Summer Transfer Window 2026

[Willo of Whiteley]

1 hour ago, CSA96 said:

 

Not quite the reception Messi got moving to USA.

Or Onuachu to Turkey for that matter 😂

[Turkish]

Evan Ferguson going to Torino. We were linked with him weren’t we. Another example of our LACK of ambition 

[Badger]

4 minutes ago, Turkish said:

Evan Ferguson going to Torino. We were linked with him weren’t we. Another example of our LACK of ambition 

Seaside B&B clearly.

But him going to Torino might make Che surplus. We could do with some of his scuffs, and goal line misses. Unfinished business and all that. 

[Holmes_and_Watson]

1 hour ago, Saint Pete said:

It always seems a bit disappointing when promising young homegrown players move away from the club so I'm a bit conflicted about this one. At 19 years old, he has potential to improve quickly so a shame he won't get the opportunity to do that for us at Championship level this season. 

But I guess if Tonda's view is that he won't use him much at this point, this could be a really good experience for him if he gets enough game time in Italy. I wonder if this means Edozie is staying as it was really his reintroduction into the squad by Tonda that limited Robinson's chances to get on the pitch so much?

If he can get minutes under his belt at such a good level, then it could be an excellent move for him. He wasn't getting them under Tonda, and needs to push on.

[Willo of Whiteley]

23 minutes ago, Turkish said:

Evan Ferguson going to Torino. We were linked with him weren’t we. Another example of our LACK of ambition 

He went to Roma on loan last season, started strongly but a bit injury plagued.

Always looked like he could go on to be some player!

[Pilchards]

The reason we won so many matches last season was because our clinical strikers took the pressure off the defences.

It’s very important we get a good goalscorer otherwise it’s going to be like the previous 3/4 seasons.

Praying they get it right again.

[Chez]

10 hours ago, Saint Pete said:

It always seems a bit disappointing when promising young homegrown players move away from the club so I'm a bit conflicted about this one. At 19 years old, he has potential to improve quickly so a shame he won't get the opportunity to do that for us at Championship level this season. 

But I guess if Tonda's view is that he won't use him much at this point, this could be a really good experience for him if he gets enough game time in Italy. I wonder if this means Edozie is staying as it was really his reintroduction into the squad by Tonda that limited Robinson's chances to get on the pitch so much?

If there was a choice, then I'd keep Robinson. He played well at the start of last season and offers something different to Scienza (perhaps that's the issue - not being able to offer more of the same). Edozie looked terrible at the end of last season. I'm usually a big fan of tricky wingers that want to take their man on, but he looked a busted flush. Maybe both will depart...and there's BBD too...

[Willo of Whiteley]

Ben Brereton-Diaz needs to go for the sake of his own career.

Sam Edozie too probably.

They aren’t going to pull up any trees here; with the latter down to his final year I’d be shocked if he was still here in a months time, but who’s paying more than a couple of million for him realistically?

[James]

Jebbison looks OK in that YouTube clip shared earlier, good physical profile but a concern he only scored six times last year. If he’s who we go for then it’s massive pressure on Larin. Replacing Stewart with Jebbison is quite the downgrade, if that’s what we are doing then query if more cost efficient to just keep BBD - I’m relatively sure he’d get 6 goals and 2 assists over a season playing in our side….

Edited 5 hours ago by James

[Chez]

6 minutes ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

Ben Brereton-Diaz needs to go for the sake of his own career.

Sam Edozie too probably.

They aren’t going to pull up any trees here; with the latter down to his final year I’d be shocked if he was still here in a months time, but who’s paying more than a couple of million for him realistically?

I'm with you, although we do need someone as reserved for Scienza. Doubt anyone buys Edozie. You may as well loan him and then if things go well sign on a free next summer. 

[Chez]

1 minute ago, James said:

Jebbison looks OK in that YouTube clip shared earlier, good physical profile but a concern he only scored six times last year. If he’s who we go for then it’s massive pressure on Larin. Replacing Stewart with Jebbison is quite the downgrade, if that’s what we are doing then query if more cost efficient to just keep BBD - I’m relatively sure he’d get 6 goals and 2 assists over a season playing in our side….

At least Jebbison plays down the middle while BBD appears to have transitioned into a 'winger'.

[James]

2 minutes ago, Chez said:

At least Jebbison plays down the middle while BBD appears to have transitioned into a 'winger'.

True although I’ve always thought BBD would do better through the middle. 

[Willo of Whiteley]

Is Jebbison going to make the step up to the Premier League if we got promoted?

Or is he just going to be Jonathan Forte MkII? (Here for a short period then back to mid EFL obscurity)?

