Summer Transfer Window 2025/26

[CSA96]

22 minutes ago, CheshireSaint said:

Didn't we lose out on Tom Ince too, to add to that list?

Was it Ince who Holloway had a meltdown about us trying to buy and then Blackpool accused Saints of tapping up?

[CSA96]

KWP's pissed Besiktas off then!

[Saint Fan CaM]

4 minutes ago, CSA96 said:

KWP's pissed Besiktas off then!

He heard they were going in for Bednarek! 😂😂😂

[swannymere]

Are we looking at Neil McCann still?

[Midfield_General]

19 minutes ago, CSA96 said:

KWP's pissed Besiktas off then!

Still time to sign that Saints contract offer KWP... and let's just forget any of this ever happened 

 

[wild-saint]

On 27/06/2025 at 12:12, goodymatt said:

I think the club agree, as they are trying to sign a new striker. Stewart will be on the bench and if he can stay fit (big if), then he will be a useful squad player. Nobody is going to sign him this summer so we might as well see how it goes.

clearly just had a better offer from a prem club put to him i guess.

[Smirking_Saint]

20 hours ago, skintsaint said:

Was decent enough in the A league when saw him a few years ago but the standard is rubbish. Not sure what you have seen in him since but lets see.

Bayern are insisting on a 50% sell on clause too

[for_heaven's_Saint]

16 hours ago, Turkish said:

Thats the fella, cheers. There were at least a couple more as well and Hooliveld was very much a last minute move. He turned out alright in the championship despite and infamous scouting report from a poster who TUI who claimed he had seen him play for Celtic and had scored an own goal, given away a penalty and got sent off in a match for Celtic, on further investigation it turned out it was a completely made up 😂😂

Somewhere on a Roma forum, there’s a fan saying the same about Bednarek vs Man United.
 

Unfortunately for them it’s true 😅

[Midfield_General]

2 hours ago, for_heaven's_Saint said:

Somewhere on a Roma forum, there’s a fan saying the same about Bednarek vs Man United.
 

Unfortunately for them it’s true 😅

And because of that I believe that to this day he still holds the record for worst ever fantasy football score for any player in a single game: minus 21 points. 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/55921200

Better still, he took the crown from... Ryan Bertrand, after the Leicester game 

God it's shit supporting this cursed club sometimes 🤣

Edited Thursday at 16:38 by Midfield_General

[CSA96]

KWP signing for West Ham, got a late offer from them this week and went cold on Besiktas

[Turkish]

10 minutes ago, Midfield_General said:

And because of that I believe that to this day he still holds the record for worst ever fantasy football score for any player in a single game: minus 21 points. 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/55921200

Better still, he took the crown from... Ryan Bertrand, after the Leicester game 

God it's shit supporting this cursed club sometimes 🤣

but on a brighter note it's another record we hold, every cloud and all that. 

[sockeye]

14 minutes ago, CSA96 said:

KWP signing for West Ham, got a late offer from them this week and went cold on Besiktas

That would be a good move for him.

[Turkish]

Just now, sockeye said:

That would be a good move for him.

If he didn't play for Saints all of our fans would describe him as a typical West Ham signing. Past his best, over rated, relegated twice etc. 

[a1ex2001]

2 minutes ago, Turkish said:

If he didn't play for Saints all of our fans would describe him as a typical West Ham signing. Past his best, over rated, relegated twice etc. 

I think if people are honest KWP is a solid signing for a mid table prem side, he was never going to one of the big boys as he's just not quite a that level but he has shown he is a class above the Championship and too good to be relegation fodder.  I wish him all the best decent player, decent bloke but part of the past now.

[Turkish]

4 minutes ago, a1ex2001 said:

I think if people are honest KWP is a solid signing for a mid table prem side, he was never going to one of the big boys as he's just not quite a that level but he has shown he is a class above the Championship and too good to be relegation fodder.  I wish him all the best decent player, decent bloke but part of the past now.

My point is if he'd been playing for someone else who'd been playing like we had for the last 3-4 years that's exactly what they'd say. 

He's a decent player and a good guy so wish him all the best, but we all know if we're honest people on here would be laughing at West Ham for a a free signing with 2 relegations in 3 years if he'd been going to them from a different club

Edited Thursday at 14:50 by Turkish

[sockeye]

6 minutes ago, Turkish said:

If he didn't play for Saints all of our fans would describe him as a typical West Ham signing. Past his best, over rated, relegated twice etc. 

Ultimately he is not enough of a complete package, otherwise he would have been snapped up at the end of 2022-23. That being said, on a free a mid-table side like West Ham could do a lot worse.

