Damion Downs

[Nordic Saint]

On 07/12/2025 at 14:29, sadoldgit said:

Thanks for the post. Please post more, love your name.

Makes you wonder why Poch has picked him too?

All US players who play in Europe get looked at. Damion Downs got looked at in a few sub appearances. He never started a game for the USA and probably never will. 

[Toussaint]

Where is he? Hasn’t been since since the story about him leaving the scene of a car accident. Is he done, is he off? It’s been a nightmare for him and us. 

[Gloucester Saint]

42 minutes ago, Toussaint said:

Where is he? Hasn’t been since since the story about him leaving the scene of a car accident. Is he done, is he off? It’s been a nightmare for him and us. 

His movement to escape the alleged accident is quicker than anything he’s produced on the pitch all season.

I never thought that I would see worse outfield players in a first team Saints line up than Ali Dia or Lee Todd but SR love breaking a record.

[St. Ciervo]

Damion Downes is arguably ahead of Sargent in the US squad. It's absolutely nutter butters.

[Fabrice29]

1 hour ago, Toussaint said:

Where is he? Hasn’t been since since the story about him leaving the scene of a car accident. Is he done, is he off? It’s been a nightmare for him and us. 

Went off injured in his last appearance for us.

[woodsaint1]

Would not be surprised to see him loaned back to Germany or similar in January. It just hasnt worked out. He'll likely stay on our books for multiple loans as nobody will be willing to pay close to what we paid for him (like an attacking ABK).

Would like to see us target a loan striker in January. Bound to be somebody decent in the PL looking minutes

[Toussaint]

6 hours ago, Fabrice29 said:

Went off injured in his last appearance for us.

It states “inactive” on most recent match day squads. 

[Gloucester Saint]

2 hours ago, Toussaint said:

It states “inactive” on most recent match day squads. 

That’s a very appropriate adjective for when he has been on the pitch as well, bar the two air shots v Wrexham and Northampton. 

Can he kick it? No, it would it seem not.

[suewhistle]

9 hours ago, Fabrice29 said:

Went off injured in his last appearance for us.

Traumatised?  Like us fans..

[Bakovnetski]

https://footballleagueworld.co.uk/hamburg-line-up-southampton-damion-downs-transfer-7m-man-could-depart/

Some good news then

[Jack]

I stuck a tenner on him to be the Championship top scorer after his great goal against Español in pre season. What a disappointment he’s been since then 

[Challenger]

Please raid us Hamburg, please do.

[disconnect]

40 minutes ago, Jack said:

I stuck a tenner on him to be the Championship top scorer after his great goal against Español in pre season. What a disappointment he’s been since then 

Can't believe how badly it's gone since then - looked like we had unearthed a real gem! We're due a Christmas miracle - could it be that Downs comes on as a sub, shins one in then goes onto score 10 goals til the end of the season?! Cue loan move announced New Years Day...!

[Convict Colony]

I honestly would not be loaning out strikers this season

[Roo1976]

2 hours ago, Bakovnetski said:

https://footballleagueworld.co.uk/hamburg-line-up-southampton-damion-downs-transfer-7m-man-could-depart/

Some good news then

it says SWOOP........

[Matthew Le God]

 

 

[Holmes_and_Watson]

4 hours ago, Roo1976 said:

it says SWOOP........

Poised, anticipating, waiting for an opportunity to strike...just like Downs. 🙂

[SuperSAINT]

5 hours ago, Convict Colony said:

I honestly would not be loaning out strikers this season

He *could* come good… 

I mean Sydney Sweeney *could* knock on my door this evening….

[AlexLaw76]

1 hour ago, Matthew Le God said:

 

 

Just another comedy signing from Sports Republic

[Dusic]

Most of our other signings of decent cost (Azaz, Jander, Scienza, Fellows) have been at worst decent (Azaz) or at best outstanding (Scienza).

No club gets all of them right and considering Downs supposedly has multiple Bundesliga clubs interested then he obviously has something - he has just never really got going at Saints.

Edited Monday at 21:49 by Dusic

[SuperSAINT]

9 minutes ago, Dusic said:

Most of our other signings of decent cost (Azaz, Jander, Scienza, Fellows) have been at worst decent (Azaz) or at best outstanding (Scienza).

No club gets all of them right and considering Downs supposedly has multiple Bundesliga clubs interested then he obviously has something - he has just never really got going at Saints.

Can we still get a prem loan in?  I can’t recall.

[Dusic]

3 minutes ago, SuperSAINT said:

Can we still get a prem loan in?  I can’t recall.

