Summer Transfer Window 2026

[Lighthouse]

1 hour ago, tdmickey3 said:

It’s about his value to us

Which will be about £10-15m next summer and £0 the summer after. We aren’t going to let a player run down his contract and lose up to £25m, especially if he doesn’t even want to be here.

£10m should buy us a very good replacement for Championship level, with a net surplus of £15m.

[James]

1 minute ago, Matthew Le God said:

He doesn't claim to know, he has stated it is just a suggestion. 

Last time he suggested a player it was Mubama, so maybe he knows more than he lets on…

[Matthew Le God]

Just now, James said:

Last time he suggested a player it was Mubama, so maybe he knows more than he lets on…

 

He may have just made a good suggestion with Mubama.

[Fabrice29]

2 minutes ago, James said:

Last time he suggested a player it was Mubama, so maybe he knows more than he lets on…

He was also suggesting Barron at Rangers a few weeks ago. Think he just genuinely suggests people.

Harrison Armstrong started and played 90 for Everton today for whoever suggested that one.

[The Kraken]

17 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

 

 

I don't think too much can be taken from his solitary England cap. It was given to him by a non permanent England manager who he worked with at under 21 level. I think it was essentially a reward for being Carsley's under 21 captain. He wasn't England senior team quality.

Disagree. Nobody is saying it adds a huge amount, but it definitely adds something.

[Tommy Mulgrew]

NB:

Asked if he wants a replacement for the star ahead of the deadline on September 1, Eckert simply said: "Taylor is still a Southampton player."

On the one hand, true, but hardly gives us confidence that we’ll get someone good in as his replacement.

[MarkSFC]

7 minutes ago, Tommy Mulgrew said:

NB:

Asked if he wants a replacement for the star ahead of the deadline on September 1, Eckert simply said: "Taylor is still a Southampton player."

On the one hand, true, but hardly gives us confidence that we’ll get someone good in as his replacement.

He cant say anything else. He is either a Saints player or he isn't. And u til he officially isn't, this is the only answer he can offer. 

[Appy]

8 minutes ago, Tommy Mulgrew said:

NB:

Asked if he wants a replacement for the star ahead of the deadline on September 1, Eckert simply said: "Taylor is still a Southampton player."

On the one hand, true, but hardly gives us confidence that we’ll get someone good in as his replacement.

Well obviously replace him if he goes. 
 

Or more like, when he goes. 

[Chez]

7 hours ago, gammon cheeks said:

Adam webster ?

if he has recovered from his ACL surgery then he's an interesting option on a free. i suspect thats the type of bargain  Sheffield United are lookign for.

[Chez]

On 21/08/2026 at 13:06, Chez said:

Henrik Falchener might be an option at CB. Seems to spend more time on his arse than Lyanco in this highlights video and some wont be keen on a CBs that wear their socks around their ankles, but he made the Norway world cup squad. Decent worm too...

 

2 hours ago, Matthew Le God said:

He doesn't claim to know, he has stated it is just a suggestion. 

he knows his onions does that fella...

[Matthew Le God]

2 minutes ago, Chez said:

he knows his onions does that fella...

 

So does René Artois, but I wouldn't want him as head scout!

[Ex Lion Tamer]

50 minutes ago, MarkSFC said:

He cant say anything else. He is either a Saints player or he isn't. And u til he officially isn't, this is the only answer he can offer. 

Especially if we're still negotiating a fee, he can hardly come out and say he's gone

[Harry_SFC]

[CB Fry]

20 hours ago, Pilchards said:

It’s a fucking pisstake.

Yet again we are going to play catch up because we never get things right from the off.

Look at Wolves, Boro and West Ham all ready to go with a bang with the players brought in and all those they want out GONE.

Lose today then it’s not going to be pleasant at the final whistle.

Jesus wept.

[CB Fry]

Even the most cursory glance at West Ham forums/twitter/whatever will show that, actually, no Bang they haven't done all their business and Bang they haven't got rid of everyone they want and Bang they haven't signed everyone they want and Bang they are not all completely ready to go for the whole season and Bang they fucking lost at home yesterday.

When your entire position is entirely your imagination deciding that all the other clubs have it all sorted then yeah, you're going to be annoyed that SFC aren't delivering on your fantasy.

Bang there are some fucking imbeciles on here.

[Osvaldorama]

Yeah.. can’t really blame the club for acting late in these windows. 
 

I think there was a fair argument when we were higher up the food chain that we should have acted more quickly. But now we are down here, sadly we just have to wait for the big moves to happen and then do our best once the PL clubs have made their moves 

[2Morrow]

https://www.kumb.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=192618&start=25720

This paints a very similar picture to this thread. 

Reality is on another day they cruise yesterday and it's all HMS piss the league.

Fans are quite similar everywhere, and top end championship clubs either overpay (through add ons, obligation on promotion or sell on %) or wait for a deal last week of the window.

[Football Special]

1 hour ago, Harry_SFC said:

Villa are taking the piss with their bids, less than we paid for him without the add ons, we really need another team or two to come in and push the bidding up. 

