Summer Transfer Window 2026

[Badger]

Just now, Matthew Le God said:

Since then he has had a season in the Championship and is the 1st choice striker for England under 21s

He played half a season it seems before injury. Not overwhelming references on their Forum though as someone posted earlier.

Fair point re the England U21’s. 

[hypochondriac]

15 minutes ago, trousers said:

Fret ye not... Dragan promised us a team that'll get us excited and up off our seats and I, for one, trust him to deliver on his promise 👍🏻

Question is do you consider that promise fulfilled if we end the window with:

Peretz/new gk 

Bree/Roeslev Stephens/wood thb/Quarshie Manning/Wellington 

Fellows/Matsuki Downes/Jander Bragg/new CM Scienza/Edozie 

Azaz/Dobbin 

Larin/Mubama 

Obviously dependent on the cm but I think we'd be one top attacking signing away for me. Ecstatic that we didn't have to sell any of the other big fish though if it does happen.

[Turkish]

16 minutes ago, Gloucester Saint said:

Only a light scumming for KWP by comparison. JWP got plenty though. 

By all accounts their fans were shite behaving more like wild eyed kids in a toys R Us for the first time than tough, passionate football fans they like to pretend they are 

[hypochondriac]

I did rather think we'd be up for making one more high profile signing this summer if I'm honest (if we had kept Stewart for example would we have just signed Dobbin and the Charles replacement?) but maybe our financial situation is a little bit worse than I considered it to be. Obviously the window isn't shut yet it does sound like we would have to sell in order to properly strengthen elsewhere.

[Turkish]

3 minutes ago, hypochondriac said:

Question is do you consider that promise fulfilled if we end the window with:

Peretz/new gk 

Bree/Roeslev Stephens/wood thb/Quarshie Manning/Wellington 

Fellows/Matsuki Downes/Jander Bragg/new CM Scienza/Edozie 

Azaz/Dobbin 

Larin/Mubama 

Obviously dependent on the cm but I think we'd be one top attacking signing away for me. Ecstatic that we didn't have to sell any of the other big fish though if it does happen.

That’s a mid table premier league squad with the best fans in the world behind them. Nothing can go wrong. Everyone hates us too Which is brilliant 

[Göztepe]

11 hours ago, KingInDaSouf said:

Arthur Dennis'in Coventry'ye transferinin gerçekleşmediğini görüyorum. Shea'nın yerine iyi bir alternatif olurdu ve Goztepe ile de bir anlaşma yapmanın zor olmayacağını düşünürdüm. Bu çok kulüplü transfer saçmalığından biraz fayda görmek güzel olurdu. 

While the multi-club system poses absolutely no downside for you, the potential benefit is massive This transfer will happen if you pay 8 million euros. Alternatively, you would need to offer Jander as a replacement for Dennis.

[Turkish]

6 minutes ago, Göztepe said:

While the multi-club system poses absolutely no downside for you, the potential benefit is massive This transfer will happen if you pay 8 million euros. Alternatively, you would need to offer Jander as a replacement for Dennis.

Who the fuck is Arthur Denis? Is he a soccerballist? I can’t only find an Arthur Denis who is a Canadian liberal party member and if we sign him the only ones who will benefit are the Rainbow Saints 

[AlexLaw76]

8 minutes ago, Göztepe said:

While the multi-club system poses absolutely no downside for you, 

[KingInDaSouf]

10 minutes ago, Göztepe said:

While the multi-club system poses absolutely no downside for you, the potential benefit is massive This transfer will happen if you pay 8 million euros. Alternatively, you would need to offer Jander as a replacement for Dennis.

I think a straight swap for BBD is in everybody's best interests.

[Turkish]

Just now, KingInDaSouf said:

I think a straight swap for BBD is in everybody's best interests.

Good shout BBD would COOK in turkey 

[coalman]

11 minutes ago, Göztepe said:

While the multi-club system poses absolutely no downside for you, the potential benefit is massive This transfer will happen if you pay 8 million euros. Alternatively, you would need to offer Jander as a replacement for Dennis.

You say no downside, yet here you are posting bollocks again. Proof that the multi club model has failed writ large.

[Gloucester Saint]

23 minutes ago, Turkish said:

By all accounts their fans were shite behaving more like wild eyed kids in a toys R Us for the first time than tough, passionate football fans they like to pretend they are 

Especially Corp Ho, he knew a thing or two about toys.

