Summer Transfer Window 2023

[egg]

3 minutes ago, S-Clarke said:

Dortmund move ahead of Bayern in race for Bella-Kotchap

Borussia Dortmund have moved ahead of Bayern Munich in the race to sign Southampton defender Armel Bella-Kotchap, according to Sky in Germany. 

Bayern’s focus on signing Chelsea’s Trevoh Chalobah to bolster their defensive options has given Dortmund the chance to step up their pursuit of Bella-Kotchap. 

Sky Germany’s Florian Plettenberg reports that the Bella-Kotchap deal still has a way to go, though. 

Dortmund’s proposal includes a £6.8m loan fee with a £17.2m obligation to buy next summer, plus at least another £4m in bonus payments. 

Bella-Kotchap, 21, is yet to feature for Southampton this season because of injury.

 

A £28m deal for ABK? That's too good to turn down, surely.

If the £17.2m was paid over 2 years it'd essentially be the same as getting £24m over 3 years (standard as I understand it), but giving us an extra year of amortisation of what he cost us. Even if those add ons were micky mouse ones, this feels like a no brainer if he's not going to be playing for us. 

[S-Clarke]

3 minutes ago, Maggie May said:

I don’t know anything about Harwood-Bellis. Genuine question, is he better than ABK?  

It's irrelevant really, as the chances of ABK turning out in the championship are between zero and none.

[Harry_SFC]

8 minutes ago, S-Clarke said:

Dortmund move ahead of Bayern in race for Bella-Kotchap

Borussia Dortmund have moved ahead of Bayern Munich in the race to sign Southampton defender Armel Bella-Kotchap, according to Sky in Germany. 

Bayern’s focus on signing Chelsea’s Trevoh Chalobah to bolster their defensive options has given Dortmund the chance to step up their pursuit of Bella-Kotchap. 

Sky Germany’s Florian Plettenberg reports that the Bella-Kotchap deal still has a way to go, though. 

Dortmund’s proposal includes a £6.8m loan fee with a £17.2m obligation to buy next summer, plus at least another £4m in bonus payments. 

Bella-Kotchap, 21, is yet to feature for Southampton this season because of injury.

 

A £28m deal for ABK? That's too good to turn down, surely.

Surely that fee can't be right? If so then cheerio ABK. 

[Sunglasses Ron]

8 minutes ago, Maggie May said:

I don’t know anything about Harwood-Bellis. Genuine question, is he better than ABK?  

According to my scrabble calculator it’s 25 to 22 in favour of Bella-Kotchap.

That’s all I got.

Edited 30 August, 2023 by Sunglasses Ron

[saintant]

47 minutes ago, SaintsFan86 said:

 

Won't get too excited until a deal has been done but this lad is just what our defence needs. He's big, strong and commanding and can carry the ball out of defence and also ping a pass. Would be brilliant for us but not counting chickens.

[Saint Matty 76]

I think ABK will go on to have a great career if he can get a metal shoulder put in place, but getting anything around £25m and Harwood-Bellis on loan would be some more very good business financially. 

 

[OnceaSaintalwaysaSaint]

1 hour ago, SaintsFan86 said:

Paintsil a decent RW option, allows us to shift Onuachu too. Win win.

Paintsil is 5ft 7ins. What with Fraser and AA, we'll have Snow White sniffing around next!

[Doctoroncall]

20 minutes ago, S-Clarke said:

Dortmund move ahead of Bayern in race for Bella-Kotchap

Borussia Dortmund have moved ahead of Bayern Munich in the race to sign Southampton defender Armel Bella-Kotchap, according to Sky in Germany. 

Bayern’s focus on signing Chelsea’s Trevoh Chalobah to bolster their defensive options has given Dortmund the chance to step up their pursuit of Bella-Kotchap. 

Sky Germany’s Florian Plettenberg reports that the Bella-Kotchap deal still has a way to go, though. 

Dortmund’s proposal includes a £6.8m loan fee with a £17.2m obligation to buy next summer, plus at least another £4m in bonus payments. 

Bella-Kotchap, 21, is yet to feature for Southampton this season because of injury.

 

A £28m deal for ABK? That's too good to turn down, surely.

Bayern also interested in Eric Dier so Dortmund seems the only choice. 

Edited 30 August, 2023 by Doctoroncall

[saintant]

15 minutes ago, Maggie May said:

I don’t know anything about Harwood-Bellis. Genuine question, is he better than ABK?  

Worth googling his skills videos. There's an 8 minute one which I think is mainly from last season when he was at Burnley. Looks an absolute beast of a centre back with plenty of skill and a superb range of passing. Really hope we get this done.

