Summer Transfer Window 2026

[Cuddles]

Didn't Leeds do something similar in their last promotion season? Still shitting it though!!

[skintsaint]

2 minutes ago, Badger said:

Which should increase his value if that’s the case. £30m minimum plus add ons. 
 

I know we all like to beat up Sports Republic, but generally they do get a good price for our players..

Sulemana for £17m for example after the general displays for us ... 😅

 

[Badger]

1 minute ago, skintsaint said:

I know we all like to beat up Sports Republic, but generally they do get a good price for our players..

Sulemana for £17m for example after the general displays for us ... 😅

 

Let’s wait and see but fair point.

Given the money we’ve given them for Archer and Dobbin though, perhaps £45m might not be unreasonable! 

[hypochondriac]

Will be interesting to see how the likes of Jordan James, Lankshear and Anel get on this year. All players we have been linked with and haven't signed for whatever reason. None of them extortionate in terms of price. 

[Chez]

14 minutes ago, Cuddles said:

Didn't Leeds do something similar in their last promotion season? Still shitting it though!!

yep. Sold their best players, £150m in and only spent about £25m on replacements. Not sure those coming in would have impressed a lot of us at that time.

We can still get promoted. We need to keep buying the right players though. 

[ally_uk]

25 million and Bellis will be gone 

I reckon Scienza isn't going to stick around either.

Was optimistic at the start of this season, I have this unnerving feeling that we are in for a reality check and transitional period. 

Why am I feeling a bit miffed as others have noted, other teams are not fucking about with transfer business and are making moves.

I hope Spors has some continental gems lined up but it's risky, we can't afford to be static and start slow, need to hit ground running! 

[StrangelyBrown]

1 minute ago, ally_uk said:

25 million and Bellis will be gone 

I reckon Scienza isn't going to stick around either.

Was optimistic at the start of this season, I have this unnerving feeling that we are in for a reality check and transitional period. 

Why am I feeling a bit miffed as others have noted, other teams are not fucking about with transfer business and are making moves.

I hope Spors has some continental gems lined up but it's risky, we can't afford to be static and start slow, need to hit ground running! 

If we use some of the THB money to bring in a couple of good CBs we may end up in a better situation than THB and Wood/Stephens at the back even if neither of them are quite at THBs level.

I've also got a nagging feeling that Leo won't keep up the levels from last year so may not be the disaster some may think - nothing to base this on, just a feeling.

[Patrick Bateman]

3 minutes ago, ally_uk said:

25 million and Bellis will be gone 

I reckon Scienza isn't going to stick around either.

Was optimistic at the start of this season, I have this unnerving feeling that we are in for a reality check and transitional period. 

Why am I feeling a bit miffed as others have noted, other teams are not fucking about with transfer business and are making moves.

I hope Spors has some continental gems lined up but it's risky, we can't afford to be static and start slow, need to hit ground running! 

Same. Feeling flat about Saints right now ... need a good win on Saturday, get that feeling back and move on!

[Turkish]

35 minutes ago, skintsaint said:

I know we all like to beat up Sports Republic, but generally they do get a good price for our players..

Sulemana for £17m for example after the general displays for us ... 😅

 

Let’s remember they also signed him for £25m when we desperately needed a decent attacker 

[Dr Who?]

37 minutes ago, SNSUN said:

The Villa fans for one on their forum! They can't believe they're signing a Championship centre back to play in the Champions League. Despite the fact he played and scored for England and was one of our better players in our Prem relegation season. He may not be the same level but he's only 24. 

The fact for us is that he is our best CB and will be tough to replace but I wouldn't begrudge him a move to Villa and I suspect it'll be 25 million up front with extras up to 30 and a sell on clause. We can do business with that but it still blows that it'll come at this time of the window. I just hope it doesn't cause any unrest amongst others that might think their futures are above us. 

They are getting well above their station that’s why! 

[Farmer Saint]

39 minutes ago, SNSUN said:

The Villa fans for one on their forum! They can't believe they're signing a Championship centre back to play in the Champions League. Despite the fact he played and scored for England and was one of our better players in our Prem relegation season. He may not be the same level but he's only 24. 

