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Southampton When do the first players report back? Monday, July 5. How many will return later? Southampton have had four players at the Euros (Che Adams, Stuart Armstrong, Jan Bednarekand Jannik Vestergaard) and their returns will be staggered. Only Vestergaard’s Denmark got beyond the group stage. Are the squad going anywhere? Southampton have two pre-season camps pencilled in. The first one is in Austria, with the second one in the UK. However, the trip to Austria depends on the latest government guidelines. The club will wait until the final moment before making a decision, although contingency plans are in place. Pre-season fixtures: If they do go to Austria, they will take part in matches there. Southampton will be spending five days in Wales at the end of July and will play Cardiff (July 27) & Swansea (July 31). How does this differ from the summer of 2019? Southampton’s pre-season camp was split between Austria and their Staplewood training ground, with a host of players also flying to China for a friendly against Guangzhou City. Ralph Hasenhuttl’s side also travelled to the Netherlands to play Feyenoord. Their UK-based games were against Preston North End and Cologne. Dan Sheldon

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What’s long-time SaintsWeb user @Saint-Armstrong up to?

We’ve been linked with this guy…

Who was the journalist, MLG?

Spot on. I’d heard that was the case. You normally hear about the external signings - whether it’s Ferry, Pambou, Carson or JRod v2.0 but nothing surfaced. Brexit obviously made it tricky but fully expected some domestic signings — Especially when we’ve got a pretty big need for extra depth. The respective squads are going to be very young this year. Will be interesting to see what difference it makes to the U18’s this season as this year they will be implementing the Playbook.

Hopefully JWP will do the driving.

Agree with TWar. Versatile fullback, I think.

Gets his testimonial soon

Official:

I heard Noel Whelan & Carlton Palmer were sent round to turn his head.

How did Boufal get on?

We were. Late last year. Lots of other teams have been linked, too.

Indeed. They probably get better coaching but WAY less chance of playing first team football.