Summer Transfer Window 2026

[goodymatt]

Still no news on option price for Abbott

[Sheaf Saint]

5 minutes ago, Paul_B said:

With no Jander we will be. Just a hunch, but I don't think we'll see him in a Saints shirt again. If he doesn't go this window, he will in January.

I'd be very surprised if he went anywhere today. He has genuinely been injured and missed a lot of pre-season so there's no cover-up going on there. And given his age, potential and length of contract, it would have to take a massive bid for us to even consider letting him go now. I just don't see how a major deal like that could happen without so much as a sniff of it appearing in the media. Usually the kind of clubs that could afford that sort of fee would put stories out in the press to unsettle the player, but there's been nothing of the sort.

Seems highly unlikely to me, but not impossible of course.

[Zorba]

6 minutes ago, goodymatt said:

 

This image with “See Ya!” would have been better!

[CSA96]

All quiet on Roerslev seemingly...? Might mean we have enough cover for Bree with him and Abbott

[saintant]

14 minutes ago, goodymatt said:

 

Seems to me this guy is quite content to sit on our bench while collecting a big wage.

[Disco Stu]

https://x.com/nottmtails/status/2094749506638073931

 

Edited 11 hours ago by Disco Stu

[Jack]

Big ‘fuck you’ to Villa for dragging it on this long. No time to properly replace him, just got to home this Abbott is mature enough to go straight in 

[goodymatt]

1 minute ago, Disco Stu said:

https://x.com/nottmtails/status/2094749506638073931

 

No option?!

[AlexLaw76]

1 minute ago, Jack said:

Big ‘fuck you’ to Villa for dragging it on this long. No time to properly replace him, just got to home this Abbott is mature enough to go straight in 

I would be pretty alarming if we only started looking today for a replacement.

[for_heaven's_Saint]

1 minute ago, Disco Stu said:

https://x.com/nottmtails/status/2094749506638073931

 

Not going to be an option to buy if he does well then? Great!

[hypochondriac]

2 minutes ago, Disco Stu said:

https://x.com/nottmtails/status/2094749506638073931

 

That's very disappointing.

[hypochondriac]

1 minute ago, AlexLaw76 said:

I would be pretty alarming if we only started looking today for a replacement.

We didn't but the ones we wanted turned us down.

[benjii]

6 minutes ago, Mr Saints said:

I'd rather live in Copenhagen, Salzburg or Lecce too.

Salzburg would be a pretty boring place for a 20-something singleton to live, to be fair.

Better ploughing a bunch of valley girls.

[hypochondriac]

I love it when we pay other clubs to develop their youth players for them...

[badgerx16]

1 hour ago, hypochondriac said:

........ if Larin is injured I'm not sure we have anyone else.

The old Russell Martin " pick a team without a striker" ploy.

[Give it to Ron]

1 minute ago, AlexLaw76 said:

I would be pretty alarming if we only started looking today for a replacement.

Why do you think that’s the case?

[AlexLaw76]

Just now, Give it to Ron said:

Why do you think that’s the case?

I dont. But to suggest that the Villa bid as resulted in us not having enough time to find a replacement is just daft

[gio1saints]

I agree that we do not seem to have a like for like replacement for Larin in order to rest him/ allow proper recovery for Injuries and suspensions. This is probably the most obvious omission - all things being equal - to this being a very good window. 

If there is no back up striker recruited it can only mean one thing: 

1. We cannot find a target man suitable to come here. ( cheap, good, willing) 

 

 

[beatlesaint]

Just now, Give it to Ron said:

Why do you think that’s the case?

he probably doesnt but its any chance to attack the club with Alex ! 

[Saint86]

43 minutes ago, Patches O Houlihan said:

For me the question is which is the stronger pairing:

THB & Stephens 

or

Schlotterbeck & Abbott / Schlotterbeck & Wood

There's a possibility it is not the first.

I think we'll quickly find that the Schlotterbeck pairings will be at least as strong, and we will quietly forget about THB.

[AlexLaw76]

Just now, beatlesaint said:

he probably doesnt but its any chance to attack the club with Alex ! 

I am not though, am I

[Willo of Whiteley]

One person posted about Casper Jander on here, aside from that it's been confirmed he is injured.

Some people love lapping up a rumour, and getting worked up about something with no substance.😂

[beatlesaint]

Just now, AlexLaw76 said:

I am not though, am I

for once no you arent 😂

[benjii]

Azaz false 9 if Larin is out.

 

#benjiiknowstactics

[KingInDaSouf]

1 minute ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

One person posted about Casper Jander on here, aside from that it's been confirmed he is injured.

Some people love lapping up a rumour, and getting worked up about something with no substance.😂

Posting a players name and an emoji is peak deadline day attention seeking to be fair. 

[Willo of Whiteley]

Dear Sam Edozie (& agent),

If you're waiting for Barcelona or PSG to come in for you, you're going to be waiting a fucking long time, given you have the ability of Bradley Wright-Phillips when he was out of form.

Please be grateful that a Championship club has even considered you, and leave.

Regards
The Fanbase

[Midfield_General]

3 minutes ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

One person posted about Casper Jander on here, aside from that it's been confirmed he is injured.

Some people love lapping up a rumour, and getting worked up about something with no substance.😂

Nathan Redmond. Free agent, 6 months, pay as you play  👀

Makes sense - versatile, knows the club. Gets us through to January and then reassess

Edited 11 hours ago by Midfield_General

[Baird of the land]

And the Abbott move is back to being much more underwhelming.

