Summer Transfer Window 2026

[Danbert]

3 hours ago, Wurzel said:

We used to have a customer called Mr Wankmore. Possibly the only customer that every member of staff would - loudly - greet by name.

My geography teacher at school was Mr Kerr. Mr Wayne Kerr.

[SNSUN]

40 minutes ago, goodymatt said:

 

I wouldn't be averse to keeping Archer as 3rd choice as he can also play wide but at his age he will probably want more first team football so that is understandable. I still want a 3rd striker though, yes Akachukwu and Oyekunle scored against Eastleigh but I wouldn't want to rely on them all season. That said we have to get the second striker through the door yet!

[skintsaint]

I thought WBA didn't have a pot to piss in?

[Matthew Le God]

 

 

[SaintLondon]

 

5 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

 

 

I would absolutely love it if Saints hijacked that deal. Boro tears would be wonderful. Almost as good as Fernandez last night. 

[Saint Matty 76]

Really liked the sound of him so that’d be a big shame.

Interested to see the finances on it because I do think if we had matched it he’d be here.

[hypochondriac]

40 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

 

 

Would be a bit of a blow but to be honest they probably need him more than we do.

[EBS1980]

Thought the spurs manager wanted to see him in pre season before deciding what to do with him.

[SuperSAINT]

 

[woodsaint1]

If we were in for in him initially, you would hope that we can match Boro's offer

[skintsaint]

10 minutes ago, woodsaint1 said:

If we were in for in him initially, you would hope that we can match Boro's offer

Depends, they just been given a load of cash...

[Gloucester Saint]

On 19/07/2026 at 19:22, Gloucester Saint said:

Linked with WBA which is more likely but even then potentially a financial stretch.

What did tell you all?

[WinglessWonder]

7 hours ago, Gloucester Saint said:

We could copy the Lancashire cricket fans every time he scored.

’Oh Wanky Wanky

Wanky Wanky Wanky Wanky Wanky

Wankshear!’

We (Leeds rhinos fans) sing this to Warrington... 😁

[Gloucester Saint]

Just now, WinglessWonder said:

We (Leeds rhinos fans) sing this to Warrington... 😁

Having been there, it is a bit wanky.

Lots of bridges I seem to remember with the ship canal.

[WinglessWonder]

Just now, Gloucester Saint said:

Having been there, it is a bit wanky.

Lots of bridges I seem to remember with the ship canal.

It's always "their year" too which is odd as it never actually seems to be... 🤣

[Saint Scott]

12 hours ago, ally_uk said:

Here we go boys regarding a new Striker pick from below! 

Hopefully Spors will read this 🤣 we got to be looking at a few on here surely ? 

 

Rilind Nivokazi -  13 goals, 5 assists. 6 foot 2 ( Switz league )

Mateusz Żukowski - 17 goals  FC Magdeburg 6 foot 1 inch.

Yousef Salech - Cardiff. 14 goals, 4 assists,  6 foot 4.

( I've mentioned him loads would be my number 1 target! )

Daniel Karlsbakk - 23 years old, scored 18 goals, 6.4 height. 

An attractive long-term number nine. He is 6ft 4in, only 23 and scored 18 league goals in 2025. He attacks the box well, can run behind defenders and has more movement than a traditional tall target striker. He could initially compete with Larin before becoming the first choice.

 

Samuel Adeniran

At 6ft 4in, Adeniran supplies genuine power, box presence and channel running. Ten goals and four assists in Austria show that he can contribute as both scorer and facilitator. He would be a useful direct alternative when Southampton cannot play through pressure.

 

Ibrahim Diabaté

A powerful, hard-running striker who scored 18 goals to win the 2025 Allsvenskan Golden Boot. GAIS describe him as physical, hard-working and capable of running in every direction—attributes that fit Eckert’s pressing and transition football. 

 

Philipp Hofmann

The best pure target and link striker on the list. At 6ft 5in, he can receive direct passes, win aerial duels and bring Southampton’s attacking midfielders into play. His 12 goals and six assists show the creative value of his hold-up play.

My recommendation would be:

Nivokazi – best combination of affordability, physicality and immediate suitability.

