Saint_Tony

He's only saying these things so he can leave on decent terms, as opposed to the like of Lallana and Lovren who have both acted disgracefully. Don't expect him back in training, he's gone

All I will say is prepare to be very disappointed

Have been told Arsenal have offered only £15 million, so don't expect him to go for any more than £20

Have heard from my source at Spurs that Arsenal are in pole position to sign him and that the deal should be wrapped up within the next couple of weeks. Although he admires MP, he is desperate to play for Wenger and play in the Champions League

We may well have said we want £25m, but what are the odds he leaves for less than that? Long odds on I would say

Yes, it's all well and good saying we will only accept x amount for a player, but we all know Les Reed will eventually bow down to the mighty Liverpool, followed by an explanation that we got a good fee and will invest it in the squad. But fear not! The stripes are back so everything is good right now at SFC

So sky sports reporting we're in negotiations with Liverpool. This is beyond a joke now, we might as well take the squad up to Liverpool and let them have whoever they like. At least that might speed things up so we can focus on bringing players in.It's absolutely sickening, we're the biggest joke in football right now

Of course. I think we'd have to be happy with a midtable finish, even the current players will have to adapt to his playing style. No doubt there will be endless numbers calling for his head if we don't finish at least 8th

In a way it is a good project for him. Once we've cleared out everyone, hopefully he can he given the funds to build his own team. There's plenty of scope for change, we just have to hope we can start attracting the right sort of players, and that Koeman is here with a long term vision

We can't keep letting players take the ****. We're turning into a joke, we might as well get relegated, there is no point whatsover in us bothering with trying to achieve anything in the PL when this sort of thing is happening. The club HAS to make a stand. Les Reed has to show some ******** and lay down the law. He has said players won't leave but is still being forced into it.

It's all a bit embarassing, that page makes things worse. At least Rickie wrote an honest letter about leaving. Lallana couldn't, simply because he lacks any decency, and because the truth is that he doesn't actually give a **** and has wanted out for a long time. He deserves any abuse he gets, he has made mugs out of both the club and fans.

Would love to see is beat them at Anfield with those 2 watching from the bench. The five year plan is finished, we're starting a new chapter under RoKo. **** Lallana, Shaw and Lambert, let's get some new players in who want to be here.

Is that it on the OS? They obviously aren't happy with the way he has conducted himself and rightly so. His comments and attitude have been disgraceful.It seems that our players getting international recognition has been the worst thing to happen to us. Too many players' heads turned by Stevie G and the other bell ends in the squad.

There's plenty of good players in the Championship, I don't see it as lowering expectations.Don't get the obsession with having to buy players just from the top leagues

I don't know what people expect, prolific striker's at this level are hard to come by. Looking at the top scorers from last season, the only players in double figures from clubs below us are, unsurprisingly, Bony, Benteke and Remy. All top players, but all around the £20 million mark you would think. Unless of course we go for the next few on the list and get Kevin Nolan and Crouch in. Would much rather go for Ings, very much get the feeling his injury set him back a lot, his potential is huge

This is the sort of player we should be going for. Looked very impressive in the Championship last season, and I have no doubt he can make the step up. Plus he might actually be proud to wear the Southampton shirt. (And if he turns out to be a success I'm sure Les Reed will be more than happy to sort him a move to a top 6 club)

Morgan leaving would absolutely destroy this team, a lot more so than the other ****s who have already left.Who's going to be next then on the transfer rumour wantaways? Wanyama? Clyne? It's all ok because we'll have £100 million to spend on replacements like 2nd rate Italian strikers who have only been prolific in the Eredivisie. We are already becoming this season's joke team, and it's getting embarassing. Just hope Reed is capable of bringing in some decent replacements, not so sure though

At least 6 players from Krul, Shawcross, Caulker,Ricardo Rodriguez, Ings, Bony, Redmond,Griezmann

**** him, we knew he was off anyway. In a weird sort of way, I'm quite excited about next season, just for the fact that we might be lining up against Liverpool with 4/5 new players that aren't with us yet. There's been a lot of names mentioned, but have a feeling we might get some new faces in who haven't been on people's radar. I genuinely believe Reed and others will have been working just as hard on bringing in players as they have been on negotiating player exits. Ultimately, I'd much rather keep Lovren and Schneiderlin over Lallana and Shaw. Obviously no guarantees but there's going to be a lot of activity over the next 2 months

A good fee, but isn't the academy just a bit pointless when anyone who's good enough to play at a higher level leaves after a season? It's essentially just a high quality production line for the elite clubs. It really is nothing to boast about or be proud of. The day we can keep some our our own products and use them to our advantage (eg. Champions League qualification) then maybe we can shout about it

Pretty much this. Never really took to him. Sure he's a good coach but he it became obvious very quickly that he didn't ever really care about the club, just his own career and ambition. He was overrated as a coach. As Nige used to say, draw a blue line under it and move on. I'm sure we will

Yes, it's all very speculative at the moment. If we got 2 quality strikers like them, Caulker/Shawcross and replacements for Lallana and Shaw then its possible, bit optimistic though

Would be happy enough to spend £30-35 million on those 2, then use the Lallana and Shaw funds to bring in another 3 or 4 players

We're all going to moan either way, but I'm happy enough with the statement. They've given understandable reasons for letting Rickie go, and seems that they are taking a tougher stance on other players which is good to hear. Think it's vital we get a new manager in by the end of the week, and show that all of our ambition hasn't died just yet

Too think you were telling others about being ott just a few weeks ago with their reactions. Sadly the nightmare some of us feared is slowly coming true