[AlexLaw76]

https://www.foxestalk.co.uk/topic/132671-taylor-harwood-bellis/page/19/#comments

[woodsaint1]

59 minutes ago, SaintsFan86 said:

 

Seems too straight forward

Awaiting a Leeds or Forest hijack in 3, 2, 1

[Convict Colony]

6 minutes ago, OnceaSaintalwaysaSaint said:

Paintsil is 5ft 7ins. What with Fraser and AA, we'll have Snow White sniffing around next!

Or worse some tall guy called gulliver

[SaintTex]

how about some levity?

 

[Saint Billy]

1 minute ago, SaintTex said:

how about some levity?

 

Leeds obviously haven't got anything like our Itchen Bridge.

[skintsaint]

11 minutes ago, Doctoroncall said:

Bayern also interested in Eric Dier. 

The 'Chala' for Kane.

[iansums]

A quiet day but it’s now all happening.

[woodsaint1]

Is it Harwood-Bellis or Wood?

Or are we after both?

Would that suggest that Bednarek is on his way given we've refused offers earlier this summer. Could be an interesting few days

[hypochondriac]

Some random on twitter is saying THB is in the south finalising a move. Obviously huge buckets of salt but fingers crossed! 

[egg]

1 minute ago, woodsaint1 said:

Is it Harwood-Bellis or Wood?

Or are we after both?

Would that suggest that Bednarek is on his way given we've refused offers earlier this summer. Could be an interesting few days

Nothing would surprise me...us signing both with Bednarek and ABK leaving is as possible as anything else. 

[Saint Scott]

4 minutes ago, hypochondriac said:

Some random on twitter is saying THB is in the south finalising a move. Obviously huge buckets of salt but fingers crossed! 

To be fair to him he tweeted that 7 hours ago...

 

Edited 30 August, 2023 by Saint Scott

[SuperSAINT]

THB eould be an exceptional signing.

I don’t trust Paintsil to not change on his mind 4 times on the plane.

[SNSUN]

Had a busy day, have I missed anything? 

"Yeah we're close to a loan for Harwood-Bellis, the defender everyone wants including some Premier League teams that excelled in this league last season with Burnley."

Ah cool. No striker news then... 😝

[Golac's Cunning Stunts]

52 minutes ago, bangkoksaint said:

I can still remember an iconic photo of Lawrie CG, KK and MC standing on the pitch at the Dell - was there another player too?

I don't remember that particular pic. How about this one of Lawrie with the team. Who was an ex-guardsman and who wasn't 🙂

 

[hypochondriac]

3 minutes ago, Saint Scott said:

To be fair to him he tweeted that 7 hours ago...

 

Probably bollocks then. Trying not to get hopes up... 

[AlexLaw76]

 

[Crab Lungs]

The only place I get my transfer news is 

https://x.com/maxleetransfers?s=21&t=CxQsVRXTTP0xP60JSKs9Jg

Edited 30 August, 2023 by Crab Lungs

[S-Clarke]

Noticed this snippet on the Leicester forum, they claim it's from a John Percy article -

 

[Toadhall Saint]

4 minutes ago, Golac's Cunning Stunts said:

I don't remember that particular pic. How about this one of Lawrie with the team. Who was an ex-guardsman and who wasn't 🙂

 

What a team - I feel very privileged to have seen them play together.

[Doctoroncall]

Meanwhile, City centre-half Taylor Harwood-Bellis is another academy
product expected to move before Friday's deadline. Nottingham Forest had the England under-21 captain on a list of potential additions
but Southampton have won the race to sign him on a loan deal. It is understood that former City coach Enzo Maresca, now the manager of Leicester
City, is now unlikely to sign him.
 

from Percy of the Telegraph 

[Badger]

9 minutes ago, Saint Scott said:

To be fair to him he tweeted that 7 hours ago...

 

Can only hope he’s right.

Otherwise we can file it with the Sunday evening post from summer 2003 that Rupert Lowe had been spotted driving into Birmingham on the Aston Expressway and therefore we had to be  signing an England international striker from Villa. (Name escapes me but he eventually signed for Man City). 
 

Internet at its finest.

Edited 30 August, 2023 by Badger

[Give it to Ron]

6 minutes ago, SNSUN said:

Had a busy day, have I missed anything? 

"Yeah we're close to a loan for Harwood-Bellis, the defender everyone wants including some Premier League teams that excelled in this league last season with Burnley."

Ah cool. No striker news then... 😝

You didn’t hear about Ross Stewart then?

