SuperSAINT

http://www.clubcall.com/stoke-city/stoke-face-rivals-for-norse-holding-midfielder-1721616.html?

This. We've got decent craft and guile, but no-one with the pace to make runs in-behind.

Yeah, looked good today - Looked good all season. Would love to see him here.

The Daily Mirror claims that Southampton are keeping a close eye on Portuguese winger Fabio Nunes. The youngster struggled during a previous spell in England at Blackburn, but is currently catching the eye in Serie B with Latina.

No chance. He's blown it. We'd have been crazily lucky if they took up the buy out clause.

http://www.sportinastorm.com/Premier-League/Southampton/Petrescu-linked-to-Saints-post/X1Y72Z1741588?

Puncheon leaving Palace already? http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11661/9258465/transfer-news-crystal-palace-boss-tony-pulis-realistic-over-the-future-of-jason-puncheon

Danny Rowe http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11747/9258299/transfer-news-premier-league-clubs-check-on-rotherhams-danny-rowe Danny Ings http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/Championship-news-Southampton-Liverpool-linked/story-20941984-detail/story.html

If Poch goes, it's unlikely our ambition will match Simeone's.

http://www.football-italia.net/47588/saint-ramirez-wants-serie-return?

Good spot, FF. Quite enjoyed reading this old thread actually.

Sorry to bring this old thread up, but since Ralph Krueger has made mention of looking for a sports director a couple of times, this was the only thread I could find on the topic. I'd forgotten that Cortese originally wanted to hire one. (See post #3) Will be interesting to see who we go for.

Would be nice if we could have some incoming rumours for a change....

If there was anyone who needed a loan move to get some 1st team football under their belt, it's Gazza.

He's been great for us. Proof you don't have to spend fortunes to land quality.

Would love to see a table to see how our wage bill compares with the rest of the prem.

I heard that we wanted to appoint from within. Good luck Gareth - Lets see us tie some players down to new contracts please.

Bamford does look a great prospect. Scored for fun at MK Dons in League 1. Still doing the business in the championship for Derby. Can't see Chelsea ever playing him.

Sounds like Andy Robinson from the academy won't be offered a contract this summer. http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/sport/boltonsport/11092688._/

Funnily enough, I found my the old match-day program from the friendly we played after Markus / Nicola came into the club. I looked through it and we really were down to bare bones - Think we'd been well beaten by Bournemouth before that game, and managed a 0-0 against a non-league club before that.

Well Krueger did say in a recent interview he's trying to get a bigger budget. Would make sense that MP is waiting on that before committing his future.

Isn't McQueen an AML?

There's a chance that the CEO job will go to Gareth Rogers on a full time basis. Apparently Krueger said they'd like to appoint from within for certain roles.

Not sure we'd really need one. Les Reed must do a fair few things that a sports director would do. Maybe he just means CEO.