The 2016 close season transfers thread

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#SaintsFC can confirm @VictorWanyama has joined Tottenham Hotspur for an undisclosed fee. More here: https://cards.twitter.com/cards/rh0us/1vyke

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Spurs have signed Southampton’s Victor Wanyama on a five-year deal. http://bbc.in/28OIvNN#saintsfc#thfc https://t.co/716Nai04Z7

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Stuttgart winger Filip Kostic linked here

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Good luck to the fella, I hope he can still maintain his good humour and lovable character whilst surrounded by arseholes of the highest order.

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Interest in Thomas Partey to replace Big Vic apparently.

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ReadSouthampton linking us with Sevilla’s midfielder Vicente Iborra and Lille’s striker Sofiane Boufal.

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Many sources saying Redmond is a done deal for £11M.

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Nathan Redmond will have a medical at Southampton tomorrow. Fee of around £10m agreed with Norwich. #saintsfc #scfc #ncfc

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Southampton bag £11m Nathan Redmond as replacement for outgoing Sadio Mane http://thesun.uk/6010BQsd0 #saintsfc https://t.co/3yDEzMaxEZ

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Redmond having a medical at Southampton according to someone somewhere

Redmond would be a good signing but he’s no replacement for Mane.

Kostic down the other flank would be good.

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Many sources saying Redmond is a done deal for £11M.

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Nathan Redmond will have a medical at Southampton tomorrow. Fee of around £10m agreed with Norwich. #saintsfc #scfc #ncfc

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Originally posted by @Optimus-trousers

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Southampton bag £11m Nathan Redmond as replacement for outgoing Sadio Mane http://thesun.uk/6010BQsd0 #saintsfc https://t.co/3yDEzMaxEZ

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Notice the difference. The Sun, for no possible reason that they could actually know, claims that Redmond is a replacement for Mane. Is there a way I can downvote the Sun?

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The Ugly’ saying that we’re interested in signing Ozan Tufan (The new Yaya Toure) from Fenerbache (along with their manager?)…

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Linked with West Ham keeper Darren Randolph here.

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Haven’t checked on the accuracy, but it doesn’t look good…

I wondered why the Claude Puel story was leaked way ahead of him joining (next week is suggested)

The club presumably didn’t want to appear rudderless AND ambitionless.

Now we just look ambitionless (from some angles!)

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Liverpool agree £30m deal for Southampton’s Sadio Mane | @pjoyceexpress http://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/683511/Liverpool-agree-30m-deal-Sadio-Mane-Move-to-be-completed-in-next-24-hours-News-Gossip #LFC #saintsfc https://t.co/7phx2pykpj

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Sadio Mane will have a medical and discuss personal terms with #LFC on Monday ahead of a £30m switch from #SaintsFC https://t.co/yuXjgJOVoU

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I’m confused, didn’t @JackSchitt allude to the fact that Mane was the other one waiting to sign a new contract and it was almost done? Or am I really confused??

No, I don’t think so.

I think we all just hoped it would be.

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Best of luck Mane, hope your new club teaches you how to smile you miserable fucker.

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Yes, he did.

Be interesting to see how patient the scousers are when he goes 6, 7 or 19 games without scoring.

BBC reporting it as a done deal with the fee “in excess of £30m”

that means we could have got £55m for him. Or £60m. Or £70m. Or any number bigger than 30m.

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Yes, a new contract with Liverpool. So what is going On? Liverpool finished below us and out of Europe. Yet, our progressive club again let’s our star players leave, who’s Next? This is now the policy of our club. Buy players who we get for say 6-10 million, let them stay for 2 years and sell them for a profit. KL has no intention of putting real money into the club she just wants this sort of business plan to continue. JS has been given some good leaks but when it comes to those that effect the way we supporters feel about transfers like Mane & Vic we are only given scant news. I feel very let down about Mane. We will end up in mid table next season with not much to cheer about. Sorry lad’s & lasses but that’s how I feel this wet Sunday night in Durham. :weary:

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You seem surprised to learn that this is our policy. It’s been the policy for years. Nothing has changed. You need to slap yourself, hard, around the face and pull yourself together.

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