Transfer Rumours The 2015 Summer Transfer Window Thread

And remember we are a totally different proposition now to what we were when he left. Our pie in the sky is now cooking nicely.

 

If Clyne wants to go, he can **** off as far as i'm concerned but not for anything less than £25m for the current #1 England RB.
I've seen enough of Bevis Mugabi to know we have a future star RB and I have faith that we will sign a suitable replacement in the meantime.
I thought that Clyne was a little bit disappointing towards the end of the season and RB is not the most crucial position in the team.

 

And I know Cortese got top dollar for him, but I wonder if he would have been allowed to go at all if Les Reed had been calling the shots back then?

 

Not to worried if he goes but has to be at the right price. If he has any sense it wont be to Liverpool.

 

Too true - at least Morgan has said he wants Champions League football - what is Liverpool offering next season that is any different to us? We have better manager, more forward momentum (especially after the 6-1 to Stoke), better set up. I actually think its damn arrogant of Rogers to offer only 10M - sums up the *%$£" fool!!

Ah! - feel better for that little rant.

 

With only a year on his contract we will be nowhere near 25m. 15m would be okay, would hope we could get a little more.

 

Unless he fancies a challenge. He looks at Saints defence and says my work here is done, so he fancies the challenge of sorting out Liverpool...like volunteering for a third world country

 

What no one has pointed out is that, by joining Liverpool, Clyne would give himself the very real possibility of having his house robbed by armed thugs, his car stolen, joy-ridden and burnt out, and his pocket-pinched at every opportunity. JACKPOT!

 

not sure it would be a challenge more a lost cause

 

Lovren would fall on his neck in gratitude crying, 'Tell me Fonte is coming, please, please.'

 

#1239 When I posted this I thought it was common knowledge about the amount Scouse had bid, I should have added a link!

 

Seems to me this silly low offer is just a way of diverting attention away from their problems,not least of which are Sterling and Brendon.

 

Here we go again, don't worry lads, I'm sure if we end up signing him it will be for £50million this time so you will be well compensated, and next season you'll just finish ahead of us anyway. Our "scouts" are clueless and lazy sods - don't know what their purpose is.

 

We can throw in Ramirez and Osvaldo to make it £50m if you want?

 

Sounds good, we like package deals after last years £50million for Lambert, Lallana and Lovren

 

As for this thread Liverpool are a far bigger club then us and most probably always will be. But I agree with the people that say if Clyne moves it is just for the extra cash at this moment in time.

Liverpool need a big rebuild job and would you trust Rodgers to do it? I know I wouldn't.

 

I reckon they might try and get Koeman. Not for the manager's job, but to replace Lovren at CB....

 

To be honest, with the sale of our emotional crown jewels in Lallana and Lambert - and the inevitable departure of prodigal son Schneiderlin - Southampton fans are probably beyond any more meltdowns. Everyone else is just an asset -and we trust we can upgrade our assets better than Liverpool. The thing about LFC - and it's a massive failing in comparison to SFC - is the fans don't want the best players, they want the biggest names. They take no risks - signing only high achieving players from successful teams (but smaller teams for the most part as they are loath to risk the embarrassment of rejection - but this no risk strategy is a poor one as it relies on players replicating form from one club at another - and being able to deal with the stress of playing for a team which HAS to win. Also, the names are picked not for their role but their ability. In contrast, Southampton looks for the best players to take on certain roles and we scout everywhere for it. Our black box doesn't care about names -and can ignore club form - in pursuit of the perfect player. So, yes, LFC are a bigger club, but, and this is a big but, we have a FAR better recruitment policy.

Roll on the summer.

 

Haha, honestly, the answer to all the questions on here is: money!

But I can actually see why Morgan needs to leave - he's approaching the start of his peak in the next year or two, and - whatever we all like to think - that is THE time to leave a club like Southampton, so you play out your entire peak game well-equipped and fully-formed on the biggest stages possible. (That's where all these young leavers go wrong - jumping ship to a top four club in their early-20s - and why they'll end up playing a mediocre game for clubs like Aston Villa over the last potentially productive years of their career.) There are definite times where it feels right for both parties - that's where Morgan is now; although giving us one more season to cement our development as a top six team and guide us (hopefully) through Europe's secondary cup competition would be great, and just about be justified! His stats dropped off this season from last, and he was injured a bit more too - those will also be playing on his mind as reasons to go. He'll only be this hot and have this level of choice once in his career. I'd love it if he stayed, though, and see your point completely - as fans, we imagine we'd play for the challenge and the chance to be a hero way more than for the money and easiest route to glory.

The flipside of Morgan's situation is Brenda's - there has never been such a good time for Liverpool to boot him out. He's lost momentum, confidence, and next season will be another staid one; a slow-starter full of excuses, and basically he will cost them their season fairly early on. Sometimes it's just time. They're fools not to cut ties, with Klopp and Ancelotti both unemployed - should they be willing to manage a Europa side.