Summer Transfer Rumour Thread.

Yeah should not be on too much either, he was on like a youth contract at Man City so I would have thought he would not have been on anything more than 3k a week and that is max, so I think if you are approaching him as a first teamer you may be able to get him at 5k a week for starters and then offer him something good in terms of cash per appearance so that you don't pay too much for someone who don't play, win either way then.

 

I could not see that happening though, bit like Michael Owen, such a good player, would be great, and still be an England player if it had not been for the injuries.

 

Gai Assulin was on loan at Brighton last season and didn't really do much.

 

Yeah but with a bit of time I think he will come good, you don't start at Barcelona for nothing.

 

He didn't.

 

I don't mean make appearance I mean by come through the academy.

 

Not in the league anyway

 

He started in Israel.

 

By this logic we could say, RIchard Eckersley made league appearances for Man Utd, sign him up! John Halls came through the Arsenal academy, he must have something!

 

For us, it seems they don't make a start then they move on to bigger things, like Williamson...how he's playing even half regularly for Newcastle is beyond me.

 

The funny thing is that some of these players will probably get snapped up on the basis of who they used to play for. Whereas if those clubs used a bit of thought, they would probably sign players released from the Saints academy instead.

 

Yeah and then spent a few years in Barcelona youth setup, I think he may be worth something, maybe just a trial to look over him in the summer, anyway, I am sure Nigel will find some great players for you.

 

The Dos Santos talk is very interesting. Seen it a few places now. No doubt would be a great signing.

 

On the subject of keepers, what about Brad Guzan, was released by Aston Villa today, would he be good enough do you think?

 

He joined the Barcelona academy aged 12. If Lallana's a Southampton academy product, this guy is a Barcelona academy product.

That doesn't necessarily mean he's worth signing though.

Guzan is decent but I think he'd struggle to get a work permit now, he barely played for Villa.

 

[h=2]Dani Benitez is a name that keeps being touted in some parts.[/h]

 

I have heard that he is linked with a few clubs though, but have to say from what I have heard he is a good attacking midfielder.

 

Indeed. Someone on SaintsWeb posted "Dani Benitez" on the transfer thread over there on the 5th of May, and I don't think any of us had really heard of him.

Now it's being reported in the press that we are in for him and the guy who posted it originally is not one for posting rumours usually, and he says we are in talks with the lad.

Interesting either way, he's either had a really lucky guess out of nowhere a few weeks back or he knows something!

 

If we're looking abroad then we could do a lot worse than Thomas Heurtaux & Ivan Rakitić - The latter is highly unlikely I admit, but you never know...

 

All I can find when searching for Benitez is when he lobbed the bottle at the ref in the Real Madrid game.