The fact for us is that he is our best CB and will be tough to replace but I wouldn't begrudge him a move to Villa and I suspect it'll be 25 million up front with extras up to 30 and a sell on clause. We can do business with that but it still blows that it'll come at this time of the window. I just hope it doesn't cause any unrest amongst others that might think their futures are above us. 

If I were a Villa fan I'd be well unimpressed as well.

Edited 21 hours ago by Farmer Saint

[Chez]

6 minutes ago, ally_uk said:

other teams are not fucking about with transfer business and are making moves.

We have signed five players. But others have signed more:

Birmingham 6

Blackburn 3

Bolton 9

Bristol City 9

Burnley 8

Cardiff 3

Charlton 8

Derby 5

Lincoln 7

Middlesbrough 8

Millwall 8

Norwich 5

Skates 9

Preston 6

QPR 7

Sheffield United 2

Stoke 7

Swansea 7

Watford 7

WBA 7

West Ham 5

Wolves 5

[CB Fry]

I wish we were others.

[Toussaint]

1 hour ago, JohnnyShearer2.0 said:

That was a horrendous game. The performance came out of nowhere and little did we know that was just the start.

Something changed.

It was also the start of Ralph’s decline and us circling the drain. 

[Willo of Whiteley]

2 hours ago, die Mannyschaft said:

That's a big step up with European football too so I suspect an improved offer of £22m or £26m plus some other incentive and the agents will be doing s deal. We have seen it with many players if they want to go then eventually a deal will be done. Or THB will go in Jan window.

Then you would hope there are players lined up.

This feels different this time round.

[Willo of Whiteley]

I would rather lose Leo Scienza than Taylor Harwood-Bellis if given the choice.

SR have been wasteful with spending money, but then somehow have this knack of selling on under-performing players for mad fees - Sulemana being one who did fuck all for two years yet we made close to our money back on him.

Hoping for a masterclass over the next couple of weeks that gets fans back onside.

A defeat at the weekend and it’ll get very tetchy on here, more so than it already is. 😂

[Saint Scott]

On 19/08/2026 at 12:05, Saint Scott said:

Arsenal it advanced talks for Ezri Konsa, could THB be a potential replacement for Villa?

Take that COT

But yeah, sh*t news for us. Lets hope we have an alternative now anel has gone to burnley

Edited 20 hours ago by Saint Scott

[SouthWalesSaints]

Right first off … THB is gone.  Huge shame… but I don’t think the panic is needed.  Yes we’ve gone backwards SO FAR with the squad but we’ve not fallen as far as i would have assumed after the fallout from last season. 
 

The league is better than last year argument, everyone says that every year.  The points available in the division don’t change. Milwall came third last year and had a better season than us with a squad that isn’t comparable.  Our target is 91 points ( average to be promoted in the league in 2nd place ) obviously for us that means 95 points.  
 

28 wins, 11 draws, 6 defeats.  
 

We don’t have to be better player for player than Wolves, Burnley, West Ham.  What we do need to be is more consistent. Those three teams aside I think we have a better squad than the other 20 odd teams. So we have to be good at beating the teams worse than us. 
 

Out record last season under a good coach, was exemplary from January onwards. I’ve seen nothing, even in the Watford game to suggest that we won’t dominate most games this season. 
 

We’ve got a top keeper, a centre forward that’s better than any in the league IMO.  Azaz, Scienza, Jander, Downes, Bree, Manning, that every club would take pretty much.  The difference this year is the manager, he’ll get us up. I genuinely believe that. 
 

We’ll sign a defender, we’ll sign a midfield player, and I reckon we’ll have a loan or two if we can shift some others. Relax, win on Saturday, beat milwall, 4 points from Brum and Lincoln, another 4 from B City, Swansea, and we’ll be geared up to beat them down the road. 
 

Liverpool signed Isak, Wirtz, Frimpong, Ekitike, and got much worse for it.  Signings aren’t a given to work, so let’s keep our heads a little. 
 

Oh, one last thing. Don’t boo if it’s 0-0 and we’re being patient Saturday. Rushing passes is why we lost v Watford. 
 

Up the saints. 

