Summer Transfer Window 2026

[ally_uk]

Always rated Matsuki, He looked the business during preseason, I was shocked when was he dropped.

I think he is quality 👌 

[BERMUDASAINT]

https://footballleagueworld.co.uk/how-shea-charles-feels-southampton-man-utd-everton/

Charles has now spoken publicly about his future and has shared his feelings about recent links to the Premier League.

"At the moment, I'm focused on Southampton and the next campaign," he told the Belfast Telegraph.

"We will see what happens when we go back for pre-season. I'm really looking forward to going back to Southampton."

https://saintsmarching.com/everton-want-horror-signing-and-southampton-should-make-them-pay-through-the-nose

Everton want Aaron Ramsdale.

https://footballleagueworld.co.uk/john-eustace-can-ease-derby-county-burnley-transfer-blow-with-southampton-raid/

Derby looking at Edozie.

https://the72.co.uk/2026/06/06/championship-starlets-to-watch-out-for-2026-27-season/

Among those to make names for themselves in 2025/26 were Jeremy Monga, Mohamed Toure, Cameron Bragg.

Princewill Ehibhatiomhan – Southampton
20-year-old young striker Ehibhatiomhan got his first taste of senior football last season with two League Two loan spells away from Southampton. The first of these was at Swindon Town, and he ended the season at Salford City.

With those appearances under his belt, it bodes well for him to build on the reputation he has built at Southampton. He has achived in both the club’s U18s and also the U21s.

His flexibility and adaptability were on display whilst on loan, appearing predominantly as a centre-forward whilst also featuring as an attacking midfielder and at left midfield. His youth-level attacking production, coupled with senior football beginning to leak in, should make him a prospect to keep an eye on.

[Wsaint]

1 hour ago, BERMUDASAINT said:

https://footballleagueworld.co.uk/how-shea-charles-feels-southampton-man-utd-everton/

Charles has now spoken publicly about his future and has shared his feelings about recent links to the Premier League.

"At the moment, I'm focused on Southampton and the next campaign," he told the Belfast Telegraph.

"We will see what happens when we go back for pre-season. I'm really looking forward to going back to Southampton."

https://saintsmarching.com/everton-want-horror-signing-and-southampton-should-make-them-pay-through-the-nose

Everton want Aaron Ramsdale.

https://footballleagueworld.co.uk/john-eustace-can-ease-derby-county-burnley-transfer-blow-with-southampton-raid/

Derby looking at Edozie.

https://the72.co.uk/2026/06/06/championship-starlets-to-watch-out-for-2026-27-season/

Among those to make names for themselves in 2025/26 were Jeremy Monga, Mohamed Toure, Cameron Bragg.

Princewill Ehibhatiomhan – Southampton
20-year-old young striker Ehibhatiomhan got his first taste of senior football last season with two League Two loan spells away from Southampton. The first of these was at Swindon Town, and he ended the season at Salford City.

With those appearances under his belt, it bodes well for him to build on the reputation he has built at Southampton. He has achived in both the club’s U18s and also the U21s.

His flexibility and adaptability were on display whilst on loan, appearing predominantly as a centre-forward whilst also featuring as an attacking midfielder and at left midfield. His youth-level attacking production, coupled with senior football beginning to leak in, should make him a prospect to keep an eye on.

Edozie to Derby would be a weird one, would much prefer to keep hold of him.

Still think he can offer something for us.

[Baird of the land]

1 minute ago, Wsaint said:

Edozie to Derby would be a weird one, would much prefer to keep hold of him.

Still think he can offer something for us.

Given the club need to raise i'd be content for edozie to be a means to do so. On an expiring contract, still barely plays and still lacking real end product.

[hypochondriac]

12 minutes ago, Baird of the land said:

Given the club need to raise i'd be content for edozie to be a means to do so. On an expiring contract, still barely plays and still lacking real end product.

We'd get hardly anything for him. I'd rather sell them bbd.

[SylvianSylvian]

I like Edozie and would love for him to kick on at Saints but becoming resigned to the fact it may never happen… Shame as he’s got outrageous skills in his locker, just wish he could turn it on consistently 

[saintant]

16 minutes ago, Wsaint said:

Edozie to Derby would be a weird one, would much prefer to keep hold of him.

Still think he can offer something for us.

Not sure. We've been waiting for him to finally show his true potential for a long time. Maybe he's as good as he's going to get in which case a move to Derby would suit both parties.

[coalman]

We're not going to get the best out of Edozie if we don't give him minutes. Martin froze him out then loaned him out. Still froze him out and Eckert gave him minutes here and there. The little we saw of him showed more than we saw from Fellows. 

