Summer Transfer Window 2025/26

[sockeye]

5 hours ago, AlexLaw76 said:

 Could he bring about a 9/10 transfer window?

Even Rusty managed to do that, it’s a low bar.

[qwertyell]

2 hours ago, Convict Colony said:

Random question what's the physicality and technique of the Russian league ? 

Any comparable leagues ?

Answering my own question, seems cross between Turkish and Belgium top divisions.

Lot of brick shithouses who would kill a guy without blinking, probably.

I'm basing this opinion entirely on Rocky IV. 

[egg]

38 minutes ago, benjii said:

No idea, but if they're saying a net "salary" of EUR 1,900,000 then grossed up it's something like 3,100,000. In GBP that's around 2,700,000, or 52k a week gross. I can't see us committing to that sort of wage in the Champ.

I think it's entirely possible. It's probably a million or so a year more than we'd want to pay at this level, but for a player who'll make a difference, it seems a relatively small price. 

[Badger]

4 minutes ago, qwertyell said:

Lot of brick shithouses who would kill a guy without blinking, probably.

I'm basing this opinion entirely on Rocky IV. 

Especially central defenders who carry poisoned umbrellas onto the pitch. 

[Harry_SFC]

6 minutes ago, egg said:

I think it's entirely possible. It's probably a million or so a year more than we'd want to pay at this level, but for a player who'll make a difference, it seems a relatively small price. 

When you think that McCarthy was on £60k it seems perfectly reasonable to me. 

[Holmes_and_Watson]

3 minutes ago, Badger said:

Especially central defenders who carry poisoned umbrellas onto the pitch. 

On sale at only £18 in the club shop (toxins/isotopes extra)

https://store.southamptonfc.com/souvenirs/souvenirs/matchday/3046_saints-tempest-umbrella.html

[Matthew Le God]

7 minutes ago, Harry_SFC said:

When you think that McCarthy was on £60k it seems perfectly reasonable to me. 

Not in the Championship 

[egg]

1 minute ago, Matthew Le God said:

Not in the Championship 

I doubt you're privy to salary details mate. 

The point isn't what McCarthy was paid anyway, it's what we're willing to pay a stellar signing. 

[Matthew Le God]

4 minutes ago, egg said:

I doubt you're privy to salary details mate. 

The players had a 40% wage drop clause after relegation. Do you really think McCarthy was on £100k per week in the Premier League?

Edited 4 hours ago by Matthew Le God

[Harry_SFC]

8 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

Not in the Championship 

I think you missed the point, as usual.

[Matthew Le God]

1 minute ago, Harry_SFC said:

I think you missed the point, as usual.

Which point do you think was missed that my point did not counter?

[Turkish]

9 hours ago, SuperSAINT said:

 

Just watched Leicester v Wednesday. He looks very good, a bit on the small side but made some decent saves 

[Turkish]

1 hour ago, Saint Neil said:

He absolutely cooked in the game earlier v Orenburg

1 Shot 0.05 xG

16/20 (80%) passes

39 touches 1 in opposition box

1/1 (100%) successful dribbles

Overall 7.6 rating

Sick numbers bro

[egg]

4 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

The players had a 40% wage drop clause after relegation. Do you really think McCarthy was on £100k per week in the Premier League?

I couldn't give a monkeys mate. 

The issue was do I think we'd pay a new signing close to £60K pw in the championship. For a promotion push, I do.

I won't ask your view as you'll go off at a tangent and I haven't got all night. 

[Saint86]

1 minute ago, Turkish said:

Just watched Leicester v Wednesday. He looks very good, a bit on the small side but made some decent saves 

Agreed. A lot to like there. £8M seems a lot given the state Wednesday are in, should be able to get it done cheaper than that - or at least you'd like to think so.

[egg]

1 minute ago, Turkish said:

Just watched Leicester v Wednesday. He looks very good, a bit on the small side but made some decent saves 

Didn't watch, but does he give anything more than Baz could give on a good day?

[Turkish]

1 minute ago, egg said:

Didn't watch, but does he give anything more than Baz could give on a good day?

Difficult to tell on one viewing but he seems to react a lot quicker than Baz. Baz seems to go down in installments whereas he made two very good diving reaction saves, nothing he could do about either goal. He’s small And looked about 16 though 😂

[egg]

Just now, Turkish said:

Difficult to tell on one viewing but he seems to react a lot quicker than Baz. Baz seems to go down in installments whereas he made two very good diving reaction saves, nothing he could do about either goal. He’s small And looked about 16 though 😂

Cheers. You've highlighted one of the Baz issues for me. Good keepers have decent reactions, and great keepers have decent anticipation. Baz (usually) doesn't do well on either front. 

