S-Clarke

What's a long-term loan when it's at home? 2 years? don't often see those in england.

I've already seen Alpines new name for him. Jan Bedracrap.

Has JWP slept with your missus or something?

If there is one thing you could have guaranteed from this post is that Alpine would be in full agreement with it. Job done.

Sad news - sorry to hear that. Dog's are family.

Which we never, ever actually made use of. Only Saints.

I notice Les stopped short of saying that this time........

Thought it was Boufal at 16m? The days of Rory Delap are long gone.

I won't admit to knowing too much about him, but going by some of the articles i've read.....it's like they've put together our wish list in a midfielder and put it into him. Will be interesting to see if that is the case!

He is a ******, always has been. Quite a nasty piece of work by all accounts.

Nice, good news! When that tweet came in and it was ''@LeminaM_13 on a''....i read it quickly and thought for a second it was a 13 year contract...! I thought we'd gone fully mental for a second. 5 year is sound though.

I'm not sure what mistakes he has made. What you suggest in terms of agents is out of the clubs control - and any club to be honest. Players are free to go with whoever they want, unless there is a law coming in that I don't know of, this won't change.

Bit odd. I thought this was a huge scoop and a phone hack for a second. shame.

Tapping up goes on though, generally speaking. I wouldn't be surprised if his agent or himself spoke to City or Chelsea, that wouldn't surprise me to be honest. What Liverpool did was a lot more orchestrated and in my eyes they went over the line of 'standard' tapping up. They manipulated our player, made promises and guarantees to a player who wasn't under contract with them, weakened our selling position and have now left us with a very unhappy captain. As I said earlier, if we have evidence, throw it to the PL - nothing to hold back on. Then sell him to City or Chelsea.

I reckon McCarthy has got another serious season-ending injury. Then we have Taylor....... Gazzaniga seemingly off, Lewis on loan at Dundee. Hopefully whoever it is is good enough to push for a place himself and not just fill a position on the bench like Hassen did.

Why would they need another career anyway? By the time they hang up, anyone who has played at a decent level is a millionaire. They can buy up some property, go into pudintry, coaching. It's a short career, yes, but it's very well paid and much more than I'll get in my entire 50 year career. To be honest, if VVD was told today that he'll never play again, he'll still end up a millionaire.

I guess you're relating to the period at the end of the season where he went out to Duabi for fitness training? (With our physio staff i might add)

Are these sizable bids, or loans etc? Obviously not looking for someone to dispose of Forster as number 1?

McCarthy is done again then?

There are conspiracy theories and then there is this.

So, who are you signing to replace Coutinho?

If the employer I was at had just rewarded me with 6 years of security, then I don't think I'd have been actively looking to triple my salary just 6 months later, I'd have been sensible enough to have got what I was after when I renewed my contract. To me, money isn't everything. I'd rather show a bit of loyalty to my current employees and leave on a nice note rather than burn tons of bridges along the way. You never know in life, you may need to come back one day. But hey, I'm not a money grabbing footballer. Woe be them.

''Southampton Football Club can confirm that Virgil Van Dyk has joined Manchester City for an undisclosed world record transfer fee. The club will use the funds to further strengthen our squad for the coming season''.

Just been having a laugh on RAWK (they're still banned from talking about us). They're talking as if he's now 'done his bit' ''good lad'' etc. and now it's up to 'Liverpool' to finish the work. They also, quite hilariously said ''If Southampton only want to sell to Chelsea or City, Virgil should stand firm - he can make this happen''. Who in living gods name do they think they are????? They also quite poorly said that Keita now needs to do the same if he really wants to move. They really are a cesspit.

It is a hard decision only if we need money. If we don't need the money, then to me it's not hard. It's out of principle. He signed a 5 year contract, we're not holding him to ransom - he agreed and signed that contract. If we don't want to sell him, we don't have to. If he wants to sulk and ruin his career, then fair enough. More fool him than us.