Summer Transfer Window 2026

[trousers]

10 minutes ago, Thripp87 said:

Piss poor from Stewart and his representatives. He obviously has a club lined up already, no chance would they risk him playing competitive football for Scotland without an employer. 

Isn't he still contracted to us until the end of the world cup group fixtures (i.e. end of June)...? As such, any 'pre-agreement' he has with another club could be torn up if he were to get injured before the end of the month..? Still a massive risk he's taking I reckon. 

[hypochondriac]

3 minutes ago, James said:

Agreed. SR record of signing strikers is pretty awful. 

Done alright with Larin. 

[trousers]

9 minutes ago, John Boy Saint said:

Stewart is partly down to us dicking about

We were evidently confident of not being chucked out of the play-offs, and thus able to use the "5 day window" clause in his contract to extend his contract if we were still in the EFL. 

So not really "dicking around", rather underestimating the wrath of the EFL...

Edited 5 hours ago by trousers

[hypochondriac]

Just now, trousers said:

We were evidently confident of not being chucked out of the play-offs, and thus able to use the "5 day" clause in his contract to extend his contract if we were still in the EFL. 

So not really "dicking around", rather underestimating the wrath of the EFL...

Probably didn't want to sign him if we got to the Prem which is fair enough.

[skintsaint]

Some wedge saved per week getting rid of that lot.

[Farmer Saint]

Very disappointed with Stewart - very poor.

 

[Kenilworthy1959]

We don't actually know what the conversation between Saints and Stewart was. Maybe we didn't want to keep him that badly and made it clear with the size/duration of the contract we were offering?

[hypochondriac]

Time for Archer to step up a bit? I reckon he stays now and we can use him next year.

[Wade Garrett]

Stewart is an absolute wanker.  
 

Would be devastated if the cunt got injured this Summer without a contract.

[CSA96]

What would Plymouth be looking for in return for Laurent Tolaj? 24 years old, 6ft, can hold the ball up and run in behind, got 21 goals in L1 last season. Feels like the sort of profile worth looking at

[hypochondriac]

2 minutes ago, CSA96 said:

What would Plymouth be looking for in return for Laurent Tolaj? 24 years old, 6ft, can hold the ball up and run in behind, got 21 goals in L1 last season. Feels like the sort of profile worth looking at

Good shout that. Probably only cost a few million.

[lambtiss]

2 minutes ago, Wade Garrett said:

Stewart is an absolute wanker.  
 

Would be devastated if the cunt got injured this Summer without a contract.

That's the spirit

[EBS1980]

With Stewart gone, I imagine they are also looking for buyers for BBD, Downs and Archer, could be quite the refresh up front next season. 

[Farmer Saint]

Bree done

[egg]

15 minutes ago, Farmer Saint said:

Very disappointed with Stewart - very poor.

 

I'm not sure whether I'm more disappointed in his lack of gratitude, or us not exercising the extension in time. Probably more with him on balance. 

[trousers]

14 minutes ago, hypochondriac said:

Time for Archer to step up a bit? I reckon he stays now and we can use him next year.

He proved in his brief purple patch towards the end of the season that he's not a 'proper' centre forward, like Stewart or Larin. If we revert back to square pegs in round holes approach with our choice of strikers, despite the success of having two proper centre forwards underpinning last season turnaround, then I'll be back to despairing Sport Republic's decision making. Surely they've learned their lesson by now, with regards the type of striker(s) we need ...?

P.s. Bree just confirmed as staying 

Edited 4 hours ago by trousers

[saintant]

11 minutes ago, CSA96 said:

What would Plymouth be looking for in return for Laurent Tolaj? 24 years old, 6ft, can hold the ball up and run in behind, got 21 goals in L1 last season. Feels like the sort of profile worth looking at

Decent player I'd say.

[trousers]

11 minutes ago, CSA96 said:

What would Plymouth be looking for in return for Laurent Tolaj? 24 years old, 6ft, can hold the ball up and run in behind, got 21 goals in L1 last season. Feels like the sort of profile worth looking at

Sounds ideal, assuming L1 isn't his ceiling of course...

[revolution saint]

2 minutes ago, hypochondriac said:

Time for Archer to step up a bit? I reckon he stays now and we can use him next year.

We've been waiting for that for a while now though.  Entirely possible he could but I'd rather sell him if the opportunity comes up.  

Annoyed about Stewart but hopefully we can bring in someone who has the same impact that Larin has had.

[egg]

2 minutes ago, Farmer Saint said:

Bree done

That's a good bit of business. Him coming back in January kick started our season. 

