SuperSAINT

It's SO quiet this window isn't it? We weren't exactly prolific last season by this stage though. Redmond arrived Late June & Hojbjerg appeared out of nowhere mid-July. We then had a flurry of 4 signings throughout August. Vic & Sadio were sold in Late June though to prove that we normally like money in the bank before making signings.

And what if Sims is out for months with a knee injury?

http://www.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/football/teams/southampton/10963213/adkins-van-dijk-should-respect-contract

Unfortunately one started by a random bloke on Twitter, as best as I can tell.

Has that story come from anywhere decent? I see it on Twitter, but can't find where it originated.

Part of me has wondered whether this has been on the cards all summer, as Liverpool have been very keen to tell everyone that they are after 2x £65m players & that's a hell of an outlay for them. If Coutinho does actually go, they really are going to be in a position where they need to land both VvD AND Keita .

I'm becoming more pessimistic & sceptical as I get older in regards to Saints. When he was doing his Twitter updates showing his comeback from injury, I would cynically think to myself that he's probably doing that to show interested parties, rather than Saints fans. How depressing that that was probably true.

Arsenal IMO.

Agree. Or it's just sky skullduggery to mess with the betting. Let's see if any of the usual Liverpool media stooges run with anything in the next 15 mins...

@SkyKaveh: Source close to Virgil Van Dijk expects him to be Liverpool player by end of window. No suggestion LFC have done anything since apology

https://www.mkdons.com/news/2017/july/report-mk-dons-v-brentford/

Could see this happening once the champs league qualifiers are done.

It's not hard to do the maths when you look at our transfer history & read the accounts.

Fonte money went into Gabbi signing.

Possibly - I think most people forget just much we spend on wages.

We always buy after we've sold. We can't just rustle up £25m out of nowhere.

Don't. Have. The. Money.

http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/saints/15430070.Optimism_fading_over_Saints_takeover/

Good to see the press all agreeing tonight that VvD is either definitely / maybe / absolutely not of interest to Chelsea.

@WestHamUtd: @CH14_ is a Hammer!

I want to be positive & I want to be optimistic, but what concerns me is that: - Our recruitment team considered our midfield options to be amongst the best in the league last season. - Thought the striker trio of Austin / Long / Rodriguez would be sufficient.

If this happens, along with VvD, we are going to have an awful lot of money to spend & not very long to spend it.

@GraemeBailey: Man City to push for Ryan Bertrand after sealing Benjamin Mendy deal. https://www.thegamblingtimes.com/2017/07/24/man-city-push-ryan-bertrand-deal/

@CPFC: TRANSFER: The club announce that Jairo Riedewald has completed his transfer to #CPFC from @AFCAjax_EN #RiedewaldIsOurs

Crikey. I'd take that. LOL @ Pre-summer people on here saying snap him up for £20m