We should be aiming for better. It doesn’t scream ambition.

[Chez]

1 hour ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

Is Jebbison going to make the step up to the Premier League if we got promoted?

Or is he just going to be Jonathan Forte MkII? (Here for a short period then back to mid EFL obscurity)?

We should be aiming for better. It doesn’t scream ambition.

Would Jebbison be a loan? There is an argument for getting a striker, maybe on loan, that gets us out of this division. Once in the PL, the ability to attract a higher calibre of player increases. A championship club is always going to find it difficult to attract PL quality players.

Edited 4 hours ago by Chez

[Dman]

12 minutes ago, Chez said:

Would Jebbison be a loan? There is an argument for getting a striker, maybe on loan, that gets us out of this division. One in the PL the ability to attract a higher calibre of player increases. A championship club is always going to find it difficult to attract PL quality players.

I'd say there is 0 evidence that Jebbison would get us out of the leauge. Looks incredibly average if you ask me, a more physical Downs. 

If that is the caiber of player we're looking at, it starts to make not offering stewart and extra year incredibly questionable.

I'm still a little fearful that Larin might absolutely crash this season as well. It was an obvious signing at 3m or whatever we paid, but i'm not at all confident with him leading the line all season, alone. 

Edited 5 hours ago by Dman

[goodymatt]

 

[Bob60]

3 minutes ago, Dman said:

I'd say there is 0 evidence that Jebbison would get us out of the leauge. Looks incredibly average if you ask me, a more physical Downs. 

If that is the caiber of player we're looking at, it starts to make not offering stewart and extra year incredibly questionable.

Just like larin looked average and Peretz looked average etc etc. 

If we sign him and he improves a bit and gets 10 goals in a better team and helps create some with good hold up play then he is doing the same as Ross with potential to improve.

[ItchenRob]

47 minutes ago, Chez said:

At least Jebbison plays down the middle while BBD appears to have transitioned into a 'winger'.

This is the bit I don't understand. He seemed prolific at Blackburn playing up top.

[SaintLondon]

WHU in for Troy Parrot - think that would be a mega signing for them. In Spors we trust and let's just hope we're not going to 'give BBD a go' as Blackmore suggested. 

[James]

16 minutes ago, Dman said:

I'd say there is 0 evidence that Jebbison would get us out of the leauge. Looks incredibly average if you ask me, a more physical Downs. 

If that is the caiber of player we're looking at, it starts to make not offering stewart and extra year incredibly questionable.

I'm still a little fearful that Larin might absolutely crash this season as well. It was an obvious signing at 3m or whatever we paid, but i'm not at all confident with him leading the line all season, alone. 

I know what you mean about Larin. When we were first linked it looked an incredibly average signing given his goal record previously. He’s been great and it was a no brainer to sign him but he was, at least as I interpreted it, always our “second striker”. The fact that we rotated so heavily at the end of the season given so many games hid it a bit but whenever we had to play our best team we usually started Stewart. If we’d have played the playoff final I am fairly sure Ross would have started. 
 

There is some risk that Larin’s form was a purple patch to get the move - we have seen that before with Saganowski for example - and he has looked a bit leggy at times. Elevating him to our first choice is a risk, especially if the second slot is being filled by someone with a patchy goal record. Would be a surprise as Stewart to Jebbison is a clear downgrade and Solak’s comments over the summer suggested we’d be going all out. Larin and Jebbison is much interior to Bowen and Castellanos or Jiminez and Armstrong for example.

[James]

2 minutes ago, SaintLondon said:

WHU in for Troy Parrot - think that would be a mega signing for them. In Spors we trust and let's just hope we're not going to 'give BBD a go' as Blackmore suggested. 

Christ, that would be some signing for the Championship.

[hypochondriac]

22 minutes ago, goodymatt said:

 

Can't believe there is anything in that. Not what we need at all.

[skintsaint]

7 minutes ago, SaintLondon said:

WHU in for Troy Parrot - think that would be a mega signing for them. In Spors we trust and let's just hope we're not going to 'give BBD a go' as Blackmore suggested. 

Couple of years back scored half the goals Jebbison did for Preston in the Championship...just goes to show that its hard to predict how strikers will do. I'm sure if we were signing him before he moved to Holland we wouldn't be too impressed!

[sfc4prem]

9 minutes ago, SaintLondon said:

WHU in for Troy Parrot - think that would be a mega signing for them. In Spors we trust and let's just hope we're not going to 'give BBD a go' as Blackmore suggested. 