[S-Clarke]

37 minutes ago, CSA96 said:

KWP signing for West Ham, got a late offer from them this week and went cold on Besiktas

Makes sense, they're the sort of team I thought he could end up at. Mid-table, solid PL outfit.

Didn't they lose Coufal? They brought in a new young left wing back recently as well, so looks like Potter is going for some mobility down the wing back slots!

Glad he got a PL move to be fair, I think he deserves it.

Edited Thursday at 15:03 by S-Clarke

[Lighthouse]

17 minutes ago, Turkish said:

people on here would be laughing at West Ham for a a free signing with 2 relegations in 3 years if he'd been going to them from a different club

Not really. Kevin Phillips did exactly the same with us and Sunderland, I don’t remember anyone laughing at Villa for signing him, and they paid money. There’re probably a fair few other players like that.

[coalman]

56 minutes ago, CSA96 said:

KWP signing for West Ham, got a late offer from them this week and went cold on Besiktas

They could pick two of Saints record breaking defence in the same way Leicester got Bertrand and Vestergaard.

[Turkish]

42 minutes ago, Lighthouse said:

Not really. Kevin Phillips did exactly the same with us and Sunderland, I don’t remember anyone laughing at Villa for signing him, and they paid money. There’re probably a fair few other players like that.

Was Kevin Phillips a free transfer? Was he joining West Ham who Saints fans have a history laughing it as signing typical Wet Spam (LMFAO) players?

I will guarentee if Wet Spam (LMFAO) had been signing a free transfer from a club that had performed like we had the last 4-5 years our lot would be taking the piss out of them for it.

[OVER THE HILL]

KWP and JWP at West Ham !

THB must be heading there as well.😂

[SuperSAINT]

2 minutes ago, OVER THE HILL said:

KWP and JWP at West Ham !

THB must be heading there as well.😂

Can they take ABK?

[CSA96]

1 hour ago, S-Clarke said:

Makes sense, they're the sort of team I thought he could end up at. Mid-table, solid PL outfit.

Didn't they lose Coufal? They brought in a new young left wing back recently as well, so looks like Potter is going for some mobility down the wing back slots!

Glad he got a PL move to be fair, I think he deserves it.

Yeah, Coufal went. Both of their starting full backs are African internationals now (Diouf with Senegal; Wan-Bissaka with Congo) so KWP is some good insurance against AFCON as a minimum, with ability to be much more - and can play on either side obviously

[OneMrsWallace]

4 hours ago, Saint Fan CaM said:

He heard they were going in for Bednarek! 😂😂😂

I thought Bednarek was out of contract this summer. How long has he got left? Feels like an eternity. 

[Matthew Le God]

2 minutes ago, OneMrsWallace said:

I thought Bednarek was out of contract this summer. How long has he got left? Feels like an eternity. 

Contract ends 30th June 2027

https://www.southamptonfc.com/en/news/article/bednarek-extends-saints-stay

Edited Thursday at 17:15 by Matthew Le God

[Saint Matty 76]

Three weeks to go and feels like there's absolute mountains still to be done.

Of our current "best team" you'd imagine about half of them would still be off.

[Matthew Le God]

5 minutes ago, Saint Matty 76 said:

Three weeks to go and feels like there's absolute mountains still to be done.

Of our current "best team" you'd imagine about half of them would still be off.

Which 5 or 6 of our best XI would that be? No signs so far of anything imminent. No bids for them = don't need to replace.

Edited Thursday at 17:26 by Matthew Le God

[skintsaint]

11 minutes ago, OneMrsWallace said:

Feels like an eternity. 

Our club have a knack of over-extending contracts of players who should be out the door.

[hypochondriac]

20 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

Which 5 or 6 of our best XI would that be? No signs so far of anything imminent. No bids for them = don't need to replace.

I'd be surprised if most of

Ramsdale 

Fernandes 

THB 

Bednarek 

Weren't off. Possibly Dibling as well who seemed like the most likely to leave at one point. Most of them would be likely starters for me. 

 

[CB Fry]

30 minutes ago, Saint Matty 76 said:

Three weeks to go and feels like there's absolute mountains still to be done.

Of our current "best team" you'd imagine about half of them would still be off.

It's not three weeks to go, that's a stupid deadline if you everything is going to be sorted then. 100% it won't. 

But that includes departures. Just like JWP two years ago, I'd expect to see some of Dibling/Matty/Ramsdale playing against Wrexham.

[Saint86]

46 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

Which 5 or 6 of our best XI would that be? No signs so far of anything imminent. No bids for them = don't need to replace.

