Pamplemousse

I always considered him a D!ck

Lost 2-1 at home to Bournemouth. Not that they bothered to turn up to see a Premier League team.

That's why we won't sell him. We identify our targets almost a year in advance.

If he was off, he wouldn't have travelled. Maybe he suffered the most from this virus, who knows.

I hope MLG updates Southampton's rivals on FM accordingly. Got to be at least 75, surely.

What friends?

Perhaps someone needs to remind VVD how many trophies Lallana, Lovren etc. have won at Liverpool

Liverpool is the self pity city. It's a well-known fact. Not to mention having a ridiculous accent.

I reckon the other top 5 clubs, particularly Man Utd, would have pushed for it too. They certainly have the influence.

I think we need to get the Northam to start chanting "Free Philippe Coutinho" to the song of Free Nelson Mandela

Exactly. We know VVD is not a man of his word. If another club enters the fray and really wants him, and can offer more money, then he'll choose them instead. Simple.

Why would he turn down Man Utd? If they came in for him, he'd be off there. It just so happens that Man Utd, when conducting their transfer business, do so in a respectful matter, rather than Liverpool's sly approach. But they could have their pick of any player in the Premier League, and have the finances to better anything Liverpool could offer. Man Utd is a bigger club than Liverpool, so of course VVD would opt for them. But as Man Utd have already spent big on a defender, they're not in the race.

OK, here's a thought... Who would accept £50M plus Dejan Lovren coming back? Let's assume that Klopp has told Lovren that he doesn't feature in his plans and VVD is his replacement.

His agent needs to get a move on. The club have told Wasserman the figure that will be accepted, so he needs to get his skates on and find a club that is willing to pay.

I can claim to be the first one to have acknowledged that Tom was correct. It still doesn't hurt to be sceptical though And given that Tom had been completely wrong on this very topic only a few weeks ago, people had every right to be sceptical.

Maybe he was just upset that Puel was sacked...

VVD's stance is very strange. We know for a fact that Saints haven't rejected any bids for him... because nobody has made any bids for him. If he only had two or even one year on his contract, then he'd be in a position of strength. But the club holds all the cards here.

I still don't think he'll go this summer. Schneiderlin and Wanyama settled down after playing up, and the club have previous for standing firm when they say a player is not for sale. Next summer for sure though.

https://audioboom.com/posts/6128853-mauricio-pellegrino-gives-chapter-and-verse-on-latest-virgil-van-dijk-situation-at-saintsfc Adam Blackmore interview here

http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/saints/news/15427076.Van_Dijk_training_alone_after__telling_Saints_he_wants_to_go_/ Looks like Tom28 was correct. Egg on face time for me and everyone else

Pellegrino said he was only taking part in 80% of the training sessions, so there was no way he was going to play this weekend. I reckon the first we'll see of him will be one of the home friendly matches.

Imagine the hilarity if he came back into the picture.

He's getting pelters because he was wrong before. He said he was going to Chelsea, then said 100% Liverpool weren't interested. Wrong on both counts. Also, calling people "mugs" comes from someone who is on the wind-up, not because he has genuine information to share.

Do we have a sell-on fee?