Transfer Rumours JANUARY TRANSFER THREAD

He has already joined Bordeaux

 

Dammit, I missed that. Bargain at £3.5m.

 

Fats, you're right - 'dreadful' is a little harsh. Never fathomed how he had such a reputation for assists as well as goals when he joined us and he translated neither for us - especially in terms of assists because technically he should have been able to open defences even if scoring was more a challenging problem in the EPL.

 

Agree totally. However, I was told that after the Chelsea game he was escorted to his locker to clear it out by 2 senior players and KD. IF true some serious bridge building needed too.

Hopefully it's BS as there's a quality entertainer in him somewhere.

 

A Sunderland fan has obviously had some fun on Wikipedia

26 January 2019 Maja signed for French club Bordeaux on an four and a half year contract. After he signed, Maja wrote on Twitter, “I can’t wait to get started at Bordeaux. It is a dream come true to sit on the bench next to so many great players.”

 

Ex Barcelona and Southampton legend Martin Caceres is rejoining Serie A leaders Juventus...

 

This is the big question. Can he be given a second chance and that will be about how bad the incident was, how forgiving those players were or how much Ralph wants to have a look, not about how good he is or could be.

 

My view for what it’s worth, on Boufal, is that I would love to see how he fits into a side that is looking to get the ball forward quickly and hit on the break.
I think Ralph’s way will suit him.
Under previous managers we moved the ball slowly, so invariably when he received the ball he had little space to exploit and was often double marked.

 

As an add on, he may not have had many assists but there were many times when he played very incisive passes into dangerous areas that his teammates either couldn’t read or didn’t expect.
He could be good with Ings movement.

 

Or the strikers we had were just pretty crappy. Strange as Gabbi just didn’t have anyone on his advanced wavelength

 

Looking good for Sampdoria. Also playing back in his natural position, which doesn't hurt.

 

Football fans love to have a moan, and none more than some of our fellow Saints. I totally agree with you, FLT, in your description of what we want to see. Funny, so many rave about Le Tiss, but I recall the moans around me when he was having a nothing day. And don't start me on the verbals directed at Mick Channon.

I'd love to see Boufal back in a striped shirt. Someone said you didn't know what he was going to do. Well, this incuded the opposition, but what they feared was that he'd run through them. Most players are predictable. One wild card with talent will do me, if we can sort out the politics.

 

When does passing a ball into a space your team mates didn't expect morph from being genius to being just a bad pass.

I accept that even good players can be let down by not having the right team mates or manager, but a truly good player surely would be able to adapt and not throw a strop. As Boufal is already our player, it would be great if he was the answer to our prayers and suits Ralph's style, but he may have burnt his bridges.

 

Oh, it must have just been us then.

 

TBF to Boufal and others like him, Redmond is our most exciting player and he struggled to shine under MP2 and Hughes, but whilst not a revelation (because his skill was always obvious) is now like a new player. I can believe that some out on loan may suit our new manager, but wouldn't be surprised if they preferred to stay where they are.

 

Just noticed in an interview that Cedric's moustache looks more lustrous since his move...shows what a move can do for you

 

Natural position? Is he on the wing again?

I thought he had his best recent game for us there and then we moved him back up front with obvious results

 

He just needs a run of six games

 

You could well be right.... I wish I’d thought of that

 

Apparently most of that is coming straight back because Sunderland still owed payments for Khazri (lol). So Sunderland management are briefing out that it won't be reinvested, their fans are obviously thrilled.