that and be significantly higher.

Saints under 21s vs Frome Town today...

The club clearly tell him things in advance. Has happened on numerous occasions.

You need to pay Steve's £5 tax to get rid of them. 😇

The £113m is for the entire companies wage bill, player salaries take up the vast majority of it though.

No, not even close. Some Saints fans underestimate just how much Saints are paying players. Saints have an annual wage bill of £113m, that isn't from paying mid range players £20k p/w.

Thierry Small is still only 17 years old, to say he hasn't 'stepped up' is pretty harsh! 😁

The Chelsea FM researcher who runs @chelseayouth twitter account with 240,000 followers (one of which is Broja himself) believes Broja is on £7.5k p/w

Eight of the ten are products of the club’s Academy, with the two others Boot and Charles have joined from AFC Bournemouth and QPR.

I should indeed know that, having created him on FM 😁 Mistake due to me thinking about him being linked to Newcastle recently and mixing him with Dibling's cohort.

Saints haven't signed any players from other academies who block Dibling's pathway as an attacking midfielder. If he is going to Newcastle it is due to money, not blocked pathways.

No Tyler Dibling 😞

a) The season between Spring and Autumn. In the Northern Hemisphere from the Summer solstice to the Autumnal equinox. b) That makes no sense. What exactly are you talking about?