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Their fans are well up for this friendly aren’t they!

Camera focussed on that blonde for a while!

We have a live feed now

We should have kicked off right? The stream still saying 'coverage begins shortly'

Strong starting line up, surprised that Alcaraz isn't starting.

Interesting interview with Martin on how things are going so far.

Looks to be settling in well, not sure he’s the best defensively but think he will be fun to watch going forward.

Maghoma is a LB. ABk still coming back from injury. Stu is nowhere to be seen.

Tella not playing is a concern, perhaps we won’t be able to convince him to stay?

What a save Bazunu!

Stephens, Lyanco and McCarthy were really struggling to play out from the back in that first half. Tino is a class act.

Smallbone looks stronger and more composed than I remember.

Yes

Should we be keeping Tall Paul then?

Leeds signed Rodrigo for £27m, club record fee at the time. Due to his relegation clause he is off to a Qatari side for just £3m. That’s a massive £24m hit. We lost less letting Carillo walk for nothing! Other clauses have players of good value leaving on loans too, surely we are better placed than Leeds this season?

If he has to go, would you take £20m plus Downes for Prowsey? I think that’s a pretty good deal for Saints. Has a Hojbjerg/KWP vibe about it but the longer contract should secure us more fee. Just pure speculation, of course!

Source?

I’m surprised there aren’t any links to KWP moving on at the moment, our depth at FB is pretty strong and he’s clearly a PL player. There were previous links to Everton and Villa, he’s surely worth at least £20m with his experience, age and 2 years left on his contract? We paid £12m for him as a young prospect. Salisu injury record, perceived relationship with the club, relegation and 1 year left on his contract means we won’t get his full market value. We didn’t with Vest or Pierre though and still got £15m. £6.5m would be an absolute steal for a player of his quality and at 24 still potential to realise.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-12288701/Southampton-hold-discussions-Evertons-Mason-Holgate-Toffees-prepared-offload-defender.html Daily Mail state we have completed the Shea Charles signing in this article. Nothing else new - in talks for Holgate, signed Manning, and braced for losing our central midfield pairing.