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If Fernandes leaves you have got to think it could be to somewhere other than West Ham. Rumours have already suggested that they are not prepared to get anywhere near our valuation, but with West Ham rapidly looking like a relegation struggler will Fernandes really want another season like that? Of course, it maybe that the Chelsea thrashing will cause them to find another £10m behind Sullivan's sofa and Fernandes may be sufficiently convinced that he can help them to rise above that level, but it would be somewhat of a gamble for him in that sense. It would also be a gamble for West Ham if they think they may need to change their manager with all the extra costs that would involve. Nevertheless, some weeks ago Fernandes was linked with a move to one of several big European clubs and he seemed to prefer that option, so it remains to be seen if one of them finally makes a bid.

Dibling - I will be disappointed if he leaves, especially for less than £40m. I'll be especially disappointed if he goes to a relegation struggler club like Everton, rather than a club competing to get into European competition; even more so as a colleague supports them as does my brother-in-law. That having been said, Moyes is probably a good manager to nurture his talent. Fernandes - I will be very disappointed if he leaves. Just because a big club want him doesn't mean he WILL go! Still has said he wants him to stay and they want at least £40-50m if he does go. We also don't have any contract issues that mean we have any risk if we don't let him go straight away. He has also spoken positively about staying. Nevertheless, if we receive a large bid of at least £50m, we will find it hard not to sell. Taylor Harwood-Bellis - I'm hopeful he is going to stay and become our true captain - keeping Captain Jack out of the side and playing with any one of our up-and-coming hope-for-the-future young centre backs: Wood, Edwards, Quarshie, Kayi-Sanda. Wood and Edwards were already better than Bednarek and Stephens last season, in my opinion! Aribo, Fraser, Brereton-Diaz, Stephens, Bree - There's no major benefit in keeping any of them. Aribo, Fraser and Bree offer a little on occasions, but we can do better, already have better and hopefully can recruit better. Stephens is a liability and I remain absolutely devasted that the club have wasted precious resources giving him a new contract. Brereton-Diaz also offers next-to-nothing, though doesn't have the dreadful discipline issues of Captain Jack and isn't regularly culpable for us conceding ridiculous goals. Bella-Kotchap - I don't necessarily believe most of the unsubstantiated rumours about his attitude, but if they are even a little true then we should get rid. The likely fact is that he probably doesn't want to play in the Championship. If we can't get rid of him, then I hope that Still can encourage him to rediscover the ability that led him to be selected for the German national team. Even if his attitude sucks, he is still way better than Captain Jack. Arma - he has not got as much flair as Dibling, Robinson or Edozie and is not keen on playing as a striker, but you cannot argue with his goalscoring record at Championship level. As others have said, I would not want to sell him to another Championship team, but recognise he has perpetually struggled in the Premier League. He may well find the Scottish Premiership is the best level for his skills if we do sell him. Stewart - has a good record at this level and may well benefit massively from Still's high fitness regime. He will still be a useful option, but if we do sell him, it won't be the end of the world. Smallbone - he is still young and could benefit from Still's change of approach. He did well at Stoke. I hope he is a success, but I'm not sure we can pin too much hope on him right now. I would say he is currently behind Downes, Charles, Matsuki and maybe even Sesay in the pecking order, but we shall see. I am not one of those begging for us to sell him, but am not going to lose sleep if we do! Taylor – I would prefer him to be the experienced leader type instead of Stephens. He is a useful extra option for defence who can do a job off the bench, but in many ways is numerically a luxury extra player beyond what we need. Ballard – The likelihood is that we will either loan him or sell him. He was previously ahead of Dibling in the youth set-up but injuries have knocked him back. I hope he can rediscover his best form after finding a good/top league one side who will be fired to the top with his goals, I hope that we will be desperate next summer to give him a new contract and to bring him back to join the first team squad because he has done so well. Purchases First priority is another Attacking midfielder – either as cover or replacement for Fernandes (hopefully cover!) The other top priority should be central midfield, unless Still feels that both Matsuki and Sesay are fully first team-ready and of sufficient quality to become successful regulars in the future. We probably also need to buy another winger – especially if Dibling and/or Edozie leaves. It will be difficult if we don’t get rid of Brereton-Diaz and/or Fraser as it is another position where we have lota of players already! If we get rid of Bree then another right back would be good. In terms of keepers, I hope Bazunu will continue to show his pre-season form, but it’s a risk relying on that. A good keeper on loan to replace Ramsdale until next season would be great.