Żukowski – highest ceiling and the most exciting stylistic alternative to Larin.

Karlsbakk – best long-term development signing.

Salech – most Championship-ready, but probably the worst-value negotiation.

Adeniran – sensible physical alternative at a manageable price.

Diabaté – affordable upside gamble.

Grodowski – useful, inexpensive squad depth.

Hofmann – short-term option only.

If Stewart re-signs, I would concentrate on Żukowski, Karlsbakk or Nivokazi, because Southampton would need youth and a future first-choice striker—not another veteran target man.

 

 

Salech at Cardiff would be my choice, cracking player.

Saw him a couple of times last season as a mate is a season ticket holder there. He seems to think around £7m would be enough

[hypochondriac]

1 hour ago, skintsaint said:

Depends, they just been given a load of cash...

Watched a video. Apparently they haven't got as much cash as thought because city get 20% and the money they get is in four installments. 

[Holmes_and_Watson]

15 hours ago, Saint Neil said:

>David Attenborough voice<

And here, the honey badger spies an opportunity for pendantry.

[CSA96]

3 hours ago, woodsaint1 said:

If we were in for in him initially, you would hope that we can match Boro's offer

We’ll have to wait and see what the fee is once it becomes reported. Based on the Azon reporting and the Dobbin signing we’re clearly happy to spend £7m-£10m on supplementary players. But there were rumours of Spurs wanting £15m-£20m for Lankshear, so let’s see..

[Swaythling Saint]

6 hours ago, Matthew Le God said:

 

 

Reminds me of when Delap chose Ipswich over us.  You would have thought they must have been willing to offer whatever Spurs asked (fee and salary) whereas we were probably slightly more pragmatic about it.  As funny as it would be to gazump them it sounds like we will have to move onto the next target 

[coalman]

6 hours ago, Holmes_and_Watson said:

>David Attenborough voice<

And here, the honey badger spies an opportunity for pendantry.

I didn't know honey badgers made jewellery 

[ally_uk]

If we have 7 to 10 million to spend forget Lankshear...

Put a cheeky one in for Salech 

[HarvSFC]

3 hours ago, Swaythling Saint said:

Reminds me of when Delap chose Ipswich over us.  You would have thought they must have been willing to offer whatever Spurs asked (fee and salary) whereas we were probably slightly more pragmatic about it.  As funny as it would be to gazump them it sounds like we will have to move onto the next target 

Ipswich also gave Delap quite a low release clause. £30m. They only ended up making a £10m profit on him. 

[CB Fry]

3 hours ago, Swaythling Saint said:

Reminds me of when Delap chose Ipswich over us.  You would have thought they must have been willing to offer whatever Spurs asked (fee and salary) whereas we were probably slightly more pragmatic about it.  As funny as it would be to gazump them it sounds like we will have to move onto the next target 

They also had Ed Sheerin working overtime with his star power to convince Delap to go there.

Our equivalent superstar, Mike Osman, did fuck all. Thanks a lot, Mike.

[Saint86]

8 hours ago, hypochondriac said:

Watched a video. Apparently they haven't got as much cash as thought because city get 20% and the money they get is in four installments. 

They have a net circa £16M coming in, which will be in installments as per the Rodgers transfer. So assume £4M per year for the next 4 years... So they can likely outbid us should they want to drop it all on 1-2 players.

[Gloucester Saint]

47 minutes ago, CB Fry said:

They also had Ed Sheerin working overtime with his star power to convince Delap to go there.

Our equivalent superstar, Mike Osman, did fuck all. Thanks a lot, Mike.

Although we do supposedly have ‘Stalked him on a Tuesday, met him on a Wednesday, dined him on a Thursday, signed him on a Friday, he scored on the Saturday etc’

[hypochondriac]

7 minutes ago, Saint86 said:

They have a net circa £16M coming in, which will be in installments as per the Rodgers transfer. So assume £4M per year for the next 4 years... So they can likely outbid us should they want to drop it all on 1-2 players.

