Summer Transfer Window 2025/26

[Saint_lambden]

Spertsyan update - he and the club president meeting tomorrow to finalise things. He wants the move and club seemingly happy now with terms of offer from Saints (unless they move goalposts which apparently happened once earlier in the week), both just want to part on good terms and make sure each other is happy before all confirmed. 

Edited August 15 by Saint_lambden

[Matthew Le God]

21 minutes ago, Tommy Mulgrew said:

No thanks; he’s between 1” and 2” taller than Wellington and not even as tall as 5’9”.  I know it does not matter so much for a winger but if we are to get another Brazilian I’d rather get one as tall as Guly.  And one who contributes as much to our promotion as Guly did but Spors and Lederer should know more about him than I do; perhaps he will.

Of all the things to make a decision on for a winger, why height?

How about some things that actually matter for his role? Across the top 5 leagues in Europe he comes out very highly in these areas.

 

 

[Lighthouse]

System of a Down

The Kardashians

Lenovo Carrier Bag

These are the things I know about Armenia.

[SuperSAINT]

14 minutes ago, Lighthouse said:

System of a Down

The Kardashians

Lenovo Carrier Bag

These are the things I know about Armenia.

All we need to know.

[Saint Scott]

26 minutes ago, Saint_lambden said:

Spertsyan update - he and the club president meeting tomorrow to finalise things. He wants the move and club seemingly happy now with terms of offer from Saints (unless they move goalposts which apparently happened once earlier in the week), both just want to part on good terms and make sure each other is happy before all confirmed. 

Krasnodar play on Sunday, will be interesting to see if he's in the squad or not

 

Edited August 15 by Saint Scott

[Smirking_Saint]

27 minutes ago, Saint_lambden said:

Spertsyan update - he and the club president meeting tomorrow to finalise things. He wants the move and club seemingly happy now with terms of offer from Saints (unless they move goalposts which apparently happened once earlier in the week), both just want to part on good terms and make sure each other is happy before all confirmed. 

Great stuff as always mate, really sounds like we’re pushing this year, which os what we all wanted
 

Any other musings ?

Rudoni ? Tyler ? Fernandes ?

[CB Fry]

No idea if this means anything 

 

[Matthew Le God]

The press conference starts to turn to transfers from the point I've made this video play...

 

Edited August 15 by Matthew Le God

[Saint Scott]

46 minutes ago, Saint_lambden said:

Spertsyan update - he and the club president meeting tomorrow to finalise things. He wants the move and club seemingly happy now with terms of offer from Saints (unless they move goalposts which apparently happened once earlier in the week), both just want to part on good terms and make sure each other is happy before all confirmed. 

Eduard Spertsyan will meet with his president, Sergey Galitsky tomorrow (16/08) to clarify his future. The player wishes to join Southampton. And Krasnodar is satisfied with the offer from the Saints. Both parties want to part on good terms.

 

 

[hypochondriac]

4 minutes ago, Saint Scott said:

Eduard Spertsyan will meet with his president, Sergey Galitsky tomorrow (16/08) to clarify his future. The player wishes to join Southampton. And Krasnodar is satisfied with the offer from the Saints. Both parties want to part on good terms.

 

 

Yeah he also said they could change the terms at the last minute. I'm not sure this bloke knows as much as he likes to suggest. 

[woodsaint1]

You just know that all this delay/posturing will result in somebody more appealing swooping in at the 11th hour to sign him.

Brighton are letting O'Riley go it seems so may be on the lookout for a creative midfielder. Or Leeds who appear to target the same players as us.

[skintsaint]

15 minutes ago, woodsaint1 said:

Brighton are letting O'Riley

Loan to buy would be good for us if we miss out on this Russian Armenian fella.

[disconnect]

2 minutes ago, skintsaint said:

Loan to buy would be good for us if we miss out on this Russian Armenian fella.

Didnt want to join us when we were in the prem, definitely wont want to join us now

[Saint_lambden]

5 hours ago, Smirking_Saint said:

Great stuff as always mate, really sounds like we’re pushing this year, which os what we all wanted
 

Any other musings ?

Rudoni ? Tyler ? Fernandes ?

Gone quiet on Rudoni so hoping it’s no news is good news. I think the £15m price tag that would quoted the other day online is a tad optimistic though - Cov want more like £20m. 
 

Dibling is as per everyone knows. Everton not willing to meet his valuation so everyone at club thinks it’s best he keeps playing for us (like Fernandes is) for time being as otherwise we’re all losing out if no deal is close. Nothing new on Fernandes, nobody has come close to what we want so fingers crossed it stays that way. His agent is more keen for a move than he is, though Fernandes wouldn’t be against leaving if the right club comes along. 
 

