I thought I would compile a list of all the players we get linked to in the media (this will include basically anything that comes up on Newsnow so some of the links will be highly dodgy) just to see the sheer number of players and how many actually sign. So far we have: Charlie Austin - QPR Frank Tabanou - St Etienne - Signed for Swansea Idrissa Gueye - Lille - Signed for Aston Villa Toby Alderweireld - Atletico Madrid - Signed for Tottenham Gregory Van Der Wiel - PSG Wojciech Szczesny - Arsenal Papy Djilobodji - Nantes Freddie Woodman - Newcastle Lee Nguyen - New England Revolution Jordy Clasie - Feyenoord Tonny Vilhena - Feyenoord Stefano Okaka - Sampdoria Kieran Trippier - Burnley - Signed for Tottenham Tom Cleverley - Man Utd - Signed for Everton Patrick Bamford - Chelsea Maarten Stekelenberg - Free Transfer - 3RD SIGNING OF THE SUMMER Ondrej Duda - Legia Warsaw Micah Richards - Free Transfer - Signed for Aston Villa Simon Kjaer - Lille - Signed for Fenerbache Gregoire Defrel - Cesena Adrien Silva - Sporting Lisbon Saido Berahino - West Brom Omar El Kaddouri - Napoli Sven Van Beek - Feyenoord Javier Hernandez - Man Utd Bas Dost - Wolfsburg Andre Almeida - Benfica Alex Song - Barcelona Eder - Sampdoria Hector Moreno - Espanyol Loic Remy - Chelsea Martin Odegaard - Real Madrid Cedric Soares - Sporting Lisbon - SECOND SIGNING OF THE SUMMER Grzegorz Kyrchowiak - Sevilla Ron Vlaar - Free Transfer Juanmi - Malaga - OMG IT WAS REAL HE HAS SIGNED Yohan Cabaye - PSG - Signed for Crystal Palace Eljero Elia - Werder Bremen Aleksander Mitrovic - Anderlecht Sven Bender - Dortmund Carl Jenkinson - Arsenal - Signed for West Ham Zouhair Feddal - Parma Joe Gomez - Charlton - Signed for Liverpool Pavel Kaderabek - Sparta Prague - Signed for Hoffenheim Virgil Van Dijk - Celtic Tom Heaton - Burnley Mevlut Erdinc - Saint Etienne Angelo Ogbonna - Juventus - Signed for West Ham Max Gradel - Saint Etienne Giannelli Imbula - Marseille - Signed for Porto Marco Benassi - Torino/Inter Georginio Wijnaldum - PSV - Signed for Newcastle Dennis Praet - Anderlecht Cuco Martina - FC Twente - OFFICIALLY SIGNING NUMBER 4 Mario Lemina - Marseille Marco Asensio - Real Madrid Serge Gnabry - Arsenal Mario Suarez - Atletico Madrid NGolo Kante - Caen Luis Advincula - Hoffenheim Running Total - 60
Not officially, I won't be calling anything a done deal until one of the clubs involved in the transfer announces it.
Paul-Georges Ntep? seems was on the radar but a big gap in the bid and the evaluation by Rennes. May be a twitter wind up?
Can't find any media outlet reporting it, I'm not going to include twitter rumours as I think the list will be long enough as it is If a media source pick up the rumour then I will add it in
This is part of the experiment, as 95% will be lazy rumours. I reckon we will top 50 players linked by the end of the summer.
The Daily Echo published a similar list earlier. Here's the latest lists of all the transfer rumours doing the rounds about Southampton FC, over the summer of 2015. In Charlie Austin - Daily Express Toby Alderweireld - ESPN Adam Federici - Reading Post Stefano Okaka - Gazzetto dello Sport Ondrej Duda - The Sun Orjan Nyland - Sunday People Javier Hernandez - Daily Mirror Bas Dost - Bild Ngolo Kante - L'Equipe Jean-Christophe Bahebeck - Sunday People Mattias Johansson - Sunday People Aleksandar Mitrovic - Daily Mirror Eder - Daily Telegraph Matt Phillips - Daily Mirror Sam Byram - Daily Mirror Alberto Bueno - Daily Mirror Martin Odegaard - Daily Mirror Daniel Wass - Daily Mirror Petr Cech - Sun on Sunday Tim Krul - Daily Mirror Daryl Janmaat - Daily Mirror Jon Obi Mikel - The Sun Jordi Clasie - Daily Mirror Tony Vilhenna - Daily Mail Maarten Stekelenburg - Daily Mail Micah Richards - Sunday People Out Morgan Schneiderlin - The Sun Nathaniel Clyne - The Guardian Graziano Pelle - Daily Express Jose Fonte - Daily Mirror Sadio Mane - Daily Mirror James Ward-Prowse - Sunday People My comment 26 incoming rumours and 100% failure to get one right yet. 6 outgoing rumours and so far 100% failure to get one right, statistics say that eventually some will come true, it is going to be a long summer.