Summer Transfer Window 2025/26

[SaintNewForest]

17 minutes ago, CB Fry said:

Yeah, I'm sure he'd much rather play against Charlton, Oxford and Hull.

In the long run, I genuinely think a season at this level will do him the world of good. 

However, him and his agent won't care about that and will only care about the £££ on offer now. 

[BARCELONASAINT]

We must absolutely NOT sell Dibling for anything under £35 million and if at all possible not sell him at all. I honestly believe from what i know about Tyler (and my information has always come from someone very close to the Dibling family) that he and his family are very happy for him to stay at Saints. All he wanted was some reassurances about the clubs future and plans and to believe we would be challenging for automatic promotion.

Going to Everton makes no sense at all in my opinion. Too many on here believe everything is driven by money, it's not in Tylers case. 

I really hope we have convinced him to stay and that he will be a pivotal player for us. He is a rare talent and Will Still could be the perfect manager to nurture that and Saints the perfect club and home for Dibling to keep growing. 

[SuperSAINT]

1 minute ago, BARCELONASAINT said:

We must absolutely NOT sell Dibling for anything under £35 million and if at all possible not sell him at all. I honestly believe from what i know about Tyler (and my information has always come from someone very close to the Dibling family) that he and his family are very happy for him to stay at Saints. All he wanted was some reassurances about the clubs future and plans and to believe we would be challenging for automatic promotion.

Going to Everton makes no sense at all in my opinion. Too many on here believe everything is driven by money, it's not in Tylers case. 

I really hope we have convinced him to stay and that he will be a pivotal player for us. He is a rare talent and Will Still could be the perfect manager to nurture that and Saints the perfect club and home for Dibling to keep growing. 

Absolutely top talent & one of the best players to have come through - He & JJM have/had legendary stats going through the academy ages.

I feel like, and I’m not sure if this is true, That the club need to sell him to balance ££

[benali-shorts]

Re valuations, what are comparative fees re age / experience?

Minteh £33m

Archie Gray £35m

Omari Hutchinson £35m

I’d imagine it will end up around there too? 

[ErwinK1961]

1 minute ago, SuperSAINT said:

Absolutely top talent & one of the best players to have come through - He & JJM have/had legendary stats going through the academy ages.

I feel like, and I’m not sure if this is true, That the club need to sell him to balance ££

Last seen looking poor against Sholing.

[hypochondriac]

2 minutes ago, SuperSAINT said:

Absolutely top talent & one of the best players to have come through - He & JJM have/had legendary stats going through the academy ages.

I feel like, and I’m not sure if this is true, That the club need to sell him to balance ££

Football Martin bloke said as much this evening. Pretty sure he has some club contacts (or he's just spoken to Alfie house who he is friendly with). 

[vectraman]

3 minutes ago, Maggie May said:

Saints aren’t selling Dibling to Everton.  He was one of the hottest prospects in the Premier League last season and can see the club only wanting him to go to a premium team to shine a positive light back on the academy.  A big six or a European giant should be his destination if he is going.

As he is not signing a new contract, if no ‘big six or euro giants’ are interested, what then? Personally I don’t believe he has shown enough for a big move, and is no way worth £35 million with his performances so far. But it’s not my money, and if Everton or whoever think he is worth that then show us your money.

Football has become a disheartening sport, money is all anyone ever talks about now. Never about results/aims/fans.

Look at posts on this forum. Posters on about resale value, rarely about making the first team stronger. Any signings we make should be first team starters, not ‘prospects’ we have a squad full of failed ‘ones for the future’, ‘unpolished gems’ and all that nonsense talk.

I would like to have thought Sports Republic will have learnt their lessons last season - If a signing isn’t improving the first team, don’t bother signing them. 

I don’t know when football fans outlooks changed, but in the late ‘80s when I started watching Saints, resale value etc etc was not a thing, it was just is he any good, better than what we had?!
 

I don’t care if a player is young/older - is he any good? Is he better than what we have in the first 11. Sooner we look at quality rather than resale value the better.