[Göztepe]

4 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said:

Can you explain what harm you suffered from the multi-club system? Let me remind you that it was Göztepe that took a risk on Juan—who was valued at €800,000—and turned him into a €15 million player; don't talk as if I acquired a €15 million Juan from you for free.

[Verbal]

15 minutes ago, Göztepe said:

While the multi-club system poses absolutely no downside for you, the potential benefit is massive This transfer will happen if you pay 8 million euros. Alternatively, you would need to offer Jander as a replacement for Dennis.

What's the appropriate language for telling a fan from a multi-clubber, without causing offence, to fuck off?

[Göztepe]

6 minutes ago, coalman said:

Hiçbir dezavantajı olmadığını söylüyorsunuz, ama işte yine saçma sapan şeyler yazıyorsunuz. Çoklu kulüp modelinin büyük ölçüde başarısız olduğunun kanıtı bu.

I didn't write anything absurd. What kind of harm has the multi-club model caused you? With Southampton, the owner is losing money and spending out of his own pocket. Göztepe, on the other hand, is making a profit; they generate 30 million euros from player sales but spend only 3 million of that on new signings.

[coalman]

Just now, Verbal said:

What's the appropriate language for telling a fan from a multi-clubber, without causing offence, to fuck off?

"We're happy Rasmus found his spiritual home with you"

[hypochondriac]

2 minutes ago, Göztepe said:

Can you explain what harm you suffered from the multi-club system? Let me remind you that it was Göztepe that took a risk on Juan—who was valued at €800,000—and turned him into a €15 million player; don't talk as if I acquired a €15 million Juan from you for free.

There are few benefits and it's a distraction that we don't need. We end up buying a load of random players that either never play for us or who were never good enough for us. I'd rather we weren't involved in it personally.

[coalman]

Just now, Göztepe said:

I didn't write anything absurd. What kind of harm has the multi-club model caused you? With Southampton, the owner is losing money and spending out of his own pocket. Göztepe, on the other hand, is making a profit; they generate 30 million euros from player sales but spend only 3 million of that on new signings.

Cool story, bro.

[hypochondriac]

1 minute ago, Göztepe said:

I didn't write anything absurd. What kind of harm has the multi-club model caused you? With Southampton, the owner is losing money and spending out of his own pocket. Göztepe, on the other hand, is making a profit; they generate 30 million euros from player sales but spend only 3 million of that on new signings.

Because you're in a league system full of largely shit teams that mostly no one cares about. 

[Fabrice29]

50 minutes ago, trousers said:

Fret ye not... Dragan promised us a team that'll get us excited and up off our seats and I, for one, trust him to deliver on his promise 👍🏻

Do people not already think we have this then?

41 minutes ago, Badger said:

In agreement with Blackmore re needing another proven option. Larin and a relatively untried youngster is a high risk if we’re seriously going for automatic promotion.

We have a couple of proven options already and people are keen to sell them because they aren't good enough. 

[AlexLaw76]

1 minute ago, Göztepe said:

I didn't write anything absurd. What kind of harm has the multi-club model caused you? 

it is a stone around our necks. We pay out and get little/nothing back

if it is not buying players to be 'loaned' to Turkey, it is paying incredible/record breaking fees for Lower league French players to help out the other team.

In the meantime, it impact our costs and we have been relegated twice in that period.

[Fabrice29]

3 minutes ago, hypochondriac said:

There are few benefits and it's a distraction that we don't need. We end up buying a load of random players that either never play for us or who were never good enough for us. I'd rather we weren't involved in it personally.

Who is distracted?

[Turkish]

9 minutes ago, Göztepe said:

Can you explain what harm you suffered from the multi-club system? Let me remind you that it was Göztepe that took a risk on Juan—who was valued at €800,000—and turned him into a €15 million player; don't talk as if I acquired a €15 million Juan from you for free.

What benefit has there been?

[Turkish]

10 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said:

it is a stone around our necks. We pay out and get little/nothing back

if it is not buying players to be 'loaned' to Turkey, it is paying incredible/record breaking fees for Lower league French players to help out the other team.

In the meantime, it impact our costs and we have been relegated twice in that period.

