Saints January transfer window thread

Well, it's quite simple - Palace want Puncheon a lot more than we want £750k.

 

Just in case -DTLW has actually taken his eye off NewsNow for 2 minutes to go to the toilet and therefore I can bring this to people's attention...

Luke Shaw has said he wants to stay yet again. Apologies if you-know-who has beaten me to it: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo.../Luke-Shaw-not-leave-Southampton-January.html

 

Ha, didn't see the DM article - did see one in the Telegraph, from which it seems to have been lifted...


Luke Shaw resists move and says he wants to stay with Southampton. Southampton confident he will stay for next season too.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/fo...anchester-United-in-this-transfer-window.html

 

Yeah, I saw that too, but didn't want to hog the whole show.

 

Luke has given us no reason to doubt, so this for me is put to bed.......again.
Saying that, I kinda feel like NC has to receive an offer sooner or later so he can knock in out of the ground, just to show his intensions. The speculation should not be annoying me on January the 2nd, I know.

 

It wouldn't surprise me if Cortese consigns bids and offers to the bin without so much as a comment. I suspect the only players he would currently say, yeah, I'll take some money for him are... Sharp, Forte and Barnard, because they're not in the squad. Everyone else, possibly including offers for Ramirez, would get an Italian style shrug of the shoulders, which registers as an enigma to many English people.

 

I understand Nicola not letting our first team players go when we are building a team, but sometimes I wish he would let players go that we don't need. Help Billy and Punch on their way and not be such a dog in the manger.

 

Just seen a comment from senior BBC reporter Ben Smith, who seems close to the club. Did the Cortese pieces, Pochettino interview and the Rodriguez interview at the ground that went out today.


Ben Smith: "My info is that they plan to do nothing. Nada. That could change if someone left. But they won't sell anyone they don't want to."

 

We don't know at all that he's being especially difficult with these two, do we?

 

And yet, 750k appears to be more-or-less the amount you think Saints should take the time to haggle over. If we really don't care much about 750k, and Puncheon wants to go and we are sympathetic to that, then why bother?

Unless you really think we can get 2-2.5 million for Puncheon, which I doubt. It's not like he's been a world-beater for them. They like him yes, but there are other options they can explore. Especially since they have him for the rest of the season anyway.

 

Now Dani is banned I really think we need another striker. Jrod or Rickie get injured and all we have is Gallagher.

 

We're fine, it's for three games, one of which is Burnley.

The other two being West Brom and Sunderland. If Jay and Rickie can't perform against them, I'd be surprised.

 

I accept that DTLW but what if one of them picks up a long term knock? Apart from Gallagher all we have is Lee and Barnard as back up.

 

Well, if that's the case I hope that the braintrust is okay with potentially slumping to 10th-13th if we have further injuries.

 

My point exactly. If thats the case then so be it but I think its a bit of a missed opportunity.

 

Is Barney still with us? Love to see him get a run out in the FA Cup. I wonder if his hand is still bandaged?

 

Monk from SaintsWeb has posted an update. Saints are looking at two targets.

They both play the same position. We will try to sign one of them. Already agreed between transfer committee.

Rodriguez, Lallana and Shaw are definitely not leaving. Says Gastón is being looked at by Inter Milan.

Will post more when he knows the position, and possibly any names.

 

I heard Gaston is loan with a fee and a possible future fee. Also heard we are looking at two wingers.

 

Interesting. Have we gotten to the point where we're chatting them up, or are we still just watching them toss their hair from across the room?

 

So we are signing no one, definitely, not a chance in hell.....but we might. Have I got that right.