Summer Transfer Window 2026

[beatlesaint]

17 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

I'd be surprised if he stayed. Bree has a new contract, Roerslev is fit again and was signed by the current recruitment team. We don't need 3 senior right backs and would be hard to keep all 3 happy.

He could play ahead of Bree as a right sided midfielder. Probably more direct than Fellows 😬

[jemanson]

1 hour ago, Matthew Le God said:

 

 

 

I'm not sure I want to know the answer to this, but ... What on earth is the blurry object in the photo on the left?

[Gloucester Saint]

2 minutes ago, jemanson said:

I'm not sure I want to know the answer to this, but ... What on earth is the blurry object in the photo on the left?

Just his hand captured in motion in the first photo in the process of shaking hands in the second.

That’s all it looked like to me.

[jemanson]

4 minutes ago, Gloucester Saint said:

Just his hand captured in motion in the first photo in the process of shaking hands in the second.

That’s all it looked like to me.

Thanks. Off to get my eyes tested.

[Appy]

50 minutes ago, beatlesaint said:

He could play ahead of Bree as a right sided midfielder. Probably more direct than Fellows 😬

Hope not, Fellows is good, Sugawara is woeful and not a winger. 

[TheAlehouseBrawlers]

1 hour ago, jemanson said:

I'm not sure I want to know the answer to this, but ... What on earth is the blurry object in the photo on the left?

Indeed…easy mistake to make, bit like this young lassie withe the Chuckle Bros 😎

[Weston Super Saint]

1 hour ago, jemanson said:

I'm not sure I want to know the answer to this, but ... What on earth is the blurry object in the photo on the left?

It's someone in the background's head. Depth of field has made it blurred.

[Cuddles]

1 hour ago, jemanson said:

I'm not sure I want to know the answer to this, but ... What on earth is the blurry object in the photo on the left?

It's an ice cream.

[benjii]

It's a good job the play offs have expanded with the likes of Blackburn making statement signings.

[OnceaSaintalwaysaSaint]

2 hours ago, benjii said:

It's a good job the play offs have expanded with the likes of Blackburn making statement signings.

But are Blackburn making these signings? MLG says there's no link with Stewart (and he's often right) and I can't see anything on their website to say they are taking big names or Stewart or Scienza for that matter. In fact, Scienza has only said he's 'open to possibilities' = so he's possibly staying with us.

Ramsdale to Brighton? Just a guess given they're selling Rushworth.  

[BARCELONASAINT]

8 minutes ago, OnceaSaintalwaysaSaint said:

But are Blackburn making these signings? MLG says there's no link with Stewart (and he's often right) and I can't see anything on their website to say they are taking big names or Stewart or Scienza for that matter. In fact, Scienza has only said he's 'open to possibilities' = so he's possibly staying with us.

Ramsdale to Brighton? Just a guess given they're selling Rushworth.  

Ignored the childish banter, it's the school summer holidays. Blackburn have not signed Stewart and they are not hoovering up any other players Saints would want

 

[St Chalet]

Ross Stewart was reportedly on £20k per week with us. Appreciate he also cost us £9m to sign.

I'd imagine at his age he's looking for a 2-3 year deal.

[Matthew Le God]

 

[hypochondriac]

2 minutes ago, St Chalet said:

Ross Stewart was reportedly on £20k per week with us. Appreciate he also cost us £9m to sign.

I'd imagine at his age he's looking for a 2-3 year deal.

You'd have to be absolutely mental to give someone with his injury record a three year contract. Maybe that's why no one has signed him.

[Saint_lambden]

1 hour ago, hypochondriac said:

You'd have to be absolutely mental to give someone with his injury record a three year contract. Maybe that's why no one has signed him.

It was the main sticking point why he didn’t sign the contract on the table. We only wanted a 1 year deal, him 2 with an option of a third. 

[Ex Lion Tamer]

12 minutes ago, Saint_lambden said:

It was the main sticking point why he didn’t sign the contract on the table. We only wanted a 1 year deal, him 2 with an option of a third. 

I don't think 2 years is unrealistic to be fair, depending on the salary

[MarkSFC]

I hope we move on from Stewart for good. He may well prove valuable elsewhere but he cant be relied upon and it seems cant give us 90 minutes regularly or even for one game. And I do not think he is PL standard really. 

I hope we go for a tall fast player more than capable for this league but with potential for when ee go up. No idea who but not Stewart.

[Chez]

8 hours ago, Suhari said:

I still think he could be an asset for us. When he first joined he was throwing in some delicious crosses for our midget-forward. Big Kyle would have thrived on them.