Not sure that's true according to the northern echo. It costs roughly £18 million just to keep them running:

https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/sport/26292794.middlesbroughs-financial-reality-amid-morgan-rogers-sell-on-talk/

"Add all that together and you get a total income figure of around £31.5m. As opposed to a total expenditure sum of £65m. You don’t have to be a financial wizard to work out that those two numbers don’t match up, with a £33.5m difference.

 

That is the financial black hole that Boro, like a number of other Championship clubs, are having to try to plug every season. Premier League parachute payments are one way of making up the shortfall, but they disappeared from Boro’s balance sheet a long time ago."

Edited 9 hours ago by hypochondriac

[Badger]

18 minutes ago, hypochondriac said:

Not sure that's true according to the northern echo. It costs roughly £18 million just to keep them running:

https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/sport/26292794.middlesbroughs-financial-reality-amid-morgan-rogers-sell-on-talk/

"Add all that together and you get a total income figure of around £31.5m. As opposed to a total expenditure sum of £65m. You don’t have to be a financial wizard to work out that those two numbers don’t match up, with a £33.5m difference.

 

That is the financial black hole that Boro, like a number of other Championship clubs, are having to try to plug every season. Premier League parachute payments are one way of making up the shortfall, but they disappeared from Boro’s balance sheet a long time ago."

Interesting article.

But surprised the Northern Echo aren’t blaming Tonda in some way.

[Badger]

 

6 hours ago, CSA96 said:

 But there were rumours of Spurs wanting £15m-£20m for Lankshear, so let’s see..

Article I read last night suggested £10m but with Spurs having a large sell on, and option to buy back. 
 

Although I suspect we could match the bid and wages the one thing Middlesbrough can probably make a better offer on is being a regular starter whereas with us the likelihood is sharing the role with Larin. 

Edited 9 hours ago by Badger

[Holmes_and_Watson]

 

3 hours ago, coalman said:

I didn't know honey badgers made jewellery 

Badger bling! 
The light reflected off it, is why they are so easily spotted. And charged by the FA. 🙂

[Dman]

1 hour ago, Badger said:

 

Article I read last night suggested £10m but with Spurs having a large sell on, and option to buy back. 
 

Although I suspect we could match the bid and wages the one thing Middlesbrough can probably make a better offer on is being a regular starter whereas with us the likelihood is sharing the role with Larin. 

I don't know. As shown last year, Tonda is pretty good at rotating a squad and everyone getting a fair crack of the whip. 

It'd be a shame for Lankshear to go to Boro (good opportunoty for him I'd say), he looks like the kind of player that we should be targetting. But hes far from proven at this level. 11 goals across 2 seasons (all be it at struggling sides). 

£10m feels reasonable, but anything north of that, feels like a huge outlay for what would in reality be a risk. 

[badgerx16]

3 hours ago, coalman said:

I didn't know honey badgers made jewellery 

Not sure about my honey loving relatives, but I did a night school class in silver work.

[Turkish]

2 hours ago, CB Fry said:

They also had Ed Sheerin working overtime with his star power to convince Delap to go there.

Our equivalent superstar, Mike Osman, did fuck all. Thanks a lot, Mike.

Shame he couldn't have taken him for a pint of Hofmeister at the Celebration Plaza, that would have got the deal over the line

[beatlesaint]

2 hours ago, Badger said:

Interesting article.

But surprised the Northern Echo aren’t blaming Tonda in some way.

Give them time 🤣

[James]

I would assume that if we aren’t in on Lankshear that Stewart is close to agreeing to come back. I find it hard to believe we couldn’t match an offer from Boro and that he’d pick to go there over come here.

[Hatch]

13 hours ago, skintsaint said:

I thought WBA didn't have a pot to piss in?

I’d swap a pot of piss for Archer 

[Patrick Bateman]

1 hour ago, James said:

I would assume that if we aren’t in on Lankshear that Stewart is close to agreeing to come back. I find it hard to believe we couldn’t match an offer from Boro and that he’d pick to go there over come here.

Honestly not fussed about Lankshear, seems like the latest name to get people frothing at the mouth about signing, nothing like agent / club hysteria to push a price up on a sale. Very Spurs.

I'd rather have Stewart (for 'free') and some random 5th division German bargain - thinking more Scienza rather than Downs type of bargain though. 

