Summer Transfer Window 2025/26

[hypochondriac]

Just now, skintsaint said:

Well he did push on a bit after and made a bit of a top flight career!

Not a bad '2nd place to'.

The fact they are even discussing if he is their best ever loan signing tells you a lot. 

[Mr Brightside]

Can’t say I know much about the lad. 

[Badger]

6 hours ago, LeBizzier69 said:

Matty doesn't strike me as the type of player to chuck his toys out the pram, so we should be giving him as much and reach arounds as he needs to want to stay here. Build the team around him, ask him to give us a season to get back up and if we don't he can go....for the right fee.

He's the only player i'm bothered about keeping to be honest, he could absolutely tear the championship a new one with the right strike force ahead of him. And i'll miss singing his song if he goes too. As will my daughter.

I'd like him to stay as much as any Saints fan, but there's al limit to how far I'd go to try and persuade him. 

Each to their own of course.

Edited Wednesday at 16:15 by Badger

[Badger]

6 hours ago, LeBizzier69 said:

Matty doesn't strike me as the type of player to chuck his toys out the pram, so we should be giving him as much and reach arounds as he needs to want to stay here. Build the team around him, ask him to give us a season to get back up and if we don't he can go....for the right fee.

He's the only player i'm bothered about keeping to be honest, he could absolutely tear the championship a new one with the right strike force ahead of him. And i'll miss singing his song if he goes too. As will my daughter.

Totally agree with you, but realistically unlikely to happen I suspect.

[bugenhagen]

1 hour ago, Matthew Le God said:

They couldn't get close to affording his transfer fee let alone his wages.

No problem, it could be as a gift.

[skintsaint]

35 minutes ago, Mr Brightside said:

Can’t say I know much about the lad. 

Me neither but found this : 

 

[Doctoroncall]

34 minutes ago, Mr Brightside said:

Can’t say I know much about the lad. 

Plays CB, seems to be a bit of a leader too, which is exceptional for a 15 year old playing in the U18s. 
 

Didn’t sign pro for Saints when he turned 16, so of course other clubs have come in. Arsenal and Aston Villa were also chasing him. 
 

don't know the details of the deal, usually there is  a sell on clause but will be a few years before first team appearance and possible sale.  

[davefizzy14]

 

[AlexLaw76]

7 minutes ago, davefizzy14 said:

 

Would do well in the Turkish league, I’m sure 

[Yorkshire Saint]

1 hour ago, BarberSaint said:

Couple of quotes about Edwards:

 

Takes me back to Glenn Roeder when he glides out of defence with the ball. Absolute class

 

When I watch him I always wonder what Southampton was thinking.
I mean I have seen a lot of Southampton PL matches and Edwards should in the starting 11 for them, not on loan to us

 

Ronnie has done so well, he’s a class act and I could see him carving out a great premier league career

 

If he considers joining permanently and he continues to
Do well until end of season then perhaps I will change my mind. But for me he is decent but no where near a best loan player

 

Edwards has been good but not a patch on Walker, Taarabt and Routledge. They were different gravy.

 

Completely agree on Edwards. He’s been a vital addition. His versatility to play centre mid against Leeds was very important to getting something from that game.

 

For the record, they pretty much universally agree that Kyle Walker was their best loanee signing.

The new Glenn Roeder feels rather scathing ...

[skintsaint]

17 minutes ago, davefizzy14 said:

 

That goal on 1:44

Baz spesh.

[hypochondriac]

Pretty crap scoring record. Just has to be better than Mara I suppose. 

[skintsaint]

18 minutes ago, hypochondriac said:

Pretty crap scoring record. Just has to be better than Mara I suppose. 

14 in 31 last season isn't crap but then again its the Swiss league...😅

[hypochondriac]

1 minute ago, skintsaint said:

14 in 31 last season isn't crap but then again its the Swiss league...😅

Wikipedia must have it wrong then unless he scored all his goals last year? 

Edited Wednesday at 17:19 by hypochondriac

[skintsaint]

1 minute ago, hypochondriac said:

Wikipedia must have it wrong then unless he scored all his goals last year? 

Dunno just went off this :

[revolution saint]

1 hour ago, hypochondriac said:

The fact they are even discussing if he is their best ever loan signing tells you a lot. 

Haven’t seen too much of Edwards but did watch the QPR Burnley game at the back end of the season just to see what all the fuss was about. Have to be honest, I wasn’t that impressed. Looked a bit slow and they subbed him off after 70 mins (think they were about 4 or 5 down at the time). Could just have been a bad game but certainly wasn’t a performance that would have many raving about him.

