Summer Transfer Window 2025/26

[Badger]

43 minutes ago, ally_uk said:

Massive week ahead. Enough messing about, time for signings who hit the ground running.

Start with the keeper: Mathew Ryan on a free

Midfield Depth:  ( Sign One ) 

Brownhill / Romeu / Harrison Reed 

Number 10:  Finn Azaz 

Winger:  David Brooks ( Loan )

               Rak-Sakyi ( Loan ) 

               Hakim Ziyech ( ambitious )

Forward:  Mitrovic / Ings / Sargent 

Ings avaliable on a free,before the moaners pipe up, a way better natrual finisher compared to any of our strikers...... 

Knowing us we will get we tried to get players in but have decided to take a punt of some German 3rd division lad. 

 

 

 

 

I’m hoping we show some ambition with the players we look to bring in. Of your list Azaz and Sargent fall within that category. 
 

Ziyech - totally unrealistic. Isn’t Brownhill after an EPL move ?

GK : someone better than Bazunu is needed if we’re serious about a promotion challenge.
 

But I’m sure I’ll be disappointed. 

[Saint NL]

4 minutes ago, Appy said:

All Saints? 
 

I Never Ever trust them 

That's water under the bridge, mate

[Badger]

7 minutes ago, Gloucester Saint said:

 

Appy’s hunch on Harrison Reed not a bad one, certainly need another CM who fits Still’s system as and when Smallbone and/or Aribo shift on.  

Are Fulham particularly flush with MF players though to let him leave ? Thought I read that they’d lost a couple this summer and Silva was moaning  about a limited squad. Not sure that would see them release another one so easily 

Edited Sunday at 21:28 by Badger

[Smirking_Saint]

2 minutes ago, Gloucester Saint said:

Can’t see Brownhill going south to us or east to Ipswich either. Sheff Utd linked but a basket case and Wrexham apparently bulked at the signing on fee and seem to have switched focus to Will Smallbone instead with Saints ‘happy’ to let him go (House).

Has the hallmarks of a final day signing by Brum, although he won’t be competitively fit until late September. Everton have been crying out for signings but even they don’t think the signing on fee is worth it.

Appy’s hunch on Harrison Reed not a bad one, certainly need another CM who fits Still’s system as and when Smallbone and/or Aribo shift on.  

If we keep Fernandes Im not convinced we’ll sign another CM anyway, atleast not a starter, maybe grab a youngster but we also have Sesay there

I think it seems like Azaz could be getting done soon, Spertsyan is dead in the water, so that leaves a winger of which Id be happy with Brooks on loan or perhaps the Italian guy looks promising

Ive said before its a real difficult balancing act, and thats not letting them off because they’ve also been shit…. But if we dropped say 20m+ on Sargeant, he’d probably fire us out of the division but then is unlikely to be good enough in the prem, and so we then have to buy again with less PSR wiggle room, maybe we shouldn’t of gambled on Downs I guess

Not sure what’s the best solution here

[Smirking_Saint]

9 minutes ago, Badger said:

I’m hoping we show some ambition with the players we look to bring in. Of your list Azaz and Sargent fall within that category. 
 

Ziyech - totally unrealistic. Isn’t Brownhill after an EPL move ?

GK : someone better than Bazunu is needed if we’re serious about a promotion challenge.
 

But I’m sure I’ll be disappointed. 

We definitely don’t need to replace Bazunu to be competitive, he’s shown enough for me to be good enough

We desperately need a winger, no.10 and maybe a LB… potentially a CM if we lose MF

[lambtiss]

2 minutes ago, Smirking_Saint said:

We definitely don’t need to replace Bazunu to be competitive, he’s shown enough for me to be good enough

We desperately need a winger, no.10 and maybe a LB… potentially a CM if we lose MF

I think we need a good number 9

[Badger]

1 minute ago, Smirking_Saint said:

We definitely don’t need to replace Bazunu to be competitive, he’s shown enough for me to be good enough

We desperately need a winger, no.10 and maybe a LB… potentially a CM if we lose MF

This has been done to death. You may be in a minority with that view. I think Bazunu is a liability, you disagree. No need to reawaken the debate, we have to agree to disagree on that.

Agree with you about other positions. A CF would be good too, but having coughed up on Downs we probably won’t be signing another. 

[Smirking_Saint]

4 minutes ago, lambtiss said:

I think we need a good number 9

I don’t disagree., just can’t see it happening 

[Smirking_Saint]

1 minute ago, Badger said:

This has been done to death. You may be in a minority with that view. I think Bazunu is a liability, you disagree. No need to reawaken the debate, we have to agree to disagree on that.

