Summer Transfer Window 2026

[BarberSaint]

I actually don't see him going.  Think he's got a bit of a point to prove, knows he'll do well under TE, doesn't quite want the upheaval, knows he's got time on his side and believes in himself and will get a move that'll suit him at some point. 

Would be interesting to see what his father-in-law thinks cause that'll have a large say in it and I doubt RK will sugar-coat anything.

[Lighthouse]

1 hour ago, Convict Colony said:

Southampton is already as far away as a northerner and roy keanes manchester born daughter with young kid are willing to live, going to portugal is like living in a another country (thanks ian rush).

Have they actually said that?

24 minutes ago, BarberSaint said:

Think he's got a bit of a point to prove

He's got absolutely nothing to prove in the Championship.

[Convict Colony]

of course not but every northener I know hates to live more than 5 miles away from where they were born.

[Willo of Whiteley]

I don’t think he’ll leave, unless a substantial offer that the club can’t refuse comes in.

They’ll be some on socials and on here that are probably creaming at the idea of him going on deadline day just so they’ll have something to moan about.

But this summer feels different, it’s us as a club against the world, with a point to prove, and I think we will.

We will win the league this season.

[St. Ciervo]

Saw that Michael Antonio is trying to come back. That would be more in the line of a striker we’d like over archer. 

We would need to provide a player shuttle service, of course, between him and Damion. 

[St Chalet]

3 hours ago, Convict Colony said:

Guys the first principle thinking about THB is this.

Southampton is already as far away as a northerner and roy keanes manchester born daughter with young kid are willing to live, going to portugal is like living in a another country (thanks ian rush).

0 fucking chance he goes to portugal and if he does Turkish will delete his account.

Been a Mod here for a while. Survived a few transfers and currygate.

Turkish not deleting his account. 

[hypochondriac]

13 minutes ago, St. Ciervo said:

Saw that Michael Antonio is trying to come back. That would be more in the line of a striker we’d like over archer. 

We would need to provide a player shuttle service, of course, between him and Damion. 

Off to Watford isn't he?

[Chez]

6 hours ago, goodymatt said:

BBD back to Derby makes sense.

Surprised they haven't signed him already after a decent loan last season, but the Saudi buy out probably got in the way.

[Chez]

if THB goes, is it too late to gazump Burnley in their efforts to sign Max Alleyne?

[JohnnyShearer2.0]

1 hour ago, Chez said:

if THB goes, is it too late to gazump Burnley in their efforts to sign Max Alleyne?

Already signed. I was thinking the same. City will raise some monies easy this season and next with all their home grown youth players.

[goodymatt]

 

[goodymatt]

 

[SNSUN]

9 minutes ago, goodymatt said:

 

Ah the old "unsettle the player because we won't pay what you want" tactic. Pay up or piss off Benfica. £17 million is laughable. Double it. 😁

[Tamesaint]

15 minutes ago, goodymatt said:

 

According to Blackmore THB is happy here.

[Give it to Ron]

🚨 Chelsea have received interest from Benfica and at least one other Premier League club in Tosin Adarabioyo.

The 28-year-old has less than two years left on his contract and is increasingly likely to leave Chelsea permanently.

Tosin is open to exploring other opportunities, with a reunion with former Fulham boss Marco Silva understood to appeal.

(Source: @NizaarKinsella)

[goodymatt]

19 minutes ago, Give it to Ron said:

🚨 Chelsea have received interest from Benfica and at least one other Premier League club in Tosin Adarabioyo.

The 28-year-old has less than two years left on his contract and is increasingly likely to leave Chelsea permanently.

Tosin is open to exploring other opportunities, with a reunion with former Fulham boss Marco Silva understood to appeal.

(Source: @NizaarKinsella)

Hopefully THB is just their alternative to Tosin and they sign Tosin and piss off.

[Chez]

42 minutes ago, Tamesaint said:

According to Blackmore THB is happy here.

Players are happy until they aren't. Being denied the opportunity to play at a bigger club and earn more can quickly change a players frame of mind.

Benfica must know we'd want more than we paid for him. The price feels too rich. Are they paying £30m or whatever for a defender from our second tier?

If the Benfica link is genuine, it may be Silva that has suggested him, which probably means he's on Fulhams radar too. Do they need a cb?