[Baird of the land]

13 minutes ago, hypochondriac said:

We'd get hardly anything for him. I'd rather sell them bbd.

why not both

[egg]

26 minutes ago, Baird of the land said:

Given the club need to raise i'd be content for edozie to be a means to do so. On an expiring contract, still barely plays and still lacking real end product.

Where does this come from? I thought Dragan said he's back us this season. 

He's one I'd be happy to cash in on though for the same reasons as you. 

[Hopper]

1 hour ago, egg said:

Where does this come from? I thought Dragan said he's back us this season. 

He's one I'd be happy to cash in on though for the same reasons as you. 

New rules limit his annual investment to 10 mil I believe

[Göztepe]

6 hours ago, Rebel said:

Göztepe'nin Brezilyalı forveti Juan mıydı neydi acaba? Sanırım adı böyleydi. Piyasa değeri sadece 12-15 milyon sterlin civarındaymış, çok ucuza almışlar onu.  

Bu arada, kalecileri Mateus Liz, Ollie Wright ile birlikte Peretz'e harika bir yedek olurdu. Onu da bir yerlerden ucuza almışlardır herhalde.

Juan isn't suitable to play as a lone striker; he's too short. He's going to Lille, a Champions League team, for 20 million euros. We bought him from Sao Paulo for 900,000 euros, and we suffered a lot for his development. Lille will play in the Champions League qualifiers; he transferred to Lech Poznan. We got him from Altay for free.

[hypochondriac]

1 hour ago, egg said:

Where does this come from? I thought Dragan said he's back us this season. 

He's one I'd be happy to cash in on though for the same reasons as you. 

I watched a video from someone credible who'd looked at our accounts and said we needed to make 60 million this summer. Sounds true to me.

[Göztepe]

6 hours ago, coalman said:

Rasmus'un Göztepe'nin gelecek sezonki Avrupa mücadelesi için onlara ihtiyacı var. Avrupa mücadelesi derken, Türkiye Süper Ligi'ni kastediyorum çünkü biz onlara maddi destek sağlasak bile hala elemeleri geçemediler.

#çoklu kulüp zaferleri

Juan isn't suitable to play as a lone striker; he's too short. He's going to Lille, a Champions League team, for 20 million euros. We bought him from Sao Paulo for 900,000 euros, and we suffered a lot for his development. You didn't provide any financial support. SR finished the season with a 25 million euro profit, a club whose budget was the same as some teams in the Turkish third division. Despite making a 25 million euro profit, they bought a 27-year-old striker from the Brazilian third division, and we narrowly missed out on European cups.

[Willo of Whiteley]

Two things I’ve seen circulating on Twitter:

The first, a tweet saying Harwood-Bellis is staying - clearly a wind up, no source, facts, just baiting.

The second, a tweet saying there is a big name Championship player moving to Southampton in the next few days. The bio says he works for The Athletic, then you clock he only has 140 followers.

Silly season has begun. 😂😂😂

[coalman]

13 minutes ago, Göztepe said:

Juan isn't suitable to play as a lone striker; he's too short. He's going to Lille, a Champions League team, for 20 million euros. We bought him from Sao Paulo for 900,000 euros, and we suffered a lot for his development. You didn't provide any financial support. SR finished the season with a 25 million euro profit, a club whose budget was the same as some teams in the Turkish third division. Despite making a 25 million euro profit, they bought a 27-year-old striker from the Brazilian third division, and we narrowly missed out on European cups.

Cool story, bro.

[Challenger]

On 05/06/2026 at 11:47, Osvaldorama said:

How did you get this picture of my Mrs?

Pompey bell ringer got it from a public toilet wall on Leigh park estate.

[egg]

50 minutes ago, Hopper said:

New rules limit his annual investment to 10 mil I believe

Ah,ok, I didn't know that. Thanks. 

[Dr Who?]

18 minutes ago, egg said:

Ah,ok, I didn't know that. Thanks. 

From the 2026/27 campaign, the SCR allowance of clubs will be set at 85 per cent of income. That margin will have a flexible equity top-up allowance of £33million over a three-year period, with owners allowed to fund up to a maximum of £15million a season

[Saint_clark]

2 hours ago, SylvianSylvian said:

I like Edozie and would love for him to kick on at Saints but becoming resigned to the fact it may never happen… Shame as he’s got outrageous skills in his locker, just wish he could turn it on consistently 

Difficult to turn it on consistently when you play so inconsistently. 

