Jimmy_D

VvD staying while Coutinho goes would be beautiful.

Ports... dammit, they're out already again ...

https://www.redandwhitekop.com/forum/index.php?topic=336036.1960

All of 'em pale in comparison to Benali though.

Bertrand was close(ish), played in 2012 Final, signed in 2014.

Looks like he'll be a very welcome addition to the team, looking forward to seeing just what he can do in a Saints shirt. Good to see that our stance on VvD isn't stopping us from being able to buy these sorts of players just yet too.

Going by recent events it won't guarantee he's not tapped up by the end of this week.

That's more or less the point I'm making. We could hold him to his contract. We're not the ones in the wrong here, and if VvD decided to kick up a stink even more, I don't think he'd have many people siding with him.

Thing is, if we hold firm and keep him, is he really prepared to sit on his arse for 5 years? If we were picking him for the team, he'd be in breach of contract and liable for fines if he doesn't play.

https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/liverpool-move-van-dijk-blocked-furious-southampton-133115456.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=tw Is the article, nothing new in there as far as I can see.

Ah k, fair enough, thanks.

Linked to in that is this tweet; Anyone have any idea if he's reliable? I'd be very happy if that's the stance the club are taking.

If VvD is relying on us dropping our price for him to get his move, he'll end up disappointed.

We've never set a precedent for a player leaving with 5 years left on his contract.

It's all in the name, it's a container for **** filters.

Saints position unchanged apparently. They've got my full backing on that as far as I'm concerned.

Lallana did the same thing, I've got absolutely no doubt whatsoever he was tapped up by Liverpool too.

You have to wonder if anyone actually read that statement back before it was put out.

Aye, if we've got anything at all we should be going for Liverpool's tapping up with everything we've got now.

Of course he hasn't been tapped up, he's just come out with this all off his own back... At least when we keep hold of him now it won't cost us so much.

I see they're getting desperate for their Southampton player fix and looking at Oxlade-Chamberlain now.

Yeah, was just starting to break through to the first team when he got the ACL injury as well, appeared on the bench a couple of times, without coming on. It's really good to see him back and fighting back to that sort of form again.

Obvious to anyone that Klopp isn't happy with his defence with Europe to contend with now. Sounds like damage control after finally realising that VvD isn't going there to me.

It's not a sideways step, but it's certainly nowhere near as big a step up as Liverpool fans would like to believe.

Sounds like the Chelsea rumours are gathering a bit of pace. Still just rumours though. Chelsea would certainly be more palatable, considering two of our best players have come from them recently. I'd still be keeping him here though, gambling on him getting his head down and playing. Less of a gamble than trying to bring in a replacement with this little time left before the end of the transfer window for me.