Transfer Rumours The Summer “Have We Signed Anyone Yet?” Thread

That's a strange first name
Had our eye on him for some time....be nice to get an early signing in....not Saints forte.

 

Players we reportedly interested in.

Rafael Toloi
Gary Cahill
Kalvin Phillips
Danny Drinkwater
Thomas Goiginger
Shoya Nakajima

 

Had to look some of them up as I'm not as knowledgeable as some of you guys #cough.

Rafael Toloi CB
Gary Cahill CB
Kalvin Phillips MF
Danny Drinkwater MF
Thomas Goiginger MF Red alert: Austrian
Shoya Nakajima MF

Apparently we have been following Nakajima for a while...bit on the short side, but Saints have always liked a shorty...shame he isn't a red head. Described as the Japanese Messi.

 

Once we have him for a while Messi will be know as the Argentinian Shoya Nakajima

 

He may be

 

Sadly for Rafael Toloi….googling his name provides a link to a Raphael Toilet seat replacement.

 

I've been calling Messi that for years anyway.

 

Of all the Leeds players we could be linked to we get linked to Phillips

 

I'd really like us to be looking at players like Daniel James of Swansea. Exactly the sort of player we should be targeting this summer (as well as a CB leader)

 

Bring him on for the last 5 minutes of all the games we're winning. He'll become a fans firm favourite.

 

If he's still at Swansea next season, I'll be amazed. I suspect the queue for him this summer will be very long (quite possibly headed by Wolves, if they can offer him European football where no-one else can - his electric pace would be ideal for their counter-attacking style).

 

Or maybe a Ralph vote of confidence?

 

Didn’t they turn down an offer from Leeds in January?

 

We will sign three players at most with only a very limited budget available.

 

I wonder if years of links to Pontus Jansson might materialise this summer if Leeds don't win the play-offs.

Definitely a leader and a big character...

 

I assume that's a "has similar name to former player" link. Which was, after all, our main criterion for appointing Mauricio Pellegrino.

 

If I remember rightly, it was less a case of turning it down, and more a case of not responding to Leeds and just letting the clock tick down to 11pm that deadline day evening.

But the offer was something like £11m. And that was before he started to appear on TV in the FA Cup, and for Wales, and consequently attract much greater attention.

 

It's worth keeping in mind the contract statuses of some of our contributors. Redmond, Hojberg, Romeu and Bertrand will all be down to their final two seasons; that makes the latter two more likely to be moved, and it means that we will have a difficult decision if the former two cannot be signed to a longer-term contract.

 

It wouldn't surprise me at all if someone turned up with a huge wad of cash for Nathan. He's coming into his peak years and is showing his class. I'd love to see us extend his contract. (Though there are still people within earshot of me at the ground who would happily give him away on a free transfer)

Vin

 

Be very happy with that.