[The Kraken]

50 minutes ago, hypochondriac said:

I watched a video from someone credible who'd looked at our accounts and said we needed to make 60 million this summer. Sounds true to me.

THB and Ramsdale would get us close to that. Need replacements though. Potentially cash in on loanees like BBD, Sugawara, and Damo Downs (Lol) to fund some players in. If we lose Leo, Jander etc one would thin’ it would be for a sizeable fee so would fund a replacement.

[Gloucester Saint]

1 minute ago, The Kraken said:

THB and Ramsdale would get us close to that. Need replacements though. Potentially cash in on loanees like BBD, Sugawara, and Damo Downs (Lol) to fund some players in. If we lose Leo, Jander etc one would thin’ it would be for a sizeable fee so would fund a replacement.

Also Fernandes sell on looks likely to materialise. Ramsdale should be £15-20m, possibly slightly more for THB. Sugawara had a good season apparently on loan so should be able to shift him on possibly for a modest profit. 

[The Kraken]

1 minute ago, Gloucester Saint said:

Also Fernandes sell on looks likely to materialise. Ramsdale should be £15-20m, possibly slightly more for THB. Sugawara had a good season apparently on loan so should be able to shift him on possibly for a modest profit. 

Yes, forgot to mention that too with Fernandes. £80m is being mooted which seems very high but would net the club £15m according to reports I’ve read.

[bugenhagen]

7 minutes ago, Saint_clark said:

Difficult to turn it on consistently when you play so inconsistently. 

True, but on the flip side, good players will take their chances and make sure they play regularly. 

Edozie clearly has something, but I think both a lack of end product and more importantly hard defensive work is the main reasons managers have been reluctant to play him regularly. 

[Gloucester Saint]

3 minutes ago, The Kraken said:

Yes, forgot to mention that too with Fernandes. £80m is being mooted which seems very high but would net the club £15m according to reports I’ve read.

If they also got £15m for Charles, and Ramsdale, they could play for a higher fee on THB.

[Dr Who?]

Just now, bugenhagen said:

True, but on the flip side, good players will take their chances and make sure they play regularly. 

Edozie clearly has something, but I think both a lack of end product and more importantly hard defensive work is the main reasons managers have been reluctant to play him regularly. 

For some reason he seems to be a square peg trying to fit into a round hole. I cannot figure it out as he has the ability but never seems to quite fit in. Cannot see it happening now. 

[Dr Who?]

5 minutes ago, Gloucester Saint said:

If they also got £15m for Charles, and Ramsdale, they could play for a higher fee on THB.

I have in good knowledge that Charles will stay, seems to have his head screwed on and would be much more valuable to us than the cash next season. He has no urgency to leave, but I’m sure if one of the top 6 came in for him he would not have much choice. I also think TBH will stay. 

Edited 4 hours ago by Dr Who?

[Gloucester Saint]

Just now, Dr Who? said:

I have in good knowledge that Charles will stay, seems to have his head screwed on and would be much more valuable to us than the cash next season. He has no urgency to leave, but I’m sure if one of the top 6 came in for him he would not have much choice. 

Happy to him to stay but only likely if he extends his contract.

[Saint Mikey]

2 minutes ago, The Kraken said:

Yes, forgot to mention that too with Fernandes. £80m is being mooted which seems very high but would net the club £15m according to reports I’ve read.

It's 15% of the profit. Appreciate that the transfer fees are usually pretty opaque but if we got £38m and they sell for £80m. 15% of £42m would be £6.3m. Likelihood is they get c.£70m and we get c.£5m. Still a decent contribution to the pot.

 

 

[The Kraken]

Just now, Saint Mikey said:

It's 15% of the profit. Appreciate that the transfer fees are usually pretty opaque but if we got £38m and they sell for £80m. 15% of £42m would be £6.3m. Likelihood is they get c.£70m and we get c.£5m. Still a decent contribution to the pot.

I don’t know, but it’s not what I’ve read. I’ve read 15% of the fee. Percentage of the profit would, I agree, make more sense. But just going off of media reports which you have to take with a pinch of salt one way or the other.

[bugenhagen]

3 minutes ago, Dr Who? said:

For some reason he seems to be a square peg trying to fit into a round hole. I cannot figure it out as he has the ability but never seems to quite fit in. Cannot see it happening now. 

I agree, the only small hope I have is that I thought it looked like he worked a little harder defensively when Tonda used him towards the end…

but he probably needs a fresh start somewhere else if he is to get more out of his potential. 