Who was that keeper we signed loaned him turkey and never came back

then there is that striker that they had that smashed it in Turkey and they sold To a German club

The French kid was a joke 10 times his value and the second biggest transfer ever from the French third tier 😂😂

Edited 2 hours ago by Turkish

[AlexLaw76]

3 minutes ago, Turkish said:

Who was that keeper we signed loaned him turkey and never came back

then there is that striker that they had that smashed it in Turkey and they sold To a German club

 

Lis wasn't it (Keeper)...just seen he played 90+ times for them....after we signed him on a 5 year deal....

as for the striker....Yes, but he never used any of our facilities so it does not count (according to our Turkish friend)

Edited 2 hours ago by AlexLaw76

[hypochondriac]

11 minutes ago, Fabrice29 said:

Who is distracted?

Arguably pissing about signing players for other clubs took resources and manpower away from being 100% committed to trying to keep us in the prem. Like I said there's very little benefit for us.

[Lighthouse]

3 minutes ago, hypochondriac said:

Arguably pissing about signing players for other clubs took resources and manpower away from being 100% committed to trying to keep us in the prem. Like I said there's very little benefit for us.

I don't think there was any lack of resources or manpower attributable to the multiclub model. Our problems last time in the Prem stemmed from our DoF buggering off to Man Utd in April and not appointing a replacement for the subsequent transfer window. I can't remember any big money signings for Goztepe in 2024 which detracted from our own recruitment.

[Fabrice29]

12 minutes ago, hypochondriac said:

Arguably pissing about signing players for other clubs took resources and manpower away from being 100% committed to trying to keep us in the prem. Like I said there's very little benefit for us.

Think you’re reaching a bit there 😂 It’s a weird gripe people have with a club that is barely making an impression on us either way. (Through our own entire fault not living up to our side of the plan btw and nothing to do with them)

Edited 2 hours ago by Fabrice29

[EBS1980]

3 hours ago, Saint_lambden said:

Bragg has been offered a new contract. 
 

Blackburn want BBD. We want to sell but they can’t afford what we’re after at present (only a few million) so pushing for loan with option to buy. 
 

Edozie has interest from Rennes, Cardiff and a couple of Dutch teams. 

Offer Edozie in a deal for James. 

[SaintlyAnd]

17 minutes ago, hypochondriac said:

Arguably pissing about signing players for other clubs took resources and manpower away from being 100% committed to trying to keep us in the prem. Like I said there's very little benefit for us.

100% this. Our recruitment team (analysts and scouts) had to go from working for one club’s needs to multiple clubs and needing different profiles of players. It was chaotic for a while.

[hypochondriac]

12 minutes ago, Fabrice29 said:

Think you’re reaching a bit there 😂 It’s a weird gripe people have with a club that is barely making an impression on us either way. (Through our own entire fault not living up to our side of the plan btw and nothing to do with them)

It's not weird at all. I just don't think there's much benefit to it and if we weren't involved I wouldn't be upset. Hardly weird to have an opinion.

Edited 2 hours ago by hypochondriac

[Turkish]

25 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said:

Lis wasn't it (Keeper)...just seen he played 90+ times for them....after we signed him on a 5 year deal....

as for the striker....Yes, but he never used any of our facilities so it does not count (according to our Turkish friend)

The only clubs that have benefited are the French and Turkish mob. I will never forget MLG saying there were many benefits to saints of the multi club system But when asked numerous times what they were he never replied 😂😂

[Fabrice29]

4 minutes ago, hypochondriac said:

It's not weird at all. I just don't think there's much benefit to it and if we weren't involved u wouldn't be upset. Hardly weird to have an opinion.

Saying there is little benefit isn’t weird. I agreed. The weird bit was someone asking a reasonable question and you responding declaring their league as full of shit and nobody cares. The gripe part..like I said. 

Anyway Matsuki was a benefit and we should all be forever grateful for that. 

[HarvSFC]

We'd never have had a player named Izzet Furkan Malak had it not been for our link with Goztepe. He also got banned from football, so he could share his experience.

[Pat from Poole]

11 minutes ago, Fabrice29 said:

Saying there is little benefit isn’t weird. I agreed. The weird bit was someone asking a reasonable question and you responding declaring their league as full of shit and nobody cares. The gripe part..like I said. 

Anyway Matsuki was a benefit and we should all be forever grateful for that. 

He’s not THAT good.

By and large, multi-club has been a disaster for us.

