SuperSAINT

Not strictly Saints related, but our new 'Director of Scouting & recruitment' reminisces about his job at Falkirk. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/nothing-best-southamptons-head-scouting-5711992?

WHAT A SAVE!

Trippier has a £3.5m relegation clause?! http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3084766/Kieran-Trippier-targeted-Southampton-replacement-Nathaniel-Clyne.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490 Pretty sure I heard Les Reed say we need cover/competition for Clyne on TalkSport recently too.

£10m has been commonly mentioned on here, but I'm unsure where that came from originally.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3084772/Celtic-defender-Virgin-van-Dijk-wanted-Everton-Southampton.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490

K.Billy got a pretty damn good track record.

Wow, today is getting better & better!

Like King Ronald said at his press conference... We only need a DC if we lose Toby. (And if we do, I'd go for van Dijk @ Celtic)

Crikey, even Ian Holloway complimentary towards us on Radio Solent just now.

James Cooper who covers Utd on SSN says apparently they don't have interest in Kane.

K.Billy is still around but Guan 2.0 hasn't been seen for a few months...

http://www.getfootballnewsfrance.com/2015/southampton-have-held-discussions-regarding-papy-djilobodji/

It's 'on demand' now too.

This one. http://www.saintsweb.co.uk/showthread.php?53856-Leave-pelle-out-ffs&p=2185049#post2185049

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11700/9849303? LOL @ "Sky Sources" (They've just watched the Les interview )

Jeremy Wilson's excellent piece on last summer is always worth a re-visit... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/southampton/11140340/The-inside-story-of-Southamptons-brilliant-start-to-the-Premier-League-season-under-Ronald-Koeman.html

Would be brilliant wouldn't it? Toby's the tricky one because it's not really in our hands.

Yeah, getting Austin for £10m would be great business. The only thing I'm not sure about because I've not seen enough of him is how his hold-up play is. Hell of a finisher (with both feet too). His goal @ St Mary's this season was quality.

I re-watched that video just the other day actually and whilst we had a bit of a 'mare, the one thing we can't ever legislate for (and this relates to this summer) is when players throw their dummies out of the pram and demand to leave.

Apologies in advance if this doesn't warrant a new thread.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/jose-fonte-interesting-liverpool-southampton-5692672 Well, it's an upgrade over Cardiff from last summer.

Yeah, Giroud gets stick from not being "top class" but he makes such a difference to that team. Gives them a focal point & outlet.

Us?

Agree, £10m for the 4th top scorer in the prem is great value. I like it when we still go in for players we've been linked from the old days - Fair play to Austin for making the jumps up the league.

re: Alves to Utd BALAGUE ON ALVES Convinced D. Alves will remain at Barcelona. By the way, his form in the last 2 months, on the way to end of his contract, is outstanding — Guillem Balague (@GuillemBalague) May 13, 2015