[bugenhagen]

3 minutes ago, Dr Who? said:

I have in good knowledge that Charles will stay, seems to have his head screwed on and would be much more valuable to us than the cash next season. He has no urgency to leave, but I’m sure if one of the top 6 came in for him he would not have much choice. I also think TBH will stay. 

Thanks for the info. Good to hear, even though he still probably will go if a good offer for all parties comes in, it’s nice to know he probably won’t be pushing for it 

[hypochondriac]

3 minutes ago, The Kraken said:

 

 

 

10 minutes ago, Dr Who? said:

I have in good knowledge that Charles will stay, seems to have his head screwed on and would be much more valuable to us than the cash next season. He has no urgency to leave, but I’m sure if one of the top 6 came in for him he would not have much choice. I also think TBH will stay. 

If that happens I think by far the most likely to leave will be Jander. Maybe Scienza too? We will need to sell two higher value assets either way.

[saintwbu]

Jander would be top of my list to keep, maybe on a par with THB, Scienza close behind. However I also think Jander most likely to leave, to a decent German club i’d expect. 

[sockeye]

In my ideal world... we would sell Ramsdale, Jander, BBD, Bazunu, Sugawara and Larios. Everyone else we should aim to retain (and extend as appropriate). I'm not sure these 6 would raise the £60m we are said to need... but maybe we'll make a pretty penny off of a potential Fernandes sale to help out, and if Dragan's really that serious he could inject another £10m to keep everyone together... a lot of what ifs. Could Edozie be worth selling too? I like the guy but he's inconsistent, although people are saying he'll need a run of games to show everyone what he's made of, can we afford to give him a unconditional run of games with the criticality of the season ahead?

I don't want to say goodbye to Leo yet.  THB and Charles will be Premier League ready and although we could make good money off of them, losing them would weaken us considerably (in Charles' case, losing him and Jander would be difficult). I think we could convince all of these to stay, I imagine they all loved it this season, though due to his contract ending in 2027 the ball isn't super in our court with Charles. I think THB should get the captain's armband if we keep him this summer, he's got a real energy about him that we'll need for our aggressive promotion push this year.

We've got a lot of players from a bygone generation out of contract. Smallbone, Aribo, Taylor, McCarthy. Stewart is also one of this cohort, and my feeling is that he's just playing hardball with negotiations - makes no sense to be going to a World Cup as a free agent with his injury history. But if we lose him I'm not going to be too worried, I have faith in Spors to find a decent backup to Larin, our recruitment has come a long way since the days of signing Downs and Quarshie.

 

[hypochondriac]

8 minutes ago, sockeye said:

In my ideal world... we would sell Ramsdale, Jander, BBD, Bazunu, Sugawara and Larios. Everyone else we should aim to retain (and extend as appropriate). I'm not sure these 6 would raise the £60m we are said to need... but maybe we'll make a pretty penny off of a potential Fernandes sale to help out, and if Dragan's really that serious he could inject another £10m to keep everyone together... a lot of what ifs. Could Edozie be worth selling too? I like the guy but he's inconsistent, although people are saying he'll need a run of games to show everyone what he's made of, can we afford to give him a unconditional run of games with the criticality of the season ahead?

I don't want to say goodbye to Leo yet.  THB and Charles will be Premier League ready and although we could make good money off of them, losing them would weaken us considerably (in Charles' case, losing him and Jander would be difficult). I think we could convince all of these to stay, I imagine they all loved it this season, though due to his contract ending in 2027 the ball isn't super in our court with Charles. I think THB should get the captain's armband if we keep him this summer, he's got a real energy about him that we'll need for our aggressive promotion push this year.

We've got a lot of players from a bygone generation out of contract. Smallbone, Aribo, Taylor, McCarthy. Stewart is also one of this cohort, and my feeling is that he's just playing hardball with negotiations - makes no sense to be going to a World Cup as a free agent with his injury history. But if we lose him I'm not going to be too worried, I have faith in Spors to find a decent backup to Larin, our recruitment has come a long way since the days of signing Downs and Quarshie.

 

Hopefully he signs an equal or superior player than Larin to compete with him rather than a backup.

[BARCELONASAINT]

Louis Munteanu who plays for MLS club DC United and is currently playing for Romania against Wales looks a real handful and a natural striker. Scored an absolute belter in the first half that has been wrongly ruled out for offside and had an excellent instinctive shot well saved by the the keeper. Only 23years old and would not cost a bundle.

