Summer Transfer Window 2025/26

[trousers]

4 hours ago, Fabrice29 said:

It's funny seeing people have a dig at this considering Ramsdale had a transfer last summer and ended up at a promoted team. Not sure why anyone suddenly thinks he's going to be anywhere near the top of any of the other exact same 17 teams shopping list when he wasn't a year ago. 

4 hours ago, trousers said:

How do we know for certain that he didn't have other options? 

3 hours ago, HarvSFC said:

He did. Wolves very nearly signed him last summer.

Cheers... So, to tweak Fabrice's statement for accuracy then: "he's not going to be anywhere near the top of any of the other exact same 17 teams shopping list when (except for Wolves) he wasn't a year ago"

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Edited 10 hours ago by trousers

[Chez]

3 hours ago, Fabrice29 said:

It's funny seeing people have a dig at this considering Ramsdale had a transfer last summer and ended up at a promoted team. Not sure why anyone suddenly thinks he's going to be anywhere near the top of any of the other exact same 17 teams shopping list when he wasn't a year ago. 

Perhaps one of the 17 teams that does rate him may need a keeper this summer when they didn't last?

[wild-saint]

1 hour ago, Zorba said:

No-one signs for Saints if they have other options.

thats kind of the same for every club no? they only sign if they dotn have a better option. 

[Zorba]

25 minutes ago, wild-saint said:

thats kind of the same for every club no? they only sign if they dotn have a better option. 

Is English your first language? 

[Farmer Saint]

55 minutes ago, lambtiss said:

Perhap try watching the matches?

Just a thought

This is not my opinion, this is what I have been told, and I'm sure those clubs have had people, with a better eye than you or me, watching him.

Edited 10 hours ago by Farmer Saint

[Smirking_Saint]

7 hours ago, Wade Garrett said:

Hope this is bullshit. 

Its not

We sent a team last week

Edited 8 hours ago by Smirking_Saint

[Chez]

51 minutes ago, Farmer Saint said:

This is not my opinion, this is what I have been told, and I'm sure those clubs have had people, with a better eye than you or me, watching him.

If PL scouts don't rate him, that's great news. He's ideal for us. 

[Chez]

7 hours ago, coalman said:

 

reminds me Edozie. Lots of tricks, but very lightweight build, currently.

[Chez]

3 hours ago, Miltonaggro said:

Looks a lot of money for Championship Saints for an 18 year old from that league, but he's seen as a genuine hot prospect. Athletic 6ft 2ins target man striker, already capped by Senegal and originally from Mane's old side.

Looks a similar player to Downs. You wonder if he was on our shortlist at some point but having signed Downs perhaps is no longer a target?

[hypochondriac]

7 hours ago, Farmer Saint said:

 

 

 

That's fine, I get all of that, it's just what I've been told.

You were told by someone else that "the rest was lacking?" I don't need someone else to tell me, I watched almost every game last season and I could see he was a decent keeper. 

[Smirking_Saint]

13 minutes ago, hypochondriac said:

You were told by someone else that "the rest was lacking?" I don't need someone else to tell me, I watched almost every game last season and I could see he was a decent keeper. 

It has more to do with the fact that most clubs have a first team keeper sorted, and those that don’t probably have issues with PSR and as such 25m for Ramsdale is probably a lot

Id imagine he’ll go out on loan towards the end of the TW

[Miltonaggro]

45 minutes ago, Chez said:

Looks a similar player to Downs. You wonder if he was on our shortlist at some point but having signed Downs perhaps is no longer a target?

I think so, though who is leaving and how Still intends to play could also be factors I suppose, but given the source it's probably fluff anyway.

[Chez]

3 minutes ago, Smirking_Saint said:

Id imagine he’ll go out on loan towards the end of the TW

Why would we loan him - to get his wages off the books or because he will be a disgruntled player (or both)? 

I can understand him departing - presumably because of a relegation release clause, but not sure I would understand him leaving on loan.

[sockeye]

11 minutes ago, Chez said:

Why would we loan him - to get his wages off the books or because he will be a disgruntled player (or both)? 

I can understand him departing - presumably because of a relegation release clause, but not sure I would understand him leaving on loan.

From our perspective, letting him go out on loan to a higher-placed club satisfies his desire to be in the mix for the World Cup squad but allows us to keep him in the medium-term if we were to be immediately promoted.

[Danbert]

1 hour ago, Chez said:

reminds me Edozie. Lots of tricks, but very lightweight build, currently.

I thought he looked decent and quite strong and big for his age, anyway it's likely moot as he is said to be out of our league

https://sportwitness.co.uk/transfer-to-southampton-considered-unlikely-liverpool-interested-months-ago-relegation-unhelpful/

[revolution saint]

6 minutes ago, Danbert said:

I thought he looked decent and quite strong and big for his age, anyway it's likely moot as he is said to be out of our league

https://sportwitness.co.uk/transfer-to-southampton-considered-unlikely-liverpool-interested-months-ago-relegation-unhelpful/

Doubt Liverpool will be in for him.  I thought he looked OK but he's barely played any senior adult football so I'd see him as squad player at best.

[hypochondriac]

51 minutes ago, Smirking_Saint said:

It has more to do with the fact that most clubs have a first team keeper sorted, and those that don’t probably have issues with PSR and as such 25m for Ramsdale is probably a lot

Id imagine he’ll go out on loan towards the end of the TW

I know and I said as much on the previous page. He's clearly a pre ie league standard keeper, it's just that most prem clubs have keepers as good ad they don't need one that they want to spend that amount on. 

[lambtiss]

4 hours ago, Farmer Saint said:

This is not my opinion, this is what I have been told, and I'm sure those clubs have had people, with a better eye than you or me, watching him.

You don't need another club to tell you what one of our own players is like. That's just daft.

[hypochondriac]

4 minutes ago, lambtiss said:

You don't need another club to tell you what one of our own players is like. That's just daft.

Putting it another way, I am something of an expert on poor keepers given what we've had to work with over the last few seasons so I can say with confidence that Ramsdale is not one! 

[Gloucester Saint]

1 hour ago, sockeye said:

but allows us to keep him in the medium-term if we were to be immediately promoted.

Er McCarthy and Bazanu, bit of a major issue there!

Edited 5 hours ago by Gloucester Saint