Re: Che Adams bids farewell to his team-mates after Birmingham City accept 16m offer from Southampton

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David Xavis

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David Xavis

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And they haven’t made a profit.

From the Telegraph.

Southampton continue squad overhaul with £15m arrival of Che Adams and £17m departure of Matt Targett | @SamWallaceTel

Quick maffs.

And lots of other outlets are reporting 15/16m for Adams and 13m for Targett. And that Targett is a decent left back

£1m profit or £2m loss on that business, we’ve had our pants pulled down. Villa taking Southampton’s reserve full back off their hands to fund a deal for our crown jewel.

Dress it up whichever way you want mate, painful.

This is the thing, you're looking at it from an emotional view point. Southampton don't see Che as the crown jewel. They seem him as a risk that might work but equally might not The prem is littered with excellent championship strikers that didn't make the step up.

Targett on the other hand is a premier league defender (whether or not he gets game time that is his official label) and they have sold to a club that seem to be copying Fulham's model of wildly throwing money at players. Just because vile have been liberal with their spending doesn't mean that Southampton should do the same.

I'll ask the question to you, what would be an acceptable fee? To say we've had our pants pulled down suggests that your looking around the £25m+ mark which is, IMO, ridiculous.