Agree with you about other positions. A CF would be good too, but having coughed up on Downs we probably won’t be signing another. 

Not going to debate him, thats fair and we can disagree

My thoughts are;

- If we sign a keeper now we’ll probably have to replace again in prem plus technically Ramsdale may return

- I think squad wise we have further glaring issues that have to be addressed before sorting the GK

Obviously if Johansson is available for 2m then ok, its an option but we’ll still have McCarthy and Baz on sizeable wages likely hurting PSR

[Badger]

20 minutes ago, Smirking_Saint said:

Not going to debate him, thats fair and we can disagree

My thoughts are;

- If we sign a keeper now we’ll probably have to replace again in prem plus technically Ramsdale may return

- I think squad wise we have further glaring issues that have to be addressed before sorting the GK

Obviously if Johansson is available for 2m then ok, its an option but we’ll still have McCarthy and Baz on sizeable wages likely hurting PSR

This would be my hope, at £2m it would be a major investment in a promotion challenge.

Fair points re Ramsdale (although I don’t expect him back) and PSR. 

[saintant]

Wouldn't want Harrison Reed. Another midfielder who creates little is not what we need at this time. We need ones who can unlock defences, carry the ball, beat opponents and pick up clever pockets of space between the lines. We have enough who can't do this so don't need another.

[Appy]

1 minute ago, saintant said:

Wouldn't want Harrison Reed. Another midfielder who creates little is not what we need at this time. We need ones who can unlock defences, carry the ball, beat opponents and pick up clever pockets of space between the lines. We have enough who can't do this so don't need another.

We don’t have enough players who can break up play at all, we looked so open yesterday. Of course we need creative players too, but a tenacious midfielder is a must in my opinion, especially if Downes struggles like he did against Stoke. 

[Verbal]

2 hours ago, trousers said:

7 days, 21 hours, 43 minutes, and 19 seconds until the window SLAMS shut... Tick tock...

Soz re my OCD but do people really slam windows? I do that in my place and the cat has a new escape route. 

[ErwinK1961]

7 minutes ago, Appy said:

We don’t have enough players who can break up play at all, we looked so open yesterday. Of course we need creative players too, but a tenacious midfielder is a must in my opinion, especially if Downes struggles like he did against Stoke. 

Spot on.

[ErwinK1961]

18 minutes ago, Badger said:

This would be my hope, at £2m it would be a major investment in a promotion challenge.

Fair points re Ramsdale (although I don’t expect him back) and PSR. 

Where has this £2m come from? Why would Stoke have signed him for c. £1m then put a release clause in his contract for £2m.

[Saint Fan CaM]

5 minutes ago, Appy said:

We don’t have enough players who can break up play at all, we looked so open yesterday. Of course we need creative players too, but a tenacious midfielder is a must in my opinion, especially if Downes struggles like he did against Stoke. 

There may be a case to be had that Downes and Charles struggle because they’re being asked to do too much in midfield because of the coaches insistence in using every fucking CB on our books in every game. Go back four - play a three or even four in midfield with either one dropping deep if the other plays forward to protect the CB’s - problem solved.

[Saint Fan CaM]

13 minutes ago, saintant said:

Wouldn't want Harrison Reed. Another midfielder who creates little is not what we need at this time. We need ones who can unlock defences, carry the ball, beat opponents and pick up clever pockets of space between the lines. We have enough who can't do this so don't need another.

Makes me laugh this - Reed is (or was) a cut above the current dross we’ve seen in the squad. Think back to his lung busting run and superb pass to assist Long’s winning goal against Liverpool. It’s another example of how successive seasons have seen a significant drop in squad quality and fans forgetting how past players were actually better than they were thought of at the time. It’s the old case of be careful what you wish for I guess.

[Appy]

7 minutes ago, Saint Fan CaM said:

There may be a case to be had that Downes and Charles struggle because they’re being asked to do too much in midfield because of the coaches insistence in using every fucking CB on our books in every game. Go back four - play a three or even four in midfield with either one dropping deep if the other plays forward to protect the CB’s - problem solved.

Definitely, when we do move to a back four, even more reason to bring in another midfielder. 
 

Especially as Smallbone and Aribo look to be off, numbers are sparse. 

[austsaint]

2 minutes ago, Saint Fan CaM said:

Makes me laugh this - Reed is (or was) a cut above the current dross we’ve seen in the squad. Think back to his lung busting run and superb pass to assist Long’s winning goal against Liverpool. It’s another example of how successive seasons have seen a significant drop in squad quality and fans forgetting how past players were actually better than they were thought of at the time. It’s the old case of be careful what you wish for I guess.

