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......
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.
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.
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.