I think there are a lot of people panicking on here that may actually find that we do better than they expect. I'm not saying I don't want any incomings - we all want to see the squad being developed to become the strongest that it can be, BUT if we don't then I remain confident the squad will be competitive... unless of course all of our best players are sold and not replaced! But where we find ourselves at this moment, I think we have a stronger squad than when we were in the Championship before: Positn Current Squad 2023-24 squad GK (Ramsdale), Bazunu, McCarthy Bazunu, McCarthy, Lumley FBs Welington, Taylor, Sugawara, Manning, Bree KWP, Manning, Bree, Larios CBs THB, Stephens, Edwards, Wood, Quarshie, Bella-Kotchap Bednarek, Stephens, THB, Wood, Holgate CMs Downes, Charles, Smallbone, Aribo, Sesay Downes, Smallbone, Aribo, Charles AMs Fernandes, Matsuki S.Armstrong, Rothwell, Alcaraz (half a season) Wings Dibling, Robinson, A. Armstrong, Edozie, Fraser, Brereton-Diaz A.Armstrong, Edozie, Fraser, Brookes, Amo-Ameyaw Strikers Downs, Archer, Stewart, Ballard Adams, Mara, (Stewart) It is also worth pointing out that just because a player was crap under certain managers last season in the Premier League does not mean that they are going to be crap this season under a different manager in the Championship. Also, a lot of our players are young and developing. In theory that should mean that they will get better over time. That should give us reason to be less scathing about Smallbone, Charles, Edozie, Sugawara, Welington, Wood, Dibling, Archer, Bazunu, Edwards and others, some of whom seem to be the butt of a lot of criticism at times.

When a number of our fans turned on him a few years ago when our defence was struggling under Hassenhuttl, I always thought it was unfair. At that time he was the experienced defender always putting in a good shift and striving his hardest to cover for the errors of others (e.g. Salisu). Yet, because he was the player frequently struggling to cover two or three positions he got all the blame and his head dropped. Then he spat his dummy out and went to Villa, only grudgingly returning when that didn't work out. After he returned he never really restored the level of effort that he had previously shown in my opinion, though he did ok in our promotion season. Last season it felt like instead of being the player covering for other players shortcomings, he was instead the player blaming others for his own shortcomings. I think it illustrated to me that he had lost belief in Saints and maybe even in his own ability. I am therefore pleased to see him go. I hope for his own sake that he can rediscover his best form and be successful at Porto.

That will really limit possibilities including some perfectly valid and good options like Kevin Keegan, Ricky Lambert and Rod Wallace. Having said that I almost thought I might be able to make Rod Wallace work as there was a player who played for us in 1906-7 called Wally Radford, but sadly his name was short for Walter and not Wallace! So, with this more limited field I would go for Charlie George (Lawrence).

Some people have definitely forgotten the thread title was the *best* Saints players with two first names! Struggling to imagine Jack Stephens being in anything but the worst player to play more than 100 games for Saints! However, some laughed at Ricky Lambert, but actually Lambert can be a first name, so I am backing that suggestion! If he hadn't had so many injuries I think Luke Shaw could have got a consideration too, but sadly those injuries have kept him from quite hitting the heights he was destined for! Maybe he could have achieved them if he had stayed at Saints...! Rod Wallace would probably be the player who would ultimately get my vote!