 

[Football Special]

2 hours ago, goodymatt said:

 

Who is putting these stories out there?

[Cuddles]

15 minutes ago, Football Special said:

Who is putting these stories out there?

Benfica?

[tdmickey3]

2 minutes ago, Cuddles said:

Benfica?

Or his agent

 

[Marsdinho]

10 hours ago, Chez said:

if THB goes, is it too late to gazump Burnley in their efforts to sign Max Alleyne?

Id be tempted to go for Noah Eile from Bristol City. Thought he looked good last season.

[Swaythling Saint]

He's obviously not going for that price but all the talk is designed to promote him - replace Benfica with a Prem club and I would be concerned 

[saintwbu]

Or Benfica are using THB to try and put pressure on Tosin/Chelsea? Out of those two players, Tosin makes much more sense as he was a good player for Silva at Fulham. 

[AlexLaw76]

43 minutes ago, Football Special said:

Who is putting these stories out there?

Saints?

[EBS1980]

Surprised we haven’t had a few links to midfielders so far. Be interested to see if we go for a signing or another loan to fill the spot left by Charles 

[Disco Stu]

3 hours ago, goodymatt said:

 

Much more the type of player I thought we'd go for this summer. Target man that can hold up the ball and has a decent goalscoring record. Suggests Mubama was likely not our first choice.

[SNSUN]

11 minutes ago, Chez said:

Players are happy until they aren't. Being denied the opportunity to play at a bigger club and earn more can quickly change a players frame of mind.

Benfica must know we'd want more than we paid for him. The price feels too rich. Are they paying £30m or whatever for a defender from our second tier?

If the Benfica link is genuine, it may be Silva that has suggested him, which probably means he's on Fulhams radar too. Do they need a cb?

 

He most likely wants to play in the Premier League and right now he's at one of the promotion favourites. He's only 24 and still learning the game, another season at this level will do him good. I still think he stays but if we're not in the top two conversation in January he'll likely go IMO. 

But...money talks, as ever. Sports Republic would sell their Granny if someone bid enough.  

[ally_uk]

If 30 million comes in for THB can't see us turning that down. 

[Dman]

24 minutes ago, SNSUN said:

He most likely wants to play in the Premier League and right now he's at one of the promotion favourites. He's only 24 and still learning the game, another season at this level will do him good. I still think he stays but if we're not in the top two conversation in January he'll likely go IMO. 

But...money talks, as ever. Sports Republic would sell their Granny if someone bid enough.  

Think this will be the case for a few - Scienza, Jander and probably THB. 

Jander aside, I can't see anyone paying the money we'd want to get them. 

[Appy]

12 minutes ago, ally_uk said:

If 30 million comes in for THB can't see us turning that down. 

I could be wrong, but I really can’t see anyone going that high for him. 

[Chez]

35 minutes ago, ally_uk said:

If 30 million comes in for THB can't see us turning that down. 

Not many 'championship' centre backs go for that kind of money, so seems a reasonable number. I guess it depends on how you saw his PL season as to whether you consider him a PL player. Personally, I thought he struggled as much as the others, but not easy to assess when the team as a whole defends so poorly

[saintwbu]

18 minutes ago, Chez said:

Not many 'championship' centre backs go for that kind of money, so seems a reasonable number. I guess it depends on how you saw his PL season as to whether you consider him a PL player. Personally, I thought he struggled as much as the others, but not easy to assess when the team as a whole defends so poorly

He was terrible, and to be honest, until about February of this year i’d have driven him to wherever would have him. But since the unbeaten run he’s been unbelievable, and now feels integral to any success we might have this season. Funny how quickly it can change. 

[SNSUN]

51 minutes ago, ally_uk said:

If 30 million comes in for THB can't see us turning that down. 

He's probably the best if not one of the best CBs in the Championship (TransferMrkt has his valuation at least as second behind only Todibo), England capped, only 24, ball playing and he has 2 years of his contract remaining. I suspect if anyone were to sign him this window it would be for a very significant sum. A quick look on TransferMrkt shows the top record sale for a CB was Nathan Ake for around £40 million to City from Bournemouth, but after that it's Ben Godfrey for around £24 million to Everton. 

[Saint86]

13 hours ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

I don’t think he’ll leave, unless a substantial offer that the club can’t refuse comes in.

