Summer Transfer Window 2026

[Dr Who?]

2 hours ago, Matthew Le God said:

Bournemouth?

Traditional top six, my bad. 😞 

[hypochondriac]

Just now, Dr Who? said:

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

Well given our financial situation we have to sell some players and he is one of our most saleable assets.

[Osvaldorama]

Genuinely not sure Charles would attract a big money move at this point. I do wonder if our asking price would be higher than clubs are willing to pay. 
 

Hes great but still very raw. Another season with us is probably what he needs… (especially if we are pushing for promotion instead of poncing about at the bottom of the league for six months like last season). 
 

It feels weird to be in a transfer window and wanting to keep the majority of the squad. Last few seasons I’ve wanted to get rid of so many. 

[Tommy Mulgrew]

Spertsyan scored for Armenia today.

Just saying.

😏

[Turkish]

24 minutes ago, Tommy Mulgrew said:

Spertsyan scored for Armenia today.

Just saying.

😏

Hasn’t he just signed for a team in Saudi?

[Gloucester Saint]

10 hours ago, Osvaldorama said:

Genuinely not sure Charles would attract a big money move at this point. I do wonder if our asking price would be higher than clubs are willing to pay. 
 

Hes great but still very raw. Another season with us is probably what he needs… (especially if we are pushing for promotion instead of poncing about at the bottom of the league for six months like last season). 
 

It feels weird to be in a transfer window and wanting to keep the majority of the squad. Last few seasons I’ve wanted to get rid of so many. 

Depends how long he has on his contract though, I thought it was only 12 months but perhaps there’s a an extra year’s option? If he isn’t signing a new one then it become obvious to cash as an asset.

[Dr Who?]

10 hours ago, Osvaldorama said:

Genuinely not sure Charles would attract a big money move at this point. I do wonder if our asking price would be higher than clubs are willing to pay. 
 

Hes great but still very raw. Another season with us is probably what he needs… (especially if we are pushing for promotion instead of poncing about at the bottom of the league for six months like last season). 
 

It feels weird to be in a transfer window and wanting to keep the majority of the squad. Last few seasons I’ve wanted to get rid of so many. 

And this is what the player thoughts seems to be, but if the club ‘need’ to cash in I’m sure they will push for it. Very odd situation as we are always lead to believe it is the player that wants out. Ok they may do in the majority, but it would seem not in some like this. I still have good faith that he will start the season with Saints… then will and push the panic buy button in the top 6 of the premier ‘traditional top 6’. 

[Convict Colony]

11 hours ago, Turkish said:

Hasn’t he just signed for a team in Saudi?

it's the usual he needs to speak to the president bollocks, al hillal want him apparently 

[coalman]

21 minutes ago, Convict Colony said:

it's the usual he needs to speak to the president bollocks, al hillal want him apparently 

I'm sure that will go smoothly. The Krasnodar president is renowned for his calm head during these kinds of transfer negotiations.

[Baird of the land]

2 hours ago, Gloucester Saint said:

Depends how long he has on his contract though, I thought it was only 12 months but perhaps there’s a an extra year’s option? If he isn’t signing a new one then it become obvious to cash as an asset.

The echo previously said there was an extra year option, no clue if the club actually got round to activating it though.

[CB Fry]

27 minutes ago, Baird of the land said:

The echo previously said there was an extra year option, no clue if the club actually got round to activating it though.

He's contracted to the end of 26-27.

Funnily enough, whatever option we have isn't entirely down to Saints "actually getting round to it". Obviously a wee bit more complicated than that.

The most likely scenario is we cash in this summer.

I guess there probably is a contract to be written with a kind of reverse relegation clause in it - if we don’t go up he goes, if we do go up we pay him £xxxxx. 

But probably the most likely departure of the summer.

 

Edited 2 hours ago by CB Fry

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https://www.attackingfootball.com/3-youth-players-southampton-this-summer/

[LeG]

Dragan is really stepping up. Like seriously. Bit between his teeth. £££. Players will be happy. 

[Lord Duckhunter]

14 hours ago, Dr Who? said:

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

I’m sure the fact he went through Man City’s academy means selling him will be better for the profit rules than selling Jander or someone else for the exact same fee. I’m not 100% sure as it’s complicated, but I think selling someone who came through an English academy does benefit the profitability more than a foreign one. 
 

Therefore it might be the case that selling 2 English players, would be the same as selling 3 foreign ones as far as PSR is concerned .

Edited 1 hour ago by Lord Duckhunter

[JohnnyShearer2.0]

1 hour ago, LeG said:

Dragan is really stepping up. Like seriously. Bit between his teeth. £££. Players will be happy. 

Oh interesting. Will be seeing news soon then?!

[sfc4prem]

1 hour ago, LeG said:

Dragan is really stepping up. Like seriously. Bit between his teeth. £££. Players will be happy. 

Bonuses offered to keep the squad together?

Leo, Caspar, Shea and Taylor all staying?

[Patrick Bateman]

1 hour ago, LeG said:

Dragan is really stepping up. Like seriously. Bit between his teeth. £££. Players will be happy. 

Love it - we all need to push as hard as we can this year and embrace the "fuck it, we'll do it again and do it harder" mentality, as shown by Peretz in his video.

I'm very much looking forward to this season (on that note, I'm ready to renew, let's do it please Saints)

The famous ending (4:10 onwards) to this song feels apt this season ... 

 

Edited 6 minutes ago by Patrick Bateman