I want to watch Saints win games, not care about future values/wages/depreciation/XG or the other shit  Fans seem to now worry about stuff as though they own the team.  
 

Rant over, I must just be getting old and cynical with a sport that now seems to be about  ££££ rather than kicking a ⚽️ into a goal.

 

 

[ErwinK1961]

5 minutes ago, BARCELONASAINT said:

We must absolutely NOT sell Dibling for anything under £35 million and if at all possible not sell him at all. I honestly believe from what i know about Tyler (and my information has always come from someone very close to the Dibling family) that he and his family are very happy for him to stay at Saints. All he wanted was some reassurances about the clubs future and plans and to believe we would be challenging for automatic promotion.

Going to Everton makes no sense at all in my opinion. Too many on here believe everything is driven by money, it's not in Tylers case. 

I really hope we have convinced him to stay and that he will be a pivotal player for us. He is a rare talent and Will Still could be the perfect manager to nurture that and Saints the perfect club and home for Dibling to keep growing. 

He’ll be going, because he wants to leave.

If it wasn’t about money, he’d sign the new contract that’s been on the table for months.

[sockeye]

Sorry but Everton are as dull as dishwater. Don't go T

[Maggie May]

10 minutes ago, ErwinK1961 said:

He’ll be going, because he wants to leave.

If it wasn’t about money, he’d sign the new contract that’s been on the table for months.

Ah, I didn’t know that about the contract. 

[bugenhagen]

9 minutes ago, sockeye said:

Sorry but Everton are as dull as dishwater. Don't go T

[Willo of Whiteley]

If he was anything other than English, and the fact he’s a youngster, he hasn’t done anymore to warrant being a £10m player.

It’s easy to look like a world beater when 98% of your teammates are utter crap.

[Gloucester Saint]

42 minutes ago, Midfield_General said:

Same. I find the nature of the modern game makes it much easier as it means I have absolutely no emotional attachment left to any of them. KWP was the last one I cared about, and he gave us as much as anyone could reasonably expect. Now, when you can only expect to get one season out of a good player before they inevitably leave, who cares, really? They’re all mercenaries so let’s just get as much money as we can, get some more in and see what happens. 

Yep, if you want to feel some sense of interest in someone’s professional sporting career and that they value the support they receive, cricket, rugby, darts - they’re the sports where that still happens.

I only follow what happens at Saints in the same way someone’s been watching a soap opera for 40 years plus in TV and although it’s really not very good now, you can’t quite push the off button entirely.

I feel sorry for the youngsters though as they won’t have that sense of identity with Williams/Moran/Wallaces, MLT/Shearer/Case, Antti/Beatts/Killer, L1/Champ promotion sides and the Poch/Ronald/EFL Final sides. 

Edited Thursday at 22:06 by Gloucester Saint
Though, not thought

[hypochondriac]

5 minutes ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

If he was anything other than English, and the fact he’s a youngster, he hasn’t done anymore to warrant being a £10m player.

It’s easy to look like a world beater when 98% of your teammates are utter crap.

That's just bollocks. 

[Graziano94]

37 minutes ago, hypochondriac said:

Football Martin bloke said as much this evening. Pretty sure he has some club contacts (or he's just spoken to Alfie house who he is friendly with). 

I thought the information from within the club at the end of the season (Solak et. al) was that we were under no pressure to sell this time around, so this is frustrating to hear!

[pimpin4rizeal]

44 minutes ago, vectraman said:

As he is not signing a new contract, if no ‘big six or euro giants’ are interested, what then? Personally I don’t believe he has shown enough for a big move, and is no way worth £35 million with his performances so far. But it’s not my money, and if Everton or whoever think he is worth that then show us your money.

Football has become a disheartening sport, money is all anyone ever talks about now. Never about results/aims/fans.

Look at posts on this forum. Posters on about resale value, rarely about making the first team stronger. Any signings we make should be first team starters, not ‘prospects’ we have a squad full of failed ‘ones for the future’, ‘unpolished gems’ and all that nonsense talk.