[chivvy]

4 hours ago, Saint86 said:

Charles was one of the best CMs in the league last season. We aren't putting a very competent and promising CB in CDM to replace him.

 I said as cover not to replace. Try reading the post.

Edited Wednesday at 17:53 by chivvy

[WALK DMC]

1 hour ago, skintsaint said:

That goal on 1:44

Baz spesh.

Judging by this video they are clearly considering him as a replacement for Che. Two headers and every other goal a right foot shot. Looks like he hasn't realised that he has a left foot. 

[Verbal]

1 hour ago, davefizzy14 said:

 

Would be excellent in the inevitable Downfall clip if our season goes tits up.

[OnceaSaintalwaysaSaint]

1 hour ago, davefizzy14 said:

 

Sounds like a SR propaganda signing!

[Appy]

2 hours ago, davefizzy14 said:

 

His brother Joseph is more dangerous I think 

[qwertyell]

1 hour ago, skintsaint said:

That goal on 1:44

Baz spesh.

The scouting department were tasked with finding a direct Che Adams replacement, and simply typed "big lump who can only shoot with his right foot" into Google. 

I mean, that still makes him better than any striker on our books. But it's a low bar. 

[sfc4prem]

8 minutes ago, Appy said:

His brother Joseph is more dangerous I think 

What, his decomposed corpse?

[Gloucester Saint]

20 minutes ago, qwertyell said:

The scouting department were tasked with finding a direct Che Adams replacement, and simply typed "big lump who can only shoot with his right foot" into Google. 

I mean, that still makes him better than any striker on our books. But it's a low bar. 

10m Euros is a dirt cheap price, but even so, not that impressed. Don’t need any more squad players. Leave that type of signing for QPR, Pompey, Charlton or Oxford.
Our main new striker needs to be in the bracket best in division and will cost twice that price bracket. We’ve already got AA, Archer and BBD who are proven Champ scorers, any new striker has to be able to link up play and finish which makes them cut above what we have. I reckon he’d be good for what Pompey need, staying up and nicking a dozen goals with Bishop. What we need is 25-30 goals and he ain’t getting us that. 

Edited Wednesday at 18:56 by Gloucester Saint

[Disco Stu]

12 minutes ago, Gloucester Saint said:

10m Euros is a dirt cheap price, but even so, not that impressed. Don’t need any more squad players. Leave that type of signing for QPR, Pompey, Charlton or Oxford.
Our main new striker needs to be in the bracket best in division and will cost twice that price bracket. We’ve already got AA, Archer and BBD who are proven Champ scorers, any new striker has to be able to link up play and finish which makes them cut above what we have. I reckon he’d be good for what Pompey need, staying up and nicking a dozen goals with Bishop. What we need is 25-30 goals and he ain’t getting us that. 

You're expecting us to spend €20m+ on a striker this summer? Perhaps I've misunderstood.

Edited Wednesday at 19:07 by Disco Stu

[benjii]

Do you know what I found out recently?

Rio Ferdinand looks like Goebbels.

Rio Ferdinand:

Joseph Goebbels

 

Bart Simpson 

[Gloucester Saint]

6 minutes ago, Disco Stu said:

You're expecting us to spend £20m+ on a striker this summer? Perhaps I'm misunderstanding?

20m Euros if you’re pushing the boat out and we sell a couple. Maybe nearer the £13-15m mark but look at what Brum paid for Stansfield last year in the division below. SR either want to win the title or they don’t. Better sticking with what we have if that’s the standard we are targeting, Che cost £15m remember. AA ditto. Strikers win you trophies.

Edited Wednesday at 19:10 by Gloucester Saint

[Disco Stu]

2 minutes ago, Gloucester Saint said:

20m Euros if you’re pushing the boat out and we sell a couple. Maybe nearer the £13-15m mark but look at what Brum paid for Stansfield last year in the division below. SR either want to win the title or they don’t. 

I really can't see us much exceeding £10m on any given player.

[qwertyell]

1 hour ago, revolution saint said:

Haven’t seen too much of Edwards but did watch the QPR Burnley game at the back end of the season just to see what all the fuss was about. Have to be honest, I wasn’t that impressed. Looked a bit slow and they subbed him off after 70 mins (think they were about 4 or 5 down at the time). Could just have been a bad game but certainly wasn’t a performance that would have many raving about him.