Don’t you mean Josh Sims - making the run and setting up Long.     Have always rated Harrison Reed though;  thought he was the equal of JWP, dead ball delivery aside, and he’d be an asset as a holding mid.

[leeham_69]

18 minutes ago, Saint Fan CaM said:

Makes me laugh this - Reed is (or was) a cut above the current dross we’ve seen in the squad. Think back to his lung busting run and superb pass to assist Long’s winning goal against Liverpool. It’s another example of how successive seasons have seen a significant drop in squad quality and fans forgetting how past players were actually better than they were thought of at the time. It’s the old case of be careful what you wish for I guess.

Very funny to talk about other people forgetting things when you have the wrong player 😆

[trousers]

2 hours ago, AlexLaw76 said:

 

Send in an another offer "over the next two days"?! Don't the club realise that everyone works around the clock in the lead up to the window SLAMMING shut? Get it done already FFS!

[Disco Stu]

Dele Alli is our saviour.

[Saint Fan CaM]

57 minutes ago, austsaint said:

Don’t you mean Josh Sims - making the run and setting up Long.     Have always rated Harrison Reed though;  thought he was the equal of JWP, dead ball delivery aside, and he’d be an asset as a holding mid.

Yep, you’re right, I’m wrong. Point still stands - Reed (and Sims) better than what we have now.

43 minutes ago, leeham_69 said:

Very funny to talk about other people forgetting things when you have the wrong player 😆

Well good for you numb nuts. 🙄

[Osvaldorama]

5 hours ago, Lighthouse said:

Archer had two half season loans in the Championship, scoring 7 and 11 goals respectively. As luck would have it, those 18 goals came in exactly the same number of appearances (40) as Adams made two years ago. Stewart scored 10 in 13 league games before his injury. I’m not expecting that now but he clearly knows how to score. Then there’s BBD, who’s averaged 18 goals a season in his last two full Championship campaigns.

 

So given that all three of those players have individually outscored Che Adams’ rate of 16 goals a season, I am willing to indulge the ‘delusion’ that they might be capable of five goals each this campaign to put them in the same ballpark, collectively.

Nah, sorry you’ve had an absolute mare here. Ridiculous post 

[Lard]

1 hour ago, trousers said:

Send in an another offer "over the next two days"?! Don't the club realise that everyone works around the clock in the lead up to the window SLAMMING shut? Get it done already FFS!

I’d seriously question the fellas commitment if he foolishly left Boro for our basket case of a club. 

[Saint_lambden]

1 hour ago, Lard said:

I’d seriously question the fellas commitment if he foolishly left Boro for our basket case of a club. 

You do realise Middlesbrough are now in their 9th consecutive season in the Championship? 

[benjii]

5 hours ago, saintant said:

Wouldn't want Harrison Reed. Another midfielder who creates little is not what we need at this time. We need ones who can unlock defences, carry the ball, beat opponents and pick up clever pockets of space between the lines. We have enough who can't do this so don't need another.

We need a proper defensive midfielder as we don't have one. Charles and Downes don't want to sit. Plus Downes has zero discipline and is often injured so will miss a load of games 

[benjii]

5 hours ago, Saint Fan CaM said:

Makes me laugh this - Reed is (or was) a cut above the current dross we’ve seen in the squad. Think back to his lung busting run and superb pass to assist Long’s winning goal against Liverpool. 

Ummmm.....

[lambtiss]

7 hours ago, Verbal said:

Soz re my OCD but do people really slam windows? I do that in my place and the cat has a new escape route. 

Are you MLG in disguise ....

[Saint86]

Checking in sporadically whilst on holiday to consistently read there is no news.

We're either having an absolute mare this window, or leaving it to the last minute, or a combination of the 2.

Still needs to use what he's got player wise as well - edozie is an available winger for starters. With him, Fraser, and Robinson, he's at least got enough players to start with a 4231 formation in matches - we don't have to stick to this unbalanced 5 at the back.

[Football Special]

7 hours ago, trousers said:

Send in an another offer "over the next two days"?! Don't the club realise that everyone works around the clock in the lead up to the window SLAMMING shut? Get it done already FFS!

It's a bank Holiday weekend ffs, I'm sure our recruitment team are enjoying a well earned rest

[Weston Super Saint]

4 minutes ago, Football Special said:

It's a bank Holiday weekend ffs, I'm sure our recruitment team are enjoying a well earned rest

Rightly so, hopefully basking in their current glory.

