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Douglas Franco Texeira from Twente - 6ft 4 centre back with pace - a Brazilian with a Dutch passport - out of contrct and on a free transfer

I'd rather go for Douglas - the Dutch Brazilian - on a free transfer

So far we have been linked with Victor Ruiz, Joan Verdu, Raul Baena, Phillipe Coutinho and Jose Callejon who all played under Pochettino at Espanyol - and Hector Moreno who plays there now. I have a feeling we will end up with at least one of them (ignoring Coutinho who made the wrong decision and went to Scousepool) - but how much of it is just easy paper talk. If we had to pick one I'd go for Jose Callejon to fill the gap on the right wing - he's a pacey wide right forward which is exactly what we need. However I think it will be Victor Ruiz as Valencia need the money - and I think Pochettino sees him as cover for centre back and holding midfielder.

Tandari Lee off back to Japan - Tokyo to be exact - according to the Daily Star http://www.dailystar.co.uk/football/view/319028/?

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1664096-southamptons-5-best-and-worst-transfer-signings-of-the-past-15-years? Vote - and then discuss!? McCann for me was the worst because of who he replaced - together with Le Saux and Van Damme he was the replacement for Bridge and Marsden down our left hand side. It meant we wasted what little money we spent from Bridges transfer fee - and started us on our way down. Morgan was / is the best - fir his age when we signed him, his value now and the talent and ability he's shown this season - and the potential he's still got. Lambert would be a very close second though - followed by Pahars for me. It brought a tear to my eye the day Pahars left - just like the day Matty retired.

I'm not sure you should pay a lot of cash for a player over 26. 27 at a push. Sure sign them on a free or get them on loan - but once they get past 28 their resale value starts to drop. Ideally you'd sign a player at the age of 22 and then sell him when he's 26/27 - with his successor lined up ready to go. I can see us selling both Gaston and Puncheon and replacing them with players better suited to the way Pochettino wants to play. If he stays I think Gaston will have a great second season - but he didn't have the impact that we needed from a £12 million player in his first season - that, the fact he wife apparently ones to move back to Italy and his sending off points to an exit this summer. With Puncheon it might be a money thing - he wants more - and Palarse are prepared to offer that and a good fee for him. I'd love to see us replace them with players like Callejon, Griezman or Rodrigo. Lamela would really be a nice surprise.

At 30/31 Diego Castro seems a bit old to me unless its on loan or on a free transfer. He also looks like he's had a bit of a lower league journeyman career I'd rather go for someone like Patrick Ebert from Real Valladoild

Maybe that's why we should have a B Team playing in the lower leagues - made up mostly of u23s but the odd 24 & 25 year old. That way they get game time but also premier league coaching and maybe a bit more time to mature and make that break through.

Marc Muniesa

Great - just tried to renew online - shows all my linked accounts including my Father and my Nephew and a load of friends - but it won't let me renew my Dads or Nephews season tickets with mine - as I've done for the last 3 years - only my mate's who has bought his own for the last 3 years

Well I'm going to assume it's got some truth to it - mostly because its more fun that way It's been rumoured for a while that we had 2 players signed and sealed already. If this is true it would make sense that they were young Spanish players - and that we were waiting for the Spanish season to end. Anyway I have a feeling they will be announced this week to co-incident with the end of the Spanish season and the start of the season ticket sales to give it a boost. Could one be Marc Muniesa on a free transfer from Barca? Or possibly we're getting 2 young players from Barcelona on loan - Marc Bartra and Martin Montoya perhaps. The great striker could be someone like Alvaro Negredo from financially troubled Seville who has said he wants to play in England. Or maybe it's Adrian Lopez. The special Portuguese player is I'm guessing someone who plays in Portugal rather than being Portuguese - in that case it could be the Spanish Brazilian Rodrigo from Benfica - or maybe one of Benfica's Argentinians - Gatan or Garay. Or possibly Eric Dier the young English defender at Sporting Lisbon. Lets enjoy the speculation whilst it lasts!

I fully agree with you on that one - someone like Nagginolan, Biglia or Rodwell would be perfect.

