Summer Transfer Window 2025/26

[ErwinK1961]

2 minutes ago, S-Clarke said:

Wasn't sure if he was 27 or 28, as i saw someone mention 28.

Sorry, just my bad humour trying to reignite the “he’s 28 until he’s 29” twitter argument

Edited Monday at 16:36 by ErwinK1961

[Charlie Wayman]

2 hours ago, Smirking_Saint said:

The more I look at the squad the more i think we need a reliable RB

Fraser is ok in a 5

But none of our options are good enough for a 4 back

I wonder if we could make a crafty bid for Kyle Walker Peters

[Lighthouse]

1 hour ago, gio1saints said:

2goals last season from 23 starts. He’s 49 years old- looks are deceptive. Will be playing African Nations Cup from December 25 until April 26 minimum. Then need a break. Won’t play in September cos of needing induction. Nor if it’s too cold in November either. Has got three words in English “ Where’s the money” . Aside from that looks like a sound purchase if only SuperSpirs can pull it off. He’s worth about £3m but hopefully we can pay £8m plus add ons. 😵‍💫

Guys, this is all my fault. I tried to order a new Bearsy from Temu.

[gio1saints]

If he’s played bundesliga recently then he must be extremely capable of playing bundesliga recently. ✅.This is a gewinnen gewinnen both ways. 😁. 

 

PS This is not serious it is just for fun. My fun I might add. 

[hypochondriac]

51 minutes ago, santolijador said:

I mean, he is 27, so not sure how much potential there is to be unlocked. But I'm not sure it matters - as you say, solid signing, good track record in Germany, 90 under his belt for Lens this season already, and in a position where we currently have very little depth. 

If this signing allows Still to play his preferred shape and improves squad depth, I'm all for it. 

I mean potential to do well in a new league. Always difficult to know how someone will adapt. 

[RedArmy]

19 minutes ago, gio1saints said:

If he’s played bundesliga recently then he must be extremely capable of playing bundesliga recently. ✅.This is a gewinnen gewinnen both ways. 😁. 

 

PS This is not serious it is just for fun. My fun I might add. 

What is your dealers number? 
 

Asking for a friend. 
 

 

[Wade Garrett]

1 hour ago, S-Clarke said:

He's a winger who was shipped out on loan by Lens last season to St Pauli, 7 goals and a couple of assists in the Bundesliga. He's not small for a winger, exactly the sort of profile Still would favour. He has played under still, but was mainly used as a sub in the season he had him.

Interesting option as he'd be known by Still and our scouts pretty well.

Probably another £3m signing.  Starting to feel a bit mugged off.

I don’t think he would improve our starting XI.

[Midfield_General]

1 hour ago, Turkish said:

ah another one of those jokes where you have to explain it. Gotcha

I’ll explain it.

The joke is that because he’s African he lies about his age, is greedy, is lazy, can’t speak English and can’t play in the cold. 

It’s pretty sophisticated stuff. 

[Turkish]

1 minute ago, Midfield_General said:

I’ll explain it.

The joke is that because he’s African he lies about his age, is greedy, is lazy, can’t speak English and can’t play in the cold. 

It’s pretty sophisticated stuff. 

Sounds very racist to me

[Miltonaggro]

54 minutes ago, Turkish said:

so he'll either be shit or shags his sister in law?

Hopefully both!

[Suhari]

1 hour ago, S-Clarke said:

Wasn't sure if he was 27 or 28, as i saw someone mention 28.

Is he Finnish?

[benjii]

2 hours ago, Bakovnetski said:

There was some suggestion that it could transgress some UEFA rule so just asking if this is any different or not

Maybe we'll get a ban from European competitions.

[Midfield_General]

1 hour ago, Turkish said:

Sounds very racist to me

You could also have had ignorant, unfunny, or just plain old thick as pigshit. Take your pick. 

[benjii]

At least he didnt say he's got a massive cock.

[Mr Brightside]

Got excited with all the activity on here we’d signed Spurtstain, only to find we’re linked with another player I’ve never heard of. Bit underwhelming, but hopefully something about him if Still wants him. Though is he any better than Edozie? And on that, do we know why he’s off, does he want to go or is he not part of the plans? Personally I think he’d have done well, I know everyone moans about his final ball but he could beat a player and thought he’d fit into the system. But then what do I know. 

[Dusic]

https://fbref.com/en/players/79b51257/scout/365_m1/Morgan-Guilavogui-Scouting-Report

Interesting looking at the percentile chart here, he is obviously a physical player who can be a goal threat from wide. Ranks highly for non pen goals and XG alongside off the ball metrics but very low for creative attributes like progressive passes and carries.

A very different profile from Spertsyan and Scienza.

If we can get Spertsyan he would in theory combine nicely with a more physical forward like Guilavogui and someone technical like Robinson behind a striker.

Way too early to judge anything yet, fhe last two weeks of the window are pretty much equivalent to the two months prior. As ever, judge after it shuts.

