Saint Charlie

He won't sit on the bench.

Swansea signing Andre Ayew on a free tomorrow which is a very tidy signing.

Nainggolan was the one that Alex Crook wrote in the Star one day that we had bid £15m for him then very next day tweeted news that we hadn't.

Bit of a blow that it was Edwards' last Champ game for a while, we wouldn't have won without him.

Brassell said he isn't on the same level as Clyne at the moment but is a good player with high potential.

Tidy profit too assuming we sell Clyne for 12m or so. Would then need a RB backup too but imagine we might look for a young, less established player for that.

Hard to believe a very good full back would leave Sporting to be a backup. Looks a good player. Was linked with Barca quite recently.

Some decent opposition, no point bothering with League One oppo over here really. Tight run of games around the Europa League stuff though so will be chances for a few younger players to proove their worth.

Went to the last hour after work as live round the corner and Edwards was rapid and very threatening. Get him bowling like that for more days and he will get lots of wickets. Absolutely have to win from this position and hopefully a good confidence boost for the players.

He would probably do a good job there like he largely did at Saints. He doesn't have to be well liked if he gets results, and he did for us.

Remy would be class, but hard to see us, Swansea or Palace paying anyone 80k a week! Hard to turn down Chelsea I guess but hasn't worked out great for him and he will never be a first choice there.

He always does. Even when I said I would wish Schneiderlin well should he move to a top CL team he came out with all the insults etc and then everyone else pointed out that there was nothing wrong with what I said. If you actually read most of my recent posts there is nothing wrong with them. People play the poster not the post.

Five of your last six posts have been about me, so I get the message. Just put me on ignore if my harmless opinions that Spurs spend more than Saints cause you pain.

We have been linked with him on and off for about two years as he was a previous player for Pochettino at Espanyol.

Spurs in for Anthony Martial (young highly rated Monaco striker) for €25m. Different league to us spending wise. Will never have a better chance to finish above them than last season IMO.

Bit like an English Shane Long I think.

Average I would say to be honest. Neither bad nor good.

Wilshere so much better than Henderson and Milner.

For £2-3m he is a good squad option. Can play on both sides and with a good pre season he would do a job. Worth remembering he came into the side when Pelle was out of form and the whole team were struggling slightly.

No.

More on Almeida: http://o-posts.com/news/tag/andre-almeida-benfica/ We could certainly use someone who can cover those positions.

Sounds like a Pelle style targetman. Played well enough to get called up by Italy this season and the Sampdoria Manager said he this year that he had wasted his career til this point but had the potential to be one of the best strikers in Italy. Seems like an odd ish one, but if we did get him then surely wouldnt be in for more strikers, ie Austin as this guy, like Pelle is a no 9. Unless Pelle or Long may leave...

http://desporto.sapo.pt/futebol/primeira_liga/artigo/2015/06/05/andre-almeida-pode-render-10-milhoes-ao-benfica

Also sounds like the Clyne scenario will rumble on. We ideally need a cover RB anyway in addition to a first choice but doubt we will go for anyone until we know the deal with Clyne.

Stefano Okaka being strongly linked in Italian press. Sampdoria Chairman in England this weekend to hold talks about Okaka and Eder and Saints believed to be the team closest to getting the former and maybe West Ham or Sunderland the latter.