Summer Transfer Thread and Gustavo Cisneros Type Rumours.

[eamonn]

Semmens has vowed not to sell him. Prowse will have to kick-off if he wants to leave.

[Matt C]

We need him to seriously angle for a move if there’s any chance of this one coming off now, surely.

[Sexual Ealing]

Was that a John Percy piece in the Torygraph?

[Ads]

No it was a Mike McGrath article.

[itmustbe_it is!]

I think he means 18 months off the Champions league contention. He said we were 18 months off match rat boys ambition, which was the Champions league. I read in to that as Europa league challengers this year, Champions league challenge in 2 years.

I spoke to one of the players in the course of my work recently and they said Europe is the aim this year.

[Toronto Villa]

Lots will still happen between now and the close of the window. Southampton will hold out as long as they need to and likely won’t sell at all unless they have a replacement lined up. But they have done a good job of acknowledging their place in the food chain when you consider who they have sold in the past decade. At the right price JWP will be sold and they will do fine afterwards.

[edgysatsuma89]

They've agreed a fee for Vestergaard apparently. They would be mental to sell their 3 best players OR maybe that's why JWP would want to leave. Bold call if they do.

[chrisw1]

Lots will still happen between now and the close of the window. Southampton will hold out as long as they need to and likely won’t sell at all unless they have a replacement lined up. But they have done a good job of acknowledging their place in the food chain when you consider who they have sold in the past decade. At the right price JWP will be sold and they will do fine afterwards.

I don't know if you mean this to come accross as it reads, but if that was a City fan talking about us I'd be calling him a arrogant monumental bellend.  Hopefully I've taken it the wrong way.

[ChicagoLion]

Lots will still happen between now and the close of the window. Southampton will hold out as long as they need to and likely won’t sell at all unless they have a replacement lined up. But they have done a good job of acknowledging their place in the food chain when you consider who they have sold in the past decade. At the right price JWP will be sold and they will do fine afterwards.

I don't know if you mean this to come accross as it reads, but if that was a City fan talking about us I'd be calling him a arrogant monumental bellend.  Hopefully I've taken it the wrong way.

Im afraid TV, it does look a tad condescending.

[Risso]

That would read better if it said 'consolidating' rather than 'acknowledging'.

[LeeB]

Fuck 'em, they're Southampton. Another bunch of twats that thought they were bigger than us because they had a couple of decent seasons and a new Lego stadium.

[four fornicholl]

Dean has stated we are 18 months off challenging for a European place

So this season looks as though we are aiming for at least 8th with the real push for Europe being next season

Does he not realise how old I am!!

[Lastfootstamper]

No, I think you have to win it don’t you? That would be the May, which technically is 21 months away, and again a little optimistic unless we’re going to start making Aguerro/Toure/David Silva type signings.

Yeah, you do have to win it. I meant that being in the knockout stages technically means you're in contention for a CL place.

[Ads]

I thought Vestergaard was largely thought of as being poor by their support?

[Dave]

They've agreed a fee for Vestergaard apparently. They would be mental to sell their 3 best players OR maybe that's why JWP would want to leave. Bold call if they do.

When I was browsing their forum at the time of the Ings signing, they seemed pretty unanimous that it was (a) inevitable that Vestergaard would be leaving and (b) that it would be a good thing.

One of those where a few goals last season and a half-decent Euros masks all the stuff that he's bad at, and produces a transfer fee far beyond what it should be.