I would like to have thought Sports Republic will have learnt their lessons last season - If a signing isn’t improving the first team, don’t bother signing them. 

I don’t know when football fans outlooks changed, but in the late ‘80s when I started watching Saints, resale value etc etc was not a thing, it was just is he any good, better than what we had?!
 

I don’t care if a player is young/older - is he any good? Is he better than what we have in the first 11. Sooner we look at quality rather than resale value the better.

I want to watch Saints win games, not care about future values/wages/depreciation/XG or the other shit  Fans seem to now worry about stuff as though they own the team.  
 

Rant over, I must just be getting old and cynical with a sport that now seems to be about  ££££ rather than kicking a ⚽️ into a goal.

 

 

Maybe we can loan him out for 4 million ? 😂

[Gloucester Saint]

7 minutes ago, Graziano94 said:

I thought the information from within the club at the end of the season (Solak et. al) was that we were under no pressure to sell this time around, so this is frustrating to hear!

I wouldn’t believe anything coming out of the club any more than I would Starmer, Badenoch, Davey, Farage and whoever the Green leader is these days.

[saintant]

57 minutes ago, Harry_SFC said:

I can't see any of the big teams wanting to spend £40-50m on someone who might turn out to be a quality player. The reality is he had a great few months but his form nosedived after that, probably putting the bigger sides off. 

Agree. It's very hard to quantify what Dibling is worth because you're mainly splashing out on potential rather than something more tangible. Clubs will be wary of spending too big on what would be a bit of a gamble. I think we'll do well to get £35m for him at his current stage of development. Another season with us would be more sensible for the lad in my view but that's for him to decide.

[UpweySaint]

28 minutes ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

If he was anything other than English, and the fact he’s a youngster, he hasn’t done anymore to warrant being a £10m player.

It’s easy to look like a world beater when 98% of your teammates are utter crap.

His value would likely be less were it not for his age but isn’t that sort of the point? Yamal aside how many players are the finished article at sucha. Young age?! Dibling had some moments that were fantastic to watch at the start of the season. I disagree it’s easy to look like a world beater when your teammates are crap - it’s harder. Us being crap doesn’t change him unsettling top class international defenders despite playing in a poor team bereft of confidence. 

I really don’t get why some posters seem to want to run the kid down. Is it to make it easier if/when he goes? I bloody loved watching him early last season and I’m excited to see if he can fulfil his undoubted potential- hopefully with us for at least a while longer. He was inconsistent for sure but what else could have been expected given the context?

 

[SaintJackoInHurworth]

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.

Edited Thursday at 22:44 by SaintJackoInHurworth

[SWLondon Saint]

52 minutes ago, BARCELONASAINT said:

We must absolutely NOT sell Dibling for anything under £35 million and if at all possible not sell him at all. I honestly believe from what i know about Tyler (and my information has always come from someone very close to the Dibling family) that he and his family are very happy for him to stay at Saints. All he wanted was some reassurances about the clubs future and plans and to believe we would be challenging for automatic promotion.

Going to Everton makes no sense at all in my opinion. Too many on here believe everything is driven by money, it's not in Tylers case. 

I really hope we have convinced him to stay and that he will be a pivotal player for us. He is a rare talent and Will Still could be the perfect manager to nurture that and Saints the perfect club and home for Dibling to keep growing. 

I don't think anyone is disagreeing with you, it's just that if he won't sign a new contract the club can't really afford to run the risk of him walking? So if it's not about money for him, why won't he sign it, or sign and ask for a minimum release clause or something?

I'm a bit surprised by so many thinking Moyes would be a good manager for him - I definitely think Moyes is a good manager, but most of his success seems to have been built on rock solid defensive structure and then being quite direct and physical going forwards. Can't easily see him fitting into that, and also I don't think the Everton fans' expectations would be easy to meet either.

[BarberSaint]

3 hours ago, Farmer Saint said:

They weren't with us in 2023-2024.

Or at any other time, if you measure it by contribution.

[macca155]

If Saints wanted to keep Dibling, then they needed to avoid relegation. 

£35 is reasonable for a youngster with a short contract, no matter how talented.

