Summer Transfer Window 2025/26

[RedWillie]

4 hours ago, Sheaf Saint said:

I'm inclined to agree. He was in good form up until he was cynically taken out against Norwich. Even if his G/A assist stats aren't all that, the one thing he excels at is keeping defenders occupied, which creates space for others. I think we should at least see how well he plays in Still's system before writing him off completely.

I'm in the get rid camp. New broom and new players please. Edozie promises so much and then displays an abysmal end product.

[Chez]

11 minutes ago, Badger said:

Can’t imagine a Belgian club offering a decent fee for him. 

Brugge spent €17m on a striker a few seasons ago. 

[Miltonaggro]

3 hours ago, goodymatt said:

I agree. Wouldn’t it be nice if we could do a Newcastle and just keep all of our best players and smash the league? This is not the Southampton way, or the reality for 99% of relegated teams.

Wishful thinking but I am doing the same.  Will be very squeaky right up to the window close, however.  One positive sign so far is the decent fees we've received for surplus players, more of that and we can at least negate the effect of a drop in wages, as we appear to have tried with Ramsdale.  Keep praying... 

Edited 7 hours ago by Miltonaggro

[Badger]

12 minutes ago, Chez said:

Brugge spent €17m on a striker a few seasons ago. 

Okay, that’s promising then.

[qwertyell]

32 minutes ago, Badger said:

Can’t imagine a Belgian club offering a decent fee for him. 

Brugge are getting raided this summer. Talbi to Sunderland for £23m. De Cuyper to Brighton for £17.5m. And they're about to lose their best player Jashiri to AC Milan with the clubs just haggling over the price (Brugge want €35m as a base, plus add ons). The player's training on his own, having already made his mind up that's he's going to Milan. Onyedika has been linked to West Ham for around £17m too. 

They're going to have plenty of cash to play with. 

Personally, I'm not hugely bothered about Edozie staying or going. He does some nice things on the ball, but lacks the physicality and pace to be a top class wide player - even accounting for how poor his delivery/decision making is. Some of those aspects may improve in due course, but I don't see him finding a yard of pace any time soon. 

Edited 6 hours ago by qwertyell

[lambtiss]

I would keep Edozie and cannot agree with those claiming he had no end product. In the Championship he scored 6 goals and had 3 assists from 32 games, in a season when he had a really bad injury which stalled his progress. He is still only 22 years old and should be starting to reach his peak. He is one of the very few players that we have left who can actually beat a player and get fans out of the seats.

We have already lost one winger (who had far less end product than Edozie) in Sullemana.

There are players that we have played as wingers who I would prefer to be sold instead of Sam Edozie; BBD and Fraser for example.

[goodymatt]

Alfie has rubbished any free transfer speculation for ABK. I didn’t realise we had an option to extend his contract. Might struggle to get €10m considering how his last 2 years have gone but the extension option might lead to a loan? I think all parties would prefer a sale this summer.

[Chez]

7 minutes ago, lambtiss said:

There are players that we have played as wingers who I would prefer to be sold instead of Sam Edozie; BBD and Fraser for example.

...you need a buyer though.

[Football Special]

12 minutes ago, goodymatt said:

Alfie has rubbished any free transfer speculation for ABK. I didn’t realise we had an option to extend his contract. Might struggle to get €10m considering how his last 2 years have gone but the extension option might lead to a loan? I think all parties would prefer a sale this summer.

Jeez, he's up there with the worst signings we've ever made pound for pound, I'd be happy getting his wages off the books. 

[lambtiss]

23 minutes ago, Chez said:

...you need a buyer though.

There would be a buyer for BBD

[Dusic]

2 minutes ago, lambtiss said:

There would be a buyer for BBD

Hard to see which teams that might actually want him would be able to afford his wages plus a fee. Might as well keep him and hope he hasnt a decent season at a level he is more suited to.

Edited 6 hours ago by Dusic

[SuperSAINT]

3 minutes ago, Dusic said:

Hard to see which teams that might actually want him would be able to afford his wages plus a fee. Might as well keep him and hope he hasnt a decent season at a level he is more suited to.

Leicester IF Wilder gets the job?

Edited 6 hours ago by SuperSAINT

[Strangely Brown]

6 hours ago, Chez said:

Yes. We are on the verge of signing a new striker. A price seems to have been agreed.
Edozie has been linked with Bruge, but no negotiations have taken placer.
Ramsdale hasn't been sold yet - he's at training looking happy.
I think that's about it for today, so far.

 

Thank you 🙏 

[Matthew Le God]

1 hour ago, lambtiss said:

There would be a buyer for BBD

What teams can tick all of these?

1) He'd be an improvement on what they've got

2) Can afford to pay his transfer fee (probably at the very least close to what we paid for him)

3) Can afford to match or get close to his wages at Saints

I doubt many (if any) can tick all three to make a deal happen

Edited 4 hours ago by Matthew Le God

[Hawkswood]

40 minutes ago, Football Special said:

Jeez, he's up there with the worst signings we've ever made pound for pound, I'd be happy getting his wages off the books. 

🤣🤣🤣🤣 the shite we've signed just over the last 5 years that's one hell of a claim.

[lambtiss]

7 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

What teams can tick all of these?

1) He'd be an improvement on what they've got

2) Can afford to pay his transfer fee (probably at the very least clise to what we paid for him)

3) Can afford to match or get close to his wages at Saints

I doubt many (if any) can tick all three to make a deal happen

If we can sell Sullemana for £18 million, we can find a buyer for anyone

[EBS1980]

Regarding Edozie, he went on loan to Belgium to get regular minutes and to show what he can do in a lesser league. he didn’t exactly excel so why is he all of a sudden going to perform in the Championship? 

