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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.

I’m expecting to lose Salisu, ABK, DCC and Lyanco as a minimum. Leaving us with just Stephens and Bednarek. I’m not sure Simeu is ready to play for us, might be kept for squad depth. I’d expect us to sign at least 2 CBs. We’ve been linked with Edwards from Peterborough, Fonte, Holgate, Wood and Cabango from Swansea. Going to be a big change to CB and CM positions, hopefully we are more solid defensively as a result.

The little tv emoji suggests to me this will be a tv broadcast

We were linked to this guy, one to scratch off the list.

Here is Shea Charles speaking after making his PL debut at the end of last season. He speaks pretty well for his age. Daily Mail reporting his medical is today so hopefully an announcement tomorrow/Wednesday.

Downes is in the new home kit promos for WHU. I suppose Prowsey was for us, so perhaps means nothing. Unusual for a fringe player, he’s a supporter though isn’t he?