January Transfer Window

[Lord Duckhunter]

5 hours ago, SaintsRoyalty said:

When was the last time we bought a keeper that was a number 1 (outside Ramsdale that doesn’t count as he said as hardly here)

Ramsdale was a number 2, so that is why he doesn’t count.

 

It also kind of blows your complaint about not buying a number 1 out of the water. Best keeper we’ve had for years, and god forbid, he wasn’t playing for his current side when bought. 

Edited 31 December, 2025 by Lord Duckhunter

[woodsaint1]

While his loan hasnt worked out, hes been deemed good enough to get game time for Bayern Munich. Hopefully hes as good as our last signing from Bayern

[Gloucester Saint]

44 minutes ago, Harry_SFC said:

Yep and despite not knowing anything about him what so ever I'm sure he can't possibly be worse than Bazunu has been this season. 

He can't be too bad if Bayern signed him, I know he was only ever back up but they obviously saw something in him. 

At least it seems like the club have addressed the issue, temporarily at least. Now go and get a striker. 

It gives them time to avoid boxing themselves in stupidly as they have done in the last summers eg McCarthy’s nonsense extension and George Long and Ramsdale loans. McCarthy out of contract, Bazunu one year left and let him go on a nominal. With the City pedigree there will be another Rasmus-type who might take a punt. The loan fee cushions some of the hit on Ramsdale - promoted team £15m.

If Peretz is genuinely decent, then he could be #1 if Bayern don’t want too much, if he’s ok then bring in #1 competition like this (he is quite good) https://footballleagueworld.co.uk/derby-county-struck-gold-with-jacob-zetterstrom-wolves-brentford-wanted-him/ and if he’s crap he returns to Bayern/they want daft money. 

Edited 31 December, 2025 by Gloucester Saint

[Holmes_and_Watson]

1 hour ago, Appy said:

https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga/news/who-is-daniel-peretz-bayern-munich-israel-goalkeeper-hamburg-24423

 

This says he plays “a bit like” Iker Casillas. 
 

Reckon “a bit” is doing some heavy lifting. 

Not long after a very young Casillas was put in to replace a solid enough older 'keeper, I remember him racing out needlessly, not getting the ball and Madrid conceded. He was briefly dropped.

Hopefully, that's not the snapshot of Casillas they're referring to. 🙂

[Sheaf Saint]

https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/25733366.bayern-munich-goalkeeper-reportedly-signing-southampton/

So he joined Hamburg for game time but didn't get it so he wants to leave.

On that basis, he's not coming to us as backup is he. He'll only be joining if he's been given guarantees of starting. 

Difficult to know exactly how good he is, but he would have to be spectacularly bad to be worse than Bazunu.

So that will be 5 GKs on the books with one out on loan. Will we send Long back to Norwich? Loan out Baz perhaps? Will be interesting to see how this pans out.