Good point MLG, its far more than 5-6 of our best 11 that could be on the way out... Ramsdale, THB, Bednarek, Fernandes, Edozie, Aribo, Dibling, Armstrong have all been linked with exits.

[Matthew Le God]

27 minutes ago, hypochondriac said:

I'd be surprised if most of

Ramsdale 

Fernandes 

THB 

Bednarek 

Weren't off. Possibly Dibling as well who seemed like the most likely to leave at one point. Most of them would be likely starters for me. 

 

 

1 minute ago, Saint86 said:

Good point MLG, its far more than 5-6 of our best 11 that could be on the way out... Ramsdale, THB, Bednarek, Fernandes, Edozie, Aribo, Dibling, Armstrong have all been linked with exits.

No bids for them = don't need to replace.

[badgerx16]

1 minute ago, Matthew Le God said:

 

No bids for them.....

Yet.

They could all go  in the last 2 days of the window.

[Dusic]

4 minutes ago, badgerx16 said:

Yet.

They could all go  in the last 2 days of the window.

Yes, if we let them. And players could also join in the last 2 days of the window.

As things stand we have a very, very strong Championship team.

Like every single window when there is a month and a half left the majority of what will happen has yet to.

But right now, I don't see any urgency to be doing anything in particular. If the season started tomorrow we probably have the strongest starting XI in the league and have had about 7 months to plan how to replace players the club knows are likely to leave. We should be as prepared as we possibly can be.

[Gloucester Saint]

2 hours ago, Turkish said:

Was Kevin Phillips a free transfer? Was he joining West Ham who Saints fans have a history laughing it as signing typical Wet Spam (LMFAO) players?

I will guarentee if Wet Spam (LMFAO) had been signing a free transfer from a club that had performed like we had the last 4-5 years our lot would be taking the piss out of them for it.

£3.25m Kevin Phillips cost IIRC, a decent amount but much less than it would’ve been had Sunderland not nosedived.

[lambtiss]

1 hour ago, Saint Matty 76 said:

Three weeks to go and feels like there's absolute mountains still to be done.

Of our current "best team" you'd imagine about half of them would still be off.

I thought the window ends September 1st.

[hypochondriac]

43 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

 

No bids for them = don't need to replace.

Firstly you don't know we haven't had bids and secondly that's an irrelevance surely. There could be bids for them all tomorrow. Correct me if wrong but most of our best players went in August last time. 

[Matthew Le God]

14 minutes ago, hypochondriac said:

Firstly you don't know we haven't had bids and secondly that's an irrelevance surely. There could be bids for them all tomorrow. Correct me if wrong but most of our best players went in August last time. 

Read it in context of the post I was originally replying to, where he said... "there's absolute mountains still to be done" as "our current best team you'd imagine about half of them would still be off". 

Until the club know for certain they are leaving, they do not need to replace them.

[Golac's Cunning Stunts]

22 minutes ago, hypochondriac said:

Firstly you don't know we haven't had bids and secondly that's an irrelevance surely. There could be bids for them all tomorrow. Correct me if wrong but most of our best players went in August last time. 

Yes, JWP and Tella started the season for us and then sold

[S-Clarke]

1 minute ago, Golac's Cunning Stunts said:

Yes, JWP and Tella started the season for us and then sold

Lavia was on the bench at Sheff Weds too, so there was a lot of churn even after that first game.

I think the only player who didn't stick around for the start was Tino. He was the surprise sale for me that summer, I thought he may stick around in the Champ and get some proper game time behind him after being injured for so long. To be fair, he didn't make the wrong call as he's gone to a great setup at Newcastle and is now one of their best players.

[StrangelyBrown]

13 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

Read it in context of the post I was originally replying to, where he said... "there's absolute mountains still to be done" as "our current best team you'd imagine about half of them would still be off". 

Until the club know for certain they are leaving, they do not need to replace them.

Hopefully if the club suspect players will be going they will be moving mountains to line up replacements rather than leaving it all to the last minute 

[SaintlyAnd]

13 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

Read it in context of the post I was originally replying to, where he said... "there's absolute mountains still to be done" as "our current best team you'd imagine about half of them would still be off". 

Until the club know for certain they are leaving, they do not need to replace them.

Given the uncertainty over many players who may leave, there is mountains to do within the club. Continue identifying targets, analysis and research into them, find out which players might be interested in joining, speak with agents to see if it financially fits, enquire to clubs to see if they may sell, convince players to wait for us. Internally they will be doing shit loads right now. We probably have the highest risk in the league for number of departures, so I’d suggest our recruitment folk are under a ton of pressure (remember they also do 3x the work to bring in players for the other SR teams). Replacing players isn’t like in FM, its a big process and overhead. And we all know most transfers hit in the last week/days of the window. We’re going to struggle to replace 5, 6, 7 players in the last few days and get anyone decent.

