# ⚽ The Summer 2018 Transfer Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Southampton Football Club\ **Created:** [2 May 2018 14:11 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/the-summer-2018-transfer-thread/2834 "2018-05-02T14:11:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 22
**Author:** ![Polski\_Filip](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/polski_filip/32/75318_2.png) [@Polski\_Filip](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Polski_Filip)\ **Post date:** [14 July 2018 16:10 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/the-summer-2018-transfer-thread/2834/431 "2018-07-14T16:10:58Z")
Muy bien or whatever > **[OGC Nice - Mercato: Southampton, Sofiane Boufal dans le viseur](https://www.foot-sur7.fr/398476-ogc-nice-mercato-southampton-sofiane-boufal-dans-le-viseur)** > > Après deux saisons plus ou moins compliquées en Premier League avec Southampton, Sofiane Boufal pourrait faire son retour en Ligue 1. L’OGC Nice serait parmi les clubs candidats à son rapatriement. ---
**Author:** ![Simon-says](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/simon-says/32/133_2.png) [@Simon-says](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Simon-says)\ **Post date:** [15 July 2018 07:33 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/the-summer-2018-transfer-thread/2834/432 "2018-07-15T07:33:16Z")
> **[Southampton boss Mark Hughes makes bid for £20m-rated Liverpool ace Danny Ings](https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/6780129/southampton-transfer-news-danny-ings-liverpool/amp/)** > > MARK HUGHES is making a cheeky bid to sign Danny Ings from Liverpool and bring him ‘home’ to Southampton. The Saints boss is keen to take the forward back to the place where he started out in the y… ---
**Author:** ![saintbletch](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/saintbletch/32/618_2.png) [@saintbletch](https://www.sotonians.com/u/saintbletch)\ **Post date:** [15 July 2018 10:09 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/the-summer-2018-transfer-thread/2834/433 "2018-07-15T10:09:26Z")
I’m sure I read that Liverpool had told Ings they would not put a prohibitively large price tag on his head. £20m (if true) is exactly that, isn’t it? EDIT: Here’s an article, but I believe it was put even more strongly in the one I read. > **[Danny Ings to leave Liverpool in search of first-team football](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/jun/26/danny-ings-exit-liverpool-summer-injury-blighted-time-anfield)** > > There is no real desire within the club’s hierarchy to part company with a striker who has become a useful squad player under Jürgen Klopp, but the 25-year-old craves regular first-team football > There will be suitors from Premier League clubs this time round too but, intriguingly, interest also from abroad. Internazionale are believed to be monitoring his situation, while a trio of Bundlesiga clubs – RB Leipzig, Schalke and Bayer Leverkusen – could also formalise their pursuit of his services. Ings will depart reluctantly, but retains ambitions to prove himself at the highest level and a desire to regain a place in the England setup. **It is a sign of the strength of the relationship between player and manager that Liverpool are unlikely to price him out of a move away**. ---
**Author:** ![Fatso](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/fatso/32/18_2.png) [@Fatso](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Fatso)\ **Post date:** [15 July 2018 10:18 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/the-summer-2018-transfer-thread/2834/434 "2018-07-15T10:18:50Z")
£20m is clearly ludicrous. I wouldn’t be happy even paying £8m for him. He’s fucked and not what we need. There’s got to be better. I’d rather take kodja from villa. ---
**Author:** ![saintbletch](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/saintbletch/32/618_2.png) [@saintbletch](https://www.sotonians.com/u/saintbletch)\ **Post date:** [15 July 2018 10:26 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/the-summer-2018-transfer-thread/2834/435 "2018-07-15T10:26:55Z")
Yeah, see I WOULD take a punt for £8m but not for £20m. Perhaps £20m is the new £8m? > [@Fatso](#): > > I’d rather take kodja from villa. [](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8hbUqhKM38) ---
**Author:** ![Goatboy](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/goatboy/32/167_2.png) [@Goatboy](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Goatboy)\ **Post date:** [15 July 2018 10:30 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/the-summer-2018-transfer-thread/2834/436 "2018-07-15T10:30:35Z")
I believe Ings was said to be ‘rated’ at £20m. That is a world away from anyone actually offering £20m. ---
**Author:** ![Simon-says](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/simon-says/32/133_2.png) [@Simon-says](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Simon-says)\ **Post date:** [15 July 2018 11:37 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/the-summer-2018-transfer-thread/2834/437 "2018-07-15T11:37:11Z")
I agree. He isn’t big, he isn’t especially quick and not hugely more mobile than Austin. He is another fox in the box type like Austin and Gabbiadini. I don’t really see the point. 🤷‍♂️ ---
**Author:** ![Polski\_Filip](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/polski_filip/32/75318_2.png) [@Polski\_Filip](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Polski_Filip)\ **Post date:** [15 July 2018 19:43 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/the-summer-2018-transfer-thread/2834/438 "2018-07-15T19:43:16Z")
Word is probably £10m with appearance & other add ons ---
**Author:** ![Goatboy](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/goatboy/32/167_2.png) [@Goatboy](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Goatboy)\ **Post date:** [15 July 2018 19:49 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/the-summer-2018-transfer-thread/2834/439 "2018-07-15T19:49:16Z")
Less than a Shlong then. Bargain. ---
**Author:** ![saintbletch](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/saintbletch/32/618_2.png) [@saintbletch](https://www.sotonians.com/u/saintbletch)\ **Post date:** [15 July 2018 19:55 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/the-summer-2018-transfer-thread/2834/440 "2018-07-15T19:55:42Z")
My sense is that he’s plenty more mobile than Austin, but perhaps doesn’t have the physical presence of Austin. ---