[Pat from Poole]

Damn these You Tube videos.

I am never watching another one, having been wowed by seeing Quarshie run 80 yards in 2 seconds.

Nowhere did it show that he couldn't control a ball or pass it 3 yards to a colleague.

[Pat from Poole]

1 hour ago, Wade Garrett said:

Probably another £3m signing.  Starting to feel a bit mugged off.

I don’t think he would improve our starting XI.

He sounds a bit like a cheap version of Tom Fellows (who is also quite tall).

[vectraman]

2 minutes ago, Pat from Poole said:

Damn these You Tube videos.

I am never watching another one, having been wowed by seeing Quarshie run 80 yards in 2 seconds.

Nowhere did it show that he couldn't control a ball or pass it 3 yards to a colleague.

Ahhh you looked at the highlights video. You need the lowlights video for the compare/contrast 😉

Be great if every player had a shit moments video too - really would be more telling and accurate than the selected highlights!

[LegalEagle]

34 minutes ago, benjii said:

At least he didnt say he's got a massive cock.

I wish someone would say that about me

[hypochondriac]

Hmm. All the Lens fans think he's shit. Not always an indicator but not the best sign. 

[AlexLaw76]

1 minute ago, hypochondriac said:

Hmm. All the Lens fans think he's shit. Not always an indicator but not the best sign. 

If this is the level we are signing, what a terrible window this is, and what crap job from Spors

[gio1saints]

43 minutes ago, Midfield_General said:

You could also have had ignorant, unfunny, or just plain old thick as pigshit. Take your pick. 

Have you been talking to my kids? 

[hypochondriac]

  3 hours ago, karldu91 said:

If Sage holds Guilavogui back…. I'm saying it now, I'm sorry in advance guys… because I'm going to be very, very annoying. More than usual 

I almost went into a coma when we exercised the counter-option to buy... at the time I told myself that it was perhaps because they had contacts to sell it more expensively elsewhere, I didn't see any other possible explanation...

 

Guilavogui's possible departure represents for me the perfect opportunity to turn the page on a certain type of player: those who have no technique. Missed controls, shots off target 9 times out of 10, repeated injuries...

 

No but it would make me laugh Guilavogui in Southampton, it's hilarious.

 

They thought they had Spertsyan and ended up with Guilavogui.

 

not exactly filling me with confidence 

[hypochondriac]

7 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said:

If this is the level we are signing, what a terrible window this is, and what crap job from Spors

Meanwhile Ipswich linked with 17-20 million pound wonder kid and Norwegian international. 

Edited Monday at 19:10 by hypochondriac

[S-Clarke]

2 minutes ago, hypochondriac said:

Meanwhile Ipswich linked with 17-20 million pound wonder kid. 

They've had a couple of their big sales done and dusted though, we're still hamstrung with a bloated squad and not huge amounts of money to invest.

I think we were expecting a big sale to fund some moves, it hasn't happened yet though. We don't have the money otherwise imo

[AlexLaw76]

1 minute ago, S-Clarke said:

They've had a couple of their big sales done and dusted though, we're still hamstrung with a bloated squad and not huge amounts of money to invest.

I think we were expecting a big sale to fund some moves, it hasn't happened yet though. We don't have the money otherwise imo

Yet Dragan stated week ago he sanctioned the purchase of 3 players (identified) not linked to any sales 

[lambtiss]

2 minutes ago, S-Clarke said:

They've had a couple of their big sales done and dusted though, we're still hamstrung with a bloated squad and not huge amounts of money to invest.

I think we were expecting a big sale to fund some moves, it hasn't happened yet though. We don't have the money otherwise imo

We could have £37.5 million pounds sitting in the bank from Everton for Dibling.

[S-Clarke]

Just now, AlexLaw76 said:

Yet Dragan stated week ago he sanctioned the purchase of 3 players (identified) not linked to any sales 

There's an element of squad management still required though. We need to get players out before we add.

Ipswich have their squad under a little more control. We created an absolute mess last year.

The next two weeks will be telling. I still think we'll make one big sale, and that's when the dominos will start to fall. 

[ErwinK1961]

2 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said:

Yet Dragan stated week ago he sanctioned the purchase of 3 players (identified) not linked to any sales 

Think it’s pretty obvious that’s meant to be Spertsyan and doesn’t need any sales to go through.

[AlexLaw76]

Just now, S-Clarke said:

There's an element of squad management still required though. We need to get players out before we add.

Ipswich have their squad under a little more control. We created an absolute mess last year.

The next two weeks will be telling. I still think we'll make one big sale, and that's when the dominos will start to fall. 

I get that, but when the owner was pretty specific about it, in public, you have to take him at face value

 

[hypochondriac]

7 minutes ago, S-Clarke said:

They've had a couple of their big sales done and dusted though, we're still hamstrung with a bloated squad and not huge amounts of money to invest.

