Summer Transfer Window 2025/26

[Whitey Grandad]

22 hours ago, Midfield_General said:

We released two Joshes yesterday. 50% of all releasees were called Josh. 

Spors out

Surely you're Joshing?

[goodymatt]

39 minutes ago, S-Clarke said:

He doesn't have a choice with the built in extension clause, it's baked into his current deal that we reserve the right to execute a 1 year extension whenever we want. There's nothing stopping us doing that, he can't reject that.

My guess is that the club are trying to negotiate an entirely new deal, but we do still have that 1 year extension up our sleeve if he doesn't which we can execute at any point and still retain value on him.

I understood we had exercised that additional year and so his contract now runs until summer 2027. So this time next year, he will have 1 year left and be worth less, having only played at championship level in the meantime. To keep him I think we will need to go up this season and hope he wants to stick around, can’t see him not moving on before the close of the 2026 summer window latest.

[Dman]

1 hour ago, Danbert said:

He never tackles, and he hardly runs apart from when he's got the ball - I'd be happy to sell him if it means we can keep Ramsdale and Fernandes.

I'd say the 2 aren't mutally exlusive.

Obviously Ramsdales wages would cause us a problem, but the reason we wont keep them, is because they aren't going to want to apply their trade in the championship.. I don't blame them in a WC year, either. 

[Chez]

1 hour ago, Matthew Le God said:

Wouldn't he sign a new Saints contract if that was true?

Not necessarily. What if the contract offer was way below the level he could get elsewhere? 

 

 

[Chez]

Not sure if this was posted earlier in the week, but I see Lumley got a gig at Bristol City.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/ce83m37023ko

 

[Chez]

Ghana soccernet says Sulemana's medical is this Sunday

https://ghanasoccernet.com/kamaldeen-sulemana-cuts-short-ghana-holiday-to-undergo-atalanta-medical-after-e21-5m-deal

 

[Chez]

Looks like Demarai Gray might be going back to Brum. I'm a long time admirer - he always seems to cut us to ribbons - but the timing (of his transfers) has never been quite right for Saints. 

[Rebel]

1 hour ago, Midfield_General said:

In his interview he said a defender, a striker and a creative midfielder were the three positions that had been signed off to recruit without needing to sell first. But then in the same breath he said that the defender is Quarshie. So if we are looking at an RB too I think we'll need to shift Suga or Bree first - most likely Suga I would have thought. 

 

But Solak revealed he authorised Spors to spend in three key areas, before needing to wait for player sales to fund more potential incomings.

 

"We will have to try to find new homes for a number of our players. We have to size down to maybe 25 or 26 players," explained Solak.

 

"We are already discussing the potential of selling players, but Johannes has three positions in which he told us we need to buy immediately.

 

"We gave him this approval and the budget to buy these before we need to sell anything, and the first addition is a defender, Joshua Quarshie.

 

"He's now working on a striker that he wants no matter what, that should come before we sell anybody, and we are working on a creative midfielder. 

I guess its assumed by people that one of Sugawara or Bree will leave and we'll need to replace them in that case

[suewhistle]

Headline in the newspaper:

Quote

Harvey Elliott shines for England U21s but fears ‘wasting years’ at Liverpool

We can dream about a few decent loans, can't we?!

[goodymatt]

7 minutes ago, Chez said:

Looks like Demarai Gray might be going back to Brum. I'm a long time admirer - he always seems to cut us to ribbons - but the timing (of his transfers) has never been quite right for Saints. 

Decent signing, I’d be happy if Saints brought him in. Birmingham are going to be up there, could be a very competitive promotion race: Ipswich, Saints, Sheffield United, Leicester (without points deduction) and Birmingham all will be strong.

[Tommy Mulgrew]

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[ally_uk]

Right let's not £##k about, throw the Sulemana and Tall Paul money at Sainz. 

[Barsiem]

4 minutes ago, Tommy Mulgrew said:

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Armstrong to join the Mighty Ducks,

Captain Jack Stephens to get a Peacock subscription to watch the Saturday 3pm kick-offs

Peaboat to Saints

 

Am I close?

[skintsaint]

8 minutes ago, Tommy Mulgrew said:

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Need this shite to go on that COT thread.

[Farmer Saint]

So far then, as long as Sulemana leaves, and using capology (which I know is just an indication) we have cut the following from the overall wages (using Prem wages £971k PW last year):

- Lallana - £45k

- Lesley - £45k

- Sulemana - £40k

- Onuachu - £30k

- KWP - £20k 😂

- Gronbaek - £18k

- Lumley - £10k

So a reduction of £208k, or 22%.