Next priority on incomings once Spertsyan is done will be a winger. Heidenheim lad mentioned yesterday is high on the list, as is Fellows and Manneh in Sweden. Don't know who the preferred candidate is but I guess we’ll find out in the next week or so. 

[benjii]

48 minutes ago, Saint_lambden said:

Gone quiet on Rudoni so hoping it’s no news is good news. I think the £15m price tag that would quoted the other day online is a tad optimistic though - Cov want more like £20m. 
 

Dibling is as per everyone knows. Everton not willing to meet his valuation so everyone at club thinks it’s best he keeps playing for us (like Fernandes is) for time being as otherwise we’re all losing out if no deal is close. Nothing new on Fernandes, nobody has come close to what we want so fingers crossed it stays that way. His agent is more keen for a move than he is, though Fernandes wouldn’t be against leaving if the right club comes along. 
 

Next priority on incomings once Spertsyan is done will be a winger. Heidenheim lad mentioned yesterday is high on the list, as is Fellows and Manneh in Sweden. Don't know who the preferred candidate is but I guess we’ll find out in the next week or so. 

Sadio Manneh?

[CB Fry]

Manneh?

Must be funny in a rich man's world.

[Smirking_Saint]

3 hours ago, Saint_lambden said:

Gone quiet on Rudoni so hoping it’s no news is good news. I think the £15m price tag that would quoted the other day online is a tad optimistic though - Cov want more like £20m. 
 

Dibling is as per everyone knows. Everton not willing to meet his valuation so everyone at club thinks it’s best he keeps playing for us (like Fernandes is) for time being as otherwise we’re all losing out if no deal is close. Nothing new on Fernandes, nobody has come close to what we want so fingers crossed it stays that way. His agent is more keen for a move than he is, though Fernandes wouldn’t be against leaving if the right club comes along. 
 

Next priority on incomings once Spertsyan is done will be a winger. Heidenheim lad mentioned yesterday is high on the list, as is Fellows and Manneh in Sweden. Don't know who the preferred candidate is but I guess we’ll find out in the next week or so. 

Cheers mate

[Chez]

8 hours ago, woodsaint1 said:

You just know that all this delay/posturing will result in somebody more appealing swooping in at the 11th hour to sign him.

Brighton are letting O'Riley go it seems so may be on the lookout for a creative midfielder. Or Leeds who appear to target the same players as us.

Good shout. Brighton don't seem scared to invest serious amounts on players, and have no issue showcasing that talent before making tidy profits...

...but at the same time, their scouting a data analytics seems to work well at finding quality players from around the world at a lot less money.

[Chez]

9 hours ago, Matthew Le God said:

The press conference starts to turn to transfers from the point I've made this video play...

 

Pretty clear from that reply that the new keeper coming in will be a number 3. 

Edited August 16 by Chez

[Chez]

How is it that David Brooks is off to championship wba one minute then starts for Bournemouth at Anfield the next? Was that transfer ever real? I'm a fan and wouldn't mind him returning, but seems very unlikely now.

[for_heaven's_Saint]

Guessing this is the Manneh referred to above. A couple of decent glimpses but looks very raw and not sure he’d get away with a lot of those touches in the Champ. 
 

 

[Chez]

9 hours ago, Matthew Le God said:

The press conference starts to turn to transfers from the point I've made this video play...

 

Interesting that he suggests we can't play four at the back unless we have some wingers at the club but don't have any currently (with Edozie departing and Dibling unavailable at this moment). Sounds like if Dibling goes, we sign a winger, stay and be plays as a winger. No idea who fills the left side...Fraser?

[Farmer Saint]

9 hours ago, hypochondriac said:

Yeah he also said they could change the terms at the last minute. I'm not sure this bloke knows as much as he likes to suggest. 

He's a human version of Saints Extra - he's very convincing though as you can see by the way some of the forum members are fawning 😂

Edited August 16 by Farmer Saint

[hypochondriac]

3 minutes ago, for_heaven's_Saint said:

Guessing this is the Manneh referred to above. A couple of decent glimpses but looks very raw and not sure he’d get away with a lot of those touches in the Champ. 
 

 

The test is is this bloke any better than Edozie? Because Edozie isn't bad. I'm not sure myself. 

[hypochondriac]

2 minutes ago, Farmer Saint said:

He's a human version of Saints Extra - he's very convincing though as you can see by the way some of the forum members are fawning 😂

I think he might know a bit but it's a huge amount of speculation. Not sure he's actually revealed much. 

