Summer Transfer Window 2025/26

[goodymatt]

🤯🤯
According to Ivan Karpov's reporter,

Southampton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 has made an offer to Krasnodar 🇷🇺 for $18 million for Eduard Spertsyan

[SWLondon Saint]

10 minutes ago, Chez said:

The valuations are completely different. We see a rare talent that could possibly play at the highest level, West Ham simply see a decent PL player. Moving from £30m to £32m is a statement from West Ham. They are going nowhere near £50m (and they might be right to not do so).

Well that's the thing, they're literally just wasting everyone's time if they're just saying 'he's not as good as you think he is so here's what we think he's worth', so why bother?

 

[Saint NL]

2 minutes ago, goodymatt said:

 

🤯🤯
According to Ivan Karpov's reporter,

Southampton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 has made an offer to Krasnodar 🇷🇺 for $18 million for Eduard Spertsyan

That says 18million dollars.

So about £13.5m

Less than the reported 14 million the other day. A weird update 

 

[Chez]

1 hour ago, CSA96 said:

 

I've been flogging him on here for a while. I thought he looked decent in his City youth highlights. I did wonder if he was a little casual in terms of possession and position.  I honestly don't know how he did for Luton in the PL as I never watched them. Anyone got an opinion? I thought I read that he did OK at Marseille, but they didn't look to sign him, which might be a concern. Does he have one year left of his contract? 

[goodymatt]

The offer is $16M + 500,000 in bonuses in case of promotion to the Premier League + $1.5M for staying in the Premier League next season. + 5% on the resale of the Armenian player. (@armeniefootball)

[goodymatt]

🇦🇲 Eduard Spertsyan 🇦🇲 is unhappy with his president's behavior, who had promised to let him leave if an acceptable offer was made.

Galitsky has, so far, ignored Southampton because, for him, the English club is not a top-tier club.

The player wants to leave.

[RedWillie]

10 minutes ago, spyinthesky said:

The Everton fans seem 60/40 in favour of the club buying Dibling but I think they are always a bit desperate.

Fixed it for you 😎

[sockeye]

1 minute ago, goodymatt said:

The offer is $16M + 500,000 in bonuses in case of promotion to the Premier League + $1.5M for staying in the Premier League next season. + 5% on the resale of the Armenian player. (@armeniefootball)

That will be a decent sum for them. Mr. President has to stop playing around now.

[Lighthouse]

21 minutes ago, Chez said:

I wonder what they thought of Bale when they got him from us for peanuts?

They didn’t get him for peanuts. £7m for a Championship LB back then was a very good price.

[goodymatt]

Guess we are still in the race then. Should we actually sign Spertysan, what would that mean for Finn Azaz?

[sockeye]

1 minute ago, goodymatt said:

🇦🇲 Eduard Spertsyan 🇦🇲 is unhappy with his president's behavior, who had promised to let him leave if an acceptable offer was made.

Galitsky has, so far, ignored Southampton because, for him, the English club is not a top-tier club.

The player wants to leave.

I don’t necessarily trust the info from this account, but it feels like this is the case, as in the club is blocking the move.

not really sure about the politics of russian clubs

[Farmer Saint]

1 hour ago, goodymatt said:

 

I really don't rate him - extremely selfish footballer.

[goodymatt]

Just now, Farmer Saint said:

I really don't rate him - extremely selfish footballer.

All about Mee? 😂

[Harry_SFC]

7 minutes ago, Saint NL said:

That says 18million dollars.

So about £13.5m

Less than the reported 14 million the other day. A weird update 

 

That was 14 million euros. 

[Harry_SFC]

6 minutes ago, goodymatt said:

The offer is $16M + 500,000 in bonuses in case of promotion to the Premier League + $1.5M for staying in the Premier League next season. + 5% on the resale of the Armenian player. (@armeniefootball)

Hang on, the same account said his release clause is €15m. If true, our offer matches that?

[Verbal]

2 minutes ago, goodymatt said:

All about Mee? 😂

Your coat's left ahead of you

[maysie]

 

[ErwinK1961]

9 minutes ago, goodymatt said:

🇦🇲 Eduard Spertsyan 🇦🇲 is unhappy with his president's behavior, who had promised to let him leave if an acceptable offer was made.

Galitsky has, so far, ignored Southampton because, for him, the English club is not a top-tier club.

