Saints January transfer window thread

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lamballana said:
The Daily Express leads with a story this morning about Chelsea being poised to bid £30m for Southampton’s full-back Luke Shaw.
If I was being cynical, I’d say that The Express – knowing that there’s assumed interesting in Shaw from Stamford Bridge – have artificially tried to advance this story by putting a price-tag on the player and a timescale on the transfer.
£30m? For a full-back? When Chelsea already have Ashley Cole, Ryan Bertrand and Cesar Azpilicueta capable of covering the left-back spot?
It’s not very Moneyball, is it?
Shaw will develop into a very good player, but the kind of money being referenced here is absurd – even by Chelsea’s standards, that would be over-paying. Additionally, does anyone really think that, without prior negotiation, the club are going to offer Southampton a straight £30m? Come on now, The Express are telling fibs.
Southampton are really progressing nicely under Mauricio Pochettino, and it’s refreshing to see a different name at the top of the Premier League – wouldn’t it be a shame if talent like Shaw migrated away too soon? It’s not in his interests to leave the South Coast in any case, because he would just be swallowed up by a big club’s squad system and be limited to League Cup appearances over the next couple of years.
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The whole thing about pricing Shaw at £30M is not that he's not worth it. It's just the new way of saying NOT FOR SALE.
 
Beefy said:
All I have heard is we made contact, don't know if it was positive or not.
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Ok fair enough. I don't know a lot about him but if we sign one player in January I expect it to be in his sort of position. Or GK, given today's news...
 
Qwerty said:
Ok fair enough. I don't know a lot about him but if we sign one player in January I expect it to be in his sort of position. Or GK, given today's news...
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Playmaker that also likes to tackle and get stuck in.
 
I struggle to think of a side that will spend 15-20m on a player who can't get in the squad of a top half PL side. 22 (23 tomorrow - Happy Birthday!) is young, but most of the top European players showed more than he has by the time they were his age. Plus, surely 9m is going to add an extra player or two to our transfer budget?
 
What was the suggested Banega fee? Poch seems to have no interest in using Ramirez if £9m would cover signing a replacement then I'd say take it.
 
@ 9m we should be taking it before they withdraw the offer...........IMO
 
It's swings and roundabouts. Look at what Lovren must be worth now! You can't make a profit on every signing. Gaston needs to buckle down. He needs to play for a World Cup spot. Wouldn't put it past NC to leave him kicking his heels as he did with Puncheon.
 
Fran's right, if Gaston has no future here we might as well get what we can for him now. His value is hardly going to go up while he's sitting on the bench.
 
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