Saints Set To Sign Palace Keeper
Saints are about to sign a back up keeper to Fraser Forster from Crystal Palace according to latest media reports.
Saints are about to sign Alex McCarthy from Crystal Palace for a fee of £2 million according to reports in the media.
McCarthy who is 26 has a plethora of experience, he played for Reading from 2007 till 2014 making 70 appearances but spending a lot of time out on loan and then joining QPR newly promoted back to the Premier League in 2014, he only managed 3 appearances though and joined Palace last summer for a fee reported to be £3.5 million.
Although he started the season in Palace's goal, playing the opening 6 games he then found himself vying for the keepers spot on the bench with Speroni and played only 1 more game that season in the Premier league and making no other appearances.
Now with Palace having signed French International Steve Mandanda, McCarthy is surplus to requirements at Selhurst Park and is likely to join Saints for a cut price fee if rumours are true.
This would give Saints back up to Forster and allow them to send out Paulo Gazzaniga on loan to get experience and confidence.
Many Saints fans though would question McCarthy's ability and would have preferred a more experienced back up at this level, although he has played 145 League games in his career only 23 of them have been in the Premier League, perhaps he does have potential, but he has yet to realise it properly having only spent two seasons as first choice at a club, the first on loan at Yeovil in 2009/10 when he played against Saints and the second in 2013/14 when his form in the Championship earned his move to QPR
What to read next:
Saints V Stoke City A Look Back In Pictures 2In the second part of our pictorial look back at some of our games against Stoke City from the past, here we look back at more recent games, so most of you would have been at them.
Southampton V Stoke City The PreviewSaints go into the last two games of the season with their hopes of automatic promotion ended, even the hope of finishing 3rd is only a point away from being ended, but they do have something to play for and that is getting back the togetherness, character & fight Russell Martin has recently be moaned.
No Togetherness No Character No FightNot my words, but those of Southampton manager Russell Martin, who should ask himself the question why two months ago we had all those attributes and now we don't !
Southampton At Leicester The DebacleThe big question is how can a side that was so tight at the back, so clinical up front and who could pass the ball around almost with their eyes closed, become the disorganised rabble that they were at the Leicester City this evening.
Southampton At Leicester City The PreviewSaints travel up to Leicester knowing that it is almost certain that they will just be in the play offs come the end of the season, however there is still the feint hope of 3rd place to play for, however the Foxes are playing for a bigger prize.
A Rough Guide To Leicester City FCSaints head up to Leicester City this evening with their automatic promotion hopes just about over, so for the 3,000 fans who bought their tickets when there was hope here are the details.
Southampton At Cardiff City The VerdictThere can be no excuses for this defeat, a loss that effectively means that it will be a play off spot and not an automatic promotion place for Southampton, so where did it all go wrong.