Non-Chelsea Transfer Pub

[petre.ispirescu 4,928]

Schneiderlin, Rodriguez and Fonte on their way too. When it rains it pours.

[TorontoChelsea 4,064]

So they buy 2 RB's within weeks of each other that are starting caliber? They already had Jenkinson who was adequate enough as a back up. Also, yet another young English player going for FAR more money than an equally talented foreign player would go for.

Chambers isn't starting caliber for Arsenal yet but he's an improvement on Jenkinson and Chambers might not stick at RB either. I've heard talk of him going to CB or CM. Overall, He was bought for the future. Arsenal look quite dangerous to me. They have some excellent talent and a fair bit of depth especially at midfield where it's a ton of depth. . Just because they haven't won in a while, doesn't mean they can't again. People were saying we couldn't win until we did.

[didierforever 7,349]

window so far

ins:

costa - 32mil pounds

cesc - 27mil pounds

luis - 15.8mil pounds

total = 74.8mil pounds

outs:

luiz - 50mil pounds

ba - 4.8mil pounds

pva - 1.5mil pounds

lamps - free transfer

etoo - free transfer

cole - free transfer

hilario - free transfer

total = 56.3 mil pounds

total spending = 18.5

hopefully we can sell some more of our deadwood

kakuta- 1mil pound

marin - 2mil pounds

mikel - 5mil pounds

ryan - 6mil pounds

torres - 10mil pounds.

our squad is well formed

GKs - cech, thibaut, mark

defenders - JT (HG), GC (HG), azpi, luis, iva, zouma (U-21), ake (U-21), christensen (U-21)

CM/DM - matic, cesc (HG), rambo, mvg, romeu

AMs - hazard, schurrle, willian, oscar, salah, boga (U-21)

strikers - costa, lukaku (U-21), DD.

[stroey 2,525]

window so far

ins:

costa - 32mil pounds

cesc - 27mil pounds

luis - 15.8mil pounds

total = 74.8mil pounds

outs:

luiz - 50mil pounds

ba - 4.8mil pounds

pva - 1.5mil pounds

lamps - free transfer

etoo - free transfer

cole - free transfer

hilario - free transfer

total = 56.3 mil pounds

total spending = 18.5

hopefully we can sell some more of our deadwood

marin - 2mil pounds

mikel - 5mil pounds

ryan - 6mil pounds

torres - 10mil pounds.

our squad is well formed

GKs - cech, thibaut, mark

defenders - JT (HG), GC (HG), azpi, luis, iva, zouma (U-21), ake (U-21), christensen (U-21)

CM/DM - matic, cesc (HG), rambo, mvg, romeu

AMs - hazard, schurrle, willian, oscar, salah, boga (U-21)

strikers - costa, lukaku (U-21), DD.

That would be the perfect squad, we also need to sell Moses for around £4m

[Pizy 17,861]

Chambers isn't starting caliber for Arsenal yet but he's an improvement on Jenkinson and Chambers might not stick at RB either. I've heard talk of him going to CB or CM. Overall, He was bought for the future. Arsenal look quite dangerous to me. They have some excellent talent and a fair bit of depth especially at midfield where it's a ton of depth. . Just because they haven't won in a while, doesn't mean they can't again. People were saying we couldn't win until we did.

Agreed. I think they'll be genuine contenders this season and it wouldn't surprise me at all if they look like the best team in the league for a large portion of the year. Their fragile mentality and naive approach to the big games will be their undoing once more, though in my eyes.

If they were to add a seriously top quality DM and striker I think the league would be a toss up between ourselves, City, and Arsenal.

[bababoom 4,478]

[BleedsBlue 1,549]

Jenknison to Hull. Guess the Chambers deal really is a gamble. Could have persisted with Jenkinson and spent that 20m elsewhere.

[didierforever 7,349]

That would be the perfect squad, we also need to sell Moses for around £4m

right now moses' value is real low. i remember last summer there was talk of martinez wanting him at everton for 10mil. he is HG (which means an extra 2/3 million anyways). i mean even stewart "useless" downing was sold for 6mil pound. moses is definitely better than him.

there are already reports that villa want him on loan, so i would prefer if he goes on loan and maybe increases his value.

