Southampton After Knockaert?

[GT49er]

NSC threads have suddenly increased by 2000%

Eh?

 

[lizard]

Everyone has their price...

 

[hans kraay fan club]

I don't know why threads like these are even started. If everyone printed what a mate had said we'd make Football Rumours look like a credible wealth of current transfer activity.

What about rumours that one of your sons has heard in the pub?

 

[warmleyseagull]

Eh?

Never mind. Think about it - if we all started a thread based on a throw away comment that a mate says.....

I shall start one shortly based on a mate who is Bristol City fan who thinks we might be after Mattie Taylor.

 

[casbom]

Everyone has their price...

Knockaert doesn't.

 

[Eeyore]

The OP stated that he'd heard a rumour (and I believe that to be true - it'd be a funny sort of thing to lie about!), and, although he didn't give it a great deal of credibility, he enquired if anyone else had heard it.
Seems a perfectly reasonable question to ask on a football chat site.

My point is that if we all did the that we'd be snowed under with threads. I think folk naturally open the thread expecting a credible new source to have suggested something only to hear that it came from a mate. The natural feeling that ensues is "Why bother ?".

The OP also states 'I'm treating this one as the biggest load of bollocks going..' which begs the question 'Why pass this bollocks on to a few thousand others ?'.

Best way of checking if anyone else has heard is the search in Google or Twitter.

 

[el punal]

Why do people bother posting utter shit like this? Don't people engage brain first ?

I engaged brain thank you very much. My first sentence described the rumour. I was merely asking if anyone else had heard about it, or is that not allowed in your eyes?

 

[Eeyore]

What about rumours that one of your sons has heard in the pub?

Unless it was verified by BG I'd say it wasn't a proper rumour.

 

[Seasidesage]

There's an amount of money we'd be prepared to sell him for. Unless you are Real Madrid or Barcelona pretty much everyone has a price. I'd expect that price would be so far above his true value currently that no one would be prepared to pay it. (Hope)

 

[thedonkeycentrehalf]

Knockaert doesn't.

Yes he does. If someone comes in with a silly bid then why not sell.

If we take off the blue and white tinted specs for a minute, he is unproven in the top flight and was not totally consistent in the Championship.

I don't want to see him go but every player has his price and you have to remember that he is not even an international winger. The recruitment team will have a list of replacements as a contingency if needed.

 

[Braggfan]

Given the current transfer market, and Assombalonga going for £14 milllion, surely Knockaert would conservatively be worth £20 to £25 million.

 

[looney]

I'm treating this one as the biggest load of bollocks going, but a Saints supporting friend of mine had heard that Southampton were sniffing around and were interested in AK. Said friend was asking what was Knocky like.

Anyone else heard about this strange rumour?

Tell him Albion have more financial clout and we'll be cherry picking his team if it comes down to it not visa versa, then ask about one of his teams better players and say that Tony Blooms mentioned him and there may be a bid..

 

[Arkwright]

Stop press news, Premier clubs interested in quality players to add to strengthen squad, whatever next.

We should be flattered not dismissive.

 

[GT49er]

Never mind. Think about it - if we all started a thread based on a throw away comment that a mate says.....

It wasn't a throwaway comment though, was it.......it was an enquiry about whether he'd heard the rumour, and from the Stains' fan's point of view, a query about how he rated Knocky.

I shall start one shortly based on a mate who is Bristol City fan who thinks we might be after Mattie Taylor.

You have a mate?

 

[GT49er]

Why do people bother posting utter shit like this? Don't people engage brain first ?

I engaged brain thank you very much. My first sentence described the rumour. I was merely asking if anyone else had heard about it, or is that not allowed in your eyes?

Seems a fair enough answer.





PS, I answered, no I haven't heard it. It didn't hurt, and I didn't get angry!

 

[Insel affe]

They can have him he's shit


#undertheradar

 

[Albion my Albion]

Maidstone interested too apparently

I heard Scunthorpe is also after Knocky.....................NOT!

 

[HastingsSeagull]

I expect all 12 of the teams outside the big 7 will have asked how much Knockhaert would cost. The best Championship players are always wanted. I also expect we'll have pointed out about double his value and thus no-one will offer anything like that with better options at 20% of the cost abroad.

 

[The Birdman]

Everyone has a price if someone offered £30 million and you could buy two star players at £15million. However I want see him running at the Premiership defences, I trust CH & TB to do what's best for the Seagulls.

 

[Eeyore]

I expect all 12 of the teams outside the big 7 will have asked how much Knockhaert would cost. The best Championship players are always wanted. I also expect we'll have pointed out about double his value and thus no-one will offer anything like that with better options at 20% of the cost abroad.

I suspect they wouldn't have asked. We would hardly sell him to our immediate rivals.