The player wants to leave.

Do something about it then Eduard.

[Chez]

11 minutes ago, John B said:

But they are not getting Dibling for peanuts if he goes and they thought they were getting an experienced International  player like Eze  with 147 appearences and 34 goals

I only mentioned peanuts because fans often feel happier with a big money signing.

Forget the peanuts part. How did Spurs fans feel when they signed a Bale from us? I seem to recall the two Spurs fans I know felt pretty good but mostly because I'd been telling them all season that he's absolutely fucking mustard. 

[skintsaint]

15 minutes ago, goodymatt said:

 

🤯🤯
According to Ivan Karpov's reporter,

Southampton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 has made an offer to Krasnodar 🇷🇺 for $18 million for Eduard Spertsyan

Hopefully in Zimbabwean dollars...

[hypochondriac]

Will be easy to prove if this Armenian twitter personality is talking bollocks or not because he's saying we've met his release clause and the club have to accept it. 

[maysie]

So basically the Krasnodar president is blocking the move because we’re not a big enough club although there is no issue with the fee?

Odd business ethics at play there.

[maysie]

1 minute ago, hypochondriac said:

Will be easy to prove if this Armenian twitter personality is talking bollocks or not because he's saying we've met his release clause and the club have to accept it. 

Sorry I missed that he had a release fee?

[hypochondriac]

Just now, maysie said:

Sorry I missed that he had a release fee?

According to random Armenian twitter bloke so no proper source. 

[obelisk]

14 minutes ago, goodymatt said:

🇦🇲 Eduard Spertsyan 🇦🇲 is unhappy with his president's behavior, who had promised to let him leave if an acceptable offer was made.

Galitsky has, so far, ignored Southampton because, for him, the English club is not a top-tier club.

The player wants to leave.

Tell him it's the top-tier of the EFL.

[Harry_SFC]

1 minute ago, hypochondriac said:

According to random Armenian twitter bloke so no proper source. 

I'm fairly sure that account gets his information from an Armenian journalist. 

Edited 2 hours ago by Harry_SFC

[Chez]

10 minutes ago, Lighthouse said:

They didn’t get him for peanuts. £7m for a Championship LB back then was a very good price.

How many logins does MLG have? 😉

So the price was comparable then to the Dibling move. Excellent. Helps with the comparison. Any insight as to how Spurs fans felt about the Bale signing? 

[Suhari]

29 minutes ago, maysie said:

 

I hope we've delivered a 'accept it by the weekend or the deals off' message too.

Edited 2 hours ago by Suhari

[Matthew Le God]

1 minute ago, Chez said:

How many logins does MLG have? 😉

Just the two. This one and a Jonas brothers one.

[Chez]

15 minutes ago, goodymatt said:

Guess we are still in the race then. Should we actually sign Spertysan, what would that mean for Finn Azaz?

Chemical production continues to be the backdrop of his footballing world. 

[James]

Slightly off topic but it’s maddening to see the difference in quality of player Leeds and Sunderland are attracting versus our window this time last year. We truly did not stand a chance before a ball was even kicked did we? 

[Chez]

9 minutes ago, maysie said:

So basically the Krasnodar president is blocking the move because we’re not a big enough club although there is no issue with the fee?

Odd business ethics at play there.

I don't believe the owner gives two hoots about the size of the buying club. Size of the fee will be what matters.

[Convict Colony]

Not a Top league according to this vodka breather.

Below all the teams in Champs that have a higher av attendance than Krasnador (plus the league overall av is 13k  - 2nd pic) and secondly our dug outs are older than theirs !!!!!!

Does he not know how this works, we are a bigger club and have the older dug outs !!

Edited 2 hours ago by Convict Colony

[Willo of Whiteley]

The irony is that everyone is taking some random Twitter account with 4,000 followers as a verified source. 🤣

[maysie]

@hypochondriac, found it.

 

Why the hell would we exceed a release clause rather than match it?

Sounds like bollocks to me.

[jamesfp1]

22 minutes ago, goodymatt said:

Guess we are still in the race then. Should we actually sign Spertysan, what would that mean for Finn Azaz?

Competition, hopefully

[AlexLaw76]

1 minute ago, maysie said:

@hypochondriac, found it.

 

Why the hell would we exceed a release clause rather than match it?