I don't think we used any so could get two. Was seemingly part of the plan to avoid reliance on them for key players - good idea and now can use them for more specific short term again.

[S-Clarke]

19 minutes ago, Dusic said:

Most of our other signings of decent cost (Azaz, Jander, Scienza, Fellows) have been at worst decent (Azaz) or at best outstanding (Scienza).

No club gets all of them right and considering Downs supposedly has multiple Bundesliga clubs interested then he obviously has something - he has just never really got going at Saints.

I would say we've had more hits in this window than we've had under SR before, I mentioned this a few weeks back. The scouting overhaul in the summer has had a benefit.

Jander, Leo, Fellows, Azaz are really top picks for this level. Standout quality.

The most important position was up front though, and whilst we identified the gap early on, we absolutely naffed it up with this guy. Let's forget this saga ever happened and hope they can pull out a Jander/Leo style ST signing, as our new scouts have shown they can see good players.

[AlexLaw76]

“Top level”

 

[Sheaf Saint]

It's an odd situation really. He's obviously performed to a much higher standard in the past than what we've seen from him so far in a Saints shirt, because Spors obviously isn't that bad a judge of player that he would fork out that sum of money on someone who looks like he's never played any kind of competitive football before.

So there's obviously something else going on - a confidence issue or just not settling in England maybe. I just wish that we could see even the tiniest sign that there might actually be a half decent player in there and that he's worth persisting with, because so far I've seen nothing - no skill, no strength, no enthusiasm, no positional awareness... nothing.

[Gloucester Saint]

9 minutes ago, Sheaf Saint said:

It's an odd situation really. He's obviously performed to a much higher standard in the past than what we've seen from him so far in a Saints shirt, because Spors obviously isn't that bad a judge of player that he would fork out that sum of money on someone who looks like he's never played any kind of competitive football before.

So there's obviously something else going on - a confidence issue or just not settling in England maybe. I just wish that we could see even the tiniest sign that there might actually be a half decent player in there and that he's worth persisting with, because so far I've seen nothing - no skill, no strength, no enthusiasm, no positional awareness... nothing.

And if he doesn’t want to be here, which is very clear tbh, then no point in him being greedy. If he wants to play in the WC next summer then he needs a move and if Saints have to be flexible on cutting the fee and losing a bit, Damion ought to do the same on wages. Only reasonable how diabolically bad he has been. And diabolical is being very generous!

[ally_uk]

Cut losses and move on, he isn't going to make it here. 

 

 

[Badger]

31 minutes ago, S-Clarke said:

The most important position was up front though, and whilst we identified the gap early on, we absolutely naffed it up with this guy. Let's forget this saga ever happened and hope they can pull out a Jander/Leo style ST signing, as our new scouts have shown they can see good players.

Agree with you to a point as Leo and Jander are outstanding.

But let’s not lose sight of the fact the same people who signed Leo and Jander were also responsible for Downs and Quarshie. 

[Turkish]

1 minute ago, Badger said:

Agree with you to a point as Leo and Jander are outstanding.

But let’s not lose sight of the fact the same people who signed Leo and Jander were also responsible for Downs and Quarshie. 

Quarsie is improving and only cost £3m. 

[Gloucester Saint]

5 minutes ago, Badger said:

Agree with you to a point as Leo and Jander are outstanding.

But let’s not lose sight of the fact the same people who signed Leo and Jander were also responsible for Downs and Quarshie. 

Quarshie I don’t mind as much, League 1 fee, German u20 and very quick. Poor on the ball which is an issue but he’s looked x100 a better footballer than Damion Downs (ok, very low bar!). Should make at worst a modest profit there, which doesn’t excite me in the slightest but as we know Rasmus creams in his boxers about such things, possibly better. I don’t mind when he’s on the team sheet. Won’t be on silly wages either, but it sounds like they have put Downs on larger wages (very silly). 

Edited Monday at 22:52 by Gloucester Saint

[Badger]

Quarshie might be improving, fair point. But he still seems fairly clumsy on the ball, and sometimes appears to be a yard slow in his thinking. Whether his other strengths - speed and size - compensate for that I’m not sure. 

[Gloucester Saint]

23 minutes ago, ally_uk said:

Cut losses and move on, he isn't going to make it here. 

 

 

Pretty clear from that that the club are willing to but very much of a case of ‘your move next Damion (literally)’ to him and his agent. Personally I’d waive the money if I were him and he’s anywhere as unhappy as he comes across on the pitch, return to a league and nation where he’s had a modicum of success and get my career going again. Because if he doesn’t it will be a string of subsidised loans and he will finish up in the pre-MLS regional leagues by 25, his full-time football career effectively over and his US team days a distant memory.