West Ham always seem to be too much for the Championship whenever they fall down here. Or at least my uneducated memory seems to think so.

[austsaint]

24 minutes ago, Chez said:

If there was a choice, then I'd keep Robinson. He played well at the start of last season and offers something different to Scienza (perhaps that's the issue - not being able to offer more of the same). Edozie looked terrible at the end of last season. I'm usually a big fan of tricky wingers that want to take their man on, but he looked a busted flush. Maybe both will depart...and there's BBD too...

Was Edozie terrible at the end of last season?    Your memory might be better than mine but I remember most of his sub/cameo appearances being impressive, including the last few games.    I'd be happy if he was Scienza's understudy for the year.   Equally, with his contract running down it would be understandable if the Club accepted a suitable offer.   Maybe Edozie wants to move on, after all, he, like Charles was bundled off on loan by the new Foxes Manager.     At this stage of their careers, I'd say Edozie at 23 is a better option than Robinson, who at 19, should benefit from more playing time during his loan period.

 

 

 

[Toussaint]

8 minutes ago, austsaint said:

Was Edozie terrible at the end of last season?    Your memory might be better than mine but I remember most of his sub/cameo appearances being impressive, including the last few games.    I'd be happy if he was Scienza's understudy for the year.   Equally, with his contract running down it would be understandable if the Club accepted a suitable offer.   Maybe Edozie wants to move on, after all, he, like Charles was bundled off on loan by the new Foxes Manager.     At this stage of their careers, I'd say Edozie at 23 is a better option than Robinson, who at 19, should benefit from more playing time during his loan period.

 

 

 

He was good at the end of last season, some vital assists and impacted games well. 

[Turkish]

31 minutes ago, SaintLondon said:

WHU in for Troy Parrot - think that would be a mega signing for them. In Spors we trust and let's just hope we're not going to 'give BBD a go' as Blackmore suggested. 

you can say that again

[Chez]

45 minutes ago, Dman said:

I'd say there is 0 evidence that Jebbison would get us out of the leauge. Looks incredibly average if you ask me, a more physical Downs. 

If that is the caiber of player we're looking at, it starts to make not offering stewart and extra year incredibly questionable.

I'm still a little fearful that Larin might absolutely crash this season as well. It was an obvious signing at 3m or whatever we paid, but i'm not at all confident with him leading the line all season, alone. 

The 1-2 (Larin Stewart) punch was a really nice weapon for us. You could rely on both to take a chance. I am guessing Larin would prefer to play every game though. Whether he can play twice a week is another matter.

That is not a great endorsement. I know nothing of Jebbison and whether he has it in him to shine this season. He's probably still developing his game, so last seasons 6 goals may not reflect what he might offer. Perhaps we will create more chances for him than Preston did? We do need a strong physical presence too. I assume he offers that?

[Graziano94]

2 hours ago, Pilchards said:

The reason we won so many matches last season was because our clinical strikers took the pressure off the defences.

It’s very important we get a good goalscorer otherwise it’s going to be like the previous 3/4 seasons.

Praying they get it right again.

I am getting extremely concerned by exactly this. We were mostly dreadful before switching to 4 at the back and rotating the two physical presences up top.

We also overpowered teams by finishing games we were chasing with both Larin and Stewart up top, such as Leicester away. 

[skintsaint]

6 minutes ago, Chez said:

I know nothing of Jebbison and whether he has it in him to shine this season. He's probably still developing his game, so last seasons 6 goals may not reflect what he might offer. Perhaps we will create more chances for him than Preston did?

Scored most of his goals first half of the season, Preston's form kinda nose dived in 2026.

[West Dean FC Legend]

Totally agree. 

Blasting home a chance that you weren't expecting, or one you were but with Saints expecting it to be bobbled past the post or into the goalie's arms.

That's why last season was so bloomin' amazing. We looked like a might goal-scoring maching at times. When you've 'super forwards' missing the ball entirely or bobbling it anywhere except the back of the net it was fantastic. Just attacking too - looking like we wanted to score more than one goal!

If they get it wrong it'll be back to the usual for us. 

All of which of course had literally nothing to do with spying on the opposition.

Getting rid of Armstrong was a good move - I think he was a bad attitude influence myself [no evidence or proof].

[Saint86]

7 minutes ago, Chez said:

The 1-2 (Larin Stewart) punch was a really nice weapon for us. You could rely on both to take a chance. I am guessing Larin would prefer to play every game though. Whether he can play twice a week is another matter.

That is not a great endorsement. I know nothing of Jebbison and whether he has it in him to shine this season. He's probably still developing his game, so last seasons 6 goals may not reflect what he might offer. Perhaps we will create more chances for him than Preston did? We do need a strong physical presence too. I assume he offers that?

