Shhhhh Tino shhhh. I think our summer is going to be quite difficult enough, with growing interest in JWP, KWP, Salisu and Tino himself, without him talking Stuart onto the radar.
I saw this written about Stu on a football website : If the game’s vocabulary has expanded in recent years, with many a new description of positions entering the footballing lexicon, there still isn’t a perfect term for two of the roles in Ralph Hasenhuttl’s system. The Austrian sometimes refers to them as his two No. 10s, but they aren’t really a No. 10, just as they aren’t a winger or a striker or a central midfielder. If it is hard to define, it seems even harder to play. Just look at Manchester United when Ralf Rangnick tried to import the 4-2-2-2 formation he and Hasenhuttl had both used in the Bundesliga. None of Bruno Fernandes, Jadon Sancho, Marcus Rashford or Mason Greenwood looked at home as a wide 10; none mastered all of its many duties. But while Hasenhuttl has had time to coach his unusual system, no one has played this bespoke role as well for him as Armstrong. The Scot was elusive and irrepressible against Norwich: his eventual tallies of seven shots and four key passes illustrated how influential he was. He was a major reason why Southampton amassed 27 shots. Oriol Romeu’s spectacular goal made him the headline act but Armstrong, the king of the half-space, confounded Norwich with his movement. * I’d say a pretty high priority would be trying to find another one like him so at the very least we should be able to have one in the side at a time if not both
I love all this praise coming our way at the moment. The team is playing great and getting recognised for it. I've liked Armstrong from the start, he's always looking to go forwards and can beat players with ease, right now I would say he's my favourite Saints player.
I've decided to subscribed to The Athletic. It's a pound a month for the first 6 months so plenty of time to decide if £7.99 a month after that is worth it. Anyway, Dan Sheldon doing a Q&A with Saints fans right now.
Does anyone think that there’s a chance JWP might be on Liverhampton’s radar as a replacement for Henderson? And, if he went (hopefully for a massive fee), would anyone really blame him? Huge increase in wages plus an almost guaranteed England place ….. I hate to think this way, but I can’t help wondering ……
Definitely worth it, I got offered a deal last time my subscription got close to ending too - so I suspect you'll be able to get for less than £7.99 in 6 months.
It would be a good move for Liverpool and a life changing move for JWP. Would be gutting as not only is he our captain and mr Southampton in terms of the model of how we want work as a club but he is also crucial to our performances on the pitch. But he is on a huge contract, loves the club, is approaching his peak and is English. We should be able to demand ridiculous money for him, VVD sort of money.
I would be very surprised if he left us this summer. He'll have 4 years left on his contract so any team who wants him will have to pay an absolute fortune for him. Next summer is a possibility I would say but no means guaranteed. He'll be 28, getting on for 29 by then so teams may be put off by that.
This and I doubt whether any club will meet our asking price. if he was a bit younger then maybe but he's at his peak now. Teams aren't going to want to shell out 60-70mill for 2 or 3 peak seasons.
Isn’t Bellingham the number one target for Liverpool? The rumours seems to talk about 80m for him. If we want 60-70m for JWP (hypothetically) I expect they will go for the former
I think we already have someone who could potentially do that job, on the left, someone who Ralph recently talked up as being able to play the No10 role and who he praised for being an intelligent player. KWP.
He won't be going anywhere unless he is happy to sign a contract with the highest bidder. He will have a say.
Yep, not all clubs will be so willing. We clearly have a good working relationship with Chelsea too which will help. Assuming Chelsea are willing to sell, I'd be quite confident.
