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I believe they wanted him but can remember Nixon saying pre-season that Claude liked what he saw of him so decided to keep him. I'm still not sure why as he wouldn't have got into the diamond formation. Ipswich would be a good move. As long as he plays.

I did. Don't judge me Tasci?

If Virgil is out long-term, that is crazy!

Would agree with that - We could just say our "Serie A" signings have been sh*t if we want to bracket them.

West Ham might fancy a punt on that.

http://www.getfootballnewsfrance.com/2017/southampton-in-advanced-talks-to-sign-mouez-hassen/

We will go back to "full strength" for this one so players would have had nearly a weeks recovery. Swansea have had ages to prepare for this game which is the worry. Let's not forget Virgil & Fonte are huge misses for us. Llorente is going to be an absolute handful for us. Need to take our chances. Really want us to get something from this game.

No.

Can't disagree with any of that.

Telegraph Premium article: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2017/01/28/southampton-do-not-punch-weight-prize-fighters/

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-4167578/Southampton-edge-closer-sealing-15m-Gabbiadini-deal.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490 Tasci mentioned too.

@SkyKaveh: Tianjin Quanjian offer £38m (€45m) for Leicester City striker Islam Slimani. Willing to pay him £300,000 a week before tax - £15.6m a year Leicester must love that.

He would likely be double.

I'm thinking we will only get 1 defender in.

@SouthamptonFC: Puel on transfers: "We will see in the next few days if some players can join this squad." #saintsfc

Question is, are any of the U23 strikers fit?

Might be a Charity Shield in there somewhere.... (& a league title if you count Nathan Dyer?)

Crikey, that's not so good.

Rumoured 5 year, 40k a week deal agreed. So that would essentially replace Jose's wages. Question is, would FFP prohibit us from adding a Sakho-esque 70k+ wage?

He's copied that from the article in The Times this morning (See post #790)

Olomola is injured, I believe. Ryan is still coming back to fitness after a serious injury. Isgrove is fit, but seems to have gone backwards this season.

The only known facts are: - Lander is interested in some kind of investment (How much '£' & '%' is speculation.) - Kat's statement says "partnership".

Wowsers. Some good detail in there, assuming it's true. Probably makes me a little more nervous if they want a controlling stake.

If Yoshida is out, you know sh*t is getting real when Gardos is back in the frame.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/article-4161718/Why-Southampton-good-talentspotting.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490