[iseah100 5,612]

Southampton have now sold Lambert, Shaw, Lallana, Lovren and Chambers. These players accounted for 47% of their goals last season. If they sell Morgan Schneiderlin and Jay Rodriguez on top of that, that figure will rise to 76%.

[Reddish-Blue 2,237]

Southampton have now sold Lambert, Shaw, Lallana, Lovren and Chambers. These players accounted for 47% of their goals last season. If they sell Morgan Schneiderlin and Jay Rodriguez on top of that, that figure will rise to 76%.

I guess the positive for Southampton is the new manager will get to sign the players that fit his tactics...

Hope they don't get relegated this season

[Special Juan 27,111]

Shaw told he isn't fit and has to train on his own with a special schedule.

[Korea 734]

NYCFC needs an am.

Sign up Ronaldinho

[LAM09 6,572]

NYCFC needs an am.

Sign up Ronaldinho

Noises are, he is going to Australia. Better be a wind up!

[LAM09 6,572]

QPR are considering making an incredible move to sign Brazil legend Ronaldinho on a free transfer.

Would LOVE to see him in the Prem!

[LukakutoStamford 779]

Shaw told he isn't fit and has to train on his own with a special schedule.

Why United spent the money on him rather than Rodriguez is beyond me. I have no animosity for Shaw but he has bust written all over him.

[bababoom 4,478]

Not the last straw, I'll always support Saints, haven't been a season ticket holder since the mid 80s, but like the last few years of Lowe's reign I shan't be giving this regime any of my money. I'm actually finding it hard to work up any enthusiasm for football in general, largely on account of the richer teams not only buying our best players but generally hoovering up most of the talent and then sticking it out on loan. I'm so disillusioned that for the first time since 1995 I don't think I'm going to even bother doing a fantasy team, the world will no doubt weep at its loss.

I have to say my love of football shrinks a little as each year goes by. Its all about the money. The Sky Sports, PL & CL have ruined it for me. We finished second in the old 1st Division just over 30 years ago. That is never likely to happen again. Maybe 3 or 4 teams can win the PL, 7 or 8 try & qualify for CL. Shaw went from £5k to £90k per week. Its utter madness. What's worse, is that us as fans & Saints as a club are punished for developing talent. Its total ********!!

I find myself losing interest & not caring as much these days - not just with regards to Southampton, but football in general...

With the new FFP rules in place, the big teams will continue to improve at the expense of the so-called smaller teams, while the gap between 'them' & 'us' looks set to widen even further. I'm no glory fan either - I've supported us all my life & have paid for a season ticket for the last 15 years+ - but the mass exodus this summer has made me wonder if striving to improve & achieve in the game is worth it, given that the top teams can tear your team apart by luring your top talent away at the first signs of success/promise.

I'm as disillusioned as I'll ever be with the game & I wonder; is football really worth my time & money anymore?

This is supposed to be the best league in the world, yet it’s a league where financial fair play does more to create a monopoly for the top clubs than it does to actually create a level playing field. A league where football clubs have become rich commodities for the super rich, it’s just business to them, nothing more than business.

The purity of the game that I’ve been so in love with at grassroots level over the last 16 years is simply non-existent at the top level.

Why hire a good coach when he’ll be poached by a wealthier club, why invest in youth when the best players move to the bigger clubs? That’s not sportsmanship, that’s not ethical in a sporting sense. Why invest any time in improving your club as a sporting entity when the commercially rich clubs will just swop and purchase all your hard work or worse still the owners will sell to satisfy business needs. I honestly think I’ll stick with grass roots, watch some amateur games & lower league football. Its more honest, its pure, its not corrupt, its not business… its just sport and that’s what I like… sport

I was just browsing the Southampton forum and it's hard not to feel sorry for the fans tbh, their best season in years and now that team is getting ripped apart...

[iseah100 5,612]

Wow. Poor Saints. That's terrible, I really feel for them and that fan in particular.

[RoyalBlues 4,050]

Shaw went from £5k to £90k per week.

Lol, I hope somebody don't tell him the real Shaw wage