In terms of our recruitment, sometimes good available loans only become known in last couple of days once premier league sides have their deals done and make players surplus to requirements, got a feeling Spors will look to Germany for a couple of deals though. feels odd window closing on Tuesday when we have a game away in Birmingham. 

[Lee On Solent Saint]

3 minutes ago, Football Special said:

Villa are taking the piss with their bids, less than we paid for him without the add ons, we really need another team or two to come in and push the bidding up. 

In terms of our recruitment, sometimes good available loans only become known in last couple of days once premier league sides have their deals done and make players surplus to requirements, got a feeling Spors will look to Germany for a couple of deals though. feels odd window closing on Tuesday when we have a game away in Birmingham. 

I think Villa are more financially screwed than they appear to be letting on. They have lost Rogers, Tiliemans and Konsa. Likely Watkns too. For a club that is in the Champions League next season losing your best players is quite an achievement. Seems they are having trouble or don't want to meet our asking price. 

[saintant]

4 minutes ago, Lee On Solent Saint said:

I think Villa are more financially screwed than they appear to be letting on. They have lost Rogers, Tiliemans and Konsa. Likely Watkns too. For a club that is in the Champions League next season losing your best players is quite an achievement. Seems they are having trouble or don't want to meet our asking price. 

We need to stand firm. Problem is I don't think Villa are desperate to sign him so, from their view, it's taken it or leave it.

Player now unsettled and this does us no favours.

[St Chalet]

Someone will pay our valuation, or they won’t. 
 

Regardless. We need to strengthen at CB and CM. 

[Turkish]

11 minutes ago, Lee On Solent Saint said:

I think Villa are more financially screwed than they appear to be letting on. They have lost Rogers, Tiliemans and Konsa. Likely Watkns too. For a club that is in the Champions League next season losing your best players is quite an achievement. Seems they are having trouble or don't want to meet our asking price. 

All to do with FFP isn’t it. Piss take for them that they have qualified for the champions league two of the the last three years and won the Europa league but got to sell to buy whilst Spurs and Chelsea can spend £100s of millions 

[beatlesaint]

6 minutes ago, saintant said:

We need to stand firm. Problem is I don't think Villa are desperate to sign him so, from their view, it's taken it or leave it.

Player now unsettled and this does us no favours.

No, I think Villa are doing exactly what Benfica did, they have 2 or 3 targets and are casting the net to see which one they get a bite on.

They may be screwed financially but if you get 50 million for a player one day to bid less than a club played for one of their players the following day is taking the piss.

[sfc4prem]

17 minutes ago, saintant said:

We need to stand firm. Problem is I don't think Villa are desperate to sign him so, from their view, it's taken it or leave it.

Player now unsettled and this does us no favours.

Agreed.

[pimpin4rizeal]

17 hours ago, tdmickey3 said:

It will be 20m + addons

To cheap IMO

That’s the problem with us we are way to happy to let a player go for a fair price . Shouldn’t it be we only sell a important player if the buying team are paying Way over the top  ?

[coalman]

1 minute ago, pimpin4rizeal said:

That’s the problem with us we are way to happy to let a player go for a fair price . Shouldn’t it be we only sell a important player if the buying team are paying Way over the top  ?

The trouble is we also can't afford to hold onto a player and have them give 80% because their heart isn't in it. Better to get the money and have time to find a replacement who is committed to the cause. We also don't know what agreements were made with the players after Spygate - there was talk for a while of them suing the club so maybe agreements were made not to fight too hard to keep anyone who wanted to move on. This part of August is usually a shit time to be a Saints fan 😢

[pimpin4rizeal]

10 minutes ago, coalman said:

The trouble is we also can't afford to hold onto a player and have them give 80% because their heart isn't in it. Better to get the money and have time to find a replacement who is committed to the cause. We also don't know what agreements were made with the players after Spygate - there was talk for a while of them suing the club so maybe agreements were made not to fight too hard to keep anyone who wanted to move on. This part of August is usually a shit time to be a Saints fan 😢

Yeah still think  think we should only sell top players if it is for crazy  money other wise your making it way to easy and it sets it up if teams come in and offer fair money  for scienza and Jander they too will go…. Must be a dream dealing with us 

[coalman]

2 minutes ago, pimpin4rizeal said:

Yeah still think  think we should only sell top players if it is for crazy  money other wise your making it way to easy and it sets it up if teams come in and offer fair money  for scienza and Jander they too will go…. Must be a dream dealing with us 

I totally agree though it's probably great for the bigger clubs to deal with any club our size. We're simply not in a position to soak up a bid which unsettles a player. We're lacking ready made replacements and the strength in depth that would allow us to say no. Particularly when we need to get back up this season.

A large part of that is the terrible business we did under the first few years of Sport Republic's reign. We brought on board a lot of players who are not adequate replacements who we are struggling to shift. We gambled on Ramsdale to keep us in the Premier League knowing full well we wouldn't be able to support his wages if we were relegated.

