Leo Scienza - Official: Signs 4 Year Contract

[Chez]

2 hours ago, Dan Johnson said:

Reports West Brom in for him as a fellows replacement 

https://www.westbromnews.co.uk/2025/08/29/west-brom-now-in-talks-to-sign-brazilian-forward-as-tom-fellows-replacement/

What odds the writer of this piece saw that we were linked with him and then simply made up this story? The fact it doesn't mention Saints as an interested party is very disingenuous. If we have to pay anywhere near the EUR10m mentioned, then WBA wont be able to afford that.

[Miltonaggro]

20 hours ago, Whitey Grandad said:

Same here. I'll give him five minutes of playing before I start writing him off.

Four minutes more than he’ll deserve! 

[Toadhall Saint]

50 minutes ago, Chez said:

What odds the writer of this piece saw that we were linked with him and then simply made up this story? The fact it doesn't mention Saints as an interested party is very disingenuous. If we have to pay anywhere near the EUR10m mentioned, then WBA wont be able to afford that.

Its taken from the Daily Heil and was allegedly a typo which has now been rectifiedz

[davefizzy14]

Hoping we can get Scienza deal done 🤞

Edited Saturday at 12:04 by davefizzy14

[Saint Neil]

Starting today for Heidenheim.

[Toadhall Saint]

https://www.getfootballnewsgermany.com/2025/southampton-and-heidenheim-set-to-complete-leo-scienza-deal/

[SNSUN]

On 30/08/2025 at 14:26, Saint Neil said:

Starting today for Heidenheim.

Guehi is playing for Palace today, doesn't mean he'll be a Palace player in 24 hours. The line up shows he played as a 10 which is interesting. 

Incidentally Heidenheim lost to Leipzig yesterday and Romulo formerly of Goztepe scored. 

[Saint NL]

Does his surname just translate as "Science"?

Leo Science.

 

[Whitey Grandad]

3 minutes ago, Saint NL said:

Does his surname just translate as "Science"?

Leo Science.

 

Also 'knowledge'

[Saint NL]

Sounds like this deal is pretty close, hopefully confirmed before 7pm

[S-Clarke]

Pretty much done:

 

[GentleFeast]

Private jet coming in from Munich to Soton Airport at 15:37 could be him I suppose 😃

[SW11_Saint]

16 minutes ago, S-Clarke said:

Pretty much done:

 

SSN confirming as a ‘done deal’ (£8.6m). 

[Gloucester Saint]

11 minutes ago, GentleFeast said:

Private jet coming in from Munich to Soton Airport at 15:37 could be him I suppose 😃

Would make sense.

PS - your username sounds like a range of environmentally-friendly range of snacks Sainsburys would stock.

[S-Clarke]

14 minutes ago, GentleFeast said:

Private jet coming in from Munich to Soton Airport at 15:37 could be him I suppose 😃

[derry]

38 minutes ago, GentleFeast said:

Private jet coming in from Munich to Soton Airport at 15:37 could be him I suppose 😃

Stuttgart or Nuremberg nearest, Munich is a fair distance away. Possible though.

Edited 14 hours ago by derry

[Patches O Houlihan]

 

 

[AlexLaw76]

I know Steve De Ridder looked like prime Messi in some of his videos, but this lad does look exciting

[HKsaint]

47 minutes ago, Patches O Houlihan said:

 

 

Then he is already braver than most of our strikers.

[Patches O Houlihan]

Just now, HKsaint said:

Then he is already braver than most of our strikers.

Don't say that you'll have Russell on the phone lining him up for a January loan!

[Convict Colony]

1 hour ago, derry said:

Stuttgart or Nuremberg nearest, Munich is a fair distance away. Possible though.

so your saying Harry Kane then ?

[SNSUN]

2 hours ago, GentleFeast said:

Private jet coming in from Munich to Soton Airport at 15:37 could be him I suppose 😃

I hope it's a nice, modern jet and not some crappy old Piper Malibu... 

[derry]

Citation B now not arriving until about 1550. That was an amateur cock up this is a professional German corporate jet operator.

[sotonjoe]

9 minutes ago, derry said:

Citation B now not arriving until about 1550. That was an amateur cock up this is a professional German corporate jet operator.

Just about to do its final approach now

[Saint Scott]

16 minutes ago, derry said:

Citation B now not arriving until about 1550. That was an amateur cock up this is a professional German corporate jet operator.

Diverted to Charles de Gaulle for some reason...

[SuperSAINT]

I always like an inside forward on one wing and out-&-out winger on the other. 

[goodymatt]

Could he have not just got on the lunchtime flight to London Heathrow from Stuttgart? 

[Patches O Houlihan]

3 minutes ago, goodymatt said:

Could he have not just got on the lunchtime flight to London Heathrow from Stuttgart? 

