Summer Transfer Window 2025/26

[ErwinK1961]

56 minutes ago, Saint_lambden said:

Sales of 🇦🇲 flags in Southampton going to increase soon…✅ 

Not doubting you… but he doesn’t sound like someone who is about to imminently leave, plus he played tonight by sounds of it?

Edited 8 hours ago by ErwinK1961

[Turkish]

3 minutes ago, S-Clarke said:

Reminds me of the Gakpo situation, he stayed with PSV thereafter.

Not long til My G is looking fresh is Saints garms fam

[SNSUN]

2 minutes ago, ErwinK1961 said:

Not doubting you… but he doesn’t sound like someone who is about to leave, plus he played tonight by sounds of it?

Might as well use your assets while you still have them. 

[sockeye]

5 minutes ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

No one on this forum had probably heard of Spertsyan until maybe two weeks ago. 😂

Is that meant to be a bad thing? A scouting team at this level needs to unearth gems. It gets a bit boring seeing the same names being banded about.

[Saint Scott]

14 minutes ago, Tommy Mulgrew said:

An informed summary of the present situation:

https://sportaran.com/en/post/eduard-spercyan-i-transfer-2025-chto-stalo-s-klubami-interesovavshimisya-im/

 

10 minutes ago, S-Clarke said:

Reminds me of the Gakpo situation, he stayed with PSV thereafter.

Leeds in the race, Gakpo mentioned, Ramos with a late equaliser for PSG

Not again...

[CB Fry]

Interesting that Spertsyan has been managed by Daniel Farke before. Which may or may not be an advantage. He might think he's a right twat.

Quite a lot of noise now so let's hope this gets over the line. It’s pretty clear we can afford him fees and wages.

So what we are up against is him deciding to leave this summer or wait at his current club (like Gakpo did) or if a higher league club comes in last minute then we can't beat that. 

 

Edited 7 hours ago by CB Fry

[CB Fry]

Fingers crossed anyway. I'm booked in at the Tattooist tomorrow afternoon. Red blue yellow flag, right?

Edited 7 hours ago by CB Fry

[Holmes_and_Watson]

41 minutes ago, Tommy Mulgrew said:

An informed summary of the present situation:

https://sportaran.com/en/post/eduard-spercyan-i-transfer-2025-chto-stalo-s-klubami-interesovavshimisya-im/

Excellent article. Thanks for linking.

[Saintsarmy]

1 hour ago, Saint_lambden said:

Sales of 🇦🇲 flags in Southampton going to increase soon…✅ 

Your POC given some positive signals or just a hunch?… 👀

[Saint Scott]

49 minutes ago, Saint Scott said:

 

An accurate translation:

 

[Saint86]

1 hour ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

No one on this forum had probably heard of Spertsyan until maybe two weeks ago. 😂

Incorrect.

[Verbal]

53 minutes ago, CB Fry said:

Fingers crossed anyway. I'm booked in at the Tattooist tomorrow afternoon. Red blue yellow flag, right?

More orange, black and white, but it only really works if you do it Yakuza style. 

Edited 7 hours ago by Verbal
Checked with Christophe re correct colours

[Chez]

1 hour ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

No one on this forum had probably heard of Spertsyan until maybe two weeks ago. 😂

A month ago. Saint_lambden posted on the 11th July when it was first revealed by Armenian football that we'd made a bid.

[CSA96]

2 hours ago, S-Clarke said:

Reminds me of the Gakpo situation, he stayed with PSV thereafter.

Yeah, when I saw this latest run of updates I was feeling major Gakpo vibes from it

[chiknsmack]

3 hours ago, gio1saints said:

       Given Will’s current preference for 3 CB’s I’ve been trying to assess how Spertsyan fits into that kind of team - and where the rest go ( assuming MF stays but Tyler leaves).  Does behind a little and large front two look like the position for Spertsyan?               
 

                      Gavin.

      THB.       Stephens.  Quarshie 

                   Flynn.     Charles

Mateus.                                    Manning

                      Spertsyan(#10) 

                Armstrong. Downs.  

                         Bazunu

      Edwards       THB          Quarshie 

             Downes         Charles

  Dibling         Fernandes        Spertsyan

              Downs          Archer

 

That's a perfectly cromulent Premier League midfield with Robinson, Armstrong, and Smallbone as depth. Downs/Archer/Stewart building confidence in the Championship and handling the step up to the PL next season. Three young CBs also improving with experience. Ramsdale back from loan. Maybe three or four £30m new recruits. That's a side that wins a dozen games in the Prem rather than picking up a dozen points.

[Hamilton Saint]

1 hour ago, chiknsmack said:

     ...

             Downes         Charles

  Dibling         Fernandes        Spertsyan

              Downs          Archer

 

That's a perfectly cromulent Premier League midfield with Robinson, Armstrong, and Smallbone as depth. Downs/Archer/Stewart building confidence in the Championship and handling the step up to the PL next season. Three young CBs also improving with experience. Ramsdale back from loan. Maybe three or four £30m new recruits. That's a side that wins a dozen games in the Prem rather than picking up a dozen points.

Well, now, that's a new word for me. But research reveals this: " ... generally it is used to refer to something that isn't legit, but is being presented as legit." So, to use a cliche used here a lot (which I thought I would never stoop to using!), how very Saintsy!

Edited 3 hours ago by Hamilton Saint

[verlaine1979]

Not to be all Grandpa Simpson about it, but can we have a zero tolerance policy on referring to any Saints employee by their first name?

[chiknsmack]

57 minutes ago, Hamilton Saint said:

Well, now, that's a new word for me. But research reveals this: " ... generally it is used to refer to something that isn't legit, but is being presented as legit." So, to use a cliche used here a lot (which I thought I would never stoop to using!), how very Saintsy!

 

[bangkoksaint]

ES will join the long list of players ‘that might have been’. SR will then trot out the well trodden ‘we tried’ line. Nothing to see here……

[TheAlehouseBrawlers]

3 minutes ago, bangkoksaint said:

ES will join the long list of players ‘that might have been’. SR will then trot out the well trodden ‘we tried’ line. Nothing to see here……

It may very well turn out that the player and his agent are just using the SFC link to leverage a better deal at a higher level club, ala Gakpo. Annoying but understandable really, and little SR can do about that situation. 

We're clearly after him, reports suggest Will Still is an admirer, and Saint-lambden appears pretty reliable with his information.