[hypochondriac]

Great news on Bree. Our team starting to take shape a bit for next year. If we take at face value what Dragan said about new signings only leaving if we get a bumper transfer fee:

Peretz 

Bree Stephens ? Manning 

Fellows/Matsuki Downes? Bragg Scienza?

Azaz

Larin 

[trousers]

[Dman]

9 minutes ago, egg said:

I'm not sure whether I'm more disappointed in his lack of gratitude, or us not exercising the extension in time. Probably more with him on balance. 

I can excuse us on this one tbf. Sounds like we were tucked up by a technicality after being hooked from the play-off final. 

Had we renewed early, played the PO final and he done his hamstring (or any games leading up to that) meaning he missed half of (if not more) that 1 year extension, we'd have been accused of jumping in too early. 

100% on Stewart and his agent this one. 

[Hopper]

Sad to see Ross leave in this way but getting Cyle signed early softens the blow and it does mean we can look forward to a new forward signing.

Breezy signing up another 3 years is massive. He's still getting better and better and is so consistent.

I'm sure we've got a couple more big name departures coming but we've done so well to get Larin, Peretz and Breezy sorted nice and early.

I have a feeling we might just keep Leo you know. Age and contract status are favourable and he seems like the type who may just reward us with some loyalty (Perhaps I'm being overly optimistic but we will see).

Feels like this will be one of the more stable windows we will have had in recent memory.

[Give it to Ron]

15 minutes ago, hypochondriac said:

Great news on Bree. Our team starting to take shape a bit for next year. If we take at face value what Dragan said about new signings only leaving if we get a bumper transfer fee:

Peretz 

Bree Stephens ? Manning 

Fellows/Matsuki Downes? Bragg Scienza?

Azaz

Larin 

Quarshie to step up with Wood as a bit more experience for Quarshie he may kick on.

[EBS1980]

24 minutes ago, egg said:

I'm not sure whether I'm more disappointed in his lack of gratitude, or us not exercising the extension in time. Probably more with him on balance. 

I think we were waiting to see what league we would be in first, which is fine, but given the mess at the end of the season it’s worked against us by missing the deadline as the final then wasn’t our final game 

Edited 4 hours ago by EBS1980
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[Hopper]

2 minutes ago, Give it to Ron said:

Quarshie to step up with Wood as a bit more experience for Quarshie he may kick on.

Watching Wood get the ball stuck under his feet gives me heart palpitations.

[SuperSAINT]

On 11/06/2026 at 13:33, supertadic21 said:

Not sure if it has been mentioned anywhere yet but as I understand it, Bree has agreed his contract extension.

#ITK_Watch

[hypochondriac]

57 minutes ago, trousers said:

He proved in his brief purple patch towards the end of the season that he's not a 'proper' centre forward, like Stewart or Larin. If we revert back to square pegs in round holes approach with our choice of strikers, despite the success of having two proper centre forwards underpinning last season turnaround, then I'll be back to despairing Sport Republic's decision making. Surely they've learned their lesson by now, with regards the type of striker(s) we need ...?

P.s. Bree just confirmed as staying 

I wasn't suggesting Archer stays and is the stewart replacement. Clearly we'd need someone else too

[Saint_lambden]

Will Lankshear (Spurs)

Laurent Tolaj (Plymouth)

Kevin Denkey (Cincinatti) 

Robbie Ure (Sirius) 

Richard Kone (QPR)

Any of those please Mr Spors to replace Stewart. 

[LiberalCommunist]

1 hour ago, Chez said:

We all knew he was a top player and if we have survived would perhaps be able to ask for similar money. I guess two seasons in the PL shows that he is not a flash in the pan, not to mention he can do it at a different club. Plus he scored a couple of blinders, which really helps you get noticed. Just shows that he made the right move leaving us. Would United be calling if he had had a decent season with us in the championship? I doubt it.

This definitely requires a rebuttal. 

He scored 3 goals for WHU and was largely missing for the first half of the season. He scored two for us the previous season, and although he was a stand out player, we were very shit! A couple great goals does not make him an exceptional player. Only consistency will make him a top talent. He now has two consecutive relegations on his CV. (just shows he made the right move?????) And now he's linked with Utd which makes him a top player? I think the boy has great potential, but needs to make better career decisions (whu seemed like a daft move at the time), and certainly is not worth the hype fee being touted.

Side note. I hope he goes for a top fee, because we benefit from it, but it will not be £80M.

[sfc4prem]

1 hour ago, CSA96 said:

What would Plymouth be looking for in return for Laurent Tolaj? 24 years old, 6ft, can hold the ball up and run in behind, got 21 goals in L1 last season. Feels like the sort of profile worth looking at

Quality shout right here.