It is interesting that Still has said he will be taking a 'reduced group of players' to Spain, which will send out a message that will be 'pretty clear'. Quite how many players he will take and who will be in it will be interesting to see. Solak has also said that Saints want to trim the squad to no more than 27 players. Whether 27 will go to Spain remains to be seen. In theory this is Saints' current squad of 36 players: GK: McCarthy, Bazunu, Ramsdale, Wright FB: Sugawara, Bree, Welington, Manning, Taylor CB: Stephens, Wood, Edwards, THB, Kayi Sanda, Quarshie, Bednarek, Bella-Kotchap, Lawrence CM: Downes, Charles, Smallbone, Sesay AM: Fernandes, Matsuki, Aribo W: Edozie, Dibling, Robinson, Armstrong, Fraser, Brereton-Diaz F: Downs, Stewart, Archer, Dipepa, Ballard However, Ballard has seen no opportunities to play in pre-season (just one appearance on the bench I believe) and now that Downs has arrived you would imagine Ballard and Dipepa will return to the U21s. Similarly, Kayi Sanda, Quarshie and Sesay may return to the U21s or U18s, while Nico Lawrence and Ollie Wright will probably either be sold or loaned out. That would still leave 29 players including Bella-Kotchap, Aribo, Brereton-Diaz and Bednarek. Leave those 4 behind and Still will have a squad of 25 (as shown by players in red). If he takes 27 then which of those four goes too? Brereton-Diaz and Aribo? That still leaves a few questions, though... Will THB go? Is he fit enough? Is he happy to play in the Championship? Will we take 5 full backs? If not, who stays behind? Will we take three keepers? If not, who stays? Is two AMs, Fernandes and Matsuki, enough? Will some of the wingers fulfil that role? Will Fraser go? Is he in Will Still's plans? Would he go as a winger or AM? Or both? The Echo don't think Bednarek will go, but they also don't think Taylor will be there despite the positive things that Still has said about him. Clearly a few players are going to be disappointed - especially quite a few centre backs!

Good point - I meant to check things like that before posting it and had a feeling a couple had already gone. I know quite a few were players that were of interest to other clubs as well as Saints.

Southampton Incoming Transfer Rumours so far this summer I have taken a bit of time to gather details about players who rumours have suggested have been linked to Southampton. I have excluded rumours that seem to be only coming from Saints Marching rather than any more credible source - though not suggesting any of these sources are necessarily credible! Player Club Position Source(s) Date Goalkeepers Anthony Patterson Sunderland GK https://www.footballinsider247.com/southampton-plotting-to-sign-sunderland-star-anthony-patterson 3/7 Daniel Peretz Bayern Munich GK https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/25122469.bayern-munich-goalkeeper-reportedly-interests-southampton 29/4 Yahia Fofana Angers GK https://footballleagueworld.co.uk/southampton-involved-in-double-premier-league-transfer-battle-for-yahia-fofana 23/5 Aleksandar Vulic Spartak GK https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/25122469.bayern-munich-goalkeeper-reportedly-interests-southampton 29/4 Defenders Max Johnston Sturm Graz RB www.footballinsider247.com/exclusive-southampton-push-to-sign-max-johnston-as-walker-peters-replacement 25/6 Joe Mendes SC Braga RB www.expressen.se/sport/fotboll/forre-aik-backen-joe-mendes-aktuell-for-flytt 4/7 Juma Bah Man City CB www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/25229683.southampton-linked-man-city-defender-played-still 11/6 Matt Targett Newcastle FB https://footballleagueworld.co.uk/newcastle-could-use-matt-targett-in-southampton-tyler-dibling-deal 17/5 Midfielders Bobby Clark Liverpool Midfield www.thisisanfield.com/2025/07/bobby-clark-wanted-by-at-least-15-clubs-liverpool-have-sell-on-clause 14/6 Lewis O’Brien Forest Midfield https://footballleagueworld.co.uk/birmingham-southampton-transfer-race-nottingham-forest-lewis-obrien 22/6 Besfort Zeneli Elfsborg Midfield https://eflanalysis.com/transfers/southampton-can-land-their-new-pierre-emile-hojbjerg-as-midfielder-reacts-to-saints-links 12/6 Wingers Lucas Cepeda Colo-Colo Winger https://eflanalysis.com/transfers/southampton-make-bid-for-excellent-forward-but-39m-real-madrid-deal-poses-major-problem 11/6 Luis Guilherme West Ham Winger https://www.claretandhugh.info/saints-interest-in-wonderkid-could-have-unexpected-consequences-report 7/5 Adnane Abid Patro Eisden Winger https://insidefutbol.com/2025/05/19/southampton-were-present-to-check-up-on-young-winger/683841 19/5 Jesrun Rak-Saki C.Palace Winger https://www.footballinsider247.com/exclusive-southampton-reigniting-move-to-sign-rak-sakyi 12/6 Forwards Richard Kone Wycombe Striker https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/football/middlesbrough-birmingham-city-southampton-richard-kone-wycombe-wanderers-5181670 17/6 William Boving Sturm Graz Forward https://www.footballinsider247.com/exclusive-southampton-want-to-sign-title-winning-forward-william-boving 29/5

