Summer Transfer Window 2026

[Badger]

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[Matthew Le God]

9 minutes ago, Badger said:

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I didn't know you were a Cyberman

[trousers]

52 minutes ago, Badger said:

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

I've got my 'excuses fabricated by the club' bingo card at the ready... 

"Picked up a knock in training" 

"Caught a virus"

"Had a chicken dinner at Flyn Downes' gaff"

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[St Chalet]

*The house fell through on Michael Owen's place in Winchester because I got outbid by Martin O'Neill.

[stknowle]

2 hours ago, hypochondriac said:

TBF though that quote is pretty vague...

To the point of being utterly meaningless. 

[goodymatt]

Will our THB replacement choose to go back to Sheffield United over us?

[hypochondriac]

15 minutes ago, stknowle said:

To the point of being utterly meaningless. 

It is but it would certainly be viewed as deceptive if we did sell all four at this stage given the impression it leaves.

[SaintsLoyal]

Its worth remembering that we do still need to pay a tidy wedge on players weve bought, so might need to create some cpaital, but i wouldnt want that to be a starting player.

 

All parachute payments go to the covid loan debt.

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[hypochondriac]

3 minutes ago, SaintsLoyal said:

Its worth remembering that we do still need a tidy wedge on players weve bought, so might need to create some cpaital, but i wouldnt want that to be a starting player.

 

All parachute payments go to the covid loan debt.

Do you have evidence for this? That's quite a big revelation if true that I wasn't aware of if 100% of our parachute payments are going on servicing covid loans.

[Chez]

7 hours ago, SNSUN said:

Yes please - he was decent for the Blades and is bang at his peak.

Agree. Would really soften the blow of losing THB.  

I'm not THB's biggest fan. I don't see him as irreplaceable. 

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[Chez]

29 minutes ago, SaintsLoyal said:

All parachute payments go to the covid loan debt.

Are you saying the current loan specifies that the entire £35-40m we get for this season is used to pay down the debt? 

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[Charlie Wayman]

6 hours ago, AlexLaw76 said:

given how long he has been here, I suspect anything over 6 or 7M is a profit.

It's a game of chess, The club are really saying he is not for sale, a reported £30 m price tag makes a move unlikely but is a sop but not a flat refusal to a player who maybe does want to move on.

[Charlie Wayman]

3 hours ago, Patches O Houlihan said:

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.

Those two players were here already so not impressive at all. Promotion will be impossible if THB, Scienza and Jander bugger off as well as Stewart and Charles and especially given the likelihood of an Eckert ban

[Chez]

6 hours ago, Pilchards said:

Our top four players want to go as they want to better themselves elsewhere. 

I'd be surprised if this wasn't the case.

Their agents will be working hard on finding a buyer and they will have talked to Saints management about the value placed on their player.  

[Chez]

7 minutes ago, Charlie Wayman said:

Those two players were here already so not impressive at all. Promotion will be impossible if THB, Scienza and Jander bugger off as well as Stewart and Charles and especially given the likelihood of an Eckert ban

All championship sides sell the best players. Selling four is a bloody lot. But thats what happens to relegated sides. Can we replace them and still be a good side? It's not impossible, but it relies on getting pretty much all your transfer right...which is so hard to do.

[St Chalet]

13 minutes ago, Charlie Wayman said:

Those two players were here already so not impressive at all. Promotion will be impossible if THB, Scienza and Jander bugger off as well as Stewart and Charles and especially given the likelihood of an Eckert ban

They were on loan, they chose to stay.

Talk about finding the cloud in a silver lining.