The second coming of Glenn Roeder was Jack Stephens-esque here as well. No awareness or urgency to the only danger in the box and fails to get across his man for the first goal, and a feeble attempt at a block that even Will Smallbone might think a bit limp on the second. 

Again, my concern with people raving about the guy who wasn't good enough to get in the worst defence in the PL (and second worst in history) last season and insisting we build our future defence around him, is that his stock has been artificially inflated by A) not being tainted by this season's disaster, and B) the disproportionate weight given to how comfortable a defender looks on the ball verses whether he can actually defend the goal. 

Give him a chance, sure. But I don't see how he has suddenly become a better option than the garbage we already have on the books, on account of how misty-eyed QPR fans got watching him contribute to making their defensive record worse as they limped into 15th in the championship. 

 

[Gloucester Saint]

7 minutes ago, Disco Stu said:

I really can't see us much exceeding £10m on any given player.

Unless we keep all of Ramsdale, Fernandes, and Dibling, just selling THB, Aribo, Onachu etc, that won’t cut the mustard. That’s Pompey, Blackburn, QPR’s market. There’s at least 7-8 clubs that will break that mark.

[sockeye]

10 million for a striker who plays in the Swiss League. Right.

Underwhelming is an understatement.

[Challenger]

26 minutes ago, benjii said:

Do you know what I found out recently?

Rio Ferdinand looks like Goebbels.

Rio Ferdinand:

Joseph Goebbels

 

Bart Simpson 

You could say that's just pure propaganda .

[Matthew Le God]

13 minutes ago, Gloucester Saint said:

Unless we keep all of Ramsdale, Fernandes, and Dibling, just selling THB, Aribo, Onachu etc, that won’t cut the mustard. That’s Pompey, Blackburn, QPR’s market. There’s at least 7-8 clubs that will break that mark.

Which 8 other Championship teams do you think will spend more than £10m+ on a player this summer?

Ipswich, Leicester, Sheffield United and Birmingham are probably the only ones capable of doing so.

Edited Wednesday at 19:33 by Matthew Le God

[Gloucester Saint]

7 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

Which 8 other Championship teams do you think will spend more than £10m+ on a player this summer?

Ipswich, Leicester, Sheffield United and Birmingham are probably the only ones capable of doing so.

Agree on those four, Wrexham could, they certainly seem to be focused on paying bigger wages than all bar Brum (not sure I’d adopt that policy but it answers your point) Coventry I’ve heard have given Lampard a good budget and have the ability/ownership to go north of £10m on at least one player. Norwich could if they sell Sargent, Manning won’t have left Bristol City for the same budget as he had there. Boro have in the recent past for a standout player and Carrick just got the sack for 7th. 

I’m not suggesting £10m for all signings, we will be boxed into a corner if we go up again, but we cannot get the centre forward position wrong again. Stewart will be a Connolly, good cameos, BBD sell if we can, Archer and AA keep, Onachu go. That leaves scope for someone with a bit extra.

Edited Wednesday at 19:43 by Gloucester Saint

[goodymatt]

10 minutes ago, Gloucester Saint said:

Agree on those four, Wrexham could, they certainly seem to be focused on paying bigger wages than all bar Brum (not sure I’d adopt that policy but it answers your point) Coventry I’ve heard have given Lampard a good budget and have the ability/ownership to go north of £10m on at least one player. Norwich could if they sell Sargent, Manning won’t have left Bristol City for the same budget as he had there. Boro have in the recent past for a standout player and Carrick just got the sack for 7th. 

I’m not suggesting £10m for all signings, we will be boxed into a corner if we go up again, but we cannot get the centre forward position wrong again. Stewart will be a Connolly, good cameos, BBD sell if we can, Archer and AA keep, Onachu go. That leaves scope for someone with a bit extra.

MLG mode on - Boro finished 10th - MLG mode off.

[Chez]

Didn't we spend £10m total the last Time we went down? And that was while we were bringing in £150m. I'm not expecting us to spend a lot, but that doesn't mean we can't improve the team.

[Gloucester Saint]

5 minutes ago, Chez said:

Didn't we spend £10m total the last Time we went down? And that was while we were bringing in £150m. I'm not expecting us to spend a lot, but that doesn't mean we can't improve the team.

Stewart was £8m rising to £10m, Charles was £10m rising to £15m. THB was loan with obligation to buy at £20m. Manning free. Rest were loans and some good ones. 

