Sometimes, you gotta kick a club when it's down...

I like Southampton. I do. At some level, in fact, I envy them. How many other clubs could lose a half-dozen key players and a highly-touted manager, go through the acrimony of almost seeing one of their most-coveted players come a bit unhinged during the turmoil, and actually come out ahead? Long gone, of course, are the likes of Shaw, Lallana, Dovren, Chambers (cough), and Lambert—but their departures are but accounted for with new signings like Pellè, Long, Tadic, and Forster, among others. Credit Southampton for reloading so effectively, but it does seem as if they haven't yet accounted for the absence of Schneiderlin, who is set to miss Wednesday's clash after coming up lame during Southampton's debacle against Man City.

Celtic tell Arsenal that defensive target Virgil Van Dijk he will be “very expensive

Delia hands warning to Wenger about his designs on talented centre-back.

Celtic manager Ronny Delia has told Arsenal that they will have to make them a huge offer if they are to have any chance of signing defender Virgil Van Dijk in the new year, according to talkSPORTThe Gunners had been linked with a move for the 23-year-old over the summer, but failed to make a concrete offer and he remained at Celtic Park.