Edited 20 hours ago by SouthWalesSaints

[CSA96]

4 minutes ago, SouthWalesSaints said:

Right first off … THB is gone.  Huge shame… but I don’t think the panic is needed.  Yes we’ve gone backwards SO FAR with the squad but we’ve not fallen as far as i would have assumed after the fallout from last season. 
 

The league is better than last year argument, everyone says that every year.  The points available in the division don’t change. Milwall came third last year and had a better season than us with a squad that isn’t comparable.  Our target is 91 points ( average to be promoted in the league in 2nd place ) obviously for us that means 95 points.  
 

28 wins, 11 draws, 6 defeats.  
 

We don’t have to be better player for player than Wolves, Burnley, West Ham.  What we do need to be is more consistent. Those three teams aside I think we have a better squad than the other 20 odd teams. So we have to be good at beating the teams worse than us. 
 

Out record last season under a good coach, was exemplary from January onwards. I’ve seen nothing, even in the Watford game that we won’t dominate most games this season. 
 

We’ve got a top keeper, a centre forward that’s better than any in the league IMO.  Azaz, Scienza, Jander, Downes, Bree, Manning, that every club would take pretty much.  The difference this year is the manager, he’ll get us up. I genuinely believe that. 
 

We’ll sign a defender, we’ll sign a midfield player, and I reckon we’ll have a loan or two if we can shift some others. Relax, win on Saturday, beat milwall, 4 points from Brum and Lincoln, another 4 from B City, Swansea, and we’ll be geared up to beat them down the road. 
 

Liverpool signed Isak, Wirtz, Frimpong, Ekitike, and got much worse for it.  Signings aren’t a given to work, so let’s keep our heads a little. 
 

Oh, one last thing. Don’t boo if it’s 0-0 and we’re being patient Saturday. Rushing passes is why we lost v Watford. 
 

Up the saints. 

Blimey, if the players start getting booed at 0-0 in the first home game of the season then we've got more cunts in the fanbase than I ever realised. Surely not, I always assumed the ones who make a real show of themselves on social media don't actually go to St Mary's regularly

Edited 20 hours ago by CSA96

[qwertyell]

3 hours ago, LeG said:

Spors is a master of this.

Aside from signing two right backs that were worse than the right back already on our books (and loaning him out), a centre back who never plays, a striker who isn't fit for purpose, giving Stephens a three year contract extension, and not bothering signing a keeper until January after masterfully judging Bazunu as "fine for this level".

Hope you're right. We can't afford any more missteps. 

[Fabrice29]

9 minutes ago, qwertyell said:

Aside from signing two right backs that were worse than the right back already on our books (and loaning him out), a centre back who never plays, a striker who isn't fit for purpose, giving Stephens a three year contract extension, and not bothering signing a keeper until January after masterfully judging Bazunu as "fine for this level".

Hope you're right. We can't afford any more missteps. 

Just lost our first game in 20 plus we could well have been in the PL right now. But aside from that.

[Fabrice29]

Vibes, links and being seen to be busy, especially when it suits online fan bases. That’s the way to judge success.

Not having a relatively settled side, getting the main parts of that side signed up early in the window, signing the cover your chairman specifically told everyone is the only real hole in the side and then waiting patiently to react to any outgoings, which you’ve also sign posted clearly to all your fans. That’s far too sensible approach.

 

[skintsaint]

1 hour ago, Turkish said:

Let’s remember they also signed him for £25m when we desperately needed a decent attacker 

Thought it was about £22m, either way he was pretty shite and still got £17m back!

[Fabrice29]

50 minutes ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

I would rather lose Leo Scienza than Taylor Harwood-Bellis if given the choice.

Pretty sure Eckert last week spoke about the group currently having core players who spend significant time at the club and then players who come here with 2 years in mind. Pretty sure the club will stand firm on Leo/Jander etc for this year. Will be a next season issue. 

[qwertyell]

11 minutes ago, Fabrice29 said:

Just lost our first game in 20 plus we could well have been in the PL right now. But aside from that.

Could also have been in the PL right now if we hadn't needed to wait until January to rectify the squad's glaring shortcomings. 