If we see Ramsdale, Bednarek and Aribo leave as well, that is another £260k, and would lead to a 48% reduction overall in wages, before the wage reductions kick in.

https://www.capology.com/club/southampton/salaries/

 

[gio1saints]

1 minute ago, Farmer Saint said:

So far then, as long as Sulemana leaves, and using capology (which I know is just an indication) we have cut the following from the overall wages (using Prem wages £971k PW last year):

- Lallana - £45k

- Lesley - £45k

- Sulemana - £40k

- Onuachu - £30k

- KWP - £20k 😂

- Gronbaek - £18k

- Lumley - £10k

So a reduction of £208k, or 22%.

If we see Ramsdale, Bednarek and Aribo leave as well, that is another £260k, and would lead to a 48% reduction overall in wages, before the wage reductions kick in.

https://www.capology.com/club/southampton/salaries/

 

If that’s right and we end up with a 48% reduction BEFORE The wage reductions come in we can take an educated guess and say that the remaining salaries ( of c £500k) will reduce by I think it’s 40% ( or 50%?) with the relegation clause. That means a new salary bill of c £250k-£265k before the wages of the new players are added in. Say they are all £30k each and there’s 3 more to come means salaries at c £340-£350k this season at Saints. Still higher than nearly all other championship teams I guess but not ridiculously higher like when it was near a Mill. 

[gecko]

15 minutes ago, Tommy Mulgrew said:

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I've seen a few tenuous Piroe -> Saints links floating around, but none of them looked particularly reliable - do you know something that others dont?

[santolijador]

32 minutes ago, Tommy Mulgrew said:

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Armstrong to Norwich 

Sargent to Leeds

Piroe to Saints.

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[santolijador]

32 minutes ago, ally_uk said:

Right let's not £##k about, throw the Sulemana and Tall Paul money at Sainz. 

Sainz will end up at a top division club, I've seen reports here in Spain that he is lined up as the Nico Williams replacement at Athletic Bilbao - one of the few players that they can actually sign with their transfer policy...

[Doctoroncall]

Fulham working on Romulo deal

Latest from Sky Sports News' Dharmesh Sheth and Lyall Thomas:

Fulham are working on a deal to sign striker Romulo from Goztepe.

Their opening offer for the 23-year-old, worth around £13.6m (€16m) plus add-ons, was rejected.

Talks remain ongoing between the two clubs.

The forward line is Fulham’s priority this summer, especially wingers, and a new young striker is also something they are looking to do. 

The club have no desire to sell striker Rodrigo Munizamid interest from Leeds.

[Patches O Houlihan]

2 hours ago, goodymatt said:

Did he like some spurs stuff on instagram too when linked to them? We’ve been trying all season to get him to sign and he hasn’t. My concern is does next season at championship level do anything to increase his transfer value, not sure it will. Plus he will have 1 year left next summer. If he won’t commit we probably need to sell this summer to maximise the benefit. Sad really.

He was a shoe in for Spurs right up until Thomas Frank signed on the dotted line... Dibling not his sort of player surely

[Tommy Mulgrew]

1 hour ago, santolijador said:

Armstrong to Norwich 

Sargent to Leeds

Piroe to Saints.

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Good analysis, santolijador.

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[Osvaldorama]

1 hour ago, Doctoroncall said:

 

Fulham working on Romulo deal

Latest from Sky Sports News' Dharmesh Sheth and Lyall Thomas:

Fulham are working on a deal to sign striker Romulo from Goztepe.

Their opening offer for the 23-year-old, worth around £13.6m (€16m) plus add-ons, was rejected.

Talks remain ongoing between the two clubs.

The forward line is Fulham’s priority this summer, especially wingers, and a new young striker is also something they are looking to do. 

The club have no desire to sell striker Rodrigo Munizamid interest from Leeds.

If he goes and does well there, that will be very fucking annoying 

[Billy the Kidd]

13 minutes ago, Osvaldorama said:

If he goes and does well there, that will be very fucking annoying 

Yeah would have been good to see him playing for us, but that ship sailed a while back. 
 

btw. How you doing mate?

[Rebel]

1 hour ago, santolijador said:

Armstrong to Norwich 

Sargent to Leeds

Piroe to Saints.

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I read it here - https://saintsmarching.com/stunning-three-way-striker-swap-could-be-on-the-cards-for-southampton - but I am not sure its a reliable source.

Well I am pretty sure Sargent will leave Norwich for Leeds or somewhere abroad.

