Further down the report, "Newcastle & Gladbach had also been in talks with Sékou Mara but were waiting to see if Bordeaux would go bust to pick the player up for cents on the Euro. Southampton classily respected Bordeaux & the transfer may save the club from liquidation. Full very touching story to come." An interesting analysis on Mara: https://breakingthelines.com/player...-latest-gem-to-emerge-from-bordeauxs-academy/
rumour is bournemouth have bid 14mill. at that price there should be clubs all over him. i have watched a fair bit on the kid and am convinced he’s the real deal.
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I think the links of southampton showing interest was a discussion of his impressive numbers on Saintsweb yesterday where everyone was getting excited and saying we should go for him If that is truly the price then we seemingly should be looking at him. But so would many others !
14 would be cheap as he signed a new contract less than a year ago. his numbers look good but when you watch him in play you can see the quality and the intelligence. he would be a massive upgrade for us IMO. i could see him at champions league club before long.
I think the 14m number is quite close to the transfermarkt number - rather than what he actually might go for
Assuming the Mara story is correct I think we are about there transfer wise. We have a new spine to the team - keeper, CB, CDM, AM, ST. Maybe a RB loan to cover for Tino. Anything else now would IMO be an unexpected bonus.
I think most would still like to see another striker, AM and right back cover. There are still two loan slots as well and I expect that market might move a bit later Perhaps one player who can do both AM and Striker. There was definite talk of substantial funds being available for the attacking roles. 15m rising to 20-21 for Mara and Aribo doesn’t strike me as meeting that definition. And I think most would be a bit disquieted if this is the end of our attacking signings. Even the more positive minded people The true “bonus” in my opinion would be if we land Colwill