Everybody is going to be looking to Spain for the next Michu deal so they are all going to be a bit more expensive this time round. Yes the financial problems at Seville, Valencia, Malaga and Real Sociedad means these clubs will sell their star players - but it doesn't mean they will sell them cheaply. Maybe Mateo Mussachio in Spain's second tier would be good value - and out of contract Marc Muniesa at Barca We should still look at Championship players - and Les Reed and some others will know this market well. I'm not sure layers like Buckley and Bridcutt are good enough to take us where Cortese wants to go - but there are one good players with potential down there - young enough to improve - and good value. I'd take a look at Charlie Austin and a Kieran Trippier from Burnley. Henri Lansbury from Forest is another. There are also some bargains to be had in the big clubs unwanted youngsters - Sinclair and Guidetti at Citeh and McCreachan at Chelsea

I would agree with you on most of that. One problem though Davis is not a holding midfielder - he has only played well for us when he's had an attacking role. I'd switch Olsson for Figueroa at left back, ship out Hooiveld and replace Mayuka with Austin. But I think Cortese is more ambitious and more impatient than that. We are a very good centre forward, a good pacey right winger and two very good centre backs away from being a top 6 side with our starting 11 - but we are also a good second eleven away from it as well - to allow us to keep it going all season. At the moment a couple of injuries and we look like a struggling team. So I expect Cortese to spen enough money to significantly strengthen our first 11 and improve our 2nd 11

Look he's going to sign for Spurs - get over it

I think he might also have been shipped back to Japan partly because of his repeated driving offences - I dont think Saints will tolerate that kind of thing anymore - that and was adjusting to life in England. I'd ship Guly and Mayuka out for pretty much the same reason - much like Seabourne and Barnard - off the field issues, attitude problems or failure to adapt to English football

De Bruyne is off to Borussia Dortmund with Christian Eriksen if the rumours are true. Not a bad deal swapping Goetze for those two.

If we add the £15 million for selling Gastom Ramirez back to Italy (Fiorentina or Juventus), bring in young players with real potential rather than buy players at the top of the market and sign one or two players on free transfers such as Honda and Douglas - and maybe one or two on loan as well it could be enough. We could also sell Shaw for £15 million to Chelsea but if we do we should ask for him back on loan - along with McCrachan - as part of the deal. That would give us £60 million to spend - surely that would be enough!

Charlie Austin, Kieran Trippier, Martin Olsson, Liam Bridcutt - 4 young players under 24 who will move probably move to the premier league this summer. Is it worth taking a look at them? Yes it is! They would all add to the squad - improve on what we've got in reserve and add some strength in depth in key positions. Jack Rodwell, Scott Sinclair, Josh McCrachan, John Guidetti are another 4 younger players worth taking a look at for the same reason. All 4 of them need to move so they can get some game time - and they all have the talent to make it in he premier league. It's these kinds of players we need to sign along with one or two big surprises from abroad. Antoine Griezman, Hector Moreno, victor Ruiz, Adrian Lopez, Douglas Franco Teixeira, Jose Callejon, Keisuke Honda, Lucas Biglia - one or two of those would do.

Southampton's Biggest Summer Transfer Window Needs to Move Saints into Top 10 http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1644549-southamptons-biggest-summer-transfer-window-needs-to-move-saints-into-top-10?

I can see Guly, Fox and Hooiveld being amongst those who leave this summer to be replaced by better players.

Puncheon's girlfriend has just had another baby - I expect that's got something to do with why he's not starting at the moment

If we stay on 39 points it means we are likely to be relegated. For a start it means Sunderland will leapfrog us as they will have beaten us. Norwich and Newcastle also have very winnable games this weekend which means they could easily leapfrog us as we'll. And Wigan look like they will beat Villa on the final day - who will be above us. So really we are counting on Wigan getting nothing more than a draw from Arsenal - and Norwich and Newcastle to get the same out of the last 2 games.

You need a excellent first 11 and a good second 11 if you are going to win anything. Our problem is we haven't really got ant strength in depth beyond the first 11. I think there are some bargains to be found in the Championship - young players who can step up like a number of ours have done this season. Also you don't really want to be signing players over the age of 26/27 as they normally demand big wages and their resale value starts to drop. I fully expect Ramirez will be heading back to Italy for £12 million and wouldn't be surprised if we get a bit of a shock in the summer when players like Puncheon are moved on. I'm also expecting us to play 4-3-3 Boruc / Fraser Forster Clyne / Kieran Trippier? Yoshida /Andreu Fontas? Forren / Davide Astori? Shaw / Martin Olsson? Morgan / Kerim Bayal? Cork / Lucas Biglia / Ward-Prowse Lallana / Keisuke Honda? / Davis Scott Sinclair / Jose Callejon Rickie Lambert / Charlie Austin Jay Rodriguez / Adrian Lopez And I think at some point in the last 2 years we've been linked with all of these players even if its just been on a rumours site in the last few weeks Left back and right back are tricky as we need players who will be happy to compete with Shaw and Clyne - so my guess is we'll end up with players who are more than happy to take the chance to step up from the Championship

Isgrove? Reeves? Sinclair?