goodymatt

The million dollar question is whether Vitinha actually wants to come to Saints. All seems very quiet, none of the usual ‘player has agreed terms’ tweets.

100%, we didn’t take advantage with the right recruitment when we were at our highest point and it financially constrained us under a sustainable model and an owner with no funds access to put us in the position we are today. If SR (or any owner with willingness to invest) had only been involved in 2017. Still think the food chain works itself out and Brighton will end up as Saints and Leicester have, back in the bottom half after rolling the recruitment dice one too many times.

Us or Marseille then.

If Carlsberg did deadline days…

Secret Scout might have just jumped on that then? Can’t wait until this is over and we know if we have a goalscorer or not and therefore a chance of survival.

I think the Brighton Athletic guy wouldn’t be saying they aren’t going for him if there was a chance they were. Apparently Ferguson injury was the reason they were looking but his injury isn’t as bad as first feared. On a side note the PGMOL have admitted the obvious that Fabinho should have seen red. Ridiculous that VAR didn’t make the right call, horrible challenge and guilt all over Fabinho’s face - he was just waiting to be sent off.

Deadline day and cup semi final, how are we supposed to do any work today 😂

Tier 1 source for Brighton apparently. So just a question if the link to him preferring OM was correct? Could still be on the cards this one.

Everton even want Ayew 😂

So Everton are interested in signing Che Adams, Paul Onuachu and Kalmadeen Sulemana. Could be a case of we keep Che (obviously) and we each sign one of the other two today? Tbf if I was Vitinha I would go to Brighton but it’s the hope that kills you!

This makes logical sense

If you have DCL, why would you then buy another similar player?

Sigh.

In summary: Vitinha - we are meeting his release clause. Not seen anything on player side yet. OM mixed reports of being out of the race or bidding against us. We are ‘confident’ of getting him signed before the deadline. Demebele - we apparently bid but he isn’t interested moving before his contract expires this summer. Onuachu - we had a bid rejected last week but are back in and ‘doing everything we can to bring him to the PL’

Could we really be trying to sign two strikers, surely not?!

“Sp. Braga - Sp. Braga close to closing Navarro, with Vitinha forwarded to Southampton”