[Matthew Le God]

7 hours ago, Saint Fan CaM said:

Point still stands - Reed (and Sims) better than what we have now.

Josh Sims is playing non league football in the 5th tier. He isn't remotely close to being better than what we have now.

[Weston Super Saint]

5 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

Josh Sims is playing non league football in the 5th tier. He isn't remotely close to being better than what we have now.

If he's playing, that's markedly better than Stewart isn't it?

[tdmickey3]

 

Incomings

[Sparkkyy]

3 minutes ago, Weston Super Saint said:

If he's playing, that's markedly better than Stewart isn't it?

Scored in a 2-1 win for Yeovil the other night. The fact that he found the net means he’s better than what we currently have.

[Football Special]

15 minutes ago, Weston Super Saint said:

Rightly so, hopefully basking in their current glory.

I actually saw Spors in B&Q yesterday trying to decide on a paint colour to choose , he'd sent a few examples to his mate Rasmus and was waiting for a call back 

[Toussaint]

13 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

Josh Sims is playing non league football in the 5th tier. He isn't remotely close to being better than what we have now.

Those two things aren’t necessarily mutually exclusive. 

[ally_uk]

3 hours ago, benjii said:

We need a proper defensive midfielder as we don't have one. Charles and Downes don't want to sit. Plus Downes has zero discipline and is often injured so will miss a load of games 

Romeu on a free job done...... 

[Lard]

5 hours ago, Saint_lambden said:

You do realise Middlesbrough are now in their 9th consecutive season in the Championship? 

And the trajectory we appear to be still on from last season, he’d be lucky to remain in the Championship. 
And it’s not an upward trajectory. 

[Weston Super Saint]

8 minutes ago, ally_uk said:

Romeu on a free job done...... 

Then we can bring back the Romeo done video.

[UpweySaint]

6 minutes ago, Lard said:

And the trajectory we appear to be still on from last season, he’d be lucky to remain in the Championship. 
And it’s not an upward trajectory. 

Give me strength. We’ve lost one game. One. The season has barely started and the transfer window isn’t over yet. Are Ipswich doomed too? Honestly so much OTT nonsense this weekend. Enjoy the bank holiday, relax - we’ll go again next weekend.

[Weston Super Saint]

4 minutes ago, UpweySaint said:

Give me strength. We’ve lost one game. One. The season has barely started and the transfer window isn’t over yet. Are Ipswich doomed too? Honestly so much OTT nonsense this weekend. Enjoy the bank holiday, relax - we’ll go again next weekend.

Has Tuesday been cancelled?

[Toussaint]

36 minutes ago, Football Special said:

It's a bank Holiday weekend ffs, I'm sure our recruitment team are enjoying a well earned rest

 Not true, my sources tell me they have split into two working groups. One group is playing FIFA for 24 hours and the other playing FM. They know the answers are in there somewhere. Meanwhile, Rasmus is rewatching every Tony Robbins video, leaving no inspirational stone unturned. MLG is also on standby. 

[Saint Fan CaM]

4 hours ago, benjii said:

Ummmm.....

Yeah ok…my bad. Note to self - don’t drink heavily during a game then try posting rationally on a forum. 😬

Edited Monday at 08:14 by Saint Fan CaM

[saintant]

1 hour ago, Football Special said:

It's a bank Holiday weekend ffs, I'm sure our recruitment team are enjoying a well earned rest

I'd like to hope they have a number of deals in place waiting for the Dibling money to be available plus whatever we get for Fernandes who, if he is going, gets transferred early this week rather than it dragging on leaving us little time to recruit. This is a massive 8 days for the club and, for once, they need to get it right. Can't say they give me loads of confidence but fingers crossed.

[Paul_B]

57 minutes ago, tdmickey3 said:

 

Incomings

That would be more effective than Downs in front of goal

[Osvaldorama]

1 hour ago, Football Special said:

It's a bank Holiday weekend ffs, I'm sure our recruitment team are enjoying a well earned rest

Bold of you to assume we have a recruitment team. 
 

I am actually ITK on this, and our recruitment isn’t done by a team. It’s done by an innovative mixture of blindfolded pin the tail on the donkey & a raffle. 

[Saint Fan CaM]

1 minute ago, Paul_B said:

That would be more effective than Downs in front of goal

More movement than any of our strikers in front of goal.

[coalman]

1 hour ago, tdmickey3 said:

 

Incomings

What you can't see is our goal is off the left hand side of the screen.