Sounds like bollocks to me.

We may not be the only party in town

Edited 2 hours ago by AlexLaw76

[Saint NL]

Just now, maysie said:

Why the hell would we exceed a release clause rather than match it?

€14000001 

The old Arsene Wenger special 😂

[maysie]

Just now, AlexLaw76 said:

We may not be the only party in town

Makes no difference does it not with a release clause? Club have to accept any offers that they receive that meet said clause then down to the player, surely

 

[tdmickey3]

6 minutes ago, James said:

Slightly off topic but it’s maddening to see the difference in quality of player Leeds and Sunderland are attracting versus our window this time last year. We truly did not stand a chance before a ball was even kicked did we? 

Nope

We would have made more of a fight of it if we didnt have clowns responsible for them and on the touchline

[S-Clarke]

3 minutes ago, maysie said:

@hypochondriac, found it.

 

Why the hell would we exceed a release clause rather than match it?

Sounds like bollocks to me.

It's Gakpo all over again, there's no other way to put it.

We'll probably never know the true story behind this ill-fated attempt, but he'll prob end up in the French or Italian league by next year.

[AlexLaw76]

1 minute ago, maysie said:

Makes no difference does it not with a release clause? Club have to accept any offers that they receive that meet said clause then down to the player, surely

 

It might make a difference in the detail. What if the release clause is not cut and dry if there are multiple bidders.

[Saint Neil]

#FreeEduard

[leesaint88]

4 minutes ago, maysie said:

Makes no difference does it not with a release clause? Club have to accept any offers that they receive that meet said clause then down to the player, surely

 

This is Russia, which means they don't give a crap if a clause is met. 

[Chez]

4 minutes ago, James said:

Slightly off topic but it’s maddening to see the difference in quality of player Leeds and Sunderland are attracting versus our window this time last year. We truly did not stand a chance before a ball was even kicked did we? 

Are the players they have signed all pretty good then? Asking for a fantasy football friend.

Diarra, Adingra, Le Fee, Talbi, Sadiki, Xakha, Mukiele, Alderete, Roefs, Mandava, Guiu...

Stach, Okafor, Bijol, Perri, Longstaff, Gudmundsson, Bornauw, Calvert-Lewin, Nmecha

Ramsdale, THB, Downes, Archer, Fernandes, BBD, Sugawara, Wood, Edwards, Fraser, Taylor, Lallana, Cornet, Ugochuckwu...

 

[maysie]

3 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said:

It might make a difference in the detail. What if the release clause is not cut and dry if there are multiple bidders.

Maybe, I’m not professing to knowing the minutiae of what happens in transfer dealings just seems illogical on the face of it.

[Dman]

10 minutes ago, maysie said:

@hypochondriac, found it.

 

Why the hell would we exceed a release clause rather than match it?

Sounds like bollocks to me.

My only assumption here, if this is true, is that the total package exceeds. Usually, release clauses are to be paid in full upfront. 

[Chez]

10 minutes ago, maysie said:

@hypochondriac, found it.

 

Why the hell would we exceed a release clause rather than match it?

Sounds like bollocks to me.

I agree, it sounds like bollocks, however there is now a reason for bidding above the release clause. The amount may be indisputable, but the seller may be able to dictate the payment terms. This is what happened at Forest with Marinakis demanding most (if not all) the Gibbs-White transfer fee up front rather than in instalments over a period of years. We may be offered more but spread over multiple years.

I still agree with you though. Sounds bollocks.

[Hawkswood]

3 hours ago, Eagle778 said:

All I will say re Azaz, quality player at this level. Good signing.

On a non footballing level, i hope Saints evaluate the religion factor too, specifically during today’s world context, of having people from different religious backgrounds (jews and muslims mixing together) and its not going to affect squad morale. 
Have had the case at work and they just ignore each other.

 

Dude , it's rarely a thing. Im Jewish and my best mate ( genuinely , is muslim) . In fact I have tonnes of Muslim patients and we speak about current affairs very openly. Most reasonable people just get on with it and dont care.

[hypochondriac]

15 minutes ago, maysie said:

@hypochondriac, found it.

 

Why the hell would we exceed a release clause rather than match it?

Sounds like bollocks to me.

He's also saying he hopes the owner accepts the offer which just contradicts this because if he had a release clause it wouldn't matter what the owner says.