soton look capable of staying here for the long term though
On 8 July 2009, the administrators confirmed that Southampton had been sold to a buyer "owned and controlled by Marcus Liebherr". By the end of the January 2010 transfer window, Southampton had spent over £3 million on players, a significantly larger amount than any other League One club. The spending has continued.
Summer 2012;
Although the Saints were only the 13th biggest spenders in Europe, their net expenditure of over £33 million was higher than Juventus, Barcelona and Liverpool as the club failed to gain any income through transfers this summer. Southampton manager Nigel Adkins bought Bologna’s Gaston Ramirez for £13.38 million and Jay Rodriguez from Burnley for £7.61 million.
Summer 2013
On 11 July 2013, the club's transfer fee record was again broken with the purchase of Victor Wanyama for a reported fee of £12.5 million. On 18 August 2013, the club's transfer fee record was broken for a fourth time in two years with the purchase of Daniel Osvaldo from Roma for a reported fee of £15 million. The Saints also signed Croatian centre-back Dejan Lovren for a fee reported to be £8.5 million.
Summer 2014;
Calum Chambers, Adam Lallana and Luke Shaw made 90.2 million euros (£64.4m) for Saints as they moved to Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester United respectively. They also sold Lovren and Lambert to Liverpool. The Saints signed Tadic for a reported £10.9 million, followed by Italian striker Pelle. They signed Forster for £10 million and Gardos (£6 million) as well as Long (£12 million). They captured Sadio Mane from Red Bull Salzburg for £10m.
Southampton were one of only three Premier League sides to finish their summer transfer dealings with a net positive balance – in excess of £30 million. They are safe as long as the Liebherr family retains its interest and their academy continues to produce stars.
