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Gao to pick manager Southampton owner Gao Jisheng will take personal charge of appointing the club’s next manager if they sack Mark Hughes. The Chinese businessman has not been impressed with the two managers he has worked with since buying the club last year, Hughes and Mauricio Pellegrino, which led to the decision to dismiss Les Reed, the vice-chairman, and Martin Hunter, the technical director, this week. Gao’s daughter, Nelly, is on the Southampton board and the pair will work closely together to plan their next managerial move rather than relying on the club’s staff.

While I get your point, imagine where we would be right now without him!

https://www.brentfordfc.com/news/2018/november/mark-devlin-to-leave-brentford-fc/ Interesting...

When has his crossing been delightful?

Yep.

McCarthy better get to work on his distribution then...

Sign Sisto.

Leicester apparently going to bid €30m for Hakim Ziyech...

I assume we'll step up our interest in Amadou Haidara if Lemina does end up going... http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11700/11410789/southampton-consider-move-for-amadou-haidara

I haven’t seen Lemina in the photos/videos yet...

Not for me. If we sign someone I want it to be a guaranteed starter who is better than what we already have. I don’t think Abraham is.

I assume he did next day delivery, whereas I did standard.

Who would we be losing? Lemina?

From Adam Blackmore on Twitter... Here’s a #saintsfc transfer poem I’ve spent hours constructing: There was a boy called Ings In Southampton there were whisper-Ings But that’s all they were Happy Monday.

Aboubakar would be a great end to a brilliant summer.

From BBC reporter Simon Stone on Twitter... “Angus Gunn close to joining @SouthamptonFC from Man City. Would be permanent deal. Other clubs interested but Saints head the queue. Very highly-rated keeper.” Bye-bye Forster? Would be surprised if Gunn would be happy to be back-up to McCarthy given his potential.

Why would we need him when we have the best midfield options in the Premier League?

Correct! I meant Haidara

Supposedly in for Amadou Diawara from Red Bull Salzburg. Would be a brilliant signing so I don’t expect it to happen.

Hope Leicester get him and then we get James Maddison. Kid is class.

Joe Hart... https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/wolves-southampton-set-hand-joe-12558888

If we sell him to Everton or West Ham we may as well all pack up and go home.

Pep on Sunday... “On Sunday we want to finish by trying to win the game. With all respect to Swansea, it’s almost impossible that Southampton don’t stay in the Premier League where they deserve to be."

I'd like to thank West Brom for a crucial six points this season.

I said short-term. He's exactly the type of leader/dominant centre-back with plenty of Championship experience that we would need alongside Stephens or Bednarek if we went down, in order to help us come straight back up. I think some people forget we got promoted with Jos Hooiveld, Danny Butterfield, Frazer Richardson and Danny Fox as regulars in our back four last time we were there. Who do you think we'd get if we get relegated, then?