I can see Norwich replacing Sargent with Armstrong if they pay us a good fee for him - but he's not really the same type of striker - Sargent is a 6ft 1 centre forward although probably not good enough for the premier league - Armstrong is a 5ft 8 (according to Wikipedia -he looks a lot shorter than that to me) inside forward.  He's not going to fill the hole left by Sargent if he does leave Norwich. 

As for Piroe - I am not sure he would want to leave premier league Leeds for championship Southampton.  He a 6ft 1 second striker really so we would still need a centre forward. I wouldn't say no but only if we get a centre forward as well.

 

[Midfield_General]

37 minutes ago, Rebel said:

I read it here - https://saintsmarching.com/stunning-three-way-striker-swap-could-be-on-the-cards-for-southampton - but I am not sure its a reliable source.

Well I am pretty sure Sargent will leave Norwich for Leeds or somewhere abroad.

I can see Norwich replacing Sargent with Armstrong if they pay us a good fee for him - but he's not really the same type of striker - Sargent is a 6ft 1 centre forward although probably not good enough for the premier league - Armstrong is a 5ft 8 (according to Wikipedia -he looks a lot shorter than that to me) inside forward.  He's not going to fill the hole left by Sargent if he does leave Norwich. 

As for Piroe - I am not sure he would want to leave premier league Leeds for championship Southampton.  He a 6ft 1 second striker really so we would still need a centre forward. I wouldn't say no but only if we get a centre forward as well.

 

You're right to be suspicious because Saintsmarching is a load of AI-created gibberish shitting out keywords for clicks. 'Mehdi Gokal' doesn't exist and if you read any of the other 'stories' written under that name you'll see that they don't even make sense. The whole site is total nonsense purely designed to harvest clickbait revenues. 

[Holmes_and_Watson]

4 hours ago, Whitey Grandad said:

Surely you're Joshing?

 

On 26/06/2025 at 15:32, Holmes_and_Watson said:

Released them?! Tell me you're joshing.

 

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[gammon cheeks]

Charlie Kelman ?

[hypochondriac]

1 minute ago, gammon cheeks said:

Charlie Kelman ?

5 foot 9 so I doubt it as doesn't meet the criteria. 

[Gloucester Saint]

10 hours ago, AlexLaw76 said:

Could do with Ramsdale going soonest, and Bedbarek (assuming he is off also)

That would be £25-30m more in transfers, plus significant wages off the books 

Surprised given the widely publicised release fee Bednarek hasn’t gone yet. He will though, although Aribo will be next I reckon. 

[Holmes_and_Watson]

48 minutes ago, hypochondriac said:

5 foot 9 so I doubt it as doesn't meet the criteria. 

It seems tough now. But when SR announce their PSR beating revenue stream of having the squad also play a full basketball season, it will all be worth it. 

All trained by basketball ace, Yukinari Sugawara, so there's prize money coming too.

[Saint_lambden]

Marco Grüll...

[skintsaint]

26 minutes ago, Saint_lambden said:

Marco Grüll...

Tall wideman..... first teamer in the Bundesliga for Werder. Any genuine links?

Edited Friday at 20:53 by skintsaint

[ErwinK1961]

11 minutes ago, Saint_lambden said:

Marco Grüll...

Looks to have a good scoring record for a wide man… is he attainable?

[Tommy Mulgrew]

 

looks as if he plays mainly centrally for WB even though described as a left winger:
 

14 minutes ago, skintsaint said:

Tall wideman..... first teamer in the Bundesliga for Werder. Any geniune links?

 

7 minutes ago, ErwinK1961 said:

Looks to have a good scoring record for a wide man… is he attainable?

1 

LM 

4 

AM 

13 

SS 

16 

CF 

Played as...
Centre-Forward	16	2	2
Second Striker	13	3	-
Attacking Midfield	4	1	-
Left Midfield	1	-	-

valued at €4m; 1.82 metres tall; ranked 11th at WB and 22nd from Austria; despite plenty of games played, not many minutes for WB since mid-February.
(all from Transfermarkt)

On the face of it, he does not float my boat.

[Dr. Kucho]

7 hours ago, gecko said:

I've seen a few tenuous Piroe -> Saints links floating around, but none of them looked particularly reliable - do you know something that others dont?

I know his cousin and father through work, his parents live 5 minutes up the road from here.

That said I haven’t seen them in ages so I am not much use and can forget entering the CoT.