They don't have saucy nuns as cabin crew 😉

[derry]

9 minutes ago, goodymatt said:

Could he have not just got on the lunchtime flight to London Heathrow from Stuttgart? 

Reported waiting for a UK flight at Stuttgart Airport around one o'clock. Presumably to LHR or LGW  

[derry]

1 minute ago, derry said:

Reported waiting for a UK flight at Stuttgart Airport around one o'clock. Presumably to LHR or LGW  

Florian Plattenberg reporting deal now done, on his way for medical.

[SNSUN]

No news is good news.

[Willo of Whiteley]

Agreed. Probably admin messing about trying to get the announcement video sorted.

Level Nine completed

[BARCELONASAINT]

My son wrote this article on Leo Scienza last year which i thought some of you might find interesting with a deal now looking imminent.

 

You’ve probably never heard of Leo Scienza, but he turns 26 this September and his story continues with a dreamlike trajectory for those who aren’t interested in giving up on that childhood ambition of becoming a professional footballer and reaching the top.

Five years ago, he arrived to Swedish fourth division side Fanna BK from Brazilian youth football. After 18 months in Sweden and a reported 12 goals in 22 games, the winger was signed by FC Schalke 04’s reserve team, which operates as an U23 team in the German lower leagues.

Two seasons in Germany’s regionalised fourth tier reaped 15 goals and 17 assists in 59 appearances. Despite a mid-season friendly appearance for the first team at the start of 2022, six months later, with his 24th birthday approaching, Scienza had to move on.
It seemed that he was getting his big break into first team football at a fulltime professional level with a jump to second tier FC Madeburg, but he managed just 222 minutes over 11 appearances. Instead, he played most of his football at a much lower level than he had done so with Schalke: Madeburg’s second team in the German sixth tier. He was unapologetically rampant, scoring 13 and assisting 7 in just 10 games. With 822 minutes played, he was averaging a goal involvement every 41.1 minutes. It wasn’t enough for a second season with Madeburg, though. He was on the move again.

Last season, he had consistent minutes at his highest level yet: 34 games in Germany’s third tier with newly-promoted SSV Ulm. The coach’s faith was repaid with 12 goals and 15 assists as Ulm secured consecutive promotions.

Scienza wouldn’t be around for the next chapter of Ulm’s fairytale, though. He was fulfilling his own. At 25 years old, barely a year after rampaging through the German sixth tier, he became a $600k signing for Bundesliga’s Heidenheim.

He’d finally made it to a European first division and his first 3 games have brought a goal in continental football, scoring in a 2-1 away win in the UEFA Conference League, an assist in the German Cup, and a 2-0 away win in his Bundesliga debut.

It really is never too late - or as many hopeful players say, 'God's Timing is Perfect'.

 

leonardolenz

 51 w

Pra cima Leo @leo_scienza

[sfc4prem]

Just now, Willo of Whiteley said:

Agreed. Probably admin messing about trying to get the announcement video sorted.

Level Nine completed

Surely we can't finish on Level 9? That's absurd!

[Willo of Whiteley]

Just now, sfc4prem said:

Surely we can't finish on Level 9? That's absurd!

Agreed.

WE WANT TEN! WE WANT TEN! WE WANT TEN!

[Saint NL]

11 minutes ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

Agreed.

WE WANT TEN! WE WANT TEN! WE WANT TEN!

I heard the final video was another contract extension for Jack Stephens. 

[SNSUN]

I have leaked footage of Scienza's medical...

 

[Whitey Grandad]

7 minutes ago, SNSUN said:

I have leaked footage of Scienza's medical...

 

There's a lot of footage involved in that. 

[Saint Fan CaM]

8 minutes ago, SNSUN said:

I have leaked footage of Scienza's medical...

 

Bloody hell - that’s quicker than Jonno quick! 😉😂

[saintant]

Presume this is done and just waiting for official confirmation and the usual play station video.

[Southner]

But is he hungry? 

[SuperSAINT]

7 minutes ago, saintant said:

Presume this is done and just waiting for official confirmation and the usual play station video.

NES, FFS 🤓

[saintant]

1 minute ago, Southner said:

But is he hungry? 

Think he grabbed a burger at Fleet services.

[saintant]

1 minute ago, SuperSAINT said:

NES, FFS 🤓

Sorry, not up to speed on all that rubbish 🙂

[Southner]

4 minutes ago, saintant said:

Think he grabbed a burger at Fleet services.

Top lad. I'd have potentially gone for a Chopstix. 

[saintant]

So just been explained that there is a 2 hour grace period when the window closes as long as the deal sheet has been completed between 17.00 and 19.00

[CB Fry]

The deadline is not the deadline to release a comedy animation.

[saintant]

Just now, CB Fry said:

The deadline is not the deadline to release a comedy animation.

Didn't know that.

[saintant]

The club could easily announce that the deal sheet is in.

[SNSUN]

2 minutes left and no Scienza. Sports Republic Out. 😄