Saint Charlie

I understand why you want to go, just have some respect for the club during the process and understand ultimately it is our decision if and when something happens. Remember that without the Club you wouldnt be in this position now. Do this and Lallana certainly will be welcomed back as a fans favourite and an influential figure in our playing history.

Tidy summary.

If Utd are paying up to 40m Euros for Herrera (uncapped by Spain) then I don't see why our valuation of Shaw is ridiculous at all given his age, current and potential ability, nationality and our lack of intention to sell.

He might be ITK about some clothing but has had more shockers than successes with his ITK info in the last few months!

Deschamps saying that although he plays for a less high profile club and is not as well known he did a good job. Im sure MS will have been encouraged to join a bigger club after this experience.

http://gianlucadimarzio.com/en/calciomercato/shaqiri-is-close-to-joining-liverpool-the-latest/ Will this have an impact? Surely they don't need Sterling, Coutinho, Shaqiri and Lallana?

Everton's kit is very classy IMO.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/southampton-promise-70m-transfer-kitty-3765551 Our pal the Crook has been reading Twitter again. What a consumate professional this guy is. Actually beggars belief.

Seen it in the same way you saw Yoshida at Staplewood then he was pictured training with Japan in Tokyo on the same day? Or actually really seen it?

Looks a natural at this level, hardly surprising because he is class and would start for England and many other nations.

He said it, not me!

Jay Rodriguez says he's hitting his recovery targets & Pochettino is the best manager he's worked with. All on #SSN tomorarow am @JayRodriguez9

Diego Poyet is on the move and fits our profile.

Also linked with 20 year old Dundee Utd left back Andy Robertson. I know its only the SPL but he looks to be a player of huge potential. http://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/sport/dundee-united/southampton-weigh-up-bid-for-dundee-united-star-andrew-robertson-1.436552

Lallana just not getting in the kind of positions he does for us (other players there) and as a result isnt a threat.

Italian Journo: Good player, great fighter, can score in different ways, also from outside of the box. Not top-tier talent, probably 12-15 goals. I would say he is worth 7-8m, 10m a bit high. I think he can adapt, very physical Di Marzio links usually pretty reliable, he was the first to report all the Osvaldo and Ramirez movements so wouldnt write off as agent talk.

Anyway, a proper story: Saints in for Paulinho from Livorno according to the very well connected Di Marzio: http://gianlucadimarzio.com/en/calciomercato/southampton-pursues-livornos-paulinho-the-situation/

Ha. I didn't mean anything by that, been happy with our recruitment last 3 years or so. But its going to be tough IF we need 7 or so players because it always is, especially if you arent a top side that can nearly always get their first choices.

Will Jay Rod be able to get in the team ahead of Robben when he returns from injury?

True. Clearly if we sell then we will end up spending a fair bit, but mostly to replace the quality we have let go. To successfully do that and then address the weak areas we had last season will be very, very difficult. But hopefully we give it a good try.

Behave! No way that would have been what we were planning to spend! Its double what NC spent in the last summer.

If we spend over 100m this summer I will buy you a Saints pencil case. Won't happen. Also Reed has never said the cash would be reinvested in addition to existing budget, and he never said over which timeframe the reinvestment would happen. Anyone who thinks we will spend over 100m in two months is mad. What a two fingers to the whole Academy thing it would be if we just bought 10 * 10m players. IMO of course.

70 plus 90. Quite clearly if we are going to spend approx 70m or 90m that already has player sales factored in. If we were not anticipating sales we would be spending less. Quite simple surely?

You will see when we fail to spend 160m FFS.

They obviously wouldnt spend nothing, but they wouldn't spend £70m either. Probably about half that like previous years. Im sure Reed didnt mean literally every penny would tally up and Im sure Sky Girl has probably plucked the figure out the air. Makes sense if you rake a load of cash in to also pay off existing fees or part of the TG money. Pretty clear its not the case that we budgeted 70m then will chuck another 90m on top if raised.