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Former Aston Villa striker Gabriel Agbonlahor has poured praise on Southampton talisman Danny Ings for his goal-scoring exploits this season – but stopped short of claiming he is a nailed-on pick for Gareth Southgate’s Euro 2020 England squad. The Winchester-born England international saw humble footballing beginnings with the likes of Dorchester, Bournemouth and Burnley before […]
Southampton duo Stuart Armstrong and Che Adams earned plenty of plaudits for being called up for Scotland’s Euro 2020 squad. The competition recently saw the squad list expanded to twenty-six, leaving ample room for the Saints duo to make the grade. Southampton winger Armstrong, 29, is a 24-cap international with two goals for his country […]
Former Southampton hitman Charlie Austin has taken aim at his former manager Ralph Hasenhuttl, claiming the Austrian tactician must shoulder more of the burden for the club’s poor form. A late capitulation against Marcelo Bielsa’s Leeds United saw the Saints suffer their 18th defeat of the season, with the Saints having won just two of […]
Ex-Scotland boss Alex McLeish has looked back with disappointment at Southampton winger Theo Walcott’s spell with Everton following confirmation that the 32-year-old has penned a permanent deal with the Saints. The veteran winger has played a notable role in Ralph Hasenhuttl’s sides this season, contributing three goals and as many assists in the Premier League […]
Alan Shearer, who started his senior career with Southampton, was one of two inaugural inductees into the Premier League’s newly launched Hall of Fame. He made his Saints debut on Saturday, 26th March 1988 as a sub in a 1-0 win at Chelsea at the age of just 17, going on to score 23 goals […]
ESPN pundit Craig Burley believes that Southampton’s recent rut is being caused by their intense style of play catching up with them late in the season. A second-half capitulation following Danny Ings’ opener left a lot to be desired in Ralph Hasenhuttl’s side in their 2-1 defeat against Spurs, despite flashes of dominance in the […]
Despite the continuation of Southampton’s late-season rut in the wake of their 2-1 defeat against Spurs, Alan Shearer singled out one Saints star for praise. 24-year-old Spurs academy graduate Kyle Walker-Peters continued to shine for the Saints – this time against his former club – but was once not the Premier League mainstay Southampton fans […]
As the proposed European Super League looks set for an imminent collapse, Southampton have released a trending statement to local outlet HampshireLive. Southampton were one of the 14 non-‘big six’ clubs that attended a crunch meeting yesterday to discuss how to deal with the proposed breakaway, with the Premier League issuing an official statement of […]
In the wake of Spurs parting ways with manager Jose Mourinho, Owen Hargreaves has told Optus Sport’s Analysis Show that Ralph Hasenhuttl could be an outsider candidate to take up the vacant position. The Saints boss was name-dropped along with the likes of Julian Nagelsmann of RB Leipzig and Leicester City’s Brendan Rodgers, though Hargreaves […]
Southampton boss Ralph Hasenhuttl held nothing back in his ferocious condemnation of the proposed European Super League, arguing it is a war on football as we know it. In a viral article shared over 500 times by the Daily Mail, the news outlet covered the Austrian tactician’s staunch rebuttal of the project, declaring it to […]
talkSPORT journalist Alex Crook was left baffled by Ralph Hasenhuttl’s decision to exclude Theo Walcott from Southampton’s starting line-up in the Saints’ FA Cup semi-final defeat, with the ex-Arsenal and on-loan Everton winger confined to the bench. Walcott is a three-time FA Cup winner and also won the Community Shield twice, but Hasenhuttl’s decision not […]
Danny Ings may well be used to being swarmed by his teammates given his prolific scoring record for the Saints this season – but being swarmed by dogs is another ballpark altogether. Southampton’s official Instagram account posted the star Saints striker smothered by a couple of fluffy, furry companions yesterday in a light-hearted post abundant […]
