Transfer Rumours Saints Summer 2017 Transfer Rumour Thread

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The Liebherr Legacy said:
I've said many times I wouldn't sell him even for 60 odd million.

There comes a point that despite individually a deal can be seen as good for the club, that keeping a player is simply better for us.

He'll still likely be worth a **** load next Summer anyway, and my fear is if we don't hold firm now, then we never will.
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Think we'd be wise not to sell. I personally can't help but feel that the very negative reaction to this season includes some pent up frustration at the clubs transfer policy over the last three years.
The atmosphere around the club needs to be improved upon and this would go a long way.

I think this transfer business is more embarrassing for Liverpool than Southampton.
 
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Equally we need to be in one of the following two situations (in my opinion) for the coming season:

1) If Puel stays - he needs to be building on this season's squad, not rebuilding again. This gives him the best possible chance of succeeding, or at least being judged fairly.


2) If Puel is replaced - then surely the best way of attracting the best possible manager is to be able to say to them 'we are keeping the likes of Van Dijk', or at the very least 'we have kept him for now - it's your choice whether he stays or whether you sell to raise more transfer funds'.
 
I would like Saints to keep VVD as an indication that we have turned a corner and are able to keep our best players. I'd also like to be 8 stone. We are at a level where we can keep a certain standard of player...a good player at a middling price will stay here if we want to keep him, but there is a price that we can't resist. It's pure economics. We are financially sound, but it's as if you owned a nice modern detached house worth 300K outright with a painting by Turner hanging on the wall. You may not strictly need the money, but it makes no sense having such an expensive asset (that could get damaged) when you could buy a few decent paintings and have change.

And we have coped without him....we aren't exactly shipping goals...it's just that the odd goal let in is catastrophic when you can't score. I will admit it is the other more attacking side of his game that we may have missed.
 
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fran-MLs little camera said:
I would like Saints to keep VVD as an indication that we have turned a corner and are able to keep our best players. I'd also like to be 8 stone. We are at a level where we can keep a certain standard of player...a good player at a middling price will stay here if we want to keep him, but there is a price that we can't resist. It's pure economics. We are financially sound, but it's as if you owned a nice modern detached house worth 300K outright with a painting by Turner hanging on the wall. You may not strictly need the money, but it makes no sense having such an expensive asset (that could get damaged) when you could buy a few decent paintings and have change.

And we have coped without him....we aren't exactly shipping goals...it's just that the odd goal let in is catastrophic when you can't score. I will admit it is the other more attacking side of his game that we may have missed.
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I refuse to sell my Turner paintings.
 
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saintsfcfan said:
See on Twitter that Van Dijk to Liverpool is gathering pace.

Just makes me sigh and think "what is the point anymore"
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If Liverpool are offering £200k pw then Chelsea will be able to outbid that without batting an eye (also City/United).
A number of clubs are looking desperate to buy VVD so lets hope Les adopts the Spurs view of selling players.....put the price up until only one is left or they all refuse to spend it in which case he stays with another four years left on his contract
Win/Win situation
 
Paddy Podped said:
I wonder if the way we feel about Liverpool is how Celtic feel about us?
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Well if the scores of Celtic fans I know are a reasonable barometer of the entire fanbase, no it isn't. They take great pride in having unearthed talent that perfomed well for them, turned them a healthy profit and gives them some interest in the PL. I suspect that may be different if they actually had a challenge from anyone else up here but as things stand, they could sell their entire first team, replace it, and still win the league by a country mile.
 
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Haven't read the article, but does it mention a release clause? The top Portuguese team rarely sell their better players for anything less than the release clause
 
Saintmagic said:
Haven't read the article, but does it mention a release clause? The top Portuguese team rarely sell their better players for anything less than the release clause
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Wiki says - On 9 March he signed a new contract until 2022, with a release clause being set at €45 million
 
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