{"id":562710,"date":"2020-08-20T10:33:25","date_gmt":"2020-08-20T14:33:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/?p=562710"},"modified":"2020-08-20T10:33:25","modified_gmt":"2020-08-20T14:33:25","slug":"report-southampton-propose-swap-deal-for-stoke-city-goalkeeper-jack-butland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/08\/20\/report-southampton-propose-swap-deal-for-stoke-city-goalkeeper-jack-butland\/","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: Southampton Propose Swap Deal for Stoke City Goalkeeper Jack Butland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A swap deal involving <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/cc70a1d5\/Jack-Butland\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jack Butland<\/a> joining <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/clubs\/southampton\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Southampton<\/a> could be on the cards, according to Paul Joyce of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_pauljoyce\/status\/1296437968048136194\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Times.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The move could see the Saints&#8217; current second-choice goalkeeper <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/e082af5b\/Angus-Gunn\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Angus Gunn<\/a> join Stoke City.<\/p>\n<h2>Swap Deal Involving Jack Butland Joining Southampton on the Cards<\/h2>\n<h3>Available for a Minimal Price<\/h3>\n<p>Butland has just one-year remaining on his current deal with the Potters. As a result, he is reportedly available for as little as \u00a38 million.<\/p>\n<p>When speaking to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/football\/news\/11701\/12048691\/jack-butland-stoke-prepared-to-accept-8-10m-for-goalkeeper\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sky Sports News<\/a>, the 27-year-old&#8217;s agent said: &#8220;Talks have been ongoing with Stoke City for the past two years since Jack made it clear his preference was not to extend his existing contract.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Last season there were some very interesting opportunities for Jack but, due to differing reasons, they did not materialise.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Relations between Jack, the manager and the club remain in a good place and if we are able to find the right fit for Jack then I am confident that conditions are right for a deal to happen.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Butland was part of the Stoke City squad that was relegated to the Championship in the 2017\/18 season. While he still possesses huge amounts of quality, he has been part of a Stoke that has been drastically low on confidence over the past two seasons.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, he is keen to test himself in the Premier League once more.<\/p>\n<p>Southampton are one of several clubs interested in acquiring his services. However, they already have three first-team quality goalkeeper&#8217;s in Alex McCarthy, Angus Gunn and Fraser Forster. As a result, they will have to move one of them on.<\/p>\n<h3>Gunn&#8217;s Previous Championship Experience<\/h3>\n<p>It is looking likely that Angus Gunn will be departing St Mary&#8217;s, potentially in the opposite direction.<\/p>\n<p>The 24-year-old does have previous experience in the Championship, having made 46 appearances for <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/clubs\/norwich-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Norwich City<\/a> in the 2017\/18 season.<\/p>\n<p>His impressive displays for the Canaries earned him a move to the South Coast in 2018. However, he has never nailed down the number one spot, instead being alternated in and out of the side.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<br \/>\n<a id=\"p6lA0jcxQ2FerEf-jEadtg\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1255256251\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'p6lA0jcxQ2FerEf-jEadtg',sig:'3eHRjQekMV5p9aSILCsFUF_ZhGyQbruYHen_iVk-O3A=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1255256251',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A swap deal involving Jack Butland joining Southampton could be on the cards, according to Paul Joyce of The Times. The move could see the Saints&#8217; current second-choice goalkeeper Angus Gunn join Stoke City. Swap Deal Involving Jack Butland Joining Southampton on the Cards Available for a Minimal Price Butland has just one-year remaining on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2795,"featured_media":562713,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[30,3,20,21,28],"tags":[2562,3572,40,235,356,136],"class_list":["post-562710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-premier-league","category-southampton","category-stoke","category-transfers","tag-angus-gunn","tag-jack-butland","tag-premier-league","tag-southampton","tag-stoke-city","tag-world-football"],"modified_by":"Ben Robinson, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2795"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=562710"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562710\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/562713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=562710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=562710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=562710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}