[ally_uk]

I'd rather we get Stewart back 

Sell Archer and Downs 

And bring in either Ballard or Salech

[Turkish]

16 minutes ago, Patrick Bateman said:

Honestly not fussed about Lankshear, seems like the latest name to get people frothing at the mouth about signing, nothing like agent / club hysteria to push a price up on a sale. Very Spurs.

I'd rather have Stewart (for 'free') and some random 5th division German bargain - thinking more Scienza rather than Downs type of bargain though. 

Not fussed? WTF do you mean? WE HAVE TO SIGN HIM. If we dont it will be a LACK of ambition. A FAILURE to compete with play off rivals and VERY worrying for the season ahead.

[Wurzel]

16 hours ago, goodymatt said:

 

Was that an alphabetical list?

[leesaint88]

1 hour ago, ally_uk said:

I'd rather we get Stewart back 

Sell Archer and Downs 

And bring in either Ballard or Salech

Not fussed about Ballard. Really can't see him making the step up to Championship standard yet, personally if he has another good season then maybe he's worth a look at but even then I can't see a top 10 side buying him. I watched him a few times in those loan spells before the Orient move and he was gash. 

[Farmer Saint]

43 minutes ago, Wurzel said:

Was that an alphabetical list?

Just under Gary Aardvark.

[CSA96]

The Lankshear to Boro deal is:

£20m total fee (£10m initial payment, £10m in add-ons and bonuses)
Matching rights on any bid Boro accept in the future
20% of next transfer fee if sold to someone else

https://www.skysports.com/football/live-blog/11095/12476234/transfer-centre-live-football-transfer-news-updates-and-rumours?postid=12103590#liveblog-body

Edited 4 hours ago by CSA96

[hypochondriac]

4 minutes ago, CSA96 said:

The Lankshear to Boro deal is:

£20m total fee (£10m initial payment, £10m in add-ons and bonuses)
Matching rights on any bid Boro accept in the future
20% of next transfer fee if sold to someone else

https://www.skysports.com/football/live-blog/11095/12476234/transfer-centre-live-football-transfer-news-updates-and-rumours?postid=12103590#liveblog-body

Glad we aren't going for that. Can't see how he can be worth that and there's better value elsewhere.

[Gloucester Saint]

4 hours ago, Turkish said:

Shame he couldn't have taken him for a pint of Hofmeister at the Celebration Plaza, that would have got the deal over the line

BBQ and charcoal menu a speciality.

Great Cajun blackened chicken I heard.

[Willo of Whiteley]

30 minutes ago, CSA96 said:

The Lankshear to Boro deal is:

£20m total fee (£10m initial payment, £10m in add-ons and bonuses)
Matching rights on any bid Boro accept in the future
20% of next transfer fee if sold to someone else

https://www.skysports.com/football/live-blog/11095/12476234/transfer-centre-live-football-transfer-news-updates-and-rumours?postid=12103590#liveblog-body

For a guy that looked ok last season, talk about inflation.

[Saintsarmy]

Alfie House suggesting the club are targeting Ross Stewart as the striker signing. Thoughts? 

[Willo of Whiteley]

4 minutes ago, Saintsarmy said:

Alfie House suggesting the club are targeting Ross Stewart as the striker signing. Thoughts? 

Concerning, very concerning.

Is he going to be fit for more than half the season?

[CSA96]

4 minutes ago, Saintsarmy said:

Alfie House suggesting the club are targeting Ross Stewart as the striker signing. Thoughts? 

I would be happy to see Ross back but I'd still feel a little apprehensive if the extent of our striking options are 31 year old Cyle Larin and Ross Stewart with his cheesestring muscles. I suppose there's always a chance of a versatile loan addition and Tonda will also consider Dobbin and Azaz as forward options. And if things went tits up before the new year then you have the January window to try and dig up another Larin type signing mid-season...

Edited 3 hours ago by CSA96

[hypochondriac]

1 minute ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

Concerning, very concerning.

Is he going to be fit for more than half the season?

It's not concerning is it. Had we not had spygate and not got promoted then we would have kept him for another year anyway and this wouldn't be a discussion.