In Stephens case perhaps it should become donkey jokes instead! Although, of course, the horse jokes weren't on this thread, they were on the transfer window thread! I can see zero logic in this. I did wonder if they might be thinking they could keep him here and then develop him as a future coach on the basis that some of the best managers are mediocre players. But that still doesn't justify a three year contract! We should have left him on one year and offered him the opportunity to do his coaching badges... perhaps loaning him out to do them at Goztepe where he might be a useful back up for them!

I like the rumour that Saints have rejected a bid for Sulemana that seems better than some on here think he is worth. Hopefully we will manage to get an even better deal! Yes, it is a risk, but hopefully Spors knows what he is doing. I think Sulemana's performances at the end of the season are enough to suggest that there is more waiting to be discovered with him. Whether or not that will be the case remains to be seen. Personally, I have found Sulemana hugely disappointing, but those performances at the end of the season have begun to change my mind. I recognise that some of you do not think it possible that he could ever amount to anything more and that is fair enough with what we have seen throughout most of his time with Saints. At the same time, I also think it is quite hard to judge Sulemana's end product when he has had to deal with a complete lack of quality strikers to whom he could pass the ball! Even more so in a system that has been set up by managers who don't have a clue about fast, incisive attacking football! Of course, we can only judge Sulemana on the end product that he has delivered (which is nothing), but I do hope that Atalanta or others might see the positives and be prepared to stump up the cash to buy him!

Age is a significant factor in all of this. At 31 years old, Onuachu is no spring chicken and getting €8m for him is actually quite a coup - especially for a player who is so lacking in pace and skill. On the other hand, Sulemana is still young and while all the naysayers are slating him here, in the last few matches of the season he was one of the few bright lights in our side and there were glimpses of what he could become. While Jones brought him in out obsession with pace rather than any consideration for his tactical nouse or ability to cross, Simon Rusk did seem to unlock a little bit more than others have managed. With that in mind, I think the club have done the right thing to turn down a fee as small as €10m. Hopefully if he does go it will be for a fee significantly in excess of that and closer to his original purchase cost.

I think the challenge for Saints in many positions and especially striker is not just to sign players that will do well in the Championship. We already have plenty of those in many positions. In terms of goal scorers, all of the following are pretty good at this level: Stewart Armstrong Archer Brereton-Diaz The problem is that none of them have shown the ability to replicate that at Premier League level (though Stewart's injuries did not help him!) While providing more passes to strikers will help, maybe we also need to explore whether we can sign players who may be able to demonstrate great goal scoring ability at the highest level.

