13 Aug 2020 20:50:53
Gossip has now turned to Orel Mangala - a CM promoted with Stuttgart last season, who would cost around £6m, as well as free agent Jeff Hendrick but he seems likelier to go to Newcastle or Everton.

Word still seems to be that we want another Central defender and or full back.

Lemina, Carrillo and Hoedt as discussed seem to only be fetching asking prices of £6-9m, and considering they cost £15-19m each that's the price of hiring Pellegrino and then giving Sparky a second contract. Oh well.


1.) 14 Aug 2020
14 Aug 2020 08:07:57
Rumours are that we're looking at CB Martin Hinteregger from Frankfurt. If we do buy him, we'll need to fork out our record fee to secure him. The only way I can see this being realistic is if we can flog Veestergaard for a reasonable sum.


2.) 14 Aug 2020
14 Aug 2020 10:24:31
I’ve seen this - can’t see it happening even though it is a very Ralph-esque move. Would be a awesome but given our recent record I can’t see us spending over £12-14m on players given the deadwood currently on our books.


3.) 14 Aug 2020
14 Aug 2020 17:35:46
Saints went through a phase especially during Pellegrino's reign when we made a lot of knee jerk signings costing big money. All of those signings turned out to be donkeys or just not interested in playing for Saints and we're paying for that now because the board are unlikely to sanction any more until we get some money back from those mistakes.