This lad sounds interesting. 

[egg]

8 minutes ago, Saint86 said:

Agreed. A lot to like there. £8M seems a lot given the state Wednesday are in, should be able to get it done cheaper than that - or at least you'd like to think so.

I don't  think it's our style to lowball a club because we know that they're in a mess, and personally I wouldn't want us to be that sort of club. If we want him, pay what he's worth, not how little we can squeeze a struggling club to accept. 

[Badger]

7 minutes ago, egg said:

Cheers. You've highlighted one of the Baz issues for me. Good keepers have decent reactions, and great keepers have decent anticipation. Baz (usually) doesn't do well on either front. 

This lad sounds interesting. 

But … we need a GK this season, now. Not another to add to the investment portfolio for 3 or 4 years time. 

[Saint86]

20 minutes ago, egg said:

Cheers. You've highlighted one of the Baz issues for me. Good keepers have decent reactions, and great keepers have decent anticipation. Baz (usually) doesn't do well on either front. 

This lad sounds interesting. 

Have they paid us for Shea's loan yet?

Any money we give to wednesday is ultimately money chansiri pockets when he sells (at a loss regardless), same guy that publically went after saints and declared war on us. I've got nothing but sympathy for Wednesday fans - but they are going down, will be sold (they are too big a club to fail), and will likely wind up in administration at some point along the way - my sympathy doesn't stretch so far as to helping their sleezeball owner hang on any longer or getting any more money than needs be. We also aren't a charity, and don't need to be doing any more mara deals.

Edited 4 hours ago by Saint86

[Maggie May]

30 minutes ago, Turkish said:

Just watched Leicester v Wednesday. He looks very good, a bit on the small side but made some decent saves 

He’s definitely put himself in the shop window. If we’re interested, hopefully linking up with Shea will swing it.

[chivvy]

I just saw a other Bazunu.. 

No better.

[Holmes_and_Watson]

2 minutes ago, Maggie May said:

He’s definitely put himself in the shop window. If we’re interested, hopefully linking up with Shea will swing it.

Although having that big perspex window in front of him, did make it easier for him to look decent. 🙂

His size and physicality reminded me a lot of Baz, really. He did fine with his stopping, but then I know I look at Baz's reactions a lot more, so I might be harsher on him, than a brief glance of Charles.

[Chez]

45 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

The players had a 40% wage drop clause after relegation. Do you really think McCarthy was on £100k per week in the Premier League?

There was a lot of talk of him being on £90k in the PL. Whether that is true, who knows, but our wage bill was £114m at one point, so we were paying some of the players a fair chunk.

[Football Special]

4 hours ago, Convict Colony said:

Random question what's the physicality and technique of the Russian league ? 

Any comparable leagues ?

Answering my own question, seems cross between Turkish and Belgium top divisions.

It's been a market we've done well in before, that nipper Sergei Gotsmanov was a great signing 

[saintant]

1 hour ago, egg said:

I think it's entirely possible. It's probably a million or so a year more than we'd want to pay at this level, but for a player who'll make a difference, it seems a relatively small price. 

Agree, if you want these type of game changing players you have to pay big. Alternatively SR can continue doing what they always do and we'll never progress. This deal is sounding like it'll be this season's Cody Gakpo.

Edited 3 hours ago by saintant

[Raging Bull]

1 hour ago, Turkish said:

Baz seems to go down in installments

Sounds like my wife

[Give it to Ron]

House latest is no bid gone in from us so looks like agent playing games in the press.

🚨 @AlfieHouseEcho on links to Eduard Spertsyan: “The club keep telling me that they don’t think a bid has gone in. They’re not sure where it’s coming from. It could be hot air, it could be a smokescreen. I’ve not heard anything about it.” #saintsfc @TotalSaintsPod

[trousers]

8 minutes ago, Give it to Ron said:

House latest is no bid gone in from us so looks like agent playing games in the press.

🚨 @AlfieHouseEcho on links to Eduard Spertsyan: “The club keep telling me that they don’t think a bid has gone in. They’re not sure where it’s coming from. It could be hot air, it could be a smokescreen. I’ve not heard anything about it.” #saintsfc @TotalSaintsPod

Odd way of wording it... Surely the club know for sure whether or not they've put a bid in or not...?!

[Barsiem]

5 minutes ago, trousers said:

Odd way of wording it... Surely the club know for sure whether or not they've put a bid in or not...?!

Yeah it is worded weirdly... I'm guessing he means his contacts at the club are saying no bid has gone in, but maybe their contact doesn't know all market activity Saints are engaged in?

