S-Clarke

It's hilarious. I don't get it. How can long be written off, yet Gaston Ramirez who has played so little and achieved so little for us over 2 years, is rated as this kind of king? The reaction is more bizarre than anything else.

well it clearly will, wont' it. Stop panicking, it's so silly. We've loaned them a squad player who played 500 minuites for us last year. That's it. Bit-part, squad player. We signed their first choice striker. Just stop, and think about it.

Like last season, and the season before......

Yeah, never really done anything for us. The frustration from everyone is still based on ''what he could'' do for us.....because we're yet to really see it! Not sure what makes this season any different, is he going to all of a sudden going to become fit all year for start? Nope.

But all he gave us was potential options, he never gave us actual options. We'd keep him here, but I bet you that he'll be missing more than he's available. The kid is made of glass.

He wouldn't have gone if Mane wasn't done.

Played in the world cup being a very loose term.

Squad player, signing of Mane pushed him further down. Bit irritated he was loaned to a rival, but we get a decent fee, no wages for a year, and he's back with us in 12 months and we'll see how he got on.

Still not quite sure you have a point. Pelle - £8m Tadic - 10.75m Long - 12m Mene (poss) - 12m Gardos - £6m Forster - £10m Bertrand loan - option for a £10m fee Toby on loan - because he was the one who preferred the loan. We will have spent almost £60m, so why is anything we've done a complete departure from any usual philosophy? We've signed most of our players for fee's.

Probably the latter. Would imagine we'll get some sort of short announcement on the OS with a library image.

Sven Claes ‏@svenclaes 33s Official presentation of @AlderweireldTob at @SouthamptonFC will be on Wednesday. Tomorrow back in Belgium to train with national team.

Sven Claes ‏@svenclaes 33s Official presentation of @AlderweireldTob at @SouthamptonFC will be on Wednesday. Tomorrow back in Belgium to train with national team.

Because he wanted regular football and he wasn't going to get it here.

Oh good, we're back to Utd. Just what I wanted.

2 loans. Toby and Bertrand?

To be honest, if we had to lose one of Jay, Morgan or Gaston today, it would have been a pretty easy choice. The only odd thing about it is the club, don't like the rival aspect of it. But he's a player who gets better when he doesn't play, every pre-season it's a case of how important he can be for us...but again, his season is constantly fragmented with injuries. Good player, undoubtedly, but we've freed up a decent chunk of wages with this if it happens on a player who would only have been bit part here. Mane, Toby in. Jos and Gaston out. I think that's a hell of a lot better than most of us thought would happen 6 weeks ago.

Sevilla were only prepared to buy him for £4m

He's not a £15m player. He's a squad player who would command £4m tops.

Luckily we've played there, so he won't have to remember the time he heard YNWA.

Gaston confirmed by Southampton sources.

The people outside Staplewood need to go to bed.

Straight after the break....we're back to Man Utd. Utter trash heap.

Give him the flaming pen Sadio...

He does seem to get a lot better by not playing, but there is quality there. Maybe he wanted regular football, can understand that - and maybe he's very good friends with Abel? Who knows, didn't think there was anything in that one. Don't like loaning out decent players to clubs who will be our rivals though. Could bite us in the arse.

Ok, Gaston has gone. Done.