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8:00am Thursday 3rd January 2008
George Burley could face a transfer window dilemma over the future of Grzegorz Rasiak.
Reports suggest the Polish striker is attracting interest from clubs in England and Italy as sides start to make bids for players in the January window.
Rasiak is one of Saints' major assets and one of only a few players that could command a decent fee in the transfer window.
Since the latest changes at the top of the club Burley will not have to sell regular first team players like Andrew Surman.
But he is expected to be asked to trim his squad and to be told he will have to sell to generate funds to bring in new signings.
Burley will not be under pressure to sell Rasiak but may decide he has to for cash to spend and to free up the comparatively large wages he earns.
The justification would be Rasiak's recent lack of starts in the first team.
Rasiak has started just one game since the beginning of October and has been more used to playing second fiddle to Stern John and Bradley Wright-Phillips. As such it may be that Burley decides he needs to sacrifice him for the good of the squad.
The Polish striker has plenty of admirers, Sheffield Wednesday and Fulham both tried to sign him in the summer for the £2m fee Saints paid to Derby for his services in 2006. Charlton have also been linked.
There are also understood to be several Italian clubs interested.
For full story see today's Daily Echo.
mal, south yorkshire says...
8:39am Thu 3 Jan 08
Matt @ UTS, says...
8:41am Thu 3 Jan 08
deary, southampton says...
9:11am Thu 3 Jan 08
the mick channon windmill, says...
9:23am Thu 3 Jan 08
saint38, 445-124 says...
9:25am Thu 3 Jan 08
robin nottinghamsaint, nottingham says...
9:55am Thu 3 Jan 08
Martin Orford, says...
10:10am Thu 3 Jan 08
get burley, out says...
10:21am Thu 3 Jan 08
get burley, out says...
10:23am Thu 3 Jan 08
Dan, Soton says...
11:02am Thu 3 Jan 08
steve, at work says...
11:05am Thu 3 Jan 08
Rasiak-fan, says...
11:11am Thu 3 Jan 08
SFC, Bishopstoke says...
11:26am Thu 3 Jan 08
Kate, Andover says...
11:31am Thu 3 Jan 08
get burley wrote:Surman took the penalty because he was on a hat-trick. I don't think anything is going on with Rasiak and Burley, I just think Burley has lost the plot and doesn't really have his heart in the job and that's rubbing off on the players.
Rasiak is by fair our best forward. Why isn't he playing? I believe that sometime is going on behind closed doors between Rasiak and GB. I remember last season when Rasiak wanted to take the spot kick against Barnsley but Surman took it. Ever since then Rasiak has not been a starting player. GB should of got them in the dressing room after the game and got it sorted. Just leave GB selling Rasiak is a mistake.
Fred, Southampton says...
11:31am Thu 3 Jan 08
EMJ, farnboro says...
12:06pm Thu 3 Jan 08
A Saint Forever., Southampton says...
12:44pm Thu 3 Jan 08
AllSaintsNoCurves, Southampton says...
12:59pm Thu 3 Jan 08
Rasiak-Doubter, says...
1:10pm Thu 3 Jan 08
Rasiak-fan wrote:10 goals a month? If you include the 6 goals he gives away because of his p1ss poor touch then, yes he might get close to 10 goals a month.
I can see this scenario: Burley sells Rasiak, then Burney leave Saints in february, and Rasiak start scoring 10 goals per month...
GS, Winchester says...
1:16pm Thu 3 Jan 08
Chris, Farnborough says...
1:32pm Thu 3 Jan 08
mark w, tooting says...
1:38pm Thu 3 Jan 08
fed up, says...
1:38pm Thu 3 Jan 08
depressed, says...
1:41pm Thu 3 Jan 08
David, Poole says...
1:52pm Thu 3 Jan 08
Benjani,, Portsmouth (Pride Of Hampshire) says...
2:30pm Thu 3 Jan 08
dave hunt, soton says...
3:26pm Thu 3 Jan 08
Adam, says...
3:27pm Thu 3 Jan 08
Somebody needs to proof read this story, says...
3:44pm Thu 3 Jan 08
Derry, west hampshire says...
3:44pm Thu 3 Jan 08
goldberg, usa says...
3:59pm Thu 3 Jan 08
Bitterne Park Saint, Bitterne Park says...
6:28pm Thu 3 Jan 08
Martin Orford wrote:The big difference between Le Tiss and Rasiak is that Le Tiss was a team player.
Rasiak is class and the only reason people think his work rate is poor is because he doesn't get involved in the headless chicken style of play employed by the rest of the team. Remember the last lazy player we had that could score 20 goals a season? He kept us in the top league for years. Football at its best should be about getting the maximum returns from the minimum effort and Rasiak and Le Tiss are prime examples of how to do that.
AllSaintsNoCurves, Southampton says...
6:55pm Thu 3 Jan 08
Amadul, Dubia says...
7:20pm Thu 3 Jan 08
Thorshammer, Valhalla says...
8:09pm Thu 3 Jan 08
nidge, South of Watford says...
8:23pm Thu 3 Jan 08
Martin Orford, says...
9:01pm Thu 3 Jan 08
AllSaintsNoCurves wrote:Hoddle would be even worse than Burley; the short passing game that they are both so keen on is a complete no-no in the Championship for anyone intending to get out of it (from the right end). We desperately need a long ball merchant to get us out of the sh*t whether that's what the purists in the Saints crowd want to see or not. Hoddle was a disaster at Wolves and has not had a sniff of a job since. Bring on horrible Billy Davies or someone else that will do a bit of shouting at the players and cut out all those unnecessary passes across the centre circle.
I have to say...we should swallow our pride and bring back Hoddle! It's the only way he's going to get back into the Premiership anyway. I think he would get us playing football the way we enjoy watching it. Maybe the players would respond to his training as they are not responding to Burley clearly!!
ITK, down the dustpipe says...
12:35am Fri 4 Jan 08
CHRISR, poolside says...
12:50am Fri 4 Jan 08
Mr myagi, okinowa says...
4:00am Fri 4 Jan 08
RB, southampton says...
12:12pm Fri 4 Jan 08
Lilly, Leicester says...
7:12pm Fri 4 Jan 08
get burley, out says...
1:52pm Sat 5 Jan 08
Lilly wrote:Now I know why no likes Leicester. Oh well you can't really say much I mean look where you are in the table.
Hi Leicester fan here. We are coming to give you a hiding this weekend. We know how to beat you. A few hard tackles and your guys will hide. No stomach for it you see. They are are all spineless.
i am a nutter, london says...
2:03pm Sat 5 Jan 08
get burley wrote:you blues are finished today
Lilly wrote: Hi Leicester fan here. We are coming to give you a hiding this weekend. We know how to beat you. A few hard tackles and your guys will hide. No stomach for it you see. They are are all spineless.Now I know why no likes Leicester. Oh well you can\'t really say much I mean look where you are in the table. Down you go and I will be laughing at you. **** NORTHERN ****!
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SONLY ME, WORK says...
8:23am Thu 3 Jan 08