They’ll be some on socials and on here that are probably creaming at the idea of him going on deadline day just so they’ll have something to moan about.

But this summer feels different, it’s us as a club against the world, with a point to prove, and I think we will.

We will win the league this season.

You've been a saints fans long enough to know it's 2nd or playoffs for us 😅

Edited 1 hour ago by Saint86

[St Chalet]

No harm keeping THB until Jan. His value won't erode massively and we'll know whether we have a shot of the autos by then.

[westmidlandsaint]

2 hours ago, Disco Stu said:

Much more the type of player I thought we'd go for this summer. Target man that can hold up the ball and has a decent goalscoring record. Suggests Mubama was likely not our first choice.

We were enquiring with other clubs about the availability of strikers and being offered strikers before we knew Mubama was available again for seasons loan.

Unless you are a top top club its very rare that you do land your first choice.

[AlexLaw76]

5 minutes ago, westmidlandsaint said:

We were enquiring with other clubs about the availability of strikers and being offered strikers before we knew Mubama was available again for seasons loan.

Unless you are a top top club its very rare that you do land your first choice.

Is Mubuma a player we would have taken had he been available earlier? Were other clubs interested in him?

[Gloucester Saint]

1 hour ago, Chez said:

Not many 'championship' centre backs go for that kind of money, so seems a reasonable number. I guess it depends on how you saw his PL season as to whether you consider him a PL player. Personally, I thought he struggled as much as the others, but not easy to assess when the team as a whole defends so poorly

THB certainly wasn’t suited to the 5 ATB fad beloved of Martin and Juric. I can understand why, unless it’s very detailed tactically beforehand on how is picking up who. A bit a problem to say the least, especially under Russell. 

[pingpong]

Benfica would be a big step down, potentially career ending, if his career aim is premier league.  I can see him going there when he hits 30, but right now he should want to stay in the mix, so EFL, prem, bundesliga are all viable, but Portugal? Nah.

[Dman]

15 minutes ago, pingpong said:

Benfica would be a big step down, potentially career ending, if his career aim is premier league.  I can see him going there when he hits 30, but right now he should want to stay in the mix, so EFL, prem, bundesliga are all viable, but Portugal? Nah.

yeah, moving to Sporting Lisbon (from championship club Coventry) was a terrible move for Gyokeres 

Edited 19 minutes ago by Dman

[BARCELONASAINT]

The trouble at this time of the season is everyone is looking for a bit of transfer news and all the idiots out there that do absolutely nothing all day but sit in their bedrooms wanking themselves stupid just make up random shit with absolutely no substance to it. Then all it takes is someone desperate for news to take random shit as "it's happening" and post it on here and everyone starts getting panicky!

Just stay of X and if you can't do that then just keep saying to yourself "everything thing on this cesspit site is made up bollocks"

[Saint Garrett]

24 minutes ago, Gloucester Saint said:

THB certainly wasn’t suited to the 5 ATB fad beloved of Martin and Juric. I can understand why, unless it’s very detailed tactically beforehand on how is picking up who. A bit a problem to say the least, especially under Russell. 

Plenty of reasons that he didn't do particularly well in the prem, a couple there that you mentioned. Also us being truly hopeless, not having any strikers and no out ball, week as piss in midfield etc etc etc. Personally I think you could always see he's got talent in the prem, hence why he ended up in the Eng squad, but we were so poor that season, he didnt stand a chance from the start.s

 

[RedArmy]

1 hour ago, SNSUN said:

A quick look on TransferMrkt shows the top record sale for a CB was Nathan Ake for around £40 million to City from Bournemouth, but after that it's Ben Godfrey for around £24 million to Everton. 

Eh? 

[Gloucester Saint]

19 minutes ago, Dman said:

yeah, moving to Sporting Lisbon (from championship club Coventry) was a terrible move for Gyokeres 

I agree with you, but Benfica ain’t going to pay what Dragan wants, not even close. Empty vessels make a lot noise. Porto were more sensible buying Bednarek, good for their league and in their price range. Historically enormous club, they came over for Nick Holmes’s testimonial in 1986/7 I think it was, but like Old Firm struggling to adjust to current realities in the screwed up world of football 2026 where Bournemouth, Fulham, Ipswich or Brentford represent a more attractive destination for players and agents eager for their cut.

Edited 13 minutes ago by Gloucester Saint
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