[SNSUN]

2 hours ago, Pilchards said:

The reason we won so many matches last season was because our clinical strikers took the pressure off the defences.

It’s very important we get a good goalscorer otherwise it’s going to be like the previous 3/4 seasons.

Praying they get it right again.

We do need a striker and preferably a goalscorer that can really compete for the slot with Larin, but it's also worth remembering that while our striking quartet scored 31 League goals last season, the rest of the team got 47 - and we now have Dobbin on top of that. I'm quietly confident about our chances this season, although it's possible Manning's 8 goals and THB's 7 goals won't be matched this season - and that's why we need a decent striker.

One good striker, a CM and a 2nd GK and the squad, pending any "Jewel" exits, is complete for promotion. 

[Chez]

16 minutes ago, austsaint said:

Was Edozie terrible at the end of last season?    Your memory might be better than mine but I remember most of his sub/cameo appearances being impressive, including the last few games.    I'd be happy if he was Scienza's understudy for the year.   Equally, with his contract running down it would be understandable if the Club accepted a suitable offer.   Maybe Edozie wants to move on, after all, he, like Charles was bundled off on loan by the new Foxes Manager.     At this stage of their careers, I'd say Edozie at 23 is a better option than Robinson, who at 19, should benefit from more playing time during his loan period.

The last game against Boro sticks in my mind. I was sat right in front in line wiht the six yard box, so Edozie was right in front of me and he was absolutely woeful. He lost the ball pretty much every time and any confidence he had seemed to disappear almost immediately. He gave up on dribbling, which meant he offered nothing. To be honest, he caused us more problems than them. He also feigned injury, the ref ignored it and he left us short at the back. 

I thought he looked completely out of his depth. I've never thought that before (I love players that try to take their man on, so really want him to succeed), but if the manager was watching from my viewpoint, I don't think he'd ever pick him again. Fortunately for him, it was on the other side of the pitch, so his display may have gone unnoticed. 

Robinson is obviously out, so the manager has made a choice. I'd like to see Edozie depart too and for us to sign another winger (assuming BBD goes to Derby at some point). It's a long season and Scienza could easily get injured. 

[Saint86]

9 minutes ago, Graziano94 said:

I am getting extremely concerned by exactly this. We were mostly dreadful before switching to 4 at the back and rotating the two physical presences up top.

We also overpowered teams by finishing games we were chasing with both Larin and Stewart up top, such as Leicester away. 

We have the same attackers as last season, plus we have added Dobbin (who has all the attributes to be a good goal scorer at this level).

of our 4 goals in that Leicester game, the last 3 were scored by Manning, Stephens, and Charles. We spread goals out throughout the side last year, it is part of what made us so effective. Don't get me wrong, i would like us to sign a quality CF to rotate with the 31year old Larin... but i'm not panicking over it. This team showed they can "suffer", see out games, and has goals all over the pitch. 

And Dobbin (stats from preston below), will be a very good addition for us with respect to goal contributions (goals/assists/key passes etc).

Edited 4 hours ago by Saint86

[Chez]

49 minutes ago, ItchenRob said:

This is the bit I don't understand. He seemed prolific at Blackburn playing up top.

I though he 'played off the left' with Gallagher playing down the middle. That's how its listed in transfermarkt. Or did they really play two up front and BBD just seemed to hang out on the left side? 

[revolution saint]

24 minutes ago, Saint86 said:

I don't get too much into stats but I think I'm right in that Jebbison scores the amount of goals xG expects him to score?  So his six goals last season was probably about right and indicates that either Preston weren't creating any decent chances, or he wasn't getting in the right positions.  From recollection Azon scored about half the number of goals you would expect him to score so I guess, if stats are your thing, that Jebbison is probably better in that regard.

To be honest I don't know enough about the lad and the YouTube footage is fairly sparse on him.  I like that physically he seems to be quite big, strong and very fast but then I thought that was the kind of player we'd be getting with Downs. 

[Willo of Whiteley]

If the club mantra is give BBD a go then we’re going to need a miracle.

Out attacking mids and wide players don’t contribute enough in terms of goals.

[saintant]

1 hour ago, sfc4prem said:

West Ham always seem to be too much for the Championship whenever they fall down here. Or at least my uneducated memory seems to think so.

Your memory is serving you well. West Ham have always made a swift return from the Championship to the Premier League in either 1 or 2 seasons.

[SaintLondon]

Would love an out of the blue done and dusted one - we are quite good at those. 