I've loved watching Tyler, I think he has huge potential. I wish he'd stay, but talent like that simply doesn't stay in the Championship.

Fernades next and then at least we can see what we have.

We all knew it was going to happen. Just horrible when it does.

 

[hypochondriac]

36 minutes ago, Graziano94 said:

I thought the information from within the club at the end of the season (Solak et. al) was that we were under no pressure to sell this time around, so this is frustrating to hear!

He said we're looking to make 100 million. We will be quite close to that if we do sell Dibling. 

[verlaine1979]

1 hour ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

If he was anything other than English, and the fact he’s a youngster, he hasn’t done anymore to warrant being a £10m player.

It’s easy to look like a world beater when 98% of your teammates are utter crap.

The funniest part of this is the idea that you can buy ANYONE from a PL first team for 10m these days. 

[Dark Munster]

2 hours ago, saintant said:

Surely we're not stupid enough to have only one target. 

 

[Saint86]

1 hour ago, benali-shorts said:

Re valuations, what are comparative fees re age / experience?

Minteh £33m

Archie Gray £35m

Omari Hutchinson £35m

I’d imagine it will end up around there too? 

He is a far far better talent than any of those players... different level entirely.

[Appy]

1 hour ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

If he was anything other than English, and the fact he’s a youngster, he hasn’t done anymore to warrant being a £10m player.

It’s easy to look like a world beater when 98% of your teammates are utter crap.

Nonsense, there wouldn’t be such a big number of clubs after him at over £30m if that was the case. 

[HKsaint]

Buying dibling is a good investment as he will be resold at more than £50 million next year. We were stupidly enough to only sign a contract for less than 3 years contract with him in Dec 2023 ending in 2026 when he came back from Chelsea. 

[CSA96]

39 minutes ago, HKsaint said:

Buying dibling is a good investment as he will be resold at more than £50 million next year. We were stupidly enough to only sign a contract for less than 3 years contract with him in Dec 2023 ending in 2026 when he came back from Chelsea. 

Erm, that doesn't make the club stupid. Tyler Dibling was 17 when he signed that contract and you're literally not allowed, under FA rules, to sign a 17yo to a contract longer than three years: https://playerstatus.thefa.com/support/solutions/articles/80001135188-process-to-contract-or-loan-a-player

If Saints could've got him signed up for more years on a lower pay deal, they absolutely would have 

Edited yesterday at 00:20 by CSA96

[woodsaint1]

1 hour ago, macca155 said:

If Saints wanted to keep Dibling, then they needed to avoid relegation. 

£35 is reasonable for a youngster with a short contract, no matter how talented.

I've loved watching Tyler, I think he has huge potential. I wish he'd stay, but talent like that simply doesn't stay in the Championship.

Fernades next and then at least we can see what we have.

We all knew it was going to happen. Just horrible when it does.

 

Leicester kept a hold of Dewsbury-Hall when they were in the Championship last time, same with Willy Gnonto at Leeds. Could argue they're both as talented as Dibling and benefitted from a season at that level

[CSA96]

5 minutes ago, woodsaint1 said:

Leicester kept a hold of Dewsbury-Hall when they were in the Championship last time, same with Willy Gnonto at Leeds. Could argue they're both as talented as Dibling and benefitted from a season at that level

Did Dewsbury-Hall have that much interest? Genuinely can't remember

I know Gnonto effectively went on strike for a while to try and force a move to Everton but that was under Moshiri ownership and I don't think they could've stumped up the cash even if they'd wanted to, given how much of a mess they were in terms of PSR compliance

[Convict Colony]

4 hours ago, Saint86 said:

He is a far far better talent than any of those players... different level entirely.

I am not sure about that

Minteh - 34 apps - 6 goals and 4 assists for Brighton last season.

Dibbling - 33 apps - 2 goals 0 assists

 

[Doctoroncall]

6 hours ago, hypochondriac said:

He said we're looking to make 100 million. We will be quite close to that if we do sell Dibling. 

Net or gross?