I think we were expecting a big sale to fund some moves, it hasn't happened yet though. We don't have the money otherwise imo

Have they made much more than we have? I'm not sure they have. Delap they got much less for and I think they had to pay a sizable chunk of Hutchinson. Fair enough broadhead for 8.7 million but if we do lose Edozie and Aribo soonish we will probably be comparable. 

[Badger]

3 hours ago, CSA96 said:

 

Predictable.

22 hours ago, Badger said:

Don’t worry, we’ll find a dud to spend €10m on instead from another European league. 

 

[Appy]

5 minutes ago, hypochondriac said:

Have they made much more than we have? I'm not sure they have. Delap they got much less for and I think they had to pay a sizable chunk of Hutchinson. Fair enough broadhead for 8.7 million but if we do lose Edozie and Aribo soonish we will probably be comparable. 

They have so much more PSR wiggle room than us 

[AlexLaw76]

9 minutes ago, ErwinK1961 said:

and doesn’t need any sales to go through.

Exactly. People’s suggesting otherwise are just giving the club a metaphorical pass 

[sockeye]

4 hours ago, CSA96 said:

 

Young, hungry and GUARANTEED to improve

[hypochondriac]

3 minutes ago, Appy said:

They have so much more PSR wiggle room than us 

Yes I get that. I'm just frustrated I think by the lack of any movement in or out. If we lose our best players right at the last minute it's going to be pretty shit, particularly if we replace them with solid but  unspectacular stuff like this. 

Edited Monday at 19:29 by hypochondriac

[ErwinK1961]

3 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said:

Exactly. People’s suggesting otherwise are just giving the club a metaphorical pass 

I think it applies beyond the ‘three’ positions you referenced that Dragan mentioned.

[Osvaldorama]

Well… That is extremely underwhelming. 

 

[Badger]

1 hour ago, sockeye said:

Young, hungry and GUARANTEED to improve

Except he isn’t young even. At 27/28 he should be at his peak and established. Seems to have had a mediocre career to date. 
 

Potentially a signing we’ll end up cursing as not being able to shift in a years time. 

Edited Monday at 20:33 by Badger

[Turkish]

18 minutes ago, S-Clarke said:

There's an element of squad management still required though. We need to get players out before we add.

Ipswich have their squad under a little more control. We created an absolute mess last year.

The next two weeks will be telling. I still think we'll make one big sale, and that's when the dominos will start to fall. 

I thought we were told we signed our squad last year for this year?

[Matthew Le God]

14 minutes ago, Osvaldorama said:

Well… That is extremely underwhelming. 

A Championship club signing a wide player with 6 Bundesliga goals in 25 games last season isn't underwhelming. We aren't in the Premier League,  so such a player isn't underwhelming any more.

Edited Monday at 19:47 by Matthew Le God

[Holmes_and_Watson]

43 minutes ago, Pat from Poole said:

Damn these You Tube videos.

I am never watching another one, having been wowed by seeing Quarshie run 80 yards in 2 seconds.

Probably a good time to point out the Playback Speed option on YouTube. 🙂

[Turkish]

1 minute ago, Matthew Le God said:

A Championship club signing a wide player with 6 Bundesliga goals in 25 games last season isn't underwhelming. 

Remember how you confidently predicted Baz was going to be a great glovesman for us because he’d played 7 times for Ireland……

[AlexLaw76]

3 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

A Championship club signing a wide player with 6 Bundesliga goals in 25 games last season isn't underwhelming. 

He will alright at best, after a 'period' of settling in, with fans saying 'what do you expect, this is a new environment for him'.

Whilst we wait, we are stuck playing like Tony Pulis' Stoke, with at least 5 defenders on the pitch.

 

[sockeye]

He could be our very own Jude Bellingham. Certainly has the look of him

[Toussaint]

4 hours ago, CSA96 said:

Is... everything okay at home?

Chianti 

[egg]

25 minutes ago, S-Clarke said:

They've had a couple of their big sales done and dusted though, we're still hamstrung with a bloated squad and not huge amounts of money to invest.

I think we were expecting a big sale to fund some moves, it hasn't happened yet though. We don't have the money otherwise imo

Yep. I'm not sure why people feel we'll be adding to a 31 man playing squad. We need to shift a number of players to free up capital to invest, and wages. 

Dibling was plainly the big one to go, that hasn't happened, so here we are looking through the windows in €10 alley. 

[Holmes_and_Watson]

1 hour ago, benjii said:

At least he didnt say he's got a massive cock.

 

41 minutes ago, LegalEagle said:

I wish someone would say that about me

That Legaleagle's a bit of a massive cock, isn't he?

There you go. 🙂

[trousers]

1 hour ago, benjii said:

At least he didnt say he's got a massive cock.

 

43 minutes ago, LegalEagle said:

I wish someone would say that about me

You're a massive cock

(Now, where did I put my reading glasses....?)