You still have to admire their ability replace top class players with other top class players. The two swaps that stand out for me are Tadic for Lallana and Redmond for Mané.
Tadic is just a very good player and to be fair that had more to do with Koeman knowing his national league than Southampton's scouting.
They paid less than half of what we paid for Lallana and arguably got a player that is just as good. We don't know how Tadic would perform with better players around him so it's quite difficult to state that he's better than Lallana imo.
Redmond for Mané is another interesting replacement. Redmond was and maybe still is a top talent. What Southampton are doing is providing him with a platform to excel. Something Norwich never could imo, because their squad is somewhere between average and wank.
It's just a smart move and sure it's been done before, I'm talking about poaching the best players from relegated teams.
We might not see the best of Redmond this season but his future is looking a lot brighter than it did with Norwich.
Aldeiwereld better than Lovren? This season? Fuck no.
Lambert vs Pelle is just a lazy comparison. We bought Lambert to be our third maybe fourth choice. Yes from their perspective we did replace their starting front man, so yeah, sure, they did get a much better player in Pelle.
I sometimes wish we would look at players players from relegated teams. Newcastle had a few interesting options.
I've already mentioned Lascelles who I predict will be starting for England in the near future.
@Pesam
Have you had a look at Lascelles?
Edit: Just realised that we did buy a player from a relegated team. Wijnaldum.
I think
@cloggypop deserves some props for calling it.
