It certainly looks like Fonte will be staying put at Southampton whilst the new manager Ron Koeman decides who he needs to keep and who he will let go. So I doubt that Steve Bruce will look to bring him here when there are others who will be available sooner.
Full back??? I always thought he was an attacking midfielder, we talking about the same Nick Powell?? I think a lot of people forget about Quninny
I was joking about Powell. We're linked with him every window and we always have a mass debate about his best position.
Meyler Huddlestone Livermore Aluko Quinn Snograss Brady Boyd Elmo I think SB should be able to pick a decent midfield from those ? Oh and i'm a big fan of Stephen Quinn.
Same, too good to be a squad player, but not good enough to be a key player at this level. Best for him to move on.
Meyler Maybe Huddlestone Yes Livermore Yes Aluko - Winger Quinn - Bruce doesnt see him as first choice quality Snograss - Winger/Forward Brady - Winger Boyd - Bruce doesnt see him as first choice quality Elmo - Winger/Wing Back Basically our only actual central midfielders who are good enough for the prem are Huddlestone, Livermore & possibly Meyler. Thats not a lot of options when we often play 3 central midfielders.. If the chance to sign Rodwell, Powell or someone else came along im sure Bruce would be interested.
My point exactly and why my post said someone in the MIDDLE. Most of the names are wingers or false number nines. We need a central midfielder who is in the mould of Ash, energy and steel. I was presuming from the comments that Powell was such a player.
Huddlestone and Livermore and depending on formation,Meyler are the first choice middle men,so the others not being first choice is obvious. We don't need another first choice. He has plenty of options to stand in for injury/rotation. Oh yeah forgot about Ince
He's a very good player, but until he can make that impact on teams in our league, he isn't going to start.
He doesn't have to start, he's a great squad player though. You must understand,that everyone in our squad can't be a starter.