[hypochondriac]

1 hour ago, revolution saint said:

We've been waiting for that for a while now though.  Entirely possible he could but I'd rather sell him if the opportunity comes up.  

Annoyed about Stewart but hopefully we can bring in someone who has the same impact that Larin has had.

I'm not sure we'd get enough from Archer to make a sale worthwhile. Bringing in three strikers in one window is a bit of a risk.

[revolution saint]

9 minutes ago, hypochondriac said:

I'm not sure we'd get enough from Archer to make a sale worthwhile. Bringing in three strikers in one window is a bit of a risk.

Yeah it would depend on if we got any offers and probably wouldn't be that much.  I thought last season he would shine but he was largely gash and I've given up expecting anything from him.  I don't think physically he fits the profile of the team either - he can't play up front on his own and isn't good enough to justify changing the shape of the team to accommodate him.  He can't effectively play on the wings much either.  He's OK(ish) with through balls but can't beat his man 9 times out of 10.
Who knows, maybe something clicks for him this time round but I don't hold out much hope.

[hypochondriac]

1 minute ago, revolution saint said:

Yeah it would depend on if we got any offers and probably wouldn't be that much.  I thought last season he would shine but he was largely gash and I've given up expecting anything from him.  I don't think physically he fits the profile of the team either - he can't play up front on his own and isn't good enough to justify changing the shape of the team to accommodate him.  He can't effectively play on the wings much either.  He's OK(ish) with through balls but can't beat his man 9 times out of 10.
Who knows, maybe something clicks for him this time round but I don't hold out much hope.

Fair comment. I just can't see us signing three strikers in one window and I assume Downs will be off again. We can't enter a season with Larin and no one else.

[Sheaf Saint]

Do we know for 100% certain that Stewart won't still be here next season?

The retained/released list just shows which contracts have expired and not been renewed. We couldn't activate the year extension with Ross because of the timing issue with the playoff expulsion, so his contract has technically expired, but I assume we are still negotiating a possible new one with him, aren't we?

Or have I missed an announcement somewhere?

[James]

10 minutes ago, Sheaf Saint said:

Do we know for 100% certain that Stewart won't still be here next season?

The retained/released list just shows which contracts have expired and not been renewed. We couldn't activate the year extension with Ross because of the timing issue with the playoff expulsion, so his contract has technically expired, but I assume we are still negotiating a possible new one with him, aren't we?

Or have I missed an announcement somewhere?

The retained list article says the contract extension wasn’t agreed. I guess he could change his mind but it doesn’t sound like he’s going to. 

[Dark Munster]

2 hours ago, hypochondriac said:

Done alright with Larin. 

A blind squirrel finds a nut occasionally 

[hypochondriac]

2 minutes ago, Dark Munster said:

A blind squirrel finds a nut occasionally 

I'd say Spors has a pretty good track record. Certainly superior to anyone else Sports Republic has got in.

[JohnS]

Finally! - our Defence is showing signs of shaping up nicely.  Hopefully, the start of building a solid wall back there that Donald Trump would be proud of.  We need to be a very hard team to score against.

Past seasons clearly show we've had major weaknesses with conceding stupidly high amount of goals over the season.

Peretz & Bree have been immense this season & are just simply brilliant signings - happy days!

Manning - needs to greatly improve on his defending side - immense going forward & with his deliveries.

Wellington - I feel is better defensively than Manning, but nowhere at his level going forward/attacking
Need to merge their strengths somehow. 

THB - Poor start to last season for some reason - but became arguably best player in the team from about midway through.  Would be such great news for us to confirm his presence for us next season asap.

Wood - Stephens & Quarshie - All not good enough as 1st team options I feel - maybe good back-up 2nd options - Stephens being maybe the best option of a poor bunch & definitely partners up with THB better.

Roerslev - I've not really seen enough of to comment.

Defence is priority transfer area for me - so hoping to keep THB & find another very good CB to partner him.
Practice, Practice, Practice defending Crosses & Corners! 🙂     

[Football Special]

9 minutes ago, James said:

The retained list article says the contract extension wasn’t agreed. I guess he could change his mind but it doesn’t sound like he’s going to. 

He'd have known there was a chance his contract wouldn't be extended (as Saints had let it run down without activating) so im sure his agent was already sounding out interest. I reckon he has an offer that he's agreed to, could be Middlesbrough, feels like so much of his time here was a disaster its typical that he's finally managed a run of games and fucks off. Watch him be Championship top scorer next season now 

[JohnnyShearer2.0]

2 hours ago, CSA96 said:

What would Plymouth be looking for in return for Laurent Tolaj? 24 years old, 6ft, can hold the ball up and run in behind, got 21 goals in L1 last season. Feels like the sort of profile worth looking at

How good is he? I've not seen him in action. Is it likely that he could step up?

