Summer Transfer Window 2025/26

[Saint Since '51]

1 hour ago, SWLondon Saint said:

He mainly plays 4-2-3-1 or one of the variations on it according to most sources - but more importantly he's adaptable and uses whatever formation fits the players he's had. Would be nice to have a manager who's pragmatic rather than a system obsessive...

Some people saying mainly 4 at the back. Other people showing his Lens team with 5 at the back. That team translated into a Saints team - with wing-backs and no wingers. Other people saying AA won't play because Still does play wingers.

It's strange that we really seem to have no idea what system Still will play - and therefore what type of players he needs us to sell or buy in this transfer window.

[Saintsarmy]

Wondered what people’s opinions are; at what point do you consider us no longer in “the early days” of the transfer window? In my opinion we still need a minimum of 6/7 signings and with the season starting just over 5 weeks away wondered what people think 

[Turkish]

3 hours ago, Saint_lambden said:

It will probably change through the season but going by the way Lens set up for the final match of the season:

————————New GK———————-

——Quashie——THB—-New CB/Stephens—

————————Charles————————-—

—Sugawara—Downes—Fernandes-Manning-

————AA/Archer/Stewart—Downs———

 

It’ll be Downs and Archer surely 

Archer is a good championship striker 18 goals in 40 games which if you really think about is 2 goals a game 

[Saint Fan CaM]

24 minutes ago, Saint Since '51 said:

Some people saying mainly 4 at the back. Other people showing his Lens team with 5 at the back. That team translated into a Saints team - with wing-backs and no wingers. Other people saying AA won't play because Still does play wingers.

It's strange that we really seem to have no idea what system Still will play - and therefore what type of players he needs us to sell or buy in this transfer window.

As long as Manning is not playing ahead of Welington I’ll be satisfied. If not, I’ll lose a fair bit of respect for Still.

[Golac's Cunning Stunts]

1 minute ago, Turkish said:

It’ll be Downs and Archer surely 

Archer is a good championship striker 18 goals in 40 games which if you really think about is 2 goals a game 

Nice maths there Turkish

[sockeye]

5 minutes ago, Turkish said:

It’ll be Downs and Archer surely 

Archer is a good championship striker 18 goals in 40 games which if you really think about is 2 goals a game 

Thanks Eni Aluko

[Turkish]

5 minutes ago, Golac's Cunning Stunts said:

Nice maths there Turkish

 

2 minutes ago, sockeye said:

Thanks Eni Aluko

Carrillo logic chaps Carrillo logic 

[Badger]

9 minutes ago, Turkish said:

It’ll be Downs and Archer surely 

Archer is a good championship striker 18 goals in 40 games which if you really think about is 2 goals a game 

 

3 minutes ago, sockeye said:

Thanks Eni Aluko

More Diane Abbot than anything else. 

[CSA96]

41 minutes ago, Saintsarmy said:

Wondered what people’s opinions are; at what point do you consider us no longer in “the early days” of the transfer window? In my opinion we still need a minimum of 6/7 signings and with the season starting just over 5 weeks away wondered what people think 

When there's only three more friendlies before the season starts. Right now they've been training for two days and don't play a game for another 10 days, so still early days. Then the latter stage of the window is once the league games have started and there's about three/four weeks until the deadline

[Tommy Mulgrew]

3 hours ago, Saint Since '51 said:

It's strange that we really seem to have no idea what system Still will play

Not really, that’s one of the advantages we have with WS as manager - it leaves our opposition guessing what our set-up will be and how to counter it.  It would be strange if we telegraphed our system to everyone else so that they had plenty of time to work out how to counter it (I’m looking at you, Russell).  As long as those doing our recruiting of players know what skills we need in our players, we should have no concerns.  Ever the optimistic 😇.

[Saint NL]

Sheffield Wednesday didn't even pay us the loan fee for Shea last season. They're in deeeep trouble...

 

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2025/07/02/six-sheffield-wednesday-players-hand-notice-unpaid-wages/

 

Southampton are understood to be due money from midfielder Shea Charles’s loan fee and salary last season.