[James]

4 minutes ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

If the club mantra is give BBD a go then we’re going to need a miracle.

Out attacking mids and wide players don’t contribute enough in terms of goals.

I’m fine with giving one of BBD, Downs or Archer the third striker role but it would be a bold call to elevate one of them to back up Larin. Ideally we need a 1a/1b with Larin and A.Nother. Then pick one of those three to stay. I’m not sure Archer is going to fit here given how we play and Downs has been Ali Dia levels of bad so far so it’s probably BBD. 

[Turkish]

16 minutes ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

If the club mantra is give BBD a go then we’re going to need a miracle.

Out attacking mids and wide players don’t contribute enough in terms of goals.

You lot are making out BBD Is going to be our only striking option and we're going to be depending on him only. He's probably 3rd or 4th choice in all 3 attacking roles, it's not like hes going to be starting every game and playing 90 minutes every week because the club have gambled completely on him. Although he's lost his way since joining us was decent at Blackburn and Sheffield United didn't do badly last season at Derby.  If he wants to stay under those terms and prove to Tonda he's better than that then that can only be a good thing.

Edited 3 hours ago by Turkish

[James]

1 minute ago, Turkish said:

You lot are making out BBD Is going to be our only striking option and we're going to be depending on him only. He's probably 3rd or 4th choice in all 3 attacking roles, it's not like hes going to be starting every game and playing 90 minutes every week because the club have gambled completely on him. Although he's lost his way since joining us was decent at Blackburn and Sheffield United didn't do badly last season at Brighton.  If he wants to stay under those terms and prove to Tonda he's better than that then that can only be a good thing.

Totally agree although, as an aside, it’s a bit disappointing that we are potentially starting a competitive fixture with BBD or Downs up front. I know that’s partly because Larin is late back from the WC but we always seem to find ourselves short handed up top starting the season.

[Rebel]

I would have kept Robinson, but I think Dobbin has been brought in to provide competition and cover at LW, 10 and RW and I think the plan is for Akachukwu is to provide cover on the left as well.  

 So I am not sure Robinson would have got the game time needed to develop with Fellows and Matsuki covering the right wing as well. 

I still think the plan is to move on Edozie and BBD though.

I thought of Larin and Steward as one fit striker between them really - so we desperately need to add a first choice striker that fits the physical centre forward model.  Oyekunle will be great a 3rd choice cover and Larin as the second striker but we need a first choice goal scorer.   

Archer doesn't fit the way we play and I think we will move him on.  And Downs just doesn't have it in terms of physicality or technique.  A loan to the Bundesliga 2 seems most likely.

[gio1saints]

11 hours ago, Holmes_and_Watson said:

If he can get minutes under his belt at such a good level, then it could be an excellent move for him. He wasn't getting them under Tonda, and needs to push on.

Agreed. It’s an important move, but a good one, for Jay. Being a sub for most of this season in the championship is not as good as playing at San Siro etc versus CL type defenders and of course the many tough Italian defences he might face. He scores and assists there then his value rises a lot more than same in the championship. 

[MarkSFC]

I would be astounded if BBD is still here come the closure of the transfer window.  

[Dman]

To be fair, BBD would offer us something different on the left wing. Edozie and Scienza are both the type of player to beat a man and hit the byline, where-as BBD is very much cut in and shoot. 

If the option is to loan him out and have to cover the majoirty of his salary... or keep him, I'd rather we kept him. 

[revolution saint]

9 minutes ago, gio1saints said:

Agreed. It’s an important move, but a good one, for Jay. Being a sub for most of this season in the championship is not as good as playing at San Siro etc versus CL type defenders and of course the many tough Italian defences he might face. He scores and assists there then his value rises a lot more than same in the championship. 

Yeah, key will be how many minutes he's likely to get but he's not going to get enough playing for us anyway.  Hopefully he has a loan with an effect similar to Tella although cracking Serie A is a big ask.

[Pilchards]

Had no idea that BBD and THB are the best of friends.

Cant work out a club link from the past other than knowing each other at our club.

Praying that don’t signal THB looking for a move away if BBD moves on.

[trousers]

51 minutes ago, James said:

Totally agree although, as an aside, it’s a bit disappointing that we are potentially starting a competitive fixture with BBD or Downs up front. I know that’s partly because Larin is late back from the WC but we always seem to find ourselves short handed up top starting the season.

Yep, agree. I was rather hoping that the club had finally learned it's lesson in January when, at long last, we had two top notch (for this level) centre forwards in the squad. Here's hoping we don't slip back into "make do" mode in the CF department this season...

Edited 2 hours ago by trousers