Goodbye Calum

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SouthamptonFCroatia said:
Yeah, that's how it work. Player see it's in their best interest of their careers to continue playing for the club and wait for another opportunity. Bale, Modrić, Suarez - all wanted to leave, but were kept regardless of their wishes. At least for another year.

The power is equally distributed between the club and the players.
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That's because Tottenham are pushing for Europe every season. We're a mid table club who had one good season last year. Not hard to see why a player wouldn't want to stay here when we can't offer much more. 3 biggest clubs in England have come in for our players, not Hull/Palace/Burnley. And that's that, unfortunately.
 
SouthamptonFCroatia said:
And I agree with Channon. Player are greedy and disloyal. But that says nothing about the club's power to keep them. :)

He mentions the Bosman ruling. How exactly does that apply to this situation, may I ask?
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The Bosman ruling is specifically about players leaving clubs at the end of their contracts, but indirectly it affects all transfers, because the closer to the end of a contract a player is, the less their realisable value to the selling club. The knock-on effect is that clubs are ultimately forced to sell want-away players with brand-new contracts just to get the maximum value out of them. That is the reality of the situation, and Mick Channon, and Beefy, are absolutely right that all the power now rests with the players and their bloodsucking parasite agents.
 
I know all that. By we are still not bound to sell if the player is under long term contract with the club. It would be maybe more financially beneficial for us to sell him immediately, but nothing is forcing us to do so. Keeping a player, maintaining a strong side that can play attractive and competitive football may be even more financially beneficial for us in the long term, than to cash in on a player at a first opportunity.
 
We also forget that not all players are bastards...some will accept a no if they are under contract. It's looking weak that encourages them. However, I have to say that I thought Lallana would accept a no...how wrong can you be?
 
CBK said:
£2m less than Kroos to Real Madrid.

He's a good player Calum, but he's no future Bale. Guess the top6 clubs have so much money that £18m for a "steady-eddie" player isn't that much of a bother to them.
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That keeps getting brought up but it was a release clause wasn't it? How long is it since that release clause was devised and how has the transfer market inflated since then? What price to Bundesliga players go for relative to premier league players anyway?
 
watersideifasaint said:
Will there be lots of good news this week like 2,3 or dreaming even 4 signings? If not i seriously fear for this club as the fans can't be pushed much more. Things will start turning very nasty for the board like they did for Lowe
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Two, most likely. I'd be surprised at 3 or 4 but Saints might see a few things come together.
 
Saintmagic said:
I'm assuming you are referring to Van Dijk and Forster? Or one from more under the radar, like Kolodziejcak (I will learn the spelling eventually) or Rojo?
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Van Dijk and a left-back, I think.

Forster will be delayed due to Celtic's UCL qualifiers, and we're in no huge rush for a GK - we just want one before the window shuts.
 
- Doing The Lambert Walk said:
Van Dijk and a left-back, I think.

Forster will be delayed due to Celtic's UCL qualifiers, and we're in no huge rush for a GK - we just want one before the window shuts.
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Dijk done I reckon. The thing is are we bring in Rojo as a replacement for Fonte? And getting kolodziejcak as our lb? Or not.
 
Beefy said:
Dijk done I reckon. The thing is are we bring in Rojo as a replacement for Fonte? And getting kolodziejcak as our lb? Or not.
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I think José will stick it out at Saints. He likes it here and will get game time, then if he does leave in a year's time he'll have a fair few offers.

That said, if we accept a bid for him, he may choose he wants to go... (I don't think he will)
 
Beefy said:
Dijk done I reckon. The thing is are we bring in Rojo as a replacement for Fonte? And getting kolodziejcak as our lb? Or not.
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I have only seen Rojo for Argentina, but I cannot picture him as a CB (I know he plays there for Sporting), could see him as very much in the David Luiz school of defending :D
 
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