S-Clarke

The 20 scouts did well on this one!

I reckon it's more of a case that the Morgan situation totally changed.

Got a hunch that at the time we were offered him, we were fully prepared to sell Morgan. So saw him as an additional free option to cover that space. Obviously a lot of goal posts have changed since then and his position in the squad has fallen right back.

I think people need to calm down about his impeding departure and just wait and see over the next couple of days. Squad size we'll be down, but is his position in the squad really that much of a worry? Plenty of depth there and it isn't exactly weaker as a result. We still need a couple and I think we'll get a couple.

And why is it that every single player from Italy, struggles with 'home sickness' ?

http://gianlucadimarzio.com/en/calciomercato/taider-returns-to-italy-to-join-sassuolo/

If I remember all the build up to this move, he was never that keen was he? Seemed to take some convincing, that's why the other rubbish Inter bloke was being lined up instead. We do seem to have some dim-wits in our recruiting department.

I wish we'd steer clear of Italy, full stop.

Saphir #Taider to Sassuolo on loan. #Inter have agreed to this. [Alfredo Pedulla]

2 totally separate deals, not connected in any way.

This must be up there with Marcelo Sarmiento +sp

Saphir #Taider is returning to #SerieA after a short stay at #Southampton - #Sassuolo have snapped him up.

I've seen a couple between foreign clubs in the past, but not EPL sides.

Torres to Milan is almost done, which has opened the door for Remy to Chelsea.

Didn't they send up club staff the day before to change all the mattresses and sheets in the hotel rooms??? To be fair, even if that did seem a little OTT, we had our best season on the road last year!

Liverpool paid top dollar for it. It's head lights were already in Liverpool.

I think this is where Gaston can come into his own, probably not as early as Saturday, but in Koeman he has actually come out and acknowledged what a talented player he is.....and going back to his first year here, he wasn't ''all'' bad when Adkins used him correctly and the youtube highlight videos of our season are quite telling, as he was involved a hell of a lot in the first half. For whatever reason, MP isolated him for almost 18 months and didn't use him at all. If Koeman can get Gaston performing at the level he did in the Villa game 2/3 years ago....then we will no longer have any issues with subtlety in attack!

And Man Utd will be credited with developing Luke Shaw in a couple of years time.

But still pretty ****.

I think we'll see an arsenal team with the likes of Joel Campbell, Podolski, Gnabry, Monreal, Ospina, Coquelin, Diaby (if fit) and the likes. Not a bad team, but certainly a team our 'first 11' could cause problems for.

Brek Shea?

I'm sure Yoshida has played right back on a couple of occasions for us, during which he was absolutely bloody dog ****e. I think our best bet is to sign a right back who can also cover CB.

I too have wondered if it's a case of LVG not fancying him, I think Shaw was a transfer lined up by the club - rather than the manager himself, but I'm sure he was consulted. But it seems odd the way that he seems to be pursuing £19m left back Daley Blind....if that happens, then I'm not really sure what the future holds for Luke in the short-term.

I'm sure we'll see the international federations grant 'special' dispensation/leave for a few players on Monday, and there will be a few late arrivals in the squads. And it's only a friendly window, so I'm not sure the international federations will have a great deal of power in stopping multi million pound deals going through.

No idea what Brek Shea is all about, probably just agent waffle. If it did happen, then we're clearly a club with no real idea what we're doing! So much for world-wide scouts...