Originally Posted by
DeLorean
The £8m thing is a bit of a joke. Surely if Liverpool did come in with that as their opening bid Southampton would reply with something along the lines of... "you know we paid £12m for him just a year ago right? okay, so kindly p*** off and stop wasting our time".
I think it should be clear enough at this stage (even to Koeman) that Long will score at least many goals as Pelle but offer a lot more besides, not to mention being a bit younger. He's also more versatile when trying to accommodate Austin and/or Rodriguez. A couple of big Italian clubs are linked with Pelle and he has only a year and a half left on his contract. I wouldn't see the point in giving him a new one as he'll be 32 when his current deal expires, so they might as well just cash in.
Common sense tells me Long will stay and Pelle will go, but football and common sense aren't exactly the best of friends.
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