Yep, Ward-Prowse is definitely getting picked up but Southampton’s production line of talent means that Les Reed will just grab another kid from the reserves. One of the pluses of the massive Gareth Bale transfer is at least they get a significant solidarity contribution for their youth development programs to…

What are you on about, Prem league teams regularly pilfer those lower on the pecking order for their top talent without giving anything back in terms of development value. Consider: Southampton, where most of Arsenal’s forward lineup (and backline if you include Calum Chambers) came from, not to mention Gareth Bale. I…