Jimmy_D

From the different snippets that are out there, maybe Liverpool bid £4M, got rejected, and were told that it'd take at least £9M for us to accept it?

If Liverpool pay a decent fee, and we end the summer with a decent replacement, I won't begrudge him a move to his boyhood club. It would be kind of fitting for him to finish his career at the club he supports after they started out by rejecting him. Be absolutely gutted if he doesn't go to the World Cup as a Saints player though.

This is one of the better fake twitter rumours I've seen properly take off.

"That’s why we have been able to not agree to any transfers to date" Direct quote from RK.

Also some bits on the Daily Echo site. Ambition is still to push for Europe. http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/11239702.Saints_future__What_now_for_the_club_/?ref=var_0

If we do get Murat Yakin, I'm going to be convinced that Van Helsing is going to be showing up any second.

Rarely does a managerial appointment manage to annoy both sets of fans so much...

http://www.saintsweb.co.uk/showthread.php?50398-Pochettino-Joining-Spurs-(Official)#.U4TC_F7sdO4

http://www.saintsweb.co.uk/showthread.php?50398-Pochettino-Joining-Spurs-(Official)#.U4TC_F7sdO4

So, 9 years ago, Portsmouth were a Premier League team. Fleetwood were playing in the North West Counties League. (Level 9 of the pyramid, 3 levels below Conference North/South) Next season, Fleetwood will be playing at a higher level than Portsmouth.

Same happened with the Strootman to Utd market last year.

Oi, this one is meant to be staying on topic!

Other thread had decended into an argument about whether Saints could reach top 4, 5, 6, and then into an argument about people's general outlook on Saints, and it was starting to get heated. It was useless for anyone actually wanting to talk about Pochettino.

Ok, try to keep this one on topic, there are plenty of other threads to discuss our potential or lack of elsewhere.

Ok, speculation has clearly run its course. Start a new thread when there's something concete.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2637545/QPR-facing-50m-fine-transfer-embargo-breaking-FFP-rules-prepare-Championship-play-final-against-Derby.html Fun and games ahead.

Also worth remembering that this season, Cardiff got more money for finishing bottom that Man Utd did the season before for winning it. There's been a sea-change in the English transfer market and no-one knows what a good price is yet.

Foxtec the other side of Itchen Bridge is the one I use all the time, wouldn't go anywhere else now. He'll tell you exactly what needs doing, won't add anything that doesn't need doing, and also give you an idea of whether it's worth spending the money to do it.

Didn't know Louise had taken her coaching badges.

On that note, another cracker from the Express http://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/476981/VIDEO-Luke-Shaw-has-TOLD-friends-he-is-joining-Manchester-United They can't even keep it consistent between the headline and the article who he's told this to.

Could just as easy argue that he wouldn't care if he was going.

Suspect most of the noise about this at the moment is on the back of the manager actually being appointed there now. Most of today, Shaw's been traveling to the England training camp in Portugal, so nothing will have changed today from our end.

Aaaaaaaaaaand back to waiting for news.

Far better chance of keeping hold of Shaw/Lallana at least til the end of next season if true.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/27427146