Summer Transfer Window 2026

[Colinjb]

7 minutes ago, gio1saints said:

Maths and common sense surely determines that “the devil we know “ - RS - on a free is likely a sensible & smarter bet than on any unknown striker for £9m? which is what yiu get for £9m - potential not medals. 

Just his ability to blend into the squad and know how we play and his role in it instantly instantly is worth £££££££. 

He is not a world beater but he’s plenty good enough at this Championship level. If there is a cost effective way to take him back , and surely that’s not brain surgery to work out -SFC should do so. 

You make a sensible case that I cannot disagree with.

However; bollocks to him.

[SNSUN]

3 hours ago, Saint Matty 76 said:

 

I'd rather 3 strikers in a 1 striker system but I guess that's why we signed Dobbin who can play there if needed. Tricky one because if your main 2 strikers stay fit and suspension free all season then the 3rd striker isn't getting much game time but it only takes one injury to start thinking about hitting shit creek and using the youth. 

Re-signing Ross for example (or signing another striker) and bringing in someone younger (or another AM that can play up top) would be less worrying. I appreciate Archer may go but at least he could also play wide as well as striker. 

[SouthWalesSaints]

If we manage to get Ross back and the fact we’ve signed Larin. IMO this is enough for us to get autos behind West Ham. 

[hypochondriac]

27 minutes ago, SouthWalesSaints said:

If we manage to get Ross back and the fact we’ve signed Larin. IMO this is enough for us to get autos behind West Ham. 

Depends how much of our midfield we manage to keep and who we replace THB with if he leaves 

[austsaint]

1 hour ago, hypochondriac said:

Depends how much of our midfield we manage to keep and who we replace THB with if he leaves 

That's the crucial question determining the success of the season ahead.   If Charles and Jander go, we need comparable quality in return; not easy.   If THB goes, the task for Spors to find a good enough replacement is also difficult.   Accommodating Stewart or finding his replacement, while important are third tier priorities in my book.    Stewart staying brings the ever present injury risk, while finding a good enough replacement is not easy, since before Larin, our last good striker recruitment was Danny Ings.

[woodsaint1]

2 hours ago, SouthWalesSaints said:

If we manage to get Ross back and the fact we’ve signed Larin. IMO this is enough for us to get autos behind West Ham. 

We're winning the league

[goodymatt]

 

[Lee On Solent Saint]

Just now, goodymatt said:

 

There is no right deal if you are selling your best defender to a promotion rival. Can't believe even we would be that stupid to entertain this.

[Harry_SFC]

1 minute ago, Lee On Solent Saint said:

There is no right deal if you are selling your best defender to a promotion rival. Can't believe even we would be that stupid to entertain this.

Plus we know they've just got £85m for Fernandes. 

[trousers]

4 minutes ago, Lee On Solent Saint said:

There is no right deal if you are selling your best defender to a promotion rival. Can't believe even we would be that stupid to entertain this.

 

[James]

12 minutes ago, goodymatt said:

 

That Ex WHU Employee bloke knows nothing, he just throws names at the wall until one sticks. 

[hypochondriac]

I don't think we will but if THB was to go to west ham then I'd be livid. Not sure they'd be able to afford it anyway.

[Toadhall Saint]

28 minutes ago, Lee On Solent Saint said:

There is no right deal if you are selling your best defender to a promotion rival. Can't believe even we would be that stupid to entertain this.

Exactly- if we want to get promoted we do not sell to them or any other team in the championship. 200m is the prize we are looking at for getting promoted so selling THB to a promotion rival would need to be for a serious amount of money.

[Willo of Whiteley]

32 minutes ago, goodymatt said:

 

The person running that account knows fuck all.

It’s not even worthy of posting this as news.

Any chance the SaintsExtra account could do the same back? “Areola homesick and wants out”, “Summerville demands transfer”, “Bowen could move to Wrexham for the right price”.