Or we could just panic like Ras did with Onuachu, Sulemana, the Croatian lad and someone else if I remember right. None of them were scouted and Ras pissed off a lot of people within the club by going off by himself and its had a long impact on the club.

[Turkish]

 

1 minute ago, SaintlyAnd said:

Given the uncertainty over many players who may leave, there is mountains to do within the club. Continue identifying targets, analysis and research into them, find out which players might be interested in joining, speak with agents to see if it financially fits, enquire to clubs to see if they may sell, convince players to wait for us. Internally they will be doing shit loads right now. We probably have the highest risk in the league for number of departures, so I’d suggest our recruitment folk are under a ton of pressure (remember they also do 3x the work to bring in players for the other SR teams). Replacing players isn’t like in FM, its a big process and overhead. And we all know most transfers hit in the last week/days of the window. We’re going to struggle to replace 5, 6, 7 players in the last few days and get anyone decent.

Or we could just panic like Ras did with Onuachu, Sulemana, the Croatian lad and someone else if I remember right. None of them were scouted and Ras pissed off a lot of people within the club by going off by himself and its had a long impact on the club.

Is all correct but when you’re used to playing computers games and you get a bid out of the blue and then you can do a quick search on a few stats and make a bid yourself within minutes understanding how things work in the real world is more than a little tricky 

[Matthew Le God]

6 minutes ago, SaintlyAnd said:

Given the uncertainty over many players who may leave, there is mountains to do within the club. Continue identifying targets, analysis and research into them, find out which players might be interested in joining, speak with agents to see if it financially fits, enquire to clubs to see if they may sell, convince players to wait for us. Internally they will be doing shit loads right now. We probably have the highest risk in the league for number of departures, so I’d suggest our recruitment folk are under a ton of pressure (remember they also do 3x the work to bring in players for the other SR teams). Replacing players isn’t like in FM, its a big process and overhead. And we all know most transfers hit in the last week/days of the window. We’re going to struggle to replace 5, 6, 7 players in the last few days and get anyone decent.

Or we could just panic like Ras did with Onuachu, Sulemana, the Croatian lad and someone else if I remember right. None of them were scouted and Ras pissed off a lot of people within the club by going off by himself and its had a long impact on the club.

 

FM is a simulation of the football world. It has input from numerous professionals within high levels of the sport so it reflects how the sport works. To be dismissive of it, is naive. 

[maysie]

Just now, Matthew Le God said:

 

FM is a simulation of the football world. It has input from numerous professionals within high levels of the sport so it reflects how the sport works. To be dismissive of it, is naive. 

No it doesn’t reflect how the sport works, to think that is naive. It’s a great game and good fun, but no more, no less.

i got to the Premier League with Eastleigh - that’s not real life.

[SaintlyAnd]

7 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

 

FM is a simulation of the football world. It has input from numerous professionals within high levels of the sport so it reflects how the sport works. To be dismissive of it, is naive. 

I merely implied the real transfer process is somewhat more complex than FM. I was not being dismissive of it. I have played it and loved it in many of its forms over years. It’s a game. I mean I won the Premier League as Southampton - it’s clearly not real. 
But seriously I know the people working at SI building out their software to sell their data to clubs, so I have no intention of disrespecting them and their work.

[Turkish]

10 minutes ago, maysie said:

No it doesn’t reflect how the sport works, to think that is naive. It’s a great game and good fun, but no more, no less.

i got to the Premier League with Eastleigh - that’s not real life.

I took Harrogate town from the conference north to champions league winners within 10 seasons, 5 back to back promotions, also won the league, FA cup, league cup and world club cup didn’t even expand the stadium beyond 3,500.  Im not joking either I am a genius or it’s not as realistic as some might think, 

(that said I have won a champions league and Europa league this season with my u12s team  so maybe I am a genius) 

Edited Thursday at 20:03 by Turkish

[Colinjb]

15 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

 

FM is a simulation of the football world. It has input from numerous professionals within high levels of the sport so it reflects how the sport works. To be dismissive of it, is naive. 

It's a great model, but just that; a model. 

It's as similar to reality as the 1/24 scale F1 car kits I used to have time to make when younger. They came damn close, but too small and simplified.

Edited Thursday at 20:04 by Colinjb

[AlexLaw76]

 

[sockeye]

Just now, AlexLaw76 said:

 

Martin, Selles and Still all competing for his signature.

Jesus. All roads lead to Southampton