[Lighthouse]

28 minutes ago, pimpin4rizeal said:

Yeah still think  think we should only sell top players if it is for crazy  money other wise your making it way to easy and it sets it up if teams come in and offer fair money  for scienza and Jander they too will go…. Must be a dream dealing with us 

Should we have paid £40m each for Scienza and Azaz, in your opinion?

[EBS1980]

So if we had to sell 2 high value players this summer to one cover shortfall in revenue and other to enable signings, and with Charles already gone, which other high value asset would you rather lose, THB or Jander?

[pimpin4rizeal]

28 minutes ago, Lighthouse said:

Should we have paid £40m each for Scienza and Azaz, in your opinion?

Would you be happy if we also sell scienza and jander for 20-25m .. we have got the squad for promotion .. unless it’s ridicolous money we shouldn’t even be considering selling 

[whelk]

1 hour ago, pimpin4rizeal said:

Yeah still think  think we should only sell top players if it is for crazy  money other wise your making it way to easy and it sets it up if teams come in and offer fair money  for scienza and Jander they too will go…. Must be a dream dealing with us 

lol. Fucking idiot

[ally_uk]

20 Million? Double that or piss off it's that simple.. 

Unless we had a agreement with Villa 30 million but chuck in Dobbin for 9 million 🤣

Wouldn't surprise me if this was sorted out weeks ago. 

Edited 2 hours ago by ally_uk

[Badger]

3 minutes ago, ally_uk said:

20 Million? Double that or piss off it's that simple.. 

Unless we had a agreement with Villa 30 million but chuck in Dobbon for 9 million 🤣

Wouldn't surprise me if this was sorted out weeks ago. 

I suspect we’ll meet at £25 plus add ons. Possibly with some sweetener over the Archer or Dobbin deals.

Does their current reported bid not spell out to THB that they aren’t too bothered about signing you, or don’t value you very highly ? Easily compensated for by the increased salary perhaps 

[Lymington Saint]

Villa are also spending serious money on Villa Park. Realise they will have long term funding for this but suspect that they are still stretched

[Hawkswood]

56 minutes ago, EBS1980 said:

So if we had to sell 2 high value players this summer to one cover shortfall in revenue and other to enable signings, and with Charles already gone, which other high value asset would you rather lose, THB or Jander?

THB

[Farmer Saint]

Agreed, THB is not PL quality.

[benjii]

I think we should be looking for a right back.

Sugawara will be off and Roerslav is never fit. Bree has zero competition and we don't really have a proper utility option for right back either.

[ally_uk]

Do Villa have any youth centre backs that could come the over way on loan? 

TJ Carroll any good? 

 

 

[beatlesaint]

I know they are in the Champions League but with Watkins left out today their 4 best/most influential players from last season are missing.

They need to invest quickly so if they really want THB I’d be holding out for every last penny, fuck em and their insulting offer !!

[Patches O Houlihan]

THB was suggested as a potential signing on that KUMB thread for Wham - surely the club would be sensible enough not to contemplate that.

Anther suggestion was Dibling on loan from Everton... and we know Saints is the only place he feels happy and productive. 

[SaintsFan86]

THB does not go for penny less than £30M GUARENTEED.

 

[Toadhall Saint]

22 minutes ago, SaintsFan86 said:

THB does not go for penny less than £30M GUARENTEED.

 

And then you woke up. 

[Disco Stu]

22 minutes ago, SaintsFan86 said:

THB does not go for penny less than £30M GUARENTEED.

 

That should be the case but it won't be.

[chivvy]

25 plus add ons.. at least.. spors drives a hard bargain.

Edited 1 hour ago by chivvy

[Ex Lion Tamer]

1 hour ago, Farmer Saint said:

Agreed, THB is not PL quality.

This is what I'm confused about, because it seems like we all kind of agree that THB isn't that good in the Premier League and definitely not good enough for Villa and yet we seem to think he should go for big money? 

The fee we signed him for reflected that we thought he was a future Premier League player and potential England player. That is in some doubt now 

Edited 1 hour ago by Ex Lion Tamer

[Pengi]

2 hours ago, EBS1980 said:

So if we had to sell 2 high value players this summer to one cover shortfall in revenue and other to enable signings, and with Charles already gone, which other high value asset would you rather lose, THB or Jander?

THB

[HKsaint]

THB will be this year’s Fernandes and will be sold for £80M next year 

[MarkSFC]

1 hour ago, Farmer Saint said:

Agreed, THB is not PL quality.

I agree he is not europe chasing/playing in PL standard right now. Hes far better than he was when we were in PL 2 seasons ago thats for sure. 

So Villa are taking a bit of a risk I would say if they see him as first choice now, but I do think he is a very decent player, maybe not at his peak yet. 

There maybe a bit of the "English player" thing in their choosing him but hes good. We should be getting over 25m plus add ons. 

We just need 2 x CBs now🤦

[TheH]

10 minutes ago, HKsaint said:

THB will be this year’s Fernandes and will be sold for £80M next year 

Villa getting relegated then? 😉

Edited 1 hour ago by TheH