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http://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2017/05/21/report-southampton-ready-to-break-transfer-record-for-gylfi-sigu/ Still don't see this happening...

Didn't beat him though.

I wondered about him too. Ross Wilson obviously has good contacts there, so I'm sure he knows all about him.

Reserving Hojbjerg & Boufal judgement until next summer.

There's an argument to be made that Paul Mitchell was a bigger miss than we thought.

I know. EVERY season.

I wonder whether at 28, if a big bid of around £20-25m came in for him, we might accept.

Cheers of the answers so far. It's no coincidence that our main chance creator & assist-getter would have a bad season when we can't hit a barn door!

I would agree with this, trousers. Claude / Saints is almost a microcosm of Wenger / Arsenal.

Probably similar on Chelsea/Liverpool boards too. I've no doubt he will go. We won't be able to sign anyone if we don't sell him.

Been mulling this over for a while... When on form, one of our best players. Poor for large parts of the season. He supposedly wanted out last summer before signing a new contract... Has undoubtedly missed Pelle & Sadio. What would you do if we got a big offer for him?

*re-bump* It was so bloomin' obvious.

I know when the end of season is kicking into gear when we go into "lap of appreciation exit watch" mode. I look forward to K, Billy / Guan next telling us what players have said they want to leave.

It's crazy really. Les & Ross know right now what their conclusion will be.

Incredible to think we finished 8th with only 17 goals at home.

Bump.

Gives room for the new man to improve next season

Claude strikes me as a very decent, humble man. I've lost track of the times that he's said in post/pre match press conferences that we need to be "more clinicical". I think he will ultimately lose his job because he will carry the can for not rectifying that.

Ridiculous suggestion. (But also an awesome suggestion!)

Patrick Roberts developing nicely at Celtic, on loan from Man City. Scored 2 great goals tonight.

With Ralph's telling response to the Claude questions, I'm going to assume that Jack Pitt-Brooke's report about us contact Silva's people was probably right.

The San Siro destroyed me. We should've been about 5-0 up before they scored. Our poor finishing felt like it robbed us of one of the best nights ever. Incredible to think that our bad finishing has lasted all season long (but they we could still finish 8th).

Talks with Chelsea buried in this article: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2017/05/17/chelsea-make-swift-move-tie-thibaut-courtois-new-deal-ward-real/ (Also states Bournemouth will bid £20m for Ake).

All they have to do to win is play Crouchie.

Probably worth a new contract.