JonShar

Other than Barca winning everything, of course.

Or that there's some gray area and he got information that has since changed, just like Wayne did.

Haha fair point. Exactly. Happens every summer, and said players go on to do their jobs with good attitudes.

So whole season = one match?

Can anyone identify a top-class player who didn't get the move they wanted and then sulked/under-performed for an entire season?

He'll be fine.

I'm completely fine with us not spending 100 million quid on Lemar. That's insane money.

With training?

Purely for the pisstake, I hope we end up making the AOC fee £40,000,001

#signformersouthamptonplayers

Coutinho is a brilliant player. But so were Rush and Suarez. The difference between those two sales were that when Suarez left, there wasn't enough quality in the team to absorb that loss. When Rush left, we had Beardsley, Barnes, Aldridge to soften the blow. I don't think losing Coutinho will have the same negative impact that losing Suarez did, because we've finally got a huge amount of quality in that starting XI without him.

Well, using your brilliant logic: - 24 and 3/4 is 'about 25' - 24 and 3/4 is 3 months away from being 25 years old. - Joel Matip had his 26th birthday on August 8th, so he's less than 1 month from being 25 years old - VVD had his 26th birthday on July 8th, so he's less than 2 months from being 25 years old So yeah, thanks for the help with that.

We're all joking aren't we? But mostly, 26 is about 25, ya big weirdo.

Imagine a world where Leo said they're "about 25". Oh wait.

This is probably the best piece I've read on VVD. https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2017/jun/06/virgil-van-dijk-liverpool-southampton-ultimate-upgrade