Southampton fans will be shocked knowing who can sign Angus Gunn

Southampton’s lucrative but underwhelming keeper addition, Angus Gunn may be lined up to join Shea Charles’ former club Sheffield Wednesday.

The kickoff whistle in the Eastleigh game was met by initial and fragile evidence of an Aaron Ramsdale-less Southampton but it was nice to watch how Still’s keeping vision looks like. The Englishman was adamant to point out the glowing positives from his later fielded unit, which had Gavin Bazunu in goal.

Firstly, fingers shouldn’t be pointed at McCarthy for that goal and at the same time, his decade young counterpart preserved the fine work he had done behind the sticks prior to taking the field. Is it finally, third time’s the charm for Bazunu to gain his gloves back and show his Portsmouth level capabilities at St. Mary’s?

I know, a Pompeys example isn’t good but the least can be done better when Bazunu has played his most consistent football there, to date.

Saints will wish Gunn strengthens Sheffield Wednesday

Still, if that’s what inspires Bazunu to imitate Ramsdale’s save-making actions then, it’s best for Southampton who may otherwise have re-auditioned well-known club flop, Angus Gunn, too. Even then, Gunn won’t be left without signing a summer contract elsewhere, and that is a club whom Saints fans loved to keep up with last season.

As pointed by Football League World, it’s Sheffield Wednesday, and more specifically, the team where Shea Charles levelled up his midfield standing among the world-class names perfecting their art in the Championship. So, having Gunn go there will be a bonus thank you on Southampton’s behalf to Wednesday’s appreciable assistance in Charles’ career.

Agreed, Gunn wasn’t a name under contention at Wrexham but they wouldn’t have been any confident of landing him if they had the 27-year-old on their radar. The reason being that his older Saints teammate Danny Ings also favoured a club lying higher above them in the second division pyramid.

Irrespective of that, let’s hope that all of these ex-Saints smile back on their respective current decisions when they recall this summer window in the future.

Sky Sports reporter reveals the number of points he expects Leicester City will have deducted from them this season

Leicester City have been bracing themselves for a potential points deduction this season.

The Foxes were charged by the Premier League with an alleged breach of profit and sustainability rules in relation to the 2023/24 season, despite playing in the Championship during that period.

An independent commission referred the club based on three charges for the season – even though they won an appeal over charges relating to the 2022/23 season.

A points deduction has been looming for some time at the King Power Stadium and although Marti Cifuentes has become the new Leicester boss, he is going to have to do it the hard way.

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Leicester City set to brace themselves for points deduction

Fears of a points deduction haven’t gone away and after confirming the arrival of Cifuentes, Sky Sports reporter Rob Dorsett admitted that he expects Leicester to be handed a nine-point deduction this season.

This certainly wouldn’t be ideal but with Leicester having a favourable start to the season, they can easily get a good run together that would see any punishment like that have little effect on them.

Even with the likely setback, Leicester are still one of the favourites for promotion and will fancy their chances of being up there.

When is Marti Cifuentes’ first game in charge as Leicester City manager?

Cifuentes has arrived at the King Power Stadium midway through pre-season and will travel with the squad to Austria for their pre-season camp.

That means his first game in charge will be on Saturday 19 July, when the Foxes take on Hungarian side Zalaegerszegi TE, who play in the top flight of their national league.

As for his first competitive game in charge, Leicester will play host to Sheffield Wednesday who will have Danny Rohl in the dugout after he returned to the Owls.