[AlexLaw76]

14 minutes ago, Fabrice29 said:

 

Anyway Matsuki was a benefit and we should all be forever grateful for that. 

Christ, that is a a tad OTT

[The Kraken]

7 minutes ago, Pat from Poole said:

By and large, multi-club has been a disaster for us.

I don’t think it’s been a disaster. It’s cost the club/Dragan money for sure, whether that’s affected us and in other ways I don’t know.

There really have been very few obvious upsides though.

 

Edited 1 hour ago by The Kraken

[Fabrice29]

3 minutes ago, Pat from Poole said:

He’s not THAT good.

By and large, multi-club has been a disaster for us.

 

1 minute ago, AlexLaw76 said:

Christ, that is a a tad OTT

Remind me not to try sarcasm online again. 

[AlexLaw76]

Just now, Fabrice29 said:

 

Remind me not to try sarcasm online again. 

Fair enough 😆

[Turkish]

Okay guys all in favour of the multi club system list the benefits for Southampton FC below 

👇 

[coalman]

6 minutes ago, Turkish said:

Okay guys all in favour of the multi club system list the benefits for Southampton FC below 

👇

Pros

Christophe seems like a lovely bloke

We had somewhere to send Rasmus where he wouldn't be fucking around with the day to day here

[Tommy Mulgrew]

2 hours ago, Matty's Caddy said:

They’ve made up apparently 

I trust no tongues were involved.

[Turkish]

2 minutes ago, coalman said:

Pros

Christophe seems like a lovely bloke

We had somewhere to send Rasmus where he wouldn't be fucking around with the day to day here

Good points Tbf 

we met a nice guy from French and we managed to fuck Rasmus off. Two good benefits. Any more?

[AlexLaw76]

Just now, Turkish said:

Good points Tbf 

we met a nice guy from French and we managed to fuck Rasmus off. Two good benefits. Any more?

2 more clubs 'FUCKING HATE POMPEY'?

[JohnnyShearer2.0]

I'm in favour of a multi club model. However currently not being utilised properly from a Saints perspective.

Matsuki was used wisely and came back a better player. That Romulu player, may have come to Saints if we'd stayed in the premier league but currently it's not working at club level for 2 out of the 3 clubs.

Either go all in like City group or use the other two clubs better.

I suppose end of day, Dragan is extracting money one way from the group.

[Saint Marky]

11 minutes ago, Turkish said:

Good points Tbf 

we met a nice guy from French and we managed to fuck Rasmus off. Two good benefits. Any more?

We could arrange a friendly with them, nice warm place for us to go, oh hold on, from memory, weren’t Liverpool fans being chased around the streets by big fat hairy, machete wielding crazy Turks and the men were just as bad.

[Tommy Mulgrew]

6 hours ago, Midfield_General said:

Archer's not a world beater but he's about as good as you can reasonably expect to get for 3rd choice CF at Championship level.

He’s a first or second choice for most Championship clubs, IMO.

We are unlikely to sign a third choice CF who is even as good as Archer, let alone better than him, again IMO.

I thought that Mubama caused our CBs a lot of trouble last season when we played Stoke.  I believe Tonda will help him thrive in our team and he should benefit greatly from the better service from both wings and from midfield than he got while at Stoke.

I’d be surprised if we have three strikers better than Archer, Larin and Mubama after the transfer window closes.  We then have to hope that Larin does not get a serious injury.  🤞

I agree with others that having BBD or DD as the third striker would consign us to another year in the Championship.

[Ex Lion Tamer]

You can argue that all our recruitment has benefited from the multi club model because it allows us to pool the resources of three clubs into one global scouting network. (Impossible to prove admittedly)

Edited 1 hour ago by Ex Lion Tamer

[hypochondriac]

12 minutes ago, Ex Lion Tamer said:

You can argue that all our recruitment has benefited from the multi club model because it allows us to pool the resources of three clubs into one global scouting network. (Impossible to prove though, admittedly)

Or it's just cheaper to get people who were working solely for our club to now work for other clubs as well.

[Polaroid Saint]

1 hour ago, Turkish said:

Okay guys all in favour of the multi club system list the benefits for Southampton FC below 

👇

Well, I guess, that "technically"... ...analysts from Turkish or French clubs would not be subject to any EFL 72hr scouting ban? 🤔