Now admittedly he made some simply woeful defensive mistakes....and a fair few of them. We're a stronger, more settled and confident unit now though, so perhaps that can be cut out?

Guessing he would want to be first choice though, and presumably we want the $$.

 

He might be useful,  but he showed he ain't good enough for the PL. His touch was shit, his decision making poor, pass selection crap and he was error prone. We have Bree, who has shown he is decent at this level, so let's sell Sugawara while there is still interest in him and then try again to find someone that might cut it at PL level at some point.

[Chez]

double post

Edited 1 hour ago by Chez

[Turkish]

another great bit of business. 

[St Chalet]

21 minutes ago, Turkish said:

another great bit of business. 

In fairness, the guy wasn't playing and we didn't have much else to cash in on. He probably paid for the Larin and Peretz loans. 20:20 hindsight is a great thing.

[AlexLaw76]

so would have not signing Quarshie 

[Chez]

26 minutes ago, Turkish said:

another great bit of business. 

a sell on percentage would be handy.

[St Chalet]

8 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said:

so would have not signing Quarshie 

If you look at our success vs flop criteria last season I'd say we were in credit.

[Badger]

29 minutes ago, Turkish said:

another great bit of business. 

Burnley seem to have done well from our cast offs who leave for pennies. Recall them spending a few million after and getting good service from Jack Cork as well. 

[Saint86]

35 minutes ago, Turkish said:

another great bit of business. 

It is for QPR. Burnley having a mare.

[Cuddles]

36 minutes ago, Turkish said:

another great bit of business. 

He was rubbish for us, what are Burnley thinking? 😂😂

[Pwoite]

So, with the majority of the pre season matches now behind us, what have we potentially learnt from team selection?

Clearly, it has confirmed that we have two keepers surplus to requirements, but we knew that already.

Charles hasn’t been played, so potentially his departure is close and we don’t want him injured. Edozie might be in a similar position, as he wasn’t seen today, but there again, neither was Fellows.

BBB and Archer, and possibly Downs and Quarshie, have been tested, I suspect, with a view to deciding whether we look to twist or stick on them. Could we sell and do better, at what net cost? Sugawara will be added to this group.

I suspect that every player has a price on his head, and if an offer matches it, we will sell. Of course, some of those prices will be high, whereas others will be giveaway rates. Looking at the team Will Still selected for our opening match last season, it looks stronger than what we have available, but we know how that turned out. From that eleven we jettisoned a former Championship top scorer, a former Scottish international, part of England’s U21 winning squad, a Republic of Ireland and a Japanese international by January, and went from strength to strength.

[AlexLaw76]

4 minutes ago, St Chalet said:

If you look at our success vs flop criteria last season I'd say we were in credit.

overall under Sports Republic......

[Oldandtired]

7 minutes ago, Cuddles said:

He was rubbish for us, what are Burnley thinking? 😂😂

Shhh, they might hear you...

[VectisSaint]

17 minutes ago, Pwoite said:

So, with the majority of the pre season matches now behind us, what have we potentially learnt from team selection?

Clearly, it has confirmed that we have two keepers surplus to requirements, but we knew that already.

Charles hasn’t been played, so potentially his departure is close and we don’t want him injured. Edozie might be in a similar position, as he wasn’t seen today, but there again, neither was Fellows.

BBB and Archer, and possibly Downs and Quarshie, have been tested, I suspect, with a view to deciding whether we look to twist or stick on them. Could we sell and do better, at what net cost? Sugawara will be added to this group.

I suspect that every player has a price on his head, and if an offer matches it, we will sell. Of course, some of those prices will be high, whereas others will be giveaway rates. Looking at the team Will Still selected for our opening match last season, it looks stronger than what we have available, but we know how that turned out. From that eleven we jettisoned a former Championship top scorer, a former Scottish international, part of England’s U21 winning squad, a Republic of Ireland and a Japanese international by January, and went from strength to strength.

Charles played in Brauschweig (2nd half).

[Forester]

40 minutes ago, Cuddles said:

He was rubbish for us, what are Burnley thinking? 😂😂

I also thought he was poor when QPR played us

[JohnnyShearer2.0]

1 hour ago, Turkish said:

another great bit of business. 

If Edwards is worth £10m minimum, THB is worth £40m!

[Green]

Edward’s arrived with lots of people telling us he was a great prospect. He didn’t play much at all in the first season before his loan, where he got lots of plaudits, came back to us and I can’t recall a decent game, although he was played out of position a few times.

Then he left permanently, I only saw him in the QPR game against us when the decision to sell him seemed to be the correct one but now he’s more than doubled his transfer fee. Where are people seeing his talent/potential?