Ralph has said that he’ll look at him over the summer to see how he fits in, which I think is code for trying to find someone to take him off our hands, either permanently or on loan. The good news is he only has another year left on his contract.
With a new goalkeeper reportedly on the list of transfer targets for Southampton, the Saints are said to be monitoring Lazio and Albania goalkeeper Thomas Strakosha, 26, as a potential signing. (La Repubblica, via Sport Witness)
There’s a Kate Bush chant in that one (which will never happen, because Seven Nation Army), but worth getting him just for that.
Would be a very good signing for under £10m Is CM a position we really need to strengthen though if we are strapped for cash?
If we are only paying £7m for him then that is good business. Yes he will have no resale value like a younger signing but he is cheap and experienced at lever higher than almost all our squad.
Perhaps this means we aren’t quite as strapped for cash as everyone seems to be saying? Sure our budget is tight but the way people are speaking is as if we have absolutely nothing. Including talk of our finances being so bad that we HAVE to pay Minamino to avoid the extra loan fees Alternatively it could point to use getting more transfer income than many assume. Vestergaard? And perhaps teams have taken note of how unstable we look when Romeu wasn’t in the team and someone is coming in for him? I wonder what this means for Diallo? He potentially moves to 4th choice unless someone goes or he is being coached into a different role ?