A CB,RB,10 and Striker that is what we want. A striker and RB is almost guaranteed to come in though.
We are just as much in need of a LB as we are a RB as our cover for either side is faaaaarr from ideal. Djenepo LB judging on pre-season, and Valery RB cover? Think the player we bring in could do with having the ability to play either side really. If either Perraud or KWP are out for any period of time then we are massively weakened. I suppose this is also why we have been playing 3/5 at the back in preseason so regularly.
I’ve got a feeling we might sell Salisu this summer, no real updates on his contract which expires in 2 years. Throw in the links to Colwill and we definitely will be shifting one centre back if that were to happen. Maybe just me being pessimistic.
His name cropped up for Man City - but only when they were potentially losing one of their defenders to Chelsea Chelsea are desperate for centre backs and his name hasn’t been linked once. Spurs were looking and loaned a Barca player. Man United got in someone from Ajax and look to have overpaid. West Ham have already spent 30m on a defender. So where is he going?
He was linked with Newcastle aswell, and I’m sure if he was available for a reasonable fee teams would become interested even if they aren’t actively looking at him now. If he has indicated he won’t sign a new deal then we may think better to sell this summer for a higher price than next summer, all speculation of course as I haven’t heard much about his contract situation apart from we have opened talks or something
I don’t think he is available for a reasonable fee I also just saw something suggesting Newcastle have a 100m budget for the summer and are now looking at their attack. I don’t know where the figure has come from as it mentioned ffp and I thought Ashley meant that had a massive buffer there It might also come down to how much of a decrease we think there might be between this summer and next.
I follow Southampton, home and away, and I've seen loads of goals from open play. Not for Saints, I'll admit....
I know it’s the Echo, but back in May they reported “sources close to the player” says he’s keen on a new contract. https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/20173520.saints-defender-salisu-open-discussing-new-contract/
Why would we want to offload any of the players (apart from Walcott whose absence so far suggests he would prefer to play regular football in US)? We've signed 6 players so far but have seen 8 leave for the season - Forster, Lewis, Long, Chauke, N'Lundulu, Smallbone, Small and Watts. With 5 subs this season the last thing we need is a smaller squad. Djenepo and Ely have both performed well pre season. Redders and Tella too early to tell as they both have to work back to full fitness.
You are I think. I suspect Salisu is angling for an increase and probably deserves it. But his development is still fairly early on - a work in progress. He could walk straight into a mid table side but he is nowhere near good enough (yet) for the top 6.
Wages and the fact that they have all had ample opportunity to show what they can do and none of them have really taken it. Would you not prefer to bring in someone knew instead of Redmond and Walcott?
And we have several players with one year left on their deals so it would be the last chance to get a fee if we don’t intend to renew or use them much
I'm expecting two more signings and concede that Theo will move on (that's make 8 in and 9 out). But that still leaves room for Redders who is clearly rated by the coaches. For me, every player gets a fresh chance to prove themselves at the start of a season.
In which positions ? I’d like to think that it will be three - Striker, AM and a loan for full back. And one of the first two might be a loan as well but I assume we would prefer to not end up in a Broja situation again - especially with a striker I can’t say that I am overly keen to have Redmond and Djenepo as wing back options after only one injury
Djenepo could work as a decent option T RWB, and I imagine if Redders has to play at RWB, Valery will always play as that RCB in a free, as if allows him to cover when Redmond pushes up.