[Farmer Saint]

Just now, hypochondriac said:

I think he might know a bit but it's a huge amount of speculation. Not sure he's actually revealed much. 

He doesn't, but that's my opinion. He gambled last week with the Armenian flag debacle, so now he's gone back to copying tweets and passing it off as his own info.

[Chez]

7 minutes ago, hypochondriac said:

The test is is this bloke any better than Edozie? Because Edozie isn't bad. I'm not sure myself. 

I wonder if Edozie wanted to depart or Spors decided he was good enough and suggested he move?

[hypochondriac]

2 minutes ago, Farmer Saint said:

He doesn't, but that's my opinion. He gambled last week with the Armenian flag debacle, so now he's gone back to copying tweets and passing it off as his own info.

Quite possible. 

[hypochondriac]

1 minute ago, Chez said:

I wonder if Edozie wanted to depart or Spors decided he was good enough and suggested he move?

Could be either. I do think he can do a job in the championship (so could Sulemana to some extent but obviously we'd be mad to turn down that cash for him). I do feel that with the loss of those two players we are a lot less dynamic and pacy on the wings and that's what we need to bring in. 

[Chez]

2 minutes ago, hypochondriac said:

Could be either. I do think he can do a job in the championship (so could Sulemana to some extent but obviously we'd be mad to turn down that cash for him). I do feel that with the loss of those two players we are a lot less dynamic and pacy on the wings and that's what we need to bring in. 

Seems strange that a side lacking wingers let's a winger go (this is compounded by the 'forced' retention of Diaz). You'd of thought Edozie would favour championship over a Belgium side, but perhaps I'm mistaken. My guess is Spors didn't rate him.

[Harry_SFC]

5 minutes ago, hypochondriac said:

Could be either. I do think he can do a job in the championship (so could Sulemana to some extent but obviously we'd be mad to turn down that cash for him). I do feel that with the loss of those two players we are a lot less dynamic and pacy on the wings and that's what we need to bring in. 

It would be nice to have a good ball carrier (Rudoni, Dibling etc) on one side and a more pacy dynamic player on the other. 

[ally_uk]

Noticed transfer news has been relatively slow. So I've kept myself occupied doing other things.

https://ibb.co/Q0r4hSV

[revolution saint]

30 minutes ago, Chez said:

Interesting that he suggests we can't play four at the back unless we have some wingers at the club but don't have any currently (with Edozie departing and Dibling unavailable at this moment). Sounds like if Dibling goes, we sign a winger, stay and be plays as a winger. No idea who fills the left side...Fraser?

Spertsyan can (and has) played on the left so that’s an option if he signs. Not sure it’s his best position though.

Agree with you on Manneh. We’ve been linked with better. The Brighton lad, Sima, Boving and Vicente all looked decent.

Edited August 16 by revolution saint

[trousers]

Is Dibling really an out-and-out winger? I've always seen him as more of a no.10 type player, i.e. an attacking midfielder/ playmaker. 

[Chez]

2 minutes ago, trousers said:

Is Dibling really an out-and-out winger? I've always seen him as more of a no.10 type player, i.e. an attacking midfielder/ playmaker. 

Still specifically mentioned him when refering to wingers, so must see him as that.

[Chez]

7 minutes ago, revolution saint said:

Spertsyan can (and has) played on the left so that’s an option if he signs. Not sure it’s his best position though.

Agree with you on Manneh. We’ve been linked with better. The Brighton lad, Sima, Boving and Vicente all looked decent.

Leo Scienza's YouTube looked tidy but not sure the level he was saying at it some clips.

[Chez]

15 minutes ago, Harry_SFC said:

It would be nice to have a good ball carrier (Rudoni, Dibling etc) on one side and a more pacy dynamic player on the other. 

Amen to the ball carrier aspect. Top sides have at least one or two that truly are comfortable keeping the ball that little but longer allowing others to make runs safe on the knowledge the ball won't be lost and they are left totally out of position. 

[Willo of Whiteley]

I thought Dibling came through as a AM player but Russell Martin stuck him out wide to fit him in the team?

I’d like to hope a wi her or two are on their way in.

Playing five at the back is just sacrificing an attacking option. I’d argue Fraser is a wide player, Adam Armstrong is better as a wide player too.

[Charlie Wayman]

11 hours ago, hypochondriac said:

I agree. With a different manager we would have gone down but with more points than we had. 

Where is the logic in that reply? 

[hypochondriac]

Just now, Charlie Wayman said:

Where is the logic in that reply? 

Because I have eyes and watched almost every game. We are clearly fitter this season for one thing, we sacrificed points here and there by sticking to the passing russball ideology. Hypothetically if we had had Pochettino in charge there's not a chance imo that we would have finished with so few points. 