[2Morrow]

If we are aiming for 60m then:

Jander 25m plus (signed for over 10 plus length of contract)

Scienza 25m plus (ditto)

THB 25m ( we would want a profit)

Charles 20m plus (2 years left)

Ramsdale 15m -20m ( covers his amortisation, at the high end funds peretz)

Sugawara 5m

BBD 4m

Fernandes 5m sell on

 

Total sellable is around 120m, so if Dragan want to go for broke its probably 2 of

Jander / Charles / THB / Scienza

Plus the rest of that list to hit 70 -80m and have some to replace whoever leaves from the big 4.

A third of the big 4 goes and we will probably use that to get a couple of big replacements. 

Might be naive, but given the noise I can't see all 4 being allowed to go this year, and if I was to guess I would say Jander and Charles go given the interest and numbers we would see for them.

 

[Pilchards]

Please don’t forget that West Ham would not of paid the full transfer fee for Fernandes and the same probably goes to Everton for Dibling.

That could easily be 15m+

[Matthew Le God]

1 hour ago, Dr Who? said:

I have in good knowledge that Charles will stay, seems to have his head screwed on and would be much more valuable to us than the cash next season. He has no urgency to leave, but I’m sure if one of the top 6 came in for him he would not have much choice. I also think TBH will stay. 

Bournemouth?

[Gloucester Saint]

Don’t forget shedding some significant wages as well in Aribo. Smallbone probably going on a free (Russell reunion?). 

[saintant]

2 hours ago, Dr Who? said:

For some reason he seems to be a square peg trying to fit into a round hole. I cannot figure it out as he has the ability but never seems to quite fit in. Cannot see it happening now. 

I think it's more a case that he doesn't actually have the ability. He's quick and has a few tricks but that's not enough. Doubt he'll ever amount to more than a pretty average Championship winger because he just doesn't have that extra quality needed to kick on.

[StrangelyBrown]

16 minutes ago, saintant said:

I think it's more a case that he doesn't actually have the ability. He's quick and has a few tricks but that's not enough. Doubt he'll ever amount to more than a pretty average Championship winger because he just doesn't have that extra quality needed to kick on.

Not sure it's an ability issue. Seems like a mental one to me. Every time he has a point to prove he looks decent and then in subsequent games he fades into mediocrity. If he could play like it's his last chance every game I think he would be very good.

I don't buy the no end product thing either. He's scored goals and made assists but other times he's completely ineffective.

[Lee On Solent Saint]

26 minutes ago, StrangelyBrown said:

Not sure it's an ability issue. Seems like a mental one to me. Every time he has a point to prove he looks decent and then in subsequent games he fades into mediocrity. If he could play like it's his last chance every game I think he would be very good.

I don't buy the no end product thing either. He's scored goals and made assists but other times he's completely ineffective.

He's probably what gets termed a confidence player. I remember up until that whack he got against Norwich when he was on the end of a horrific tackle, he was pretty decent.

[JohnnyShearer2.0]

4 minutes ago, Lee On Solent Saint said:

He's probably what gets termed a confidence player. I remember up until that whack he got against Norwich when he was on the end of a horrific tackle, he was pretty decent.

Yup, I feel that was a turning point.

Upto the point, he seemed to be getting better game by game.

Was causing all sorts of issues. 

That tackle definitely knocked his confidence and seemed a lot more hesitant taking people on.

[Dr Who?]

3 hours ago, bugenhagen said:

Thanks for the info. Good to hear, even though he still probably will go if a good offer for all parties comes in, it’s nice to know he probably won’t be pushing for it 

It’s a career, but he will not leave until he can achieve this, for example a Fulham or Brentford type side and not any of the newly promoted sides. I think we have a pretty settled side, and considering what has happened the last few weeks not bad going by the club on this one thus far. We cannot stand in the way of anyone who wants to join a top 6 side, but as it stands another season with a settled squad (in the main) hopefully getting promoted would be the best way for them to achieve this and I believe this is how the club are selling it to them and it seems to be working. 

Only Jander who is only wanting out because he has not settled over here, and that was made clear in January. Leo is also on the fence it would seem. 

[SuperSAINT]

1 hour ago, Gloucester Saint said:

Don’t forget shedding some significant wages as well in Aribo. Smallbone probably going on a free (Russell reunion?). 

Ditto McCarthy 

[trousers]

[Dr Who?]

57 minutes ago, saintant said:

I think it's more a case that he doesn't actually have the ability. He's quick and has a few tricks but that's not enough. Doubt he'll ever amount to more than a pretty average Championship winger because he just doesn't have that extra quality needed to kick on.

Think you are right, could be ability he is lacking or a mental issue to apply the ability on a regular bases. So much is in the head. 

[Dr Who?]

1 minute ago, trousers said:

If Charles wants to stay we would be crazy to push for the money. But I do not own the club.