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At least will then get nearly 14m in transfer fee + the original £1.5 -

But if Southampton have a contract saying we have an option to buy at last years value, why should we pay more if we have exercised our option to buy. With millions of pounds involved, lawyers are bound to be all over it at every stage. It may well be that the players registration automatically passed to Southampton if AM failed to buy out the buy back clause. Only problem Saints do not have a contract with TA.

If that was true, Liverpool would simply negotiate the transfer fee down!

The £12.5m doesn't seem to compare well with the £11m being bandied about as the fee to Toby. If it works out we get £12.5m for Clyne and get Toby for £11m, that would be good business in my book.

Well at least that would mean Jrod had recovered and had a good season -

Surely Athletico have already bought out Saints option to buy, so now it's a level playing field. Apart from what some are saying that Southampton will get a percentage of any transfer fee, regardless of who the buyer is including Saints.

I really don't get the idea that rebuilding St Mary's one side at a time, would cost more than developing a brand new stadium on a green field site. A recent example of a fairly new stadium is the Amex. I think the Amex cost around £100m to build, and that stadium is smaller than SMS......

I don't think it makes any difference who the bid comes from (including Southampton). If that story about the percentage is true, it just means a percentage comes back to Southampton............

I'll get my coat........

Seeing as Wham are playing Lusitania, I wonder if this means they will sink without trace this season?

I'm sure Dexy's Midnight runners did a song about that................

Irene now plays for AFC Bournemouth.............

I remember worrying after the semi final draw we might have to play poopey in the final that year!

It must really put doubt in the mind of players like Schneiderlin and Clyne if players like Bertrand and Toby want to stay at Southampton. They know they could be pipped at the post for Champions League football at Liverpool and Spurs by Saints......

I think Milner is an improvement (sadly) Gerrard. Also never got the hype as regards Sterling......

Don't think Monday 28 Dec is Boxing Day!

Why don't Bournemouth drop that ridiculous AFC bit!?

Headlines in the Evening Standard that Chelsea want him for £15m.....

Trouble is, Southampton will probably never ever get to see the whole £16m. The £16m was based on add ons, though I suppose some of that must have related to his full England cap.

But no sign of Morgan Schneiderlin in that list!

So are they going to cost their council taxpayers £3.5m in sponsorship money. Council taxpayers who already been ripped off millions of pounds over the last several years.

The fact is a club the size/stature of Arsenal have never won it, and never will.

I still don't get the 7m figure quoted in the original loan agreement to make the deal permanent. Why bother quoting it at all if we were likely to have to pay more if he had a good season at Southampton.

Delia's Norwich City are second bottom of the Championship. She won't be to pleased at that. -

In case we go down next season. -