[Toussaint]

8 hours ago, sockeye said:

Sorry but Everton are as dull as dishwater. Don't go T

Their new ground looks spectacular, maybe this is the start of a new era 

[StrangelyBrown]

9 hours ago, Lighthouse said:

What is it you think that's 'too clever' about any of that? We're never signing established PL players, we're always going to have to take a gamble on someone.

Why do we have to gamble?

We've spent a lot of money, but we've spread it across a lot of "investments".

The only sensible thing we've done recently is sign Ramsdale for £25m - showing we are capable of buying PL quality. The gamble paid off with Fernandes, but that's it.

Just imagine if rather than wasting money on Onuachu and sulemana we'd put that same money and wages into one better forward. Or instead of spending on BBD and Archer we'd have pooled that money and wages into another better player. I'm pretty sure we'd be in a stronger position.

I can't see what we're trying to achieve by gambling on vast numbers of players unless somehow we think we're cleverer than everyone else and that somehow we're going to unearth gems that somehow no one else has spotted.

[Gloucester Saint]

7 hours ago, hypochondriac said:

He said we're looking to make 100 million. We will be quite close to that if we do sell Dibling. 

Alfie House made it around £40m including the SAA money before Dibling is sold. Fernandes will be going as well so that should take it over £100m. Issue as per 2023 will be the incomings. Probably will be a couple of PL 19 year old ‘projects’ on loan, I can’t see any Charles-type incomings this time. They should be recruiting a #1 keeper, even if it’s a Ryan on a free but I’ve a nasty feeling that they won’t even do that. 

Edited yesterday at 06:48 by Gloucester Saint

[Fabrice29]

8 hours ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

If he was anything other than English, and the fact he’s a youngster, he hasn’t done anymore to warrant being a £10m player.

It’s easy to look like a world beater when 98% of your teammates are utter crap.

Again, just worth noting he was one of the top performing teenagers in the biggest league in the world last season.

[Smirking_Saint]

6 hours ago, woodsaint1 said:

Leicester kept a hold of Dewsbury-Hall when they were in the Championship last time, same with Willy Gnonto at Leeds. Could argue they're both as talented as Dibling and benefitted from a season at that level

They wouldn’t of done, if their demands were met

And that’s exactly the position that we’re in right now, and as such Id be angry if we hadn’t set out a demand that doesn’t suit the players ability and importance, and that I feel we have. If we get 80m+ combined for MF and TD thats good business

Im not 100% on how PSR works but I’d imagine because of it there’s a requirement to plug the 60-100m hole in turnover or else it impacts what we can spend next year… its a shit system designed to keep non top 6 traditionalists non competitive but its a set of rules we have to abide by unfortunately 

[benali-shorts]

7 hours ago, Saint86 said:

He is a far far better talent than any of those players... different level entirely.

He may or may not be, but presumably both the buying and selling club will use previous transaction prices to value him. What would you value him at, and by comparison to whose sale?

[Farmer Saint]

10 minutes ago, Gloucester Saint said:

Alfie House made it around £40m including the SAA money before Dibling is sold. Fernandes will be going as well so that should take it over £100m. Issue as per 2023 will be the incomings. Probably will be a couple of PL 19 year old ‘projects’ on loan, I can’t see any Charles-type incomings this time. They should be recruiting a #1 keeper, even if it’s a Ryan on a free but I’ve a nasty feeling that they won’t even do that. 

We're in a far better financial position than we were in 2023/2024, so I disagree.

[Chez]

7 hours ago, HKsaint said:

Buying dibling is a good investment as he will be resold at more than £50 million next year. We were stupidly enough to only sign a contract for less than 3 years contract with him in Dec 2023 ending in 2026 when he came back from Chelsea. 

The contract extends a further year, so he signed a 3.5 year contract. 

[Gloucester Saint]

1 minute ago, Farmer Saint said:

We're in a far better financial position than we were in 2023/2024, so I disagree.

Hope you’re right and the Jan 2023 splurge should’ve come off of the PSR calculations by now but who knows. Any activity is probably a bit too late for this season now but get rid of Brum and Ipswich, and 26/27 might be able to have more of a go at the autos.

