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Transfer news: Just herd Lallana has sighned a contract with neighbelline after his Nivea contract expired. Celebrating with a glass of chardonhay.

Alfie has rubbished any free transfer speculation for ABK. I didn’t realise we had an option to extend his contract. Might struggle to get €10m considering how his last 2 years have gone but the extension option might lead to a loan? I think all parties would prefer a sale this summer.

I agree. Wouldn’t it be nice if we could do a Newcastle and just keep all of our best players and smash the league? This is not the Southampton way, or the reality for 99% of relegated teams.

Nothing new here really, but German Athletic correspondent confirming what Alfie told us last week.

if we could somehow keep Ramsdale, that would be huge. Just don’t see it.

We have been linked with a few so far, Patterson of Sunderland the most recent link. If Rambo goes we will surely replace. By if, I mean when.

Alfie saying back 4, which would be my preference too. So will it be a 4-2-3-1 (I think this was Still’s preference before losing his best players at Lens) or 4-3-3? We have too many CBs and not enough wide players if we lose Edozie, lots of work to do. I guess this is our best 11 as things currently stand, but we could lose half this team: Ramsdale Sugawara THB Bednarek Manning Charles Downes Dibling Fernandes Archer Downs

I think I’d keep Edozie, the link suggests he might want a move though.

If we go back to a high intensity style, Smallbone is going to have to improve those parts of his game to be involved. With Prowsey it filled those gaps and he became our best player. I think we will find out this season if Will can kick on or if he is just a championship player in a possession based system only, which many suspect.

Kyoto Furuhashi or Damion Downs, who is the better signing? One is perhaps on the way down, whilst the other has potential to realise. I see Downs as a better investment but expect Furuhashi to score more this coming season.

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1CGDki36ov/?mibextid=wwXIfr Some full kit pics on Saints FC Facebook, former players taking it for a spin.

29 apps last season in Bundesliga 2 but only played 1,801 mins total so 20 full games of mins. In those appearances he scored 10 goals and got 5 assists. That’s a goal every 2 games and an assist every 4. Remains to be seen what he can do at championship level and if he can translate that ratio over a season but I do think this guy has the potential to score goals. Looks like his link play is decent, which will help Archer/Armstrong. Eni Aluko informs me that’s actually a goal a game when you think about it, so he should fire us to promotion no problem.

Looks like the numbers on the back will be red, which will balance out the white back a bit. Still feel the stripes should be on the sides and back but here we are.

Shorter vid showing all his goal contributions for those that haven’t seen them all before.

If this is correct (2.7k followers posting FC Koln news), the initial fee is pretty low, £5m upfront and £1.8m add ons.