Saint NL

Watching the Brighton game, Steele looks decent. I know we were linked, I think he would have been a good addition.

That might be worth doing slowly and thoroughly

Eat more pineapple.

I thought all the Ramsdale rumours the last couple of days have been a smokescreen for the Bijlow deal. But maybe Ramsdale is the real target and Bijlow was the fake news to hurry up Arsenal

Alternatively, he'll play an absolute blinder. People will say that we don't need a new keeper. The window will close, and then he returns to his normal form

Happy they did Matt Gill an extra time as I was struggling with that one.

He was apparently sacked for sending unsolicited messages to women he worked with.

This one, I presume https://x.com/NOT_MOTD/status/1826638108471033968?t=ngvm05apRqbSd4iTC2DqLw&s=19 I can't embed tweets for some reason

If it was in any way beneficial, Todd Boehly would already be doing it

According to the Reddit thread, we are receiving €18m euros and Victor Hugo in exchange for Charlie. Wolves valued Hugo at £20m, plus the ~£15m cash means the total value of Alcaraz is around £35m. After getting £10m for Mara, it seems someone at the club is negotiating better deals on sales.

Instantly sacked and dropped by his agent. He must have done something pretty bad. Oh well, a spot is open on MOTD so step forward Mr Le Tissier...

So we're loaning Ramsdale, assuming we're buying Bijlow to send him for a seasons loan to Goztepe?

Buy him? What do you mean? The deal is that he is part exchanged for Charlie, then loaned out to Goztepe. So saints already "own" him.

Southampton boss Russell Martin added on Sunderland winger Jack Clarke, who Saints have been linked with: "He is a player who has played very well in the Championship over the past few seasons. "We are linked with a number of players and some are miles away, some I’ve never even heard of, others have been one chat or a few videos. "That position is not one we are light on numbers in at the moment; Ben Brereton Diaz plays there, we have other guys who can operate there, so it is not high on the priority list right now. "He is a very talented player, his agent is a good friend of mine, they would know if we are in that race right now and we are not." He was first asked about how busy the club expects to be in final days of transfer window: "I said that last time, we have a full squad at the moment. We played 11 v 11 yesterday morning and today. "We have had a couple of guys who have been in and out and they are not young guys, they have played hundreds of games, it's only natural we would have to lose a few to bring one or two in. "On the urgency of it all and how important it is, in terms of incomings and outgoings I would expect us to still be a bit busy in towards the end."

I'm willing to bet it goes pop in the first game after the transfer window closes

After watching Conor Gallaghers introduction at Athletico Madrid, I sure hope we do something similar for our last minute of deadline day loan signing of a striker (cough Danny Ings cough). https://x.com/atletiuniverse/status/1826358860627759506?t=Zhx00_nPeiAAtO9ceQ8h4w&s=19 The motorbikes were a nice touch.

RDT_20240821_185858.mp4 These are the goal animations for each team when they score in televised games. Ours looks pretty good, hopefully it won't be long before we can see it 👍

As with any Saints keeper, it's not the saves video you need to see, but the blooper reel

So roughly the price Mara was sold for....

De Telegraaf, a national Dutch newspaper is saying its done.... https://www.telegraaf.nl/sport/1285897263/justin-bijlow-als-eerste-doelman-naar-premier-league-club-southampton

https://x.com/David_Ornstein/status/1826200198789648432?t=A1FkFBEheZgEHa6VBIYUhw&s=19 Some of these prices for lower end strikers are crazy. Nketiah for 30-35m is madness, but if goes to show the struggles in buying a striker with PL experience. Also, Man City are sniffing around Celtics striker Kyogo, which would fill their pockets - might have some impact on any MOR deal.

They are pretending he's always injured to put off buyers tbf 😂

I mean the headlines write themselves when he makes a mistake... My GK prediction is that Palace sign Ramsdale, then let Johnstone leave to us.

@FRsources 19m Crystal Palace are interested in Aaron Ramsdale. No official offer has been made to player/club. Wolves and Bournemouth also exploring a deal. #AFC I can't see us getting him with those other clubs sniffing around...

I received some complimentary WhatsApp messages this evening from my Portuguese (Sporting fan) ex colleague. I'd not spoken to the guy in three years but he was so gutted to have sold Fernandes that he reached out to say what a fantastic player we've signed. I'm taking that as a very good sign, he knows his football, so I'm very curious to see what this boy can do.