[MarkSFC]

11 minutes ago, JohnS said:

Finally! - our Defence is showing signs of shaping up nicely.  Hopefully, the start of building a solid wall back there that Donald Trump would be proud of.  We need to be a very hard team to score against.

Past seasons clearly show we've had major weaknesses with conceding stupidly high amount of goals over the season.

Peretz & Bree have been immense this season & are just simply brilliant signings - happy days!

Manning - needs to greatly improve on his defending side - immense going forward & with his deliveries.

Wellington - I feel is better defensively than Manning, but nowhere at his level going forward/attacking
Need to merge their strengths somehow. 

THB - Poor start to last season for some reason - but became arguably best player in the team from about midway through.  Would be such great news for us to confirm his presence for us next season asap.

Wood - Stephens & Quarshie - All not good enough as 1st team options I feel - maybe good back-up 2nd options - Stephens being maybe the best option of a poor bunch & definitely partners up with THB better.

Roerslev - I've not really seen enough of to comment.

Defence is priority transfer area for me - so hoping to keep THB & find another very good CB to partner him.
Practice, Practice, Practice defending Crosses & Corners! 🙂     

Given what DS said the other day, we wont be buying another CB unless one of them goes. 

[Turkish]

With McCarthy, Aribo and Stewart gone thats some serious wedge off the wage bill good to see.

[Tamesaint]

This may not be a popular view but is there really no future for BBD at Saints when he returns from loan? Yes he was totally crap when he was playing Russball. You could see how his confidence was completely shot Derby however got a tune out of him last season and my Derby supporting cousin spoke highly of him. Tonda has done well with Archer. Could he do the same with BBD. 

[saintant]

39 minutes ago, JohnS said:

Finally! - our Defence is showing signs of shaping up nicely.  Hopefully, the start of building a solid wall back there that Donald Trump would be proud of.  We need to be a very hard team to score against.

Past seasons clearly show we've had major weaknesses with conceding stupidly high amount of goals over the season.

Peretz & Bree have been immense this season & are just simply brilliant signings - happy days!

Manning - needs to greatly improve on his defending side - immense going forward & with his deliveries.

Wellington - I feel is better defensively than Manning, but nowhere at his level going forward/attacking
Need to merge their strengths somehow. 

THB - Poor start to last season for some reason - but became arguably best player in the team from about midway through.  Would be such great news for us to confirm his presence for us next season asap.

Wood - Stephens & Quarshie - All not good enough as 1st team options I feel - maybe good back-up 2nd options - Stephens being maybe the best option of a poor bunch & definitely partners up with THB better.

Roerslev - I've not really seen enough of to comment.

Defence is priority transfer area for me - so hoping to keep THB & find another very good CB to partner him.
Practice, Practice, Practice defending Crosses & Corners! 🙂     

Thought his all round game including defending improved immensely when we converted to a back four.

[trousers]

10 minutes ago, Tamesaint said:

This may not be a popular view but is there really no future for BBD at Saints when he returns from loan? Yes he was totally crap when he was playing Russball. You could see how his confidence was completely shot Derby however got a tune out of him last season and my Derby supporting cousin spoke highly of him. Tonda has done well with Archer. Could he do the same with BBD. 

If Tonda thinks he can DAJFU then I'd be happy to see how it pans out. As you say, he was a square peg in a round hole for Russball and could be much more suited to Tonda Tactics...

[Convict Colony]

Guys I keep coming back to this and as someone who does a fair few photoshops i cannot find any issues with this pic and grok cant either.

Maybe its happening and if it is we might have another Gervinho situation with his hairline regression

[Badger]

10 minutes ago, Tamesaint said:

This may not be a popular view but is there really no future for BBD at Saints when he returns from loan? Yes he was totally crap when he was playing Russball. You could see how his confidence was completely shot Derby however got a tune out of him last season and my Derby supporting cousin spoke highly of him. Tonda has done well with Archer. Could he do the same with BBD. 

As much as I can see your logic here, let’s not go overboard about Tonda transforming Archer. I think he managed two or three goid games out of him. (More than any other fucker has done admittedly but doesn’t sell the idea of keeping him to me).

BBD? Confidence player perhaps. Possibly Tonda - if he is allowed to remain in post - could improve him. But if we had the option of upgrading that seems a better option then gambling with proven barrel scrapings. 

[saintant]

1 minute ago, Convict Colony said:

Guys I keep coming back to this and as someone who does a fair few photoshops i cannot find any issues with this pic and grok cant either.

Maybe its happening and if it is we might have another Gervinho situation with his hairline regression

What you mean other than the fact that the club photographer is in the picture 🙂