**Author:** ![Simon-says](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/simon-says/32/133_2.png) [@Simon-says](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Simon-says)\ **Post date:** [15 July 2018 20:07 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/the-summer-2018-transfer-thread/2834/441 "2018-07-15T20:07:35Z")
Well there lies the issue… WTF is he? What does he offer relative to how we want to play. I guess it all depends on how Hughes wants us to play. It’s hard to gauge on the basis that he did what needed to be done to keep us up. Not necessarily what he wants to do long term. Anybody who says they think this is a great (potential) signing is lying because he hasn’t played regular premier league football…ever. ---
**Author:** ![saintbletch](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/saintbletch/32/618_2.png) [@saintbletch](https://www.sotonians.com/u/saintbletch)\ **Post date:** [15 July 2018 20:09 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/the-summer-2018-transfer-thread/2834/442 "2018-07-15T20:09:23Z")
Absolutely fair comment. As I said above, a punt at £8m might give us something different. As you say, whether that’s what we want is for the manager to say. ---
**Author:** ![Polski\_Filip](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/polski_filip/32/75318_2.png) [@Polski\_Filip](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Polski_Filip)\ **Post date:** [16 July 2018 10:18 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/the-summer-2018-transfer-thread/2834/443 "2018-07-16T10:18:32Z")
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**Author:** ![Simon-says](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/simon-says/32/133_2.png) [@Simon-says](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Simon-says)\ **Post date:** [16 July 2018 10:42 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/the-summer-2018-transfer-thread/2834/444 "2018-07-16T10:42:56Z")
> **[‘Almost two feet in Southampton’ - Club very keen to sell player quickly -...](http://sportwitness.co.uk/almost-two-feet-southampton-club-keen-sell-player-quickly/)** > > The Catalan media are fretting on behalf of Barcelona over Marlon. It had been expected the defender, who spent last season on loan at Nice, would be moving to West Ham this summer. That deal then slipped away, but it was fortunate that Southampton... ---
**Author:** ![Polski\_Filip](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/polski_filip/32/75318_2.png) [@Polski\_Filip](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Polski_Filip)\ **Post date:** [16 July 2018 13:40 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/the-summer-2018-transfer-thread/2834/445 "2018-07-16T13:40:22Z")
So Long. And thanks for all the fish. It’s been a hull of a time. Brought to you by unsubstantiated rumours,con ---
**Author:** ![Simon-says](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/simon-says/32/133_2.png) [@Simon-says](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Simon-says)\ **Post date:** [16 July 2018 15:44 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/the-summer-2018-transfer-thread/2834/446 "2018-07-16T15:44:36Z")
> **[Ings not on Saints' radar](https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/16356753.danny-ings-is-not-on-southamptons-radar/?ref=rss)** > > SAINTS' summer spending spree will not extend to the purchase of Liverpool striker and local lad Danny Ings, the Daily Echo understands. ---
**Author:** ![Polski\_Filip](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/polski_filip/32/75318_2.png) [@Polski\_Filip](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Polski_Filip)\ **Post date:** [17 July 2018 05:53 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/the-summer-2018-transfer-thread/2834/447 "2018-07-17T05:53:54Z")
> **[PL signing could in turn lead to Southampton player moving as well - Sport...](http://sportwitness.co.uk/pl-signing-turn-lead-southampton-player-moving-well/)** > > Lazio fans are a little sad, reports Italian newspaper Leggo. Felipe Anderson’s transfer to West Ham is said to have been met with disappointment by fans, who have ‘flooded’ social media wishing their former player well. There’s also exictement over... SRSLY? OK we get the idea of Gabbi possibly moving on, but Lazio just pocketed 40mil from wet spam and think we would send him out on LOAN? ---
**Author:** ![Simon-says](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/simon-says/32/133_2.png) [@Simon-says](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Simon-says)\ **Post date:** [17 July 2018 10:01 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/the-summer-2018-transfer-thread/2834/448 "2018-07-17T10:01:19Z")
This really is an odd one and just won’t go away. You’d surely expect it to if there was no substance to it. Maybe having signed Vestergaard there is less need but still a desire. Meaning that Barcelona’s desperation to offload the player outweighs any perceived desperation on our part to sign him, giving us the upperhand in any negotiations over the fee. Either way, our squad is looking rather inflated right now so I would expect to see some outgoings before anybody else comes in. You’d imagine a few youngsters will be off on loan in the next couple of weeks as well. Still very few rumours surrounding Boufal, Forster etc. Clasie to Feyenoord is inevitable but will be dragged out due to the fee. > **[Southampton were 'about to close signing’, agent assured selling club he...](http://sportwitness.co.uk/southampton-close-signing-22-year-old-case-yet-solved/)** > > Barcelona defender Marlon Santos, simply known as Marlon, has been on the radar of West Ham United and Southampton in the summer transfer window. Manuel Pellegrini was keen on bringing the centre-back to the English capital club. Mundo Deportivo... ---
**Author:** ![BTripz](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/btripz/32/75839_2.png) [@BTripz](https://www.sotonians.com/u/BTripz)\ **Post date:** [17 July 2018 15:32 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/the-summer-2018-transfer-thread/2834/449 "2018-07-17T15:32:39Z")
> **[Southampton one of two clubs thinking about signing flexible attacker - Sport...](http://sportwitness.co.uk/southampton-one-two-clubs-thinking-signing-flexible-attacker/)** > > Hamburg’s preseason training started earlier than many this summer, with the big German club relegated to the second division for the first time in their history. Whilst the intention, and expectation, is to return to the Bundesliga at the first time... ---
**Author:** ![BTripz](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/btripz/32/75839_2.png) [@BTripz](https://www.sotonians.com/u/BTripz)\ **Post date:** [17 July 2018 15:34 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/the-summer-2018-transfer-thread/2834/450 "2018-07-17T15:34:29Z")
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