[Chez]

6 hours ago, woodsaint1 said:

Leicester kept a hold of Dewsbury-Hall when they were in the Championship last time, same with Willy Gnonto at Leeds. Could argue they're both as talented as Dibling and benefitted from a season at that level

A key difference is that both has three years left on their contracts, while Dibling has two. They could afford to keep them a year without it impacting the value of the player. 

[Oisin]

8 hours ago, hypochondriac said:

He said we're looking to make 100 million. We will be quite close to that if we do sell Dibling. 

We’ve received cash for Bednarek, Selemana, Tall Paul and SAA and look certain to receive more for Ramsdale (loan fee) and Edozie. I think we’re in a position where we would only “need” to sell 2 of THB, Fernandes and Dibling to comfortably make that, especially when you add on further (small) fees for the likes of ABK, Taylor/Manning, Aribo/Smallbone and one of the forwards.

It helps our negotiating position because we’re not utterly desperate to cash in, but it’s depressing all the same, especially when it’s young talent.

Personally I’m resigned to losing Fernandes; I’d rather keep Dibling than THB but appreciate others will feel differently. 

[Matthew Le God]

6 minutes ago, Gloucester Saint said:

Hope you’re right and the Jan 2023 splurge should’ve come off of the PSR calculations by now but who knows. Any activity is probably a bit too late for this season now but get rid of Brum and Ipswich, and 26/27 might be able to have more of a go at the autos.

That won't help much. If we don't go up this season, there'll be 3 more clubs with parachute payments joining us. Plus our parachute payments would be reduced in 26/27 and any decent player would want to leave next summer.

Edited yesterday at 07:08 by Matthew Le God

[Fitzhugh Fella]

9 hours ago, BARCELONASAINT said:

We must absolutely NOT sell Dibling for anything under £35 million and if at all possible not sell him at all. I honestly believe from what i know about Tyler (and my information has always come from someone very close to the Dibling family) that he and his family are very happy for him to stay at Saints. All he wanted was some reassurances about the clubs future and plans and to believe we would be challenging for automatic promotion.

Going to Everton makes no sense at all in my opinion. Too many on here believe everything is driven by money, it's not in Tylers case. 

I really hope we have convinced him to stay and that he will be a pivotal player for us. He is a rare talent and Will Still could be the perfect manager to nurture that and Saints the perfect club and home for Dibling to keep growing. 

Good Morning - I hate to rain on your parade but I don't think the information you have been given is correct. Southampton have done everything possible (and more) to hang on to Dibling but he has declined to sign a new contract and so the club have no choice but to sell before he runs it down. I believe his parents are separated and not really singing off the same hymn sheet which means his agent is calling the shots and encouraging him to move. I was given this info about 4 months ago from a impeccable source.

Things might have changed but the contract remains unsigned so I don't think so. Personally I like him and would like to keep him because there is a unique talent just waiting to burst out with the right manager but hands are tied unfortunately.

[Farmer Saint]

12 minutes ago, Gloucester Saint said:

Hope you’re right and the Jan 2023 splurge should’ve come off of the PSR calculations by now but who knows. Any activity is probably a bit too late for this season now but get rid of Brum and Ipswich, and 26/27 might be able to have more of a go at the autos.

What do you mean, too late? The transfer window doesn't close for a month. Why do you think we're not going to get promoted? Currently we have a far better squad than under Martin, and as we were told anyone is a better manager than he is.

[tdmickey3]

9 hours ago, hypochondriac said:

Football Martin bloke said as much this evening. Pretty sure he has some club contacts (or he's just spoken to Alfie house who he is friendly with). 

You said we had plenty to invest

[trousers]

5 minutes ago, Farmer Saint said:

Currently we have a far better squad than under Martin

Which players do we have now that are "far better" than the equivalent players Martin had in the Championship? (Sorry if the answer is obvious but I've only just woken up and one's brain hasn't clicked into gear yet). Cheers 👍🏻

Edited yesterday at 07:21 by trousers