Juventus have announced that midfielder Mario Lemina has signed with English Premier
League side Southampton.
Oxlade Chamberlain has struggled to maintain a regular spot in the Arsenal first team since his 2011 transfer from fellow Premier
League side Southampton and he seems to be very much following in the footsteps of another former Saint at Arsenal, Theo Walcott.
Since his arrival at Old Trafford from fellow Premier
League side Southampton in the summer of 2014, Shaw has failed to cement a place in United's first team.
Not exact matches
Arsene made ten changes to the Arsenal team on Wednesday when they faced a good
Southampton side in the Quarter - Final of the
League Cup.
There could be hope of making an appearance in the FA Cup fourth round, but should
Southampton overcome Norwich to take us on, we may look to play a near - full strength
side (especially as the Saints knocked us out of the
League Cup this term).
He took over a depleted
Southampton side and kept them competitive and he won the dutch
league.
The Premier
League side may well succeed in a push to sign the 23 year old as La Viola are apparently scouting
Southampton star Gaston Ramirez as a possible replacement for Jovetic.
A couple of months into the new season, and nothing seems to have changed from recent seasons for the North Londoners who have already been knocked out of the Capital One Cup by a youthful
Southampton side, languishing at 8th position in the Premier
League table, and have won 1 of their 2 Champions
League fixtures.
Monday night football comes from Villa Park as Paul Lambert's beleagured
side take on a resurgent
Southampton unit, as Ronald Koeman's
side find themselves fighting for a Champions
League spot.
This could lead to a number of Serie A
sides looking to take him on, though a move to the Premier
League is also said to be an option, with
Southampton leading the chase for his signature.
However, the Blues were not finished there, as the shell shocked home
side wilted and watched their dreams of Premier
League safety pass by as yet another delivery from the left - hand
side caught
Southampton napping.
Arsenal appear to be leading the race to sign
Southampton midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin, after the player has revealed that he would only leave St Mary's for a
side playing in the Champions
League.
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho believes his
side are still heavy favourites to win the Premier
League title, despite dropping two points with a 1 - 1 draw at home to
Southampton on Sunday.
The 18 - year - old is yet to make a first team appearance for the Magpies, but has attracted attention from a number of Premier
League sides, as Crystal Palace and
Southampton are also rumoured to be keeping tabs on his progress.
They come up against a
side hoping to record successive
league wins at
Southampton for the first time since August 1997.
Arsenal's form is quite the opposite, having gone unbeaten since the opening weekend until the midweek
League Cup clash with
Southampton, which saw a number of players rotated into the
side.
If Arsenal do as we expect them to this weekend and run out as winners of the home game against a struggling
Southampton side getting used to their new manager Claude Puel, while he gets used to the English Premier
League for the first time, then we will be heading into the next round of matches a bit closer to at least one of our big spending Premier
League rivals.
The Dutchman missed
Southampton's first four
league games of the season as he recovered from a ligament injury he suffered in January but came on as a substitute in the
side's 1 - 0 win away at Crystal Palace to make his first appearance of the new campaign.
It was only in the summer that
Southampton midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin was desperate to leave the Saints for a Champions
League side and looked certain for an exit — now he is just happy to be back in training.
The pressure is on the Premier
League side after a run of just one win in seven in all competitions since the turn of the year, but that didn't prevent Jurgen Klopp from making nine changes to the
side that faced
Southampton in midweek.
St Mary's boss Ronald Koeman did well to keep hold of Schneiderlin and his south - coast
side have started the current season in superb fashion, securing seven points from their first four Premier
League fixtures and given that
Southampton sit in fourth spot in the table one imagines the long serving midfielder may elect to remain at the club.
It's West Ham vs
Southampton in the Premier
League, with both
sides desperately needing a win to boost their chances of Premier
League survival.
Pardew's
side were thrashed 4 - 0 by
Southampton and currently sit bottom of the Premier
League table with two points from four games.
Because of the fact that Arsenal and Man City are tied at the top on points with just a single point in goal difference keeping us in second, combined with the fixture list that sees us take on Middlesborough on Saturday and City facing
Southampton on Sunday, any kind of win for us over the
league's 17th placed
side would be enough to see us top the table on Saturday night, but to still be there next week means we would have to better Man City's result, in terms of goals if not points.