[SW11_Saint]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cq53wq1nzn5o
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[Turkish]

9 hours ago, suewhistle said:

Headline in the newspaper:

We can dream about a few decent loans, can't we?!

Another player people see and put no thought into the reality. He’s made nearly 100 appearances for iiverpool his last loan to the championship was 4 years ago. Absolutely laughable anyone would even suggest him 😂😂😂😂

[Give it to Ron]

11 hours ago, gammon cheeks said:

Charlie Kelman ?

Doesn’t look good source and 5ft 9 not the line leader think we need. I’m hoping more of a Pelle type.

[Saint NL]

Are we signing all the yank players?

That chants will be easy. Team U-S-Saints, De-Fence! De-fence!

We believe we hate Pompey!

[hypochondriac]

16 minutes ago, Give it to Ron said:

Doesn’t look good source and 5ft 9 not the line leader think we need. I’m hoping more of a Pelle type.

Could he be the Armstrong replacement? He does look promising to be fair. 

[Holmes_and_Watson]

4 minutes ago, Saint NL said:

Are we signing all the yank players?

That chants will be easy. Team U-S-Saints, De-Fence! De-fence!

We believe we hate Pompey!

Fight...And Win!

[Give it to Ron]

31 minutes ago, hypochondriac said:

Could he be the Armstrong replacement? He does look promising to be fair. 

Possibly but thought Robinson would be that plus a few chances for the u21s too to come through. 
We certainly need to clear out a few and will be interesting to see if Fraser etc are training
 

[Dusic]

20 minutes ago, Give it to Ron said:

Possibly but thought Robinson would be that plus a few chances for the u21s too to come through. 
We certainly need to clear out a few and will be interesting to see if Fraser etc are training
 

What Jay Robinson is - a good prospect who might be around the squad if he does well in pre season.

What Jay Robinson isn't - a replacement for a guy who scored over 20 goals and assisted over 10 more the last time out in the Championship.

Edited Saturday at 07:39 by Dusic

[Give it to Ron]

17 minutes ago, Dusic said:

What Jay Robinson is - a good prospect who might be around the squad if he does well in pre season.

What Jay Robinson isn't - a replacement for a guy who scored over 20 goals and assisted over 10 more the last time out in the Championship.

What neither are is the central striker we need. Hopefully we fix that first.

[hypochondriac]

2 minutes ago, Give it to Ron said:

What neither are is the central striker we need. Hopefully we fix that first.

Hopefully we do both. 

[gio1saints]

It’s interesting that Leeds look likely to break their transfer record on a new striker. Muniz has a £35m price tag!  This, despite having a record goal scorer and assists player ( Piroe) purchased for a high fee also I might add (£12m) from the championship promotion season in their squad already. 
It’s almost as if they saw what we did last year and realise they need better., much better. Whether Muniz is the answer is a moot point but their apparent desire to upgrade certainly contrasts starkly with our poor/absent decision making and vision in same time last year. 
 

NB. piroe is quoted as an £18m value player on transfermkt. So if anyone thinks we are bidding for him this year I’d be surprised. And why would he forego chance to play EPL for yet another year in the champs anyway even if we did/could? 

Edited Saturday at 08:11 by gio1saints

[coalman]

4 minutes ago, gio1saints said:

It’s interesting that Leeds look likely to break their transfer record on a new striker. Muniz has a £35m price tag!  This, despite having a record goal scorer and assists player ( Piroe) purchased for a high fee also I might add (£12m) from the championship promotion season in their squad already. 
It’s almost as if they saw what we did last year and realise they need better., much better. Whether Muniz is the answer is a moot point but their apparent desire to upgrade certainly contrasts starkly with our poor/absent decision making and vision in same time last year. 

Indeed

[Chez]

4 minutes ago, gio1saints said:

It’s interesting that Leeds look likely to break their transfer record on a new striker. Muniz has a £35m price tag!  This, despite having a record goal scorer and assists player ( Piroe) purchased for a high fee also I might add (£12m) from the championship promotion season in their squad already. 
It’s almost as if they saw what we did last year and realise they need better., much better. Whether Muniz is the answer is a moot point but their apparent desire to upgrade certainly contrasts starkly with our poor/absent decision making and vision in same time last year. 

It will be interesting to see how much they and Sunderland spend in total this summer and on how many players.

[Badger]

1 hour ago, Give it to Ron said:

Doesn’t look good source and 5ft 9 not the line leader think we need. I’m hoping more of a Pelle type.

5’9” according to Wikipedia so probably not the main striker we’re looking for. 
 

IF true, only hope Edwards is not part of any deal.