As long as he’s replaced I’m happy to take a chance on someone new tbh

 

 

 

Edited 5 hours ago by EBS1980

[egg]

3 hours ago, gio1saints said:

To those who want shot of Sam Edozie I’m wondering who on earth you are expecting Saints to buy to replace him? It’s so easy to say “ yeah sell him show pony” but who you got in mind for that role then that’s not? 

IF that alleged Bruges bid is taken seriously I’d expect TWO decent incoming wingers. Players like Sam are amongst the most disposable easy to blame in football - yet mediocre mfs and defenders who never risk anything can get pencilled in every week without fail. Saints lose him, Tyler and Mateus I’m wondering wtf I wasted my season ticket on- a team of nil entertainment value 

That old chestnut. Someone doesn't have to name players to replace someone to be entitled to the opinion that the player isn't the answer. 

It's the scouts jobs to find and identify decent players, not the fans. 

[Matthew Le God]

10 minutes ago, lambtiss said:

If we can sell Sullemana for £18 million, we can find a buyer for anyone

Sulemana was sold to Ivan Juric's club... the Ivan Juric that deemed Brereton Díaz not good enough for the 2nd worst team in PL history and loaned him out.

[SWLondon Saint]

Let's not forget that at the start of last season, some deluded muppet decided they'd rather have BBD and Fraser in the squad for that left wing position and send Edozie out on loan. So probably a bit unfair to say Edozie was considered 'not good enough' for the PL....

[Chez]

39 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

What teams can tick all of these?

1) He'd be an improvement on what they've got

2) Can afford to pay his transfer fee (probably at the very least clise to what we paid for him)

3) Can afford to match or get close to his wages at Saints

I doubt many (if any) can tick all three to make a deal happen

Yep. Got loan written all over him...if we are lucky they pay the majority of his wages.

[Football Special]

41 minutes ago, Hawkswood said:

🤣🤣🤣🤣 the shite we've signed just over the last 5 years that's one hell of a claim.

Fair. He's not Guido Carillo level but for 10 million or whatever we paid for him he ranks highly in the what a waste of money XI , I've heard he's not the most popular lad around Staplewood due to bad attitude. 

Anyway if he does stay I hope he makes an appearance so our fans can give him a standing ovation again 😃 

[lambtiss]

1 hour ago, Chez said:

Yep. Got loan written all over him...if we are lucky they pay the majority of his wages.

Loan, sale I don't mind either way. My point, before the conversation disappeared down an MLG rabbit hole was I would rather keep Edozie than BBD.

[saint michael]

3 hours ago, Fabrice29 said:

This is all well and good until we get up and you want us to replace those players because they aren't proven at the next level.

Ramsdale biggest issue is one of the issues that he faced last summer. Affordable to PL teams yes but is spending nearly £20 million value? Clubs will fancy themselves to find a cheaper alternative and only towards the end of the window will patience on either side break. 

I don’t think I said they have to be for this year only. So you believe that the purchases made so far are for the prem? My point is that the mindset of recruitment should not be only to search for these type of players who are on a very steep learning curve ie be able to perform now and be able to do it at prem level if we get there?

[Farmer Saint]

Deal done 👍 

[MarkSFC]

8 minutes ago, Farmer Saint said:

Deal done 👍 

For??

[SuperSAINT]

2 minutes ago, MarkSFC said:

For??

Downs

[Saint Scott]

2 hours ago, Matthew Le God said:

What teams can tick all of these?

1) He'd be an improvement on what they've got

2) Can afford to pay his transfer fee (probably at the very least close to what we paid for him) £5.5-7m

3) Can afford to match or get close to his wages at Saints £35,000p/w (Spotrac/Capology) -40% relegation drop £21,000

I doubt many (if any) can tick all three to make a deal happen

Realistic championship teams: Birmingham, Wrexham, Norwich (Rowe sale money + improvement with likely Sainz/Sargent Sales), Boro (Sold Coburn for decent money), Watford (+£6m 20% sell on for João Pedro)

Sunderland may be interested with relegation in mind

With the above in mind, I'd suggest he'd be affordable and an improvement for these sides current squads

[Dusic]

29 minutes ago, Farmer Saint said:

Deal done 👍 

Bumped into Howard earlier at the lodge just after you had left and he said similar. Medical tomorrow. You in next week?

[washsaint]

5 hours ago, Oh no Mick Mills said:

To add further to my pro Edozie stance.

Similar to Smallbone they both showed enough quality in enough games to convince me they can do a decent job for us at Championship level. 

Are they nailed on, first name on the teamsheet type players...of course not . 

I'm assuming we want a squad of players , not just a first 11 and imo these two would do a good job for us as they both proved in the 23/24. 

Edozie is shite, end of.  He's had years to improve his end prodcut, including in a League weaker than the CHampionship, and has not done so.

[Willo of Whiteley]

Yay. Underwhelming signing - but only because I haven’t seen him play, never heard of him, and he’s twelve years old with no top level experience.

Screams of a signing to get you out the Championship.

[SNSUN]

Alex O-C linked with a move back to the Championship... with Leicester interested. 

The next Walcott/Lallana-style, injury prone, former youth product to be brought back to St Mary's? I know we were linked last summer, I expect things have changed now.