Summer Transfer Window 2026

[hypochondriac]

4 minutes ago, Lee On Solent Saint said:

It's impossible to foresee when other clubs are going to bid for your players. If we want to avoid players leaving deeper into the window, then we have to stipulate that to agents etc that we will not sell certain players after a specific date. 

I understand that's how it works to some extent. 

[Disco Stu]

100 pages baby!

[Turkish]

3 minutes ago, hypochondriac said:

Don't disagree but if it's true that we needed the cash and the players wanted to go, I would have hoped we could have got at least one or two out of the building a bit quicker. At least as good or better was the quote. They'd have to hit consecutive home runs at this point in order to effectively replace those four players now. Not impossible but incredibly difficult.

Depressing isn’t it. I expect most players are sick of our lack of ambition, repeatedly missing out on main targets, lots of big talk and little action then having their chances of premier league football snatched away by the absurdity of events in May.  It’s been an absolute shit show since they replaced Lawrie with Chris Nichol. 

[Willo of Whiteley]

Where’s the circle of trust when you need them!

[Turkish]

7 minutes ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

Where’s the circle of trust when you need them!

Bullied off the forum pal

[Matthew Le God]

8 minutes ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

Where’s the circle of trust when you need them!

Having a meeting...

Edited 5 hours ago by Matthew Le God

[Toussaint]

This has the feel of a post relegation season, with vultures circling for our best talent. Yes yes, I know everyone one has their price blah blah. But this is a consequence of failing to secure an immediate return to the prem. Hopefully Spors &co have suitable replacements lined up. 

[trousers]

At least I get to dust off my "Sport Republic Out" banner if they f*** up (again)...

[Challenger]

Anyone pressed Blackmore on his transfer Bonanza comments of last week ?

The bloke is either full of crap or just a useful idiot for the club.

[hypochondriac]

6 minutes ago, Challenger said:

Anyone pressed Blackmore on his transfer Bonanza comments of last week ?

The bloke is either full of crap or just a useful idiot for the club.

What comment was that? If he had an inkling that the selling of our main talent was possible, I think it wasn't the smartest idea to raise unrealistic hopes by repeatedly talking about Vipotnik.

Edited 4 hours ago by hypochondriac

[East Kent Saint]

32 minutes ago, Turkish said:

Bullied off the forum pal

Pot and Kettle 😄

[trousers]

In Dragan we trust...

 

 

Edited 4 hours ago by trousers

[bangkoksaint]

18 minutes ago, trousers said:

At least I get to dust off my "Sport Republic Out" banner when they f*** up (again)...

Fixed it for you……

[hypochondriac]

Just now, trousers said:

In Dragan we trust...

 

TBF though that quote is pretty vague...

[jrobsbigshorts]

6 hours ago, coalman said:

The only thing I remember about him was just how bad a defender he was for us. Repeatedly committing stupid fouls or being caught out of position 

I don't disagree but I can forgive all that due to his fabulously 1950s name, his easy elegance on the ball and the Maldini hair band, TBF he was played as a right back and in a Will Still back 3 

[LGTL]

We’re going to end this window with at least two of Scienza, THB and Jander gone, aren’t we.
 

Yay

[sfc4prem]

Just now, LGTL said:

We’re going to end this window with at least two of Scienza, THB and Jander gone, aren’t we.
 

Yay

Fuck that negativity pal.

[Cuddles]

3 minutes ago, trousers said:

In Dragan we trust...

 

If we sell THB for under £20m I will indeed fall off my seat 

Edited 4 hours ago by Cuddles
Being special

[trousers]

3 minutes ago, hypochondriac said:

TBF though that quote is pretty vague...

It is, but if we end up with a team that's not as good as last year (on paper) then it's a blatant lie (regardless of how vague it is)

[Pwoite]

1 hour ago, hypochondriac said:

Thanks captain obvious. Still doesn't mean we've given them time to bed into the team when a good start is imperative for us.

Every bloody time MLG posts it seems you have to shoot him down. Regardless!

He isn’t your problem, you are. I enjoy reading most of your views, but remove the blinkers, and you’d be overall far more credible.

[Disco Stu]

This is what he said a couple of months ago.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c4g8gkre4exo

Quote

"If we would let some players go, it would have to be a really good offer for the club and also for the player.

"On the other hand, I think we have a very capable scouting team, and we are monitoring a huge number of players."

Players including Leo Scienza, Shea Charles and Taylor Harwood-Bellis played a key role and could now gather the attention of Premier League sides this summer.

While Solak said the club do not need to sell their best players, if an offer makes sense to them, they would not stand in their way.

"We don't have any pressure (to sell) that's for sure," Solak added.

"We want to have the best possible team and do what is good for certain players, in order to keep the flow of talent coming, sometimes it's needed to show the next step.

"If a player wants to play for Manchester United, if a young player thinks I'm not ready for them but I should go to Southampton because they will give me a chance and develop me, I will end up where I dream.

"So at the moment we have our place in the food chain which I'm not necessarily against, and we'll see whether we can change this reality in years to come, but this is where we are now."

