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http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/27905256

Hans Hofstetter? TBF, he's a business lawyer so wouldn't expect to be hearing too much from him.

Napoli interested in Morgan according to this. http://forzaitalianfootball.com/2014/06/napoli-interested-in-southampton-midfielder/?

I'd be less inclined to take Hernandez if we were only going with 1 striker up top. If we went 5-3-2, Hernandez would probably thrive playing along somebody like Pelle.

Sign him if Arsenal sign Chambers.

So his Wiki page says he got rejected by Aberdeen on a trial about 3 years ago - He must've had a Lazarus-esque career resurrection in Portugal for this move to happen.

Lescott close to Hull deal. http://www1.skysports.com/transfer/news/11095/9351724/premier-league-joleon-lescott-close-to-finalising-personal-terms-with-hull-after-manchester-city-release

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11095/9351533/transfer-news-southampton-starlet-sam-mcqueen-poised-to-sign-new-deal

That pretty much sums everything up nicely.

Sunderland sign Costel Pantilimon from Man City on 4 year deal.

Koeman is a top appointment, but the judgement on the new board is an ongoing thing. Will be an interesting few weeks I think.

We need a "Les Reed See-Saw thread" with a scale that tilts to the left when people are happy with him and tilts to the right when the majority are unhappy.

Rafa Silva on the bench for Portugal this evening.

Yippee! Very good news. (Imagine if it was Alan Irvine)

Get Caulker in as well and I'd be pretty happy... Unless Stefan de Vrij is remotely realistic/possible of course.

He's a striker/Midfielder, yeah? Couldn't we take Clasie & Pelle off them instead?

^ I just saw that video after I posted. Love a bit of Youtube scouting. Looks like he could play the classic sweeper role.

I know Celtic fans rate him very highly - One of their prized assets along with Forster. I'd like to know if he's more more of a ball player or more of an aggressive centre back.

I'd want more if I'm honest - Didn't Adam Blackmore say we'd turned down a £15m bid from Liverpool? Sakho cost them similar. I'd want at least £20m for Lovren.

I would put my money on Lovren leaving, unfortunately. re: Virgil van Dijk - It's nice to be linked with some up & coming players at last after seemingly weeks of outgoings. I wonder if Koeman is going to change us into a 5-3-2 / 3-5-2 formation?

Morning Paper Talk features a few bits & pieces about players we've been linked with in the past... - Everton are considering signing Rafa Silva for £8m - Drogba rumoured to be heading to Juventus (Does this end their interest in Dani?) - Liverpool to wait unti next month to try and sign Caulker - Spurs eyeing moves for Lukaku & Lovren - Utd have failed to agree a fee with Luke Shaw (Not sure that's new news!)

Things like that are a recurring problem - Remember that skate reporter who tweeted something about Poch staying? The blew up so much it even got in the papers that he would sign a new contract & stay.

Cheers Bats. "What a joke." "Pathetic." "Utter disgrace" "Gutted" "I could f*cking cry"

I would imagine WBA forums are in meltdown.

Glad we beat Huddersfield to Lambert.