[Convict Colony]

Antef Tsoungui (Estoril, defensive midfielder/centre-back type, 23): Southampton monitoring alongside Rangers. Estoril seeking €5-6m. ESPN sources (20 Aug). Early interest only, one of several clubs looking.

[hypochondriac]

13 minutes ago, Convict Colony said:

Antef Tsoungui (Estoril, defensive midfielder/centre-back type, 23): Southampton monitoring alongside Rangers. Estoril seeking €5-6m. ESPN sources (20 Aug). Early interest only, one of several clubs looking.

That will be the Jander replacement then

[SNSUN]

25 minutes ago, Convict Colony said:

Antef Tsoungui (Estoril, defensive midfielder/centre-back type, 23): Southampton monitoring alongside Rangers. Estoril seeking €5-6m. ESPN sources (20 Aug). Early interest only, one of several clubs looking.

Well the last player we signed that had played most recently at Estoril was Fernandes and that turned out to be a success, so hopefully we can do it again. Seems to have a lot of English football pedigree and is a good age but he's had an ACL injury and hasn't played too many games at the age of 23 so that sounds like it would be more of a punt than anything else. 

[tdmickey3]

7 hours ago, CSA96 said:

Blimey, if the players start getting booed at 0-0 in the first home game of the season then we've got more cunts in the fanbase than I ever realised. Surely not, I always assumed the ones who make a real show of themselves on social media don't actually go to St Mary's regularly

You are a great bloke aren't you, calling people cunts before anything happens, i guess you are one of those super fans

[Paul_B]

10 hours ago, Cuddles said:

He looks weird 

Thank fuck we didn't sign him then, eh!

[Dman]

7 hours ago, Fabrice29 said:

Just lost our first game in 20 plus we could well have been in the PL right now. But aside from that.

We aren’t in the PL because we were convicted of cheating, which more than likely directly impacted us losing for 20 plus. But aside from that. 

[rallyboy]

10 minutes ago, Dman said:

We aren’t in the PL because we were convicted of cheating, 

Oh shit, yeah, I'd forgotten about that.  😬

[Toussaint]

8 hours ago, Fabrice29 said:

Just lost our first game in 20 plus we could well have been in the PL right now. But aside from that.

Here’s the thing, we are not in the premier league, the reason we are not is self inflicted, we are on minus 4 points, there is a cloud and potential suspension hanging over the manager and the squad is in a state of flux and not up to strength. I think the background to the beginning this season is somewhat different, do you not?

[Saint86]

1 hour ago, hypochondriac said:

That will be the Jander replacement then

[Fabrice29]

I’m well aware why we aren’t in the PL thanks lads 😂

[Midfield_General]

10 hours ago, JohnnyShearer2.0 said:

That was a horrendous game. The performance came out of nowhere and little did we know that was just the start.

Something changed.

Going into that game we were top 10 in the Prem, unbeaten in 9 games and about to play Man City in the quarter finals of the FA Cup. 

That was only 4 1/2 years ago but the amount of drama and turmoil we’ve had since then is insane: relegated, promoted, humiliated, relegated, 10 minutes away from the FA Cup final, celebrating being in the play-off final, thrown out and humiliated again. 

We’ve had eight different managers in that time, which could easily become nine in a month or two if the FA throw the book at Tonda. 

That 4 1/2 years feels like an absolute lifetime. 

Edited 11 hours ago by Midfield_General

[Toussaint]

16 minutes ago, Fabrice29 said:

I’m well aware why we aren’t in the PL thanks lads 😂

Good to know 

[goodymatt]

Sounds like THB is Villa’s main target according to the Saints fan Jacob Tanswell, who seems to only ever pop up with bad news about Saints. The definition of shitting where you sleep this guy.

[Turkish]

11 hours ago, Cuddles said:

He looks weird 

Yeah we don’t need players like that. We want good looking players. Don’t want my team represented by people who look like that 

[Turkish]

9 minutes ago, goodymatt said:

Sounds like THB is Villa’s main target according to the Saints fan Jacob Tanswell, who seems to only ever pop up with bad news about Saints. The definition of shitting where you sleep this guy.