[Matthew Le God]

12 minutes ago, trousers said:

Odd way of wording it... Surely the club know for sure whether or not they've put a bid in or not...?!

The club media team Alfie House has his contacts with wouldn't know everything the recruitment department is doing.

[Dusic]

No point making an official offer until the player has decided he wants the move.

Would also be a pointless "smokescreen" because it hasnt been reported anywhere in the mainstream media here.

Edited 2 hours ago by Dusic

[SuperSAINT]

It’s such a random link.  Also, you would’ve thought Alfie etc would’ve shut it down by now.

[Pat from Poole]

20 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

The club media team Alfie House has his contacts with wouldn't know everything the recruitment department is doing.

How do you know?

[Dusic]

I think in the end he will stay at Krasnodar, where he has been all through the youth setup, and probably sign a new contract there.

[Matthew Le God]

Just now, Pat from Poole said:

How do you know?

Because there is no need for the media department to know everything the recruitment department is doing. They know what the recruitment department tell them they need to know.

[Pat from Poole]

2 hours ago, egg said:

I don't  think it's our style to lowball a club because we know that they're in a mess, and personally I wouldn't want us to be that sort of club. If we want him, pay what he's worth, not how little we can squeeze a struggling club to accept. 

Sadly alas this is true.

Paying over £10 million to (skint) Bordeaux for Sekou Mara was the height of philanthropy.

[Pat from Poole]

1 minute ago, Matthew Le God said:

Because there is no need for the media department to know everything the recruitment department is doing. They know what the recruitment department tell them they need to know.

How do you know?

[revolution saint]

38 minutes ago, trousers said:

Odd way of wording it... Surely the club know for sure whether or not they've put a bid in or not...?!

From what I can gather, half the time the bids are third parties purporting to represent clubs.  They'll try to make a deal and cut themselves a healthy chunk in the process.

[Lighthouse]

46 minutes ago, trousers said:

Odd way of wording it... Surely the club know for sure whether or not they've put a bid in or not...?!

It's not that odd really. My GF frequently tells me she's not sure whether it's gone in or not.

[Verbal]

48 minutes ago, trousers said:

Odd way of wording it... Surely the club know for sure whether or not they've put a bid in or not...?!

Be honest, do you know if you locked your windows before you left the house?

[Nolan]

Spertsyan plays for a Russian Club. 

Due to sanctions, you can't just put a bid in for a player.

Are there ways to get a player from Krosnador?

Well PSG managed it, but they are under EU law and we're under UK law so there may be differences.

[Toussaint]

39 minutes ago, Pat from Poole said:

How do you know?

Because he is “the God” the clue is in the name.

[SuperSAINT]

39 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

Because there is no need for the media department to know everything the recruitment department is doing. They know what the recruitment department tell them they need to know.

Sometimes his source might not be the media department 🥷 

[Ex Lion Tamer]

9 minutes ago, SuperSAINT said:

Sometimes his source might not be the media department 🥷 

I think MLG has put forward the most likely explanation here, to be honest. Any time Alfie House has a rumour that he's trying to clarify, he will go to the media team as his first point of contact. There's no real need to try to stand this one up with a more illicit source

Edited 1 hour ago by Ex Lion Tamer

[skintsaint]

48 minutes ago, Dusic said:

I think in the end he will stay at Krasnodar, where he has been all through the youth setup, and probably sign a new contract there.

Yeah we have never lost anyone coming through our youth setup who left for more money etc.

[pimpin4rizeal]

3 hours ago, egg said:

Didn't watch, but does he give anything more than Baz could give on a good day?

Baz made a good save yesterday and has looked ok in pre season but I think it’s a bit blinkered to be putting utter confidence in him as our number one this season . I mean he had worse save stats with us for two years running and  wasn’t great on loan either .every one thinking he was terrible was for a reason .Just seems a unnecessary gamble and I would hundred percent been trying to get johansson if it was down to me .

[macca155]

The noise around Spertsyan feels like Saints are being used. He's clearly a good player, but the situation is obviously complicated. 

Sounds like the Gakpo deal. Saints being used as a feasibility study. If it looks like a deal could be achieved, watch a Prem club nip in and hijack the deal.

If Saints do manage to sign him, it will show real intent. Good luck to the negotiation team.

[Saintsarmy]

On 09/08/2025 at 22:41, Saint_lambden said:

Know nothing more than what's been reported really - trying to agree personal terms with him and we're confident if that happens we'll agree a deal with Krasnodar. Bizare that it seems to be that way around so often nowadays but such is the game. 

Possible for your connection to double check and confirm? Just finished listening to the TSP and Alfie’s comments are interesting that the club are not sure of it! Wonder if it’s just his agent trying to drum up some interest maybe?