But our next Premier
League game, at home to the
Southampton side that put four past us on Boxing Day, now takes on massive importance and I think we can say that another defeat in that will be a hammer blow to the chances of Arsenal being crowned champions in May.
Blackburn are still hoping to hang on to their prize asset, and have already rejected two offers from the Premier
League side, who are seeking a replacement for Shane Long, after he joined
Southampton.
We obviously have more quality than Middlesborough but as we saw with Chelsea, City,
Southampton, Spurs, Stoke, etc (many of them were home games also) it's not impossible for a tip team to lose to a lower
league side.
Much like his team overall,
Southampton playmaker Dusan Tadic went through a blip in form recently as his
side lost four successive
league matches, but the Serbian is now back to his best.
The manager has done wonders for
Southampton in recent years, and his current
side are level on points with us in joint - sixth in the
league at present.
Should Liverpool and
Southampton end up agreeing on a deal for Van Dijk, it'll be interesting to see if the Reds can mount a more successful title bid next season, as Jurgen Klopp's
side look to win their first
league title in 27 years.
Southampton started this season with a bang and for a time Koeman's
side were even spoken of as potential Champions
League qualification contenders, but it was not to be.
Southampton will be looking to win successive
league matches against Arsenal for the first time since April 1988, after a 2 - 0 win in the last meeting between the two
sides back in January.
Shaw underwent surgery on Wednesday and will be hoping his
side can take all three points against his former club
Southampton in the Premier
League meeting between the two clubs on Sunday afternoon.
Louis van Gaal's
side braved the cold to get an early Christmas present at
Southampton, somehow claiming all three points in a lacklustre performance but proved themselves to be one of the toughest
sides in
league.
Van Dijk is rated amongst the best defenders in the Premier
League at present, despite representing a mid-table
side, and
Southampton are known for selling players for the right price, and will most certainly lose their star centre - halve this summer.
Southampton supporters in the Transfer Tavern are very much looking forward to their
side's trip to Leicester City in the Premier
League this evening,...
Southampton goalkeeper Fraser Forster believes his
side can still finish in the top four this season, after coming from behind to claim a point at Premier
League leaders Chelsea.
Chelsea and
Southampton met last weekend in the Premier
League and the suspicion lingers that
Southampton, a
side languishing in...
Antonio Conte believes last weekend's
league meeting is proof that his Chelsea
side are in for a tough game when they face
Southampton in Sunday's Emirates FA Cup semi-final.
Several other Premier
League sides, from Leicester to
Southampton to Derby, have built new stadiums and been relegated in part because of the financial costs affecting their playing budget.
Southampton arrived at this stage by beating Championship
side Fulham plus Watford, West Brom, and finally Wigan, of
League One.
Southampton have won just one
league game since beating Everton at home on November 26 with only bottom
side West Brom winning fewer games than the South Coast club this season.
Southampton and Aston Villa are tied for the youngest
side in the Barclay's Premier
League, at 24.7, followed by Tottenham (25.6), and Cardiff (26.0).
Manchester City recorded their twelfth Premier
League win with a last - gasp Raheem Sterling winner against a solid
Southampton side.
Southampton supporters have been pretty downbeat in the Transfer Tavern this week after seeing their
side go down 3 - 0 away at fellow Premier
League st...
Every neutral fan likes to see a team break up the status quo of the big
sides in the Premier
League and this season it looks to be
Southampton as they continue to flirt with the big boys near the top end of the table.
Southampton supporters on Twitter expressed their dismay at their
side's 2 - 1 loss to Premier
League strugglers Hull City.
Chelsea manager, Antonio Conte, has reacted to his
side's «spirit and passion» in the second - half of their Premier
League with
Southampton.
Mark Hughes admits his
Southampton side are approaching the «kitchen sink» stage in their bid to stave off Premier
League...
Southampton 0 - 1 Manchester United — September 2017 [English Premier
League 2017 - 18 Match] 20 ′ 0 — 1 Romelu Lukaku scores in 20th minute of the game against the run of play as United were pinned back by resurgent
Southampton side.