Like others I feel the analysis in this seems pretty insightful and it will be interesting to see if we are linked with any of the players mentioned. Johnstone, for example, sounds like a good possibility in goal. Having said that, however, I would be surprised if as many players as they are suggesting actually leave or are sold. In effect they are suggesting that all of the following will leave: GK: Ramsdale, Bazunu, Wright Defenders: KWP, Sugawara, THB, Bednarek, Stephens, ABK, Taylor, Larios, Lawrence Midfielders: Aribo, Fernandes, Brereton-Diaz, Lallana, Forwards: Sulemana, Dibling, Robinson, Onuachu, Ballard While I can see a lot of those being sold and others being loaned out, I would be surprised if all of those were to be out of the building by the end of the transfer window! In particular, I would be happily surprised if Stephens were to leave! But who knows?! If we did shift that many players and those ones in particular, I would guess we might bring in up to £150m for that lot (some bringing in significantly more than others!).

No!! The late 1970s kits all had black shorts. Blue shorts was from a much earlier time - 1950s or something like that. Personally I don't get the interest in having blue shorts with a home kit. I think it is better to have blue shorts with an away kit.

Southampton Squad June 2025 I am posting this as a kind of mark in the sand of where we are now! With all the returning players and before anyone is sold or released who hasn't already been sold/released, I think this in effect is our current senior squad: Goalkeepers: Ramsdale, Bazunu, McCarthy, Lumley, (Wright) Defenders: Walker-Peters, Sugawara, Bree, Harwood-Bellis, Wood-Gordon, Bednarek, Stephens, Edwards, Quarshie, Kayi-Sanda, Bella-Kotchap, Taylor, Welington, Manning, Larios, (Nico Lawrence) Midfielders/wingers: Downes, Charles, Smallbone, Aribo, Fernandes, Fraser, Sulemana, Dibling, Edozie, Armstrong, Brereton-Diaz, Robinson, Lallana, Kuryu Matsuki Forwards: Stewart, Archer, Onuachu, (Ballard) I have not included Amo-Ameyaw as he has effectively already been sold. I have included the players on loan to Goztepe as all of their contracts expire this summer. (Edit Juan is returning to Goztepe, so I have removed him) I have also included Lawrence as he is too old for the academy but still has a year to go on his contract and has previously been talked about as a future prospect. I have also tentatively added Ballard to the squad as a player who may be considered for the first team and still has a year to run on his contract. I have included Wright as he still has a year on his contract but is too old for the U21s. It will be interesting to see how this changes over the coming weeks: Which players will be sold, released or loaned out? How much money will that bring in? Who else will be brought in? Will the Goztepe players stay there with renewed contracts or will we add them to our squad? Similarly, what will happen with Lawrence, Ballard, Edwards, Wright, Edwards, Armstrong, Brereton-Diaz, Charles and Edozie following their loans this season? Will we replace Walker-Peters? Will we renew Lumley's contract? Will Lallana retire? Will he be given a coaching role? What will happen to Simon Rusk? Will Larios find a new club or will he now finally be able to get sufficient fitness to be able to push on? (Edited - I incorrectly thought his contract expires this summer) What will we do about players that we don't want but who we can't sell? Will we have to put up with Onuachu, etc. for another season if Will Still doesn't want to include them in his plans? Presumably we will have to announce our retained player list soon. The rest of the Championship clubs had to announce these a couple of weeks ago!

That's true - but it's also due to Ballard missing almost two seasons of football with injuries. Of course, that time out with those injuries could also have an ongoing impact that may never be overcome. However, his finish to the season suggests he may yet still rediscover his previous form and hopefully he will finally be given his chance in a few matches under Will Still. Personally, I think it is such a shame that Ballard was never given the chances that Dibling and Robinson have been given, especially bearing in mind our attacking struggles of the past few years, but maybe there are valid reasons for that. While Ballard has seen success in the U21s alongside players who know him and are therefore keen to pass to him to score, the demands of first team football are obviously much higher. Similarly, while a midfielder/winger has a degree of flexibility to come deep and/or find space out wide, the positioning demands for a striker are very different. (* Sorry to take so long to reply - been busy and haven't visited this forum for ages!!!)