 

[Willo of Whiteley]

Some real wet wipes on here today.

Imagine the reactions of them when they found out the tooth fairy wasn’t real 😂

Edited 4 hours ago by Willo of Whiteley

[hypochondriac]

3 minutes ago, Pwoite said:

Every bloody time MLG posts it seems you have to shoot him down. Regardless!

He isn’t your problem, you are. I enjoy reading most of your views, but remove the blinkers, and you’d be overall far more credible.

It's a pointless thing to post. Very obviously we will have to wait until the end of the window to see what signings we make. If we do sell the remaining three big players at this point though (not saying we will) then we will still be significantly disadvantaged by the fact that we will have to bed in a load of new players when having a fast start is more imperative than ever. 

[hypochondriac]

Instinctively I don't believe this. If it were true and I were West ham I'd be bidding 25 million immediately and absolutely pissing the league. I don't think we'd sell him that low.

[Harry_SFC]

Jack Rosser is a pretty reliable source

[Weston Super Saint]

3 minutes ago, hypochondriac said:

Instinctively I don't believe this. If it were true and I were West ham I'd be bidding 25 million immediately and absolutely pissing the league. I don't think we'd sell him that low.

To be fair, what a use of the word 'minge', well played sir.

[Saint Matty 76]

Jack Rosser is incredibly reliable for us so I’d imagine that’s true. Not a good figure whatsoever especially to come out a day before the season starts. I’d have expected at least the same as we got for Shea.

£25m, which City would get £1m of, take away another £8m or so for Ahmedhodzic as the replacement leaves us with around £16m profit from the moves.

It’s okay financially, but I see THB as the real leader of this team and think it’d be a huge blow for that reason. However I expected to lose THB, Jander and Scienza without much of a fuss so I can’t be too surprised.

[Patches O Houlihan]

1 hour ago, bangkoksaint said:

I think we have to hold our nerve and see where we’re at come the end of the window. However that said, given the speculation around current players and who we’ve got through the door so far I’m not overly impressed.

So signing the best goalkeeper in the league and a Canadian international who scored a load of useful goals when unfit, is now fit, knows the system and really wants to be here - despite us having a 4 point deduction and a manager under threat from the FA - that's unimpressive is it? 
I bet your wife makes Sekou Mara's mum look like Shrek.

[trousers]

9 minutes ago, Weston Super Saint said:

To be fair, what a use of the word 'minge', well played sir.

Definitely the best female anatomy reference since...

 

 

[Disco Stu]

42 minutes ago, Harry_SFC said:

Jack Rosser is a pretty reliable source

He's definitely worth £30m. Seems like a compromise between club and player.

Edited 3 hours ago by Disco Stu

[Appy]

If West Ham sell Mavropanos they’ll definitely pay his asking price unfortunately. 

[Zorba]

45 minutes ago, Weston Super Saint said:

To be fair, what a use of the word 'minge', well played sir.

Agreed, “minge” is a thoroughly agreeable slur, “wet wipe” on the other hand is utterly dull and as sterile as “melt”.

 

 

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Edited 3 hours ago by Zorba

[SNSUN]

1 hour ago, LGTL said:

We’re going to end this window with at least two of Scienza, THB and Jander gone, aren’t we.
 

Yay

Three potentially but....

Peretz

Bree Stephens Wood Manning

Downes Bragg

Matsuki Azaz Dobbin

Larin

 

Still looks like a pretty decent team, factoring in we'd sign CB, CM, LW replacements anyway. We can only assume that despite past incompetence, Sports Republic at least have contingency plans for selling those three. 

Right? 🤪

[HarvSFC]

Why would one of the first names on the team sheet be valued lower than a player who was in and out of our side? After selling one key player, it should be harder for buying teams to sign another from us, not easier. £25m? Would rather try and get the Premier League money.

[Saint86]

4 hours ago, Pilchards said:

Actually bumped into a Saints employee and I will 100% not say where or what role they have at the club.

Our top four players want to go as they want to better themselves elsewhere. The club will only sell them if the right offers come on.

One has gone already while it’s obvious THB is getting the attention at the moment.

Expect Leo and Jander to be off next but I personally can’t see them entertaining any offers from anyone right now unless it blows the bloody door down.

I suppose when you have a famous father in law who’s played the game at the very top level asking you why are you still playing for little Southampton again this season then it makes sense he wants moving on.

Charles wasn't one of our top 4 players. Most people accepted at the start of the summer that it was likely we'd lose 2, and it was generally considered a good result if we only sold 1 of the big names this summer, I don't see it as anything changing 🤷

If someone offers us near £30M for scienza we should take it imo.

Similarly, it's a luxury in the championship to have a £25-£30M CB.

Spors will do very well with those kind of funds to tailor the squad to Tonda's liking.

Edited 3 hours ago by Saint86

[OneMrsWallace]

1 hour ago, trousers said:

In Dragan we trust...

 

 

Words are easy 🤣

[ally_uk]

I had a inkling it would be £25 million with addons.