[Chez]

28 minutes ago, Gloucester Saint said:

Stewart was £8m rising to £10m, Charles was £10m rising to £15m. THB was loan with obligation to buy at £20m. Manning free. Rest were loans and some good ones. 

I forgot about Stewart. So we spent £18m in that window then. Perhaps a similar amount this summer?

[Golac's Cunning Stunts]

16 minutes ago, Chez said:

I forgot about Stewart. So we spent £18m in that window then. Perhaps a similar amount this summer?

Doesn't that depend on what money is incoming?

[hypochondriac]

2 hours ago, Disco Stu said:

You're expecting us to spend €20m+ on a striker this summer? Perhaps I've misunderstood.

I'd expect £15 million. Either a striker or the Fernandes replacement. Both those positions really need to be amongst the best in the division. 

[Master Bates]

5 hours ago, Mr Brightside said:

Can’t say I know much about the lad. 

Thought we knew this back in May? Done deal.

 

Edited Wednesday at 21:15 by Master Bates

[Wade Garrett]

15 hours ago, davefizzy14 said:

 

This is the sort of scouting you get when you rely on laptop wallahs who just look at data.  Fucking dogshit signing if true.  Probably has an xG rating through the roof 😡.

Edited yesterday at 08:05 by Wade Garrett

[Gloucester Saint]

33 minutes ago, hypochondriac said:

I'd expect £15 million. Either a striker or the Fernandes replacement. Both those positions really need to be amongst the best in the division. 

Absolutely, we’ve seen where buying strikers too cheap for the division the club has been in ever since Ings left has gotten us, and we’ve bought plenty of them too. Quantity but desperate lack of quality. We will have an advantage next season but can’t assume AA will get 20+ goals again or that Stewart will be fit for 25+ starts. There’s a serious lack of a striker who can link play as well since Che.

Edited Wednesday at 21:45 by Gloucester Saint

[Dusic]

57 minutes ago, Wade Garrett said:

This is the sort thing of scouting you get when you rely on laptop wallahs who just look at data.  Fucking dogshit signing if true.  Probably has an xG rating through the roof 😡.

Whats he been like when you have seen him, can you see why clubs might be keen or is he just poor allround?

Must admit I have never heard of him but it seems Monaco paid €20m for him as a teenager (probably funded by Carrilo...) so he must have something?

[hypochondriac]

1 hour ago, Gloucester Saint said:

Absolutely, we’ve seen where buying strikers too cheap for the division the club has been in ever since Ings left has gotten us, and we’ve bought plenty of them too. Quantity but desperate lack of quality. We will have an advantage next season but can’t assume AA will get 20+ goals again or that Stewart will be fit for 25+ starts. There’s a serious lack of a striker who can link play as well since Che.

It's either that or relying on Archer which is a risky strategy. 

[Danbert]

7 hours ago, Chez said:

Didn't we spend £10m total the last Time we went down? And that was while we were bringing in £150m. I'm not expecting us to spend a lot, but that doesn't mean we can't improve the team.

We spent more than that surely - what did Charles cost?

[Nolan]

8 hours ago, Master Bates said:

Thought we knew this back in May? Done deal.

 

Athletic reporting £1 mil compensation with a 20% sell on clause in there too.

[Willo of Whiteley]

24 minutes ago, Nolan said:

Athletic reporting £1 mil compensation with a 20% sell on clause in there too.

A bit like Max Alleyne to Man City a few years ago then.

Ive never actually hear of this kid going to Man United, nor do I imagine many have on here.

Seen a few on social media give it the old “disgraceful by the club”, I’m pretty confident they’d never heard of him either.

People forget he is 15/16 years old, there’s on a very select few that go on to make it higher up after signing for bigger teams at a young age. Some never fulfill their potential.

See Jimmy-Jay Morgan who wanted £10K supposedly at the age of 17 to stay at Saints and is now plying his trade in constant loans in League 2. 😂

[Chez]

2 hours ago, Danbert said:

We spent more than that surely - what did Charles cost?

Yes, see posts above, we signed Stewart for £8m. Charles cost £10m. The rest were loans plus the promise of £20m to City for THB the following summer on promotion.

[Chez]

With the Onuachu to Trabzonspor deal going the usual path - them offering bobbins, us saying no - the latest rumour is that Rennes are interested.

Meanwhile it looks like Braga want €11m for Simon Banza, and that is beyond Trabzonspor (he scored 19 goals for them while on loan), hence Besiktas being the club likely to sign him. If we still want a similar amount for Onuachu, then he wont be going to Trabzonspor.