[hypochondriac]

30 minutes ago, Chez said:

Seems strange that a side lacking wingers let's a winger go (this is compounded by the 'forced' retention of Diaz). You'd of thought Edozie would favour championship over a Belgium side, but perhaps I'm mistaken. My guess is Spors didn't rate him.

Yes could be right. Also that he hasn't got a guaranteed club to go to yet suggests he's been told to find somewhere else to play. Given how much in need to wingers we are for Still's style it does seem odd that we wouldn't play him until he finds somewhere else. 

[benjii]

34 minutes ago, Chez said:

Seems strange that a side lacking wingers let's a winger go (this is compounded by the 'forced' retention of Diaz). You'd of thought Edozie would favour championship over a Belgium side, but perhaps I'm mistaken. My guess is Spors didn't rate him.

On the plus side, Still clearly doesn't see BBD or Archer as a wide player, which is at least good news.

[benjii]

15 minutes ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

I thought Dibling came through as a AM player but Russell Martin stuck him out wide to fit him in the team?

I’d like to hope a wi her or two are on their way in.

Playing five at the back is just sacrificing an attacking option. I’d argue Fraser is a wide player, Adam Armstrong is better as a wide player too.

Agreed.

I also think that if we're going for a back 4, we could do with a disciplined holding midfielder, at least in some matches, as Charles and Downes both like to move forwards.

[Convict Colony]

11 hours ago, Lighthouse said:

System of a Down

The Kardashians

Lenovo Carrier Bag

These are the things I know about Armenia.

Andre Agassi and Cher as well

[gio1saints]

1 hour ago, Chez said:

Interesting that he suggests we can't play four at the back unless we have some wingers at the club but don't have any currently (with Edozie departing and Dibling unavailable at this moment). Sounds like if Dibling goes, we sign a winger, stay and be plays as a winger. No idea who fills the left side...Fraser?

I’d prefer to see Jay Robinson playing left wing even if he is more the archetypal inside forward that Will Still alludes to. 

IF Jay Robinson is playing - as he should - then a flat back four makes sense. A more defensively minded full back is more appropriate than a flying wingback given Jays skill set. That he got picked to play was correct - but the best structure to minimise the downsides of when he ( inevitably) gets dispossessed is with a full back who tends to be BEHIND him not flying off ahead of him leaving massive gaps behind. 

[Convict Colony]

5 hours ago, Saint_lambden said:

Gone quiet on Rudoni so hoping it’s no news is good news. I think the £15m price tag that would quoted the other day online is a tad optimistic though - Cov want more like £20m. 
 

Dibling is as per everyone knows. Everton not willing to meet his valuation so everyone at club thinks it’s best he keeps playing for us (like Fernandes is) for time being as otherwise we’re all losing out if no deal is close. Nothing new on Fernandes, nobody has come close to what we want so fingers crossed it stays that way. His agent is more keen for a move than he is, though Fernandes wouldn’t be against leaving if the right club comes along. 
 

Next priority on incomings once Spertsyan is done will be a winger. Heidenheim lad mentioned yesterday is high on the list, as is Fellows and Manneh in Sweden. Don't know who the preferred candidate is but I guess we’ll find out in the next week or so. 

I agree i'm just hoping my offer to motor boat sydney sweeney's tits is also like this

[Farmer Saint]

It's very simple, and been saying it for a while, nothing will happen until we shed some players. It's not all about the finances, it's about squad size. Aribo and Edozie need to move on before we bring in anyone else.

[Smirking_Saint]

2 minutes ago, Farmer Saint said:

It's very simple, and been saying it for a while, nothing will happen until we shed some players. It's not all about the finances, it's about squad size. Aribo and Edozie need to move on before we bring in anyone else.

Yeah I don’t disagree with this, and matches noise coming from the club, its not the fact we can’t afford them, its that we have too many bodies to accommodate 

[Kenilworthy59]

1 hour ago, Chez said:

How is it that David Brooks is off to championship wba one minute then starts for Bournemouth at Anfield the next? Was that transfer ever real? I'm a fan and wouldn't mind him returning, but seems very unlikely now.

The view from West Brom fans is that he failed the medical. Also Rudoni has been out and about in Leamington Spa and made it very clear he is not leaving Coventry.

[beatlesaint]

2 hours ago, Chez said:

How is it that David Brooks is off to championship wba one minute then starts for Bournemouth at Anfield the next? Was that transfer ever real? I'm a fan and wouldn't mind him returning, but seems very unlikely now.

I think the Cherry pips have a few injuries in midfield - Klivert and Christie to name two - so he's probably not in as first choice pick.