They’ll probably get him them. They can afford the fee, it’s a good move for THB and we’ve seen a bit of movement between the two clubs recently so got a good relationship with them you’d think. 

[Chez]

27 minutes ago, Saint86 said:

No doubt he was added to a 'keep track of' list back during his Chelsea youth days, but unless he blossomed at Estoril last season (he played 23 times in total, starting 15 times) it's pretty left field. Rangers are also linked, so there must be some sort of player there. 

He became a regular in the second half of last season. He has mostly played CB, but played 5 of the last 11 games at DM. The first two games this season were played at DM.

 

 

[hypochondriac]

8 minutes ago, Turkish said:

They’ll probably get him them. They can afford the fee, it’s a good move for THB and we’ve seen a bit of movement between the two clubs recently so got a good relationship with them you’d think. 

The only chance I thought we'd have of keeping him would have been if a mid table or lower team came in for him and didn't want to offer us 25 million. We just have to spend the money well now. Maybe there's a chance to get a couple of cbs in and make the defence better overall even if individually the players aren't as good?

[macca155]

I think we all knew THB was likely to be off. He's a Prem level player now and if someone like Villa  come calling, well good luck to him.

All we need is a decent solid centre half, who'll lead the defence. 

For me a decent striker to rotate with Larin is vital. Boost the squad with some of our youngsters.

Every part of the club is wobbly as fuck atm. Next few months could be bleak. I'm bracing myself for it .

[Lee On Solent Saint]

13 minutes ago, Turkish said:

They’ll probably get him them. They can afford the fee, it’s a good move for THB and we’ve seen a bit of movement between the two clubs recently so got a good relationship with them you’d think. 

No problem with him going. Think we need to hold out of 25m with realistic add ones. Key is how we spend the money. Have to hope we have identified a decent replacement. 

[Turkish]

4 minutes ago, hypochondriac said:

The only chance I thought we'd have of keeping him would have been if a mid table or lower team came in for him and didn't want to offer us 25 million. We just have to spend the money well now. Maybe there's a chance to get a couple of cbs in and make the defence better overall even if individually the players aren't as good?

Yep Villa is a great move for him. Crazy to think that only a short time ago there wasn’t much between the club yet now it’s a big step up for many reasons and we’re signing players they don’t want 

[Turkish]

1 minute ago, Lee On Solent Saint said:

No problem with him going. Think we need to hold out of 25m with realistic add ones. Key is how we spend the money. Have to hope we have identified a decent replacement. 

Absolutely he’s given us 3 good years, been a model pro so all the best to the lad. Now over to Spoars to make sure we use the money well and get as much as we can 

[Midfield_General]

So basically now the task is:

Ship out Ramsdale, Bazunu, Sugawara, BBD, Downs and possibly Archer

And if we can do that, bring in 2x starting centre backs, a starting defensive midfielder, probably a second keeper and possibly another striker. 

In less than two weeks.

And thats assuming we don’t lose any more starters in between.

Quite a tall order really 

Edited 11 hours ago by Midfield_General

[Toussaint]

1 minute ago, Turkish said:

Yep Villa is a great move for him. Crazy to think that only a short time ago there wasn’t much between the club yet now it’s a big step up for many reasons and we’re signing players they don’t want 

It’s the Southampton way, I’m sure there are many other ways , as yet unexplored, to self sabotage. 

[Chez]

11 minutes ago, Turkish said:

They’ll probably get him them. They can afford the fee, it’s a good move for THB and we’ve seen a bit of movement between the two clubs recently so got a good relationship with them you’d think. 

 

Obviously we will be weakened, so the quality of our scouting will be tested again. Any fee we get becomes irrelevant if your spunk it on rubbish, but if we did get £25-30m and spent it well, then perhaps we wont be noticeably weakened, plus the books get balanced.

 

[Turkish]

2 minutes ago, Midfield_General said:

So basically now the task is:

Ship out Ramsdale, Bazunu, Sugawara, BBD, Downs and possibly Archer

And if we can do that, bring in 2x starting centre backs, a starting defensive midfielder, probably a second keeper and possibly another striker. 

In less than two weeks.

Quite a tall order really 

Especially as mongboard intelligence has told us in the past we can only work on one deal at a time