[OnceaSaintalwaysaSaint]

21 minutes ago, Convict Colony said:

Or worse some tall guy called gulliver

Or worse still, some tall guy called Onuachu 😀

[Badger]

2 minutes ago, Toadhall Saint said:

What a team - I feel very privileged to have seen them play together.

Tell it to kids today, and they won’t believe you. 

[Toadhall Saint]

7 minutes ago, hypochondriac said:

Probably bollocks then. Trying not to get hopes up... 

would fit with the medical rumour tho

[Badger]

31 minutes ago, OnceaSaintalwaysaSaint said:

Paintsil is 5ft 7ins. What with Fraser and AA, we'll have Snow White sniffing around next!

And Larios.

 

[ecurnew02]

5 minutes ago, S-Clarke said:

Noticed this snippet on the Leicester forum, they claim it's from a John Percy article -

 

Can confirm that’s in his article about Palmer to Chelsea 👍

[Ekelund]

3 minutes ago, Badger said:

Can only hope he’s right.

Otherwise we can file it with the Sunday evening post from summer 2003 that Rupert Lowe had been spotted driving into Birmingham on the Aston Expressway and therefore we had to be  signing an England international striker from Villa. (Name escapes me but he eventually signed for Man City). 
 

Internet at its finest.

Darius Vassell

[SNSUN]

5 minutes ago, Give it to Ron said:

You didn’t hear about Ross Stewart then?

Any further bids?

[Saint Scott]

11 minutes ago, hypochondriac said:

Probably bollocks then. Trying not to get hopes up... 

Highly likely it's a chancer that's got lucky. Alex crook also tweeting about it too so I guess that's doomed. Back to Wood

 

[Give it to Ron]

1 minute ago, SNSUN said:

Any further bids?

We have put in additional bid but not see if accepted or denied looks a possibility if can pass a medical 

[Chez]

45 minutes ago, S-Clarke said:

Dortmund move ahead of Bayern in race for Bella-Kotchap

Borussia Dortmund have moved ahead of Bayern Munich in the race to sign Southampton defender Armel Bella-Kotchap, according to Sky in Germany. 

Bayern’s focus on signing Chelsea’s Trevoh Chalobah to bolster their defensive options has given Dortmund the chance to step up their pursuit of Bella-Kotchap. 

Sky Germany’s Florian Plettenberg reports that the Bella-Kotchap deal still has a way to go, though. 

Dortmund’s proposal includes a £6.8m loan fee with a £17.2m obligation to buy next summer, plus at least another £4m in bonus payments. 

Bella-Kotchap, 21, is yet to feature for Southampton this season because of injury.

 

A £28m deal for ABK? That's too good to turn down, surely.

As we said when Dortmund are said to be out, ABK will end up at Dortmund.

If his buyout clause is €25m (who knows if that is true) then the price is right, even if the format is unorthodox.  

[Badger]

6 minutes ago, Ekelund said:

Darius Vassell

Yes, thanks. 

[Lee On Solent Saint]

3 minutes ago, Saint Scott said:

Highly likely it's a chancer that's got lucky. Alex crook also tweeting about it too so I guess that's doomed. Back to Wood

 

Sounds like its a possible. Anyone want to start a THB thread to jinx it?

[SaintsFan86]

[stknowle]

1 minute ago, Lee On Solent Saint said:

Sounds like it’s a possible. Anyone want to start a THB thread to jinx it?

TBH no

[iansums]

5 minutes ago, Saint Scott said:

Highly likely it's a chancer that's got lucky. Alex crook also tweeting about it too so I guess that's doomed. Back to Wood

 

It’s now in the Telegraph so looking very promising, this would be a real coup.

[Farmer Saint]

14 minutes ago, Give it to Ron said:

You didn’t hear about Ross Stewart then?

It's alright, I'm sure Hypo will post another 20 or 30 times today about how it's a risk if we sign him and don't keep Che Adams. 

[egg]

18 minutes ago, Crab Lungs said:

The only place I get my transfer news is 

https://x.com/maxleetransfers?s=21&t=CxQsVRXTTP0xP60JSKs9Jg

Cheers...Nene Dorgeles is a forward I've not seen linked elsewhere. 

[niceandfriendly]

With our history of signing double barrelled named players it’s no surprise THB wants to come here. Society is full of marginalised groups sticking to their own. 

Edited 30 August, 2023 by niceandfriendly

[Master Bates]

Paintsil medical. Move stalled over loyalty bonus 

https://insidefutbol.com/2023/08/30/southampton-swoop-for-target-could-be-on-again-player-will-travel-for-medical/618404/

Edited 30 August, 2023 by Master Bates