His agent only has to look at the careers of Guido Carrillo and lots of other SFC flops and outcasts to see what can happen. 

Edited Monday at 23:06 by Gloucester Saint

[Matthew Le God]

10 hours ago, AlexLaw76 said:

Just another comedy signing from Sports Republic

To be fair to Spors and Lederer, he is the only clear player transfer mess up in the summer.

Edited 19 hours ago by Matthew Le God

[BARCELONASAINT]

7 hours ago, Badger said:

Agree with you to a point as Leo and Jander are outstanding.

But let’s not lose sight of the fact the same people who signed Leo and Jander were also responsible for Downs and Quarshie. 

There is a player in Quarshie, i really like him. Yes he is raw and has a lot to learn but i think he could go on to be a very decent defender.

[Toadhall Saint]

1 hour ago, BARCELONASAINT said:

There is a player in Quarshie, i really like him. Yes he is raw and has a lot to learn but i think he could go on to be a very decent defender.

Better than shoehorn and more potential.

[AlexLaw76]

2 hours ago, BARCELONASAINT said:

There is a player in Quarshie, i really like him. Yes he is raw and has a lot to learn but i think he could go on to be a very decent defender.

I agree. The ingredients are there with him, and he is not expected to come in and be ‘the man’. Throw in he cost Rainey little, exactly what signing a young prospect should be.

 

[leeham_69]

20 hours ago, Bakovnetski said:

https://footballleagueworld.co.uk/hamburg-line-up-southampton-damion-downs-transfer-7m-man-could-depart/

Some good news then

Presumably we're paying them $7m?

[Harry_SFC]

10 hours ago, Badger said:

Agree with you to a point as Leo and Jander are outstanding.

But let’s not lose sight of the fact the same people who signed Leo and Jander were also responsible for Downs and Quarshie. 

No way can you put Downs and Quarshie in the same bracket.

Despite Quarshie being poor on the ball he's good at other things. Cost about £4m less as well. 

I've not seen one thing that Downs is good at yet. 

[SW5 SAINT]

8 minutes ago, leeham_69 said:

Presumably we're paying them $7m?

Maybe we should look to Italy to offload him, where West Ham have somehow persuaded AC Milan into paying £4.4m for the loan services of 34 yr old crock Fullkrog for just 5 months….

[Weston Super Saint]

12 hours ago, Matthew Le God said:

To be fair to Spors and Lederer, he is the only clear player transfer mess up in the summer.

Apart from transferring out Bazunu.

[Gloucester Saint]

4 hours ago, Weston Super Saint said:

Apart from transferring out Bazunu.

I suspect the plan was that he’d miraculously be better and that they wouldn’t need to pay him off but alas no. Down to last 18 months of his deal so the last 12 months subsidised or part-subsidised somewhere else wouldn’t hurt as much for SR. McCarthy out of contract so the keeping department needs a wholesale rethink. Preferably with goalkeepers who can catch/dive/use their hands, with the Hollywood passing a nice to have.

[Andy Hill]

A dustbin has more potential - get rid.

[Convict Colony]

22 hours ago, SuperSAINT said:

He *could* come good… 

I mean Sydney Sweeney *could* knock on my door this evening….

Thats not gonna happen she's currently tied to my bed and told me to cancel my plans for the week

[Ex Lion Tamer]

People like to dismiss stats but if a 20yo striker has 10 goals in 29 games in Bundesliga 2 then they're going to have to improve a lot to step up to the Championship.

At best he's a long term project, more likely just a bad signing

Edited 5 hours ago by Ex Lion Tamer

[Holmes_and_Watson]

4 hours ago, Convict Colony said:

Thats not gonna happen she's currently tied to my bed and told me to cancel my plans for the week

I thought that you'd recognise that Sydney is just a place name Mr Sweeney uses.

[Holmes_and_Watson]

5 hours ago, Gloucester Saint said:

I suspect the plan was that he’d miraculously be better and that they wouldn’t need to pay him off but alas no. Down to last 18 months of his deal so the last 12 months subsidised or part-subsidised somewhere else wouldn’t hurt as much for SR. McCarthy out of contract so the keeping department needs a wholesale rethink. Preferably with goalkeepers who can catch/dive/use their hands, with the Hollywood passing a nice to have.

I have to say I'm a bit nervous about this strange new concept of Southampton 'keeping you're proposing.