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What would your transfer policy be this summer?



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BevBHA

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Jan 23, 2017
1,581
Would you spend big on a couple of big players and keep the bulk of this squad?
Load the squad with older EPL experience?
Scout abroad and gamble on relative unknowns?
Buy young talent so that if we go down we have a squad to keep together to come back up?
Loan players?

What would your transfer policy be this summer if you had the chequebook...
 




middletoenail

middletoenail

Well-known member
Jul 2, 2008
3,570
Hong Kong
I'd like to see a marquee signing, preferably a South American attacking midfielder, in the vein of Coutinho/Juninho.... the rest can be cheepos!

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Dick Swiveller

Dick Swiveller

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Sep 9, 2011
9,156
seagully said:
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Hopefully we won't use CM3 as a basis for searching for players as we will end up with Stafford Browne back!
 


Stat Brother

Stat Brother

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NSC Patron
Jul 11, 2003
73,667
West west west Sussex
Don't listen to NSC.
 












Bold Seagull

Bold Seagull

strong and stable with me, or...
Mar 18, 2010
29,789
Hove
Southampton have never gone mad on transfers. They've built each season, and despite players and managers moving on, retain a solid spirit in the camp. Pelle was what, £8m, scored plenty of goals and they sold him for £12m. Mane, bought for £12m, sold for £34m. You then look at what they've done for Redmond and even Shane Long, a lot to be admired up the South coast.
 


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Petee

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Nov 22, 2010
3,031
Brighton
4-5 signings with 3 of them being Prem quality players with Prem experience.
1-2 strikers
1-2 full backs
1-2 cm
maybe 1 keeper
 


sparkie

sparkie

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Jul 17, 2003
12,504
Hove
- 1 experienced quality defender who can play central defence or fullback.

- 1 quality central midfielder ( 2 if Stephens leaves ).

- 1 Baldock-type striker.

- 1 Utility striker / midfielder.

- Sort out the keepers depending on who stays.
 




Horton's halftime iceberg

Horton's halftime iceberg

Blooming Marvellous
Jan 9, 2005
16,484
Brighton
Petee said:
4-5 signings with 3 of them being Prem quality players with Prem experience.
1-2 strikers
1-2 full backs
1-2 cm
maybe 1 keeper
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Wow blow the budget - Watford did this when they went up and spent about 75 milllion. Not sure Tony will spend as much as that and put the ckub at risk. Although he well well but perhaps ignore the Prem experience and buy that many from Europe or young talent like the next Lingard.
 


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BensGrandad

New member
Jul 13, 2003
72,015
Haywards Heath
I am sure we will be scouring the Euro market looking for the next Berbatov Modric. or Vydra taking into account that Gus wanted to sign Van Dijk but bulked at the extra £500k and look at his ratings value now.
 


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Petee

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Nov 22, 2010
3,031
Brighton
Horton's halftime iceberg said:
Wow blow the budget - Watford did this when they went up and spent about 75 milllion. Not sure Tony will spend as much as that and put the ckub at risk. Although he well well but perhaps ignore the Prem experience and buy that many from Europe or young talent like the next Lingard.
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Did I say blow the budget? No. Honestly think we only need a striker and full back to be starters and a cm if Stephens goes.

The other additions are just to improve the quality of our squad.

Blowing the budget would be getting at least 7-8 players in and all with hefty fees.
 




father_and_son

father_and_son

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Jan 23, 2012
4,646
Under the Police Box
I have a basic belief that if they are good enough to get us there, then they deserve the chance to keep us there. There are very few players in the entire squad that I don't think deserve to come with us.

I'd like to see no more than a couple of new faces (plus any required replacements for anyone leaving or poached).

A significant part of the difference between this year and the previous few seasons when we have been close is the togetherness of the team. I would hate for that invaluable asset to be lost because CH brought in a prima donna who upset the balance.
 




Horton's halftime iceberg

Horton's halftime iceberg

Blooming Marvellous
Jan 9, 2005
16,484
Brighton
BensGrandad said:
I am sure we will be scouring the Euro market looking for the next Berbatov Modric. or Vydra taking into account that Gus wanted to sign Van Dijk but bulked at the extra £500k and look at his ratings value now.
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We offered about the same transfer fee as Celtic, but they paid him much higher wages which would have well exceded our budget, but if he does sell in the summer for 40 plus million may bring some discomfort to Bloom.
 


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martin tyler

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Jan 25, 2013
5,844
Main thing for me is to keep this squad together. You don't have to spend a fortune to get god players. If this squad was kept together I'd say 3/4 tops is all we would want. Quality of quantity and players that fit into the current teams work ethic.
 






James Bond's body double

James Bond's body double

Well-known member
Nov 1, 2009
2,304
Southwick
Horton's halftime iceberg said:
We offered about the same transfer fee as Celtic, but they paid him much higher wages which would have well exceded our budget, but if he does sell in the summer for 40 plus million may bring some discomfort to Bloom.
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I doubt he will, if he had signed, we still may not have gone up. His value has risen because of the league he is in. Swings and roundabouts for Bloom I guess, maybe the transfer from Celtic to Southampton may have raised his eyebrows but I doubt his next move will.
 


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