Lowe initially overspent on the stadium then became incredibly tight with player recruitment. The impact of that was that we were relegated. That in turn left us without the Premier League money and up the creek without a paddle. He had no clue about how to invest and spend wisely; he had no plan, no heart, no commitment. Just failed dogma. Just like his political views and those of the people with whom he has been associated, arguments and fallouts aside. Defending Lowe is to defend the indefensible.

Would you say that is Dibling's ceiling too? Bearing in mind Ballard was for a short time ahead of Dibling only a couple of years ago, it is not beyond the bounds of possibility that Ballard will begin to rediscover his best form and if and when he does I personally hope it will be to fire Saints towards promotion next season. He has had a tough time with injuries but hopefully he will soon be back to full fitness and can become the player that it seemed he was going to be just two years ago.

To focus on the topic of this thread: Juric is not good enough and should not be here next season. He is also not going to bring about any improvement of performances and morale this season. He is liable to undermine the confidence and affinity with Saints of any players worth keeping. He is liable to confuse the tactical nous of the players in our squad. Taking all of that together there is nothing to be gained in keeping him until the end of the season and everything to lose in doing so! Much better to get rid and internally install a caretaker manager who has a good relationship with the players. In relation to other issues that people have raised about the failures of both Juric and SR: The failure to bring in a Premier League striker is unforgiveable. We would have been better to keep and develop Ballard as our striker than rely on Archer, Onuachu and Sick-note-Stewart. There are players with future potential, but undermining their potential with poor managers and demoralising tactics and defeats is not the way to develop those players. There are not enough players who are of Premier League quality now. I would suggest the following might just about scrape into this definition when they are playing at their best with good tactics: Ramsdale, Walker-Peters, Harwood-Bellis, Bella-Kotchap, Welington, Fernandes, Dibling - most of those will be gone in the summer. Some of the other players can be coached towards PL standard with the right appointment this summer. I am hopeful that Rohl may be that man. However, we still need to bring in other players ready for the Premier League.

Are you sure that is right? THB has always played at RCB and Bednarek as central CB; Juric said a few weeks ago that ABK cannot play at LCB. That having been said I think a few weeks ago THB was played at LCB, so I think he can play in that position. Personally, though, I would prefer that we left Bednarek on the bench and played this defence: KWP....THB....ABK....Wood....Welington Alternatively, as suggested above we could play 4 at the back (KWP, ABK, THB and Welington) with Downes and Ugochukwu as a pair of CDMs to protect central midfield. It would still leave us vulnerable out wide though unless we play KWP as defensive full backs and Sugawara and Manning as wingers who drop back to become roving wing backs and allow us to create two lines of four in defence - something like this: KWP............ABK............THB........Welington Sugawara..Downes..Ugochukwu..Manning ................Dibling..............Sulemana............ Personally I am not a fan of Manning and think we must play Fernandes though so perhaps it would be better like this: KWP............ABK............THB........Welington Dibling....Downes...Ugochukwu...Sulemana .........................Fernandes............................ .............................Archer...............................

It makes you wonder why this always happens. Obviously in Ballard's case he has had issues with injuries that have impacted his fitness and potentially his confidence, but it does seem that far too many players that we have expected to make the grade have fallen short. Is it a problem with what Saints do? Selecting the wrong clubs for loans - clubs that are not going to give our players the opportunities they need - selected more for their outlook than opportunities? Not giving our players the right fitness regimes to ready them for competitive football? Not establishing good diets for our players? Putting short-term loan payments before selecting what is best for the players? Selecting clubs that are likely to struggle in their division, so that they end up changing their managers? Not establishing rigorous contracts with loan clubs to ensure that players are given opportunities to play? Assuming that it is always best to send a player on loan rather than keeping them at Saints and using them in cup competitions? Failure to select them in cup competitions while at Saints and getting eliminated early from these? Failure to train players with potential to a high enough standard to ready them for competitive football? Or is it just bad luck or just a case of Saints not getting enough players of a high enough standard?

