Baird of the land

Man utd paid £28m for Fellaini. He wasn't an England international which adds a considerable premium. Arsenal bid 40m for Suarez last summer and Liverpool outright rejected it despite there being a release clause. 20m is joke figure that would imply to other clubs that we like being shafted.

Indeed, I'd be expecting in region of 35m, not the joke sums being banded about.

I'll bide my time to see if rumours of player sales turn out to be true or false before choosing my side of the fence.

Sad to see history has been re-written and we were apparently bottom of premier league rather than well outside relegation zone when he was replaced.

I do believe Cortese would be extremely hard nosed about these bids & in terms of fighting to convince Potchettino that the better place to be is Saints. We'll soon see if the new regime has any strength in rejecting these bids and competing to retain our manager. If we show weakness it will be like blood in the water to sharks.

If the board are unable to convince Pochettino they are ambitious enough to make him stay, what would stop De Boer(even in the unlikely event that he would want to leave Ajax) following him out the door 6 months down the line after trigger happy Levy fires again.

Redmond could certainly inject a bit of pace in the absence of Jrod and has talent. Depends what sort of price we'd have to pay. Less keen on ruddy, as I'd prefer to buy a slightly younger keeper such as McCarthy as completion for Boruc.

Far more concerned about whether our players will still be within said new kit personally. If the whole stripes thing is used as a distraction from sales then i won't be happy.

Lallana's english too which adds an extra premium on top of that.

I do like that tone of articles i've seen today has shifted to us not wanting to sell. Still think the amounts being talked about for a likely attacking england starter at the peak of his career are insulting. £20M is a joke, add another 15M at least to that.

Hoping Mopo stays but if he does go would hardly be a bad appointment despite his brief pompey links. Certainly pro youth & has been behind alliance with Swindon to get their players a chance at a club playing the right way. So a good fit.

Indeed i don't want this to become a game of dominoes, where we watch as the first XI gets gutted one at a time. The money will be meaningless beyond being nice for Liebherr's bank account as we won't be able to spend it on like for like replacements.

Very proud, very excited, but also very nervous with all this speculation that someone's going to beat us up and take our lunch money before I can sit down and enjoy the main event.

Journos and their random scatter gun speculation. Given Mackay wouldn't match our style & has no notable youth emphasis sounds like nonsense. Now I could see him at WBA, Clarke mk2.

Yep fantastic defensively and once he starts adding goals/more assists to his pace he's going to be scary.

Completely depends on ambition. No point shopping upmarket if we're planning just not to get relegated.

Very much sums up my opinion.

Do love their arrogance. Not for sale means opposite to them. Hope our not for sale is what it says on the tin.

Over the ten years they've lost a key player every couple of years. Losing multiple people this summer would be completely different.

Yeah think you'd need Lampard, Rooney, baines & Gerard to be absent for Rickie to get first dibs at penalty in normal time. In a penalty shoot out it could definitely happen though.

Agree don't get Wilshere or Lampard thing. So much pressure now on Gerard and Henderson not to get injured or booked twice. Delph or cork etc would have been in my squad. Really delighted for Rickie. Just keeping my fingers crossed there's no injuries to scupper what was largely a positive squad.

Ha ha, got to wonder at the laziness of some journos.

I'd argue that it is important to retain them for a few years so we actually get to see the benefit of all the work we've put into developing them and blooding them. I already see a few moaning about giving the likes of Gallagher game time.

Not sure Everton reinvested every last penny of the Fellaini money, Sure some of that went to clear debts. Doubt we could even attract a 35 million pound player but key has to be at most lose just one, reinvest a decent portion and ensure the floodgates don't open with multiple players demanding out the door.

I'd take the above in a heartbeat even if i'd be sad to see adam go. Losing Luke so young would send out a very bad signal for all future good academy prospects.