Jander or Scienza next it's inevitable once the bigger clubs come swooping  

[Saint NL]

25 minutes ago, Appy said:

If West Ham sell Mavropanos they’ll definitely pay his asking price unfortunately. 

Can see THB ending up at West Ham, just sort of fits (although would a championship team spend £25m on a CB?).

[Turkish]

2 minutes ago, Saint NL said:

Can see THB ending up at West Ham, just sort of fits (although would a championship team spend £25m on a CB?).

He won’t go to West Ham. Pointless for him and us. He has nothing to prove at this level. I wouldn’t be surprised if a premier league club come in for him over the next couple of weeks 

[Winnersaint]

I thought I heard reported that the club were already looking into contingency for losing THB months ago maybe in Dragan's initial comments post spygate where he stated that no Year 1 contracted players would be sold unless it was for mega offers. Scienza, Jander, Azaz. Personally if you're playing in the Champions League your profile as prospective international centre back has to be enhanced whichever League you are playing in. I think THB achieved his redemption arc in the latter half of the season when eventually playing in a system that suited him. He has nothing to prove and at 24 and three seasons with us its time for the next step. 

[Saint Matty 76]

1 minute ago, Winnersaint said:

I thought I heard reported that the club were already looking into contingency for losing THB months ago maybe in Dragan's initial comments post spygate where he stated that no Year 1 contracted players would be sold unless it was for mega offers. Scienza, Jander, Azaz. Personally if you're playing in the Champions League your profile as prospective international centre back has to be enhanced whichever League you are playing in. I think THB achieved his redemption arc in the latter half of the season when eventually playing in a system that suited him. He has nothing to prove and at 24 and three seasons with us its time for the next step. 

Yeah, no doubt that alluded to it being more likely for Charles and THB to go as opposed to Scienza and Jander.

Also don't disagree that it's not a move to begrudge THB for, I'd just want us to be holding out for the same fee as Charles. £25m feels really weak to me.

Also to go a little MLG on you Benfica didn't actually qualify for the CL this season.

[SuperSAINT]

7 minutes ago, Turkish said:

He won’t go to West Ham. Pointless for him and us. He has nothing to prove at this level. I wouldn’t be surprised if a premier league club come in for him over the next couple of weeks 

You’d think if marco silva wants him, Fulham must want him.

[Badger]

35 minutes ago, Appy said:

If West Ham sell Mavropanos they’ll definitely pay his asking price unfortunately. 

 

6 minutes ago, Turkish said:

He won’t go to West Ham. Pointless for him and us. He has nothing to prove at this level. I wouldn’t be surprised if a premier league club come in for him over the next couple of weeks 

Any agreement to release him, if he wants to go, should be to the EPL or abroad. Not a Championship rival.

[Badger]

Just now, SuperSAINT said:

You’d think if marco silva wants him, Fulham must want him.

I thought Fulham or Palace the most likely destinations for him. 

[Winnersaint]

4 minutes ago, Saint Matty 76 said:

 

Also to go a little MLG on you Benfica didn't actually qualify for the CL this season.

Unless we're in it I don't follow the Champions League 😁

Edited 2 hours ago by Winnersaint

[Badger]

35 minutes ago, Zorba said:

Agreed, “minge” is a thoroughly agreeable slur, “wet wipe” on the other hand is utterly dull and as sterile as “melt”.

 

 

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Agree that “minge” is a different class of insult to the more modern “wet wipe” and “melt”.  “Melt” just seems Danny Dyer/Harry Enfield sketch type of word.

”Minge” probably shouldn’t be used in mixed company or more elevated circles. Which lessens its impact as a term of abuse to some degree. 
 

That’s my theory anyway. 

[Badger]

For more transfer speculation we’ll all study the line up tomorrow to see who is missing, and reasons given. 

[BotleySaint]

22 minutes ago, Badger said:

For more transfer speculation we’ll all study the line up tomorrow to see who is missing, and reasons given. 

If THB is not in the final team then he's probably done here. And it all comes down to who we replace his 7 goals with. With him and Charles we'd have lost two proven match winners.

Edited 2 hours ago by BotleySaint

[Winnersaint]

2 minutes ago, Badger said:

 

”Minge” probably shouldn’t be used in mixed company or more elevated circles. Which lessens its impact as a term of abuse to some degree. 
 

That’s my theory anyway. 

Heading up a school isolation unit a Yr 11 was brought to me in tears by her Head of Year. Originally I thought the tears were because she felt her exclusion was unjust. However, trying to find out why she was crying proved a little more problematic. I offered to get a female member of staff to come and talk to her but eventually she confided that her "minge" hurt. I had no words.

[ant]

1 hour ago, trousers said:

In Dragan we trust...

Oh, they got this all wrong.

"I promise you that we'll bring to you at the end of the summer the team that will take you out of your seats [in protest] and excitement will run high at St Mary's [as you attempt to guess which jobbing manager will replace Tonda each week - like Have I Got News For You, post-Deayton]."