For those that are saying that Dibling was way ahead of Ballard, I would actually disagree somewhat - the truth is actually slightly more mixed! There was certainly a time a few years ago that Dibling was ahead of Ballard and that was when he was poached by Chelsea. However, that obviously didn't work out and while Dibling was gone, Ballard and Jimmy-Jay Morgan alongside him came to the fore. Then, of course, JJM went to Chelsea and Dibling returned to Saints. On his return to Saints, though, Dibling was initially a shadow of his former self and he was regularly being outshone by Ballard who was scoring shedloads of goals. I was at a match against Middlesbrough at their training ground in January 2023, for example, and such was Dibling's demise at that time that he was only a substitute, while Ballard was proving a major threat in front of goal supported by Sam Amo-Ameyaw and he bagged a couple of goals. Dibling, by contrast, only came on for the last 20 minutes and did nothing much of note. I remember being rather disappointed in what I saw of him! He seemed lazy, disinterested and low on confidence. In the last couple of seasons though things have switched around. Dibling has not been loaned out and has regained his confidence and form, while Ballard has had two injury ravaged seasons that have affected his fitness and confidence. The key points to note in all this are these: Loaning players to other clubs does not always help players (though it can do) Injuries can also have a major impact on player's progress - as is the case with Ballard Fitness and confidence also plays a major part Ballard is a quality player and given his chance (and if he get up to full match fitness) I hope he will again show the promise he has previously shown.

So, just as an update to my previous post about our January transfer business, with about a week to go, things now look as follows: IN Albert Grønbæk - AM, signed on loan from Rennes for remainder of this season Welington - Previously with Sao Paolo, permanent signing Joachim Kayi Sanda - signed from Valenciennes Lewis Payne - returned from loan at Cheltenham Dom Ballard - returned from loan at Blackpool Cameron Bragg - returned from loan at Crawley Town Rumours/News: Andre Garcia from Reading - bid of £2m made Ollie Tanner from Cardiff linked with Saints and several other clubs OUT Cornet - loan cancelled & sold by West Ham to Genoa Brereton-Diaz loaned to Sheff Utd Ronnie Edwards - loaned to QPR Rumours: Bazunu - rumoured that he is to go on loan somewhere for the rest of the season to build up fitness as he recovers from his injury Onuachu - interest from Turkey has been mentioned, but nothing concrete. Dibling - wanted by other PL clubs and by RB Leipzig but hopefully won't go anywhere until at least the summer Walker-Peters - a few rumours linking him with a move away but not many; may well leave for a free in the summer. Ramsdale - a few vague rumours linking him with a move away SHAKE IT ALL ABOUT Charles - returned from loan at Sheff Wed, then loaned back to them for improved loan fee.

So, our main transfer business is looking like: OUTS Edwards - loaned to QPR *Done Deal* Cornet - loan cancelled & sold by West Ham to Genoa *Done Deal* BBD - Rumoured that he is off to Sheffield Utd Onuachu - rumoured interest from Turkey Dibling - wanted by other PL clubs but won't go anywhere until at least the summer Walker-Peters - rumours linking him with a move away (E.g. Everton for £5m) but could leave for a free in the summer. Ramsdale - rumours linking him with potential move away - probably in the summer. INS Welington - Purchase completed from Sao Paolo Sanda - signed from Valenciennes Charles - return from loan at Sheff Wed There are also a number of U21 players back from loan and some others going out on loan, including: Ballard - return from loan Payne - return from loan Bragg - return from loan Bazunu, Welington, Sanda and Charles may all be considered for a first team squad number. Sanda is U21, but Charles is 21 so don't know if he counts as u21. Assuming he is u21 then all four can currently be added to the first team squad, following the transfers of Edwards and Cornet... or did Edwards count as U21?