All of the above are just as newsworthy and carry as much fact.

Move on.

[Saint NL]

There's zero chance of a championship spending £20m+ on a defender. 

 

[Matthew Le God]

40 minutes ago, Saint NL said:

There's zero chance of a championship spending £20m+ on a defender. 

West Ham aren't a typical Championship club. Their player sales this summer will be huge. So are their other income streams.

[Lee On Solent Saint]

1 minute ago, Matthew Le God said:

West Ham aren't a typical Championship club. Their player sales this summer will be huge. So are their other income streams.

So are their debts, presumably? Relegation will hit them just as hard as any other club

[AlexLaw76]

Just now, Lee On Solent Saint said:

So are their debts, presumably? Relegation will hit them just as hard as any other club

Yet they are keeping Bowen…. I suspect West Ham will have the biggest budget and wage bill

[Lee On Solent Saint]

5 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said:

Yet they are keeping Bowen…. I suspect West Ham will have the biggest budget and wage bill

Whilst everyone else gets sold. Bowen was always likely to stay with them. I think the reality of his situation has probably hit home. He knows he is well out of the England picture, and unlike JWP has accepted it. 

[sadoldgit]

Apologies if this had already been posted. Apparently Bowen is staying at WHU this season.

[Badger]

12 hours ago, SouthWalesSaints said:

If we manage to get Ross back and the fact we’ve signed Larin. IMO this is enough for us to get autos behind West Ham. 

This assumes that a)both stay fit, and b)both repeat the form from Jan-May from last season. 
 

Towards the end of last season my hope was that we’d start this with Larin and Stewart plus another CF possibly to be eased in over the season. This would remain the hope if Stewart stays, and more important if he doesn’t (in which case he needs to be ready from the outset). 

In CF ideally I’d like to think we’re looking at one of similar stature to Stewart in height, a proper CF not a shortarse like Dobbin no matter how good he is elsewhere.

Whether this is Azon, Lankshear (permanent or possibly on loan) or another remains to be seen. 

Edited 1 hour ago by Badger

[Badger]

1 minute ago, sadoldgit said:

Apologies if this had already been posted. Apparently Bowen is staying at WHU this season.

At least until Liverpool or Utd have a couple of injuries and make a late August bid. 

[Oh no Mick Mills]

36 minutes ago, Lee On Solent Saint said:

So are their debts, presumably? Relegation will hit them just as hard as any other club

Although they'll no doubt lose a few more players in the transfer window, they've kept they're two best assets in Nuno and Bowen.

This is a club and squad of players that got 39 points in the Prem last season. 

Our two previous Prem campaigns we totalled 37! 

West Ham will run away with this league 100% 

Edited 1 hour ago by Oh no Mick Mills

[beatlesaint]

If THB leaves he’s going to the Premier League. 
If he stays here and we don’t go up he goes to the Premier League next summer.

If he goes to West Ham now and they somehow screw up promotion he’s stuck there and in the Championship for yet another season.

[Willo of Whiteley]

37 minutes ago, sadoldgit said:

Apologies if this had already been posted. Apparently Bowen is staying at WHU this season.

That’ll be their budget eaten up 😉

[Paul_B]

3 hours ago, goodymatt said:

 

Fuck off

[Chez]

Stewart is a 'yes' for me. At his best (FA cup semi final for example) he is a real handful for any defender.

 

 

[Chez]

1 hour ago, sadoldgit said:

Apologies if this had already been posted. Apparently Bowen is staying at WHU this season.

I wonder how much they are paying him in the championship? Im guessing he hasnt taken a pay cut.

[for_heaven's_Saint]

2 hours ago, Lee On Solent Saint said:

So are their debts, presumably? Relegation will hit them just as hard as any other club

Stadium costs is one area that won’t affect them anywhere near as much as others:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cr7pm71rvkvo

Absolute disgrace that taxpayers have to foot the bill IMO.