Everyone will not want to leave and Saints will not let them all go anyway. Teams do not have massive clear outs if they have been successful and are financially sound. Offers for most of our players will be quite resistible.
Ribery's out, confirmed: https://twitter.com/lequipe/status/474910105780387840 Bit of a blow for France, that.
Southampton Football Club on Twitter: "Congratulations to #SaintsFC’s Morgan Schneiderlin, who has been given a late call-up to the @equipedefrance’s #WorldCup squad!"
Southampton will be represented by the following at the 2014 FIFA World Cup: Maya Yoshida - JAPAN Dejan Lovren - CROATIA Luke Shaw - ENGLAND Morgan Schneiderlin - FRANCE Gastón RamÃrez - URUGUAY Adam Lallana - ENGLAND Strange not to see Rickie on that list, eh...
Said it before and I'll say it again - Rickie counts as a saint on the list, he's made no contribution with his current club to get on that plane
Christ, I'm the least patriotic person I know and I'm still super excited for the World Cup, regardless of whether I'll be seeing many Saints players or not. Do you people like this sport or not? This is the pinnacle. Forget about Saints for a couple of weeks and enjoy it.
People get that, we've welcomed Roy all bleeding year, its just what's happened since the season has ended that has taken the shine of the international call ups. Do you enjoy the sport or follow the Saints? Its relevant.