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Enter the unfit glassed knee'd show pony!

Crap times nobody seems to have a clue what's going on it's like everyone assumed we'd vote remain, oh well we've got our sovereignty back apparently hope it's worth something at the global pawn shop!

Once another club is involved and he wants to go the situation changes to either they pay up and you go there or you are on gardening leave for once the club held the whip hand!

I fookin hope they gave RK an ultimatum name me a club that have had a good season knowing it was the managers last apart from man utd's last under Ferguson, although remember the first time he said he was off? Last time we had a manager announce he was leaving at the end of the season we had a total mare the likes of which I never want to see again! City were terrible for pellegrini this year etc etc Much better to have 5m in the bank and a committed manager spot in from Les!

We must have been the only club Delap played for who got nothing out of his crazy long throws never remember it coming off for us! Back on topic reasonably pleased with Redmond seems to have bags of potential and a decent attitude and a 5 year contract means he should be here a while yet!

Class is priceless all the best victor

that's the question though are they really that minted? Will the owner really be able to stand those sorts of losses and will financial fair play allow it?

but will they be prepared to pay players the same as Wesley or risk loosing them because they are ****ed off that the club thinks some past it big name is worth more than them?

exactly we've been doing it for years or did you deliberately miss my point! We have signed loads of decent youngsters from other clubs in recent years like we always do!

it's hardly new it's something we have been doing for years and years Blackstock and the like being prime examples.

Because then when we inevitably sold players everyone would be screaming about how he lied when he said we weren't selling, d'oh! We don't want or have to sell anyone but we don't keep players who don't want to be here and we don't let them run contracts down and leave for free seems like sensible business to me!

If we take 25m then we definitely know something is up but I can't see it happening we have always been pretty tough in our negotiations so if they want him I expect them to be looking north of 30m 45 is probably a little optimistic given the lack of English player inflation in Mane's case

and when your other star players find out just how much more he's on than them they won't go knocking on the managers door asking for there share of the new Wonga?

I think we've sold a couple of players who were worth 100K a week (Schniderlin, Clyne) but it doesn't seem to be in our model to pay that and for more it is a potential snowball effect as once one player gets it others will start asking.

Can they easily afford it though if Kante and Mahrez and half a dozen others ask for it to be matched, can they afford it with no Champions league in future seasons? I remember Leeds gambling on continued Champions League qualification and loosing rather badly! Paying one player a massive salary has knock on effects!

and I'm betting they have upped his salary way beyond anything we will pay (probably north of 100K a week) which may seem great right now but will seem much harder to justify should they have a bad season and Vardy go off the boil!

Would love to know the details, they must have gone beyond 100K a week you'd think to keep him which might not look so sensible if they and he have a couple of rubbish seasons.

Totally agree with this the Berahino example is terrible, he was playing brilliantly and worth a fortune they forced him to stay he was rubbish for a season in a grump and now they will loose him for less having gained nothing but a smug grin.

Lallana's finishing and pace are the two things that separate him from those at the very top of the game, he has looked really good so far this tournament but has been let down by his horrific form in front of goal! In this tournmanet at least he seems to be a slow version of Ronaldo who also doesn't seem able to find the goal!

I would assume Sammy and the other coaching staff are capable of running the start of pre-season without any issues and I would imagine Sammy is a non-negotiable for any incoming manager ie he stays as he is popular and gives continuity something the club is keen on hence the last couple of managers only bringing in a minimum number of there own people each time and not a whole new backroom.

No but it's freeking obvious that in this day and age we would not hold onto one of easily the best players of his generation, the money on offer for a player like that would be mind boggling both for the club and the individual it would be like bale deciding to stay!

total nonsense it just shows him that some decisions will quite rightly not be his to make, any manager coming here expecting total control over signings is living a fantasy and best avoided!

Different era, if MLT played today he would not remain at Saints and anyone who thinks he would is mad, similarly he would be much much fitter and probably an even better player as a result.

Length of contract minus 1 if they are outstanding and/or a mercenary longer if they are only good and/or not a mercenary. It really is pretty simple in this day and age. The list of players with 300 games consists of 8 players who stayed for most of their careers at a very top club and were outstanding players the others are all in the next tier ie good players who liked the club they played for.

Shame to see him go he has proven himself to be a good player at this level, replacing him will as always be a gamble but fingers crossed we have some strength already in the squad in his role so even if the addition doesn't work out it won't be an end of the world scenario. Wonder what the sell on clauses with Celtic will cost us?