[Willo of Whiteley]

Just now, KingInDaSouf said:

Posting a players name and an emoji is peak deadline day attention seeking to be fair. 

I mean - I've done it before - and then we actually signed the player! 😂😂
I posted about Nathan Redmond signing on a separate forum years and years ago and the following day without even a whiff it happened!

#MysticWillo

On a side note, I will 100% be doing similar later on today when things start getting interesting 🤭

[Jack]

6 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said:

I would be pretty alarming if we only started looking today for a replacement.

I’m sure that’s not the case, but completing our sale on deadline day makes it so much harder. Selling clubs of our targets have no time to replace so it doesn’t happen. Made even worse by our apparent top targets not being interested 

[Danbert]

3 minutes ago, Saint86 said:

I think we'll quickly find that the Schlotterbeck pairings will be at least as strong, and we will quietly forget about THB.

I also liked the look of Schlotterbeck, but I think we'll miss THB's very accomplished long passing

[Scoobysaint]

9 minutes ago, for_heaven's_Saint said:

Not going to be an option to buy if he does well then? Great!

If he does well enough to help us get to the Prem then he will have done his job. We will then be able to attract the sort of CBs that have been declining our approaches this window. It’s a positive if Forest don’t want him to go, means he is able to competently do a job for us this season. 

Edited 11 hours ago by Scoobysaint
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[Saint Scott]

This will be embarrasing for them

 

 

[Harry_SFC]

4 minutes ago, Saint Scott said:

This will be embarrasing for them

 

 

I don't think their fans particularly rate him to be honest

Edited 11 hours ago by Harry_SFC

[Sir Ralph]

Odds on Everton to go down have tumbled!

Edited 11 hours ago by Sir Ralph

[egg]

1 hour ago, hypochondriac said:

I don't think it was poor. I do question why we spent 9 million on Dobbin though. Personally I'd have preferred using that money to strengthen our defence and midfield. On the wings I think we look light and reliant on people not getting injured, I'm not sure if we have the variety in midfield even though I'm happy with the jwp signing and if Larin is injured I'm not sure we have anyone else.

Agreed, although on paper Dobbin looked sensible given that Edozie doesn't have a future here. On the pitch though, he looks a poor pick. 

[skintsaint]

3 minutes ago, Harry_SFC said:

I don't think their fans don't particularly rate him to be honest

14 goals from midfield/wing last season...tough crowd.

[Chez]

12 minutes ago, gio1saints said:

I agree that we do not seem to have a like for like replacement for Larin in order to rest him/ allow proper recovery for Injuries and suspensions. This is probably the most obvious omission - all things being equal - to this being a very good window. 

If there is no back up striker recruited it can only mean one thing: 

1. We cannot find a target man suitable to come here. ( cheap, good, willing) 

 

 

Why is Muamba not seen as Larin's replacement when needing a rest? He's been brought in to be Larin's understudy. He's a big powerful lad, with a reasonable turn of foot once he gets going.

Are we even looking for another striker? The continued Ratkov noise felt like bullshit to me. I would imagine any contact was before we signed Mumba, not after.

[egg]

1 hour ago, revolution saint said:

Just out of interest, where's this 90M + on transfer fee instalments come from?  

Summarised here

https://share.google/zlpVLczH3a125NNt9

 

[BranfootsLoveChild]

So, Edozie puts in a transfer request. Knowing we were trying to offload him anyway. Odd. 

[Chez]

18 minutes ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

One person posted about Casper Jander on here, aside from that it's been confirmed he is injured.

Some people love lapping up a rumour, and getting worked up about something with no substance.😂

Farmer tends to post pretty decent info though doesn't he?

 

[Farmer Saint]

Just now, Chez said:

Farmer tends to post pretty decent info though doesn't he?

 

TBH, this is more of a social experiment. It's not really happening.

[KingInDaSouf]

19 minutes ago, KingInDaSouf said:

Posting a players name and an emoji is peak deadline day attention seeking to be fair. 

 

1 minute ago, Farmer Saint said:

TBH, this is more of a social experiment. It's not really happening.

Hmm

[goodymatt]

1 minute ago, Farmer Saint said:

TBH, this is more of a social experiment. It's not really happening.

Not cool bro.

[leesaint88]

5 minutes ago, egg said:

Summarised here

https://share.google/zlpVLczH3a125NNt9

 

Although this is a more in-depth report, it's also using the same 24/25 finances that Maguire used in the BBC article.

https://swissramble.substack.com/p/southampton-finances-202425  

Edited 11 hours ago by leesaint88

[Chez]

16 minutes ago, Baird of the land said:

And the Abbott move is back to being much more underwhelming.

yesterday posts were about Glasner not rating him, him being 6th choice and him not being PL standard. If he is signing a long term deal, someone there rates him highly. For me, that gives me more confidence and happiness in the move. That said, I do have my concerns about him, both as a CB and RB. 

[Chez]

2 minutes ago, Farmer Saint said:

TBH, this is more of a social experiment. It's not really happening.

appreciate the clarification. Stick to muck spreading not spreading muck 😉

[Give it to Ron]

2 minutes ago, Chez said:

yesterday posts were about Glasner not rating him, him being 6th choice and him not being PL standard. If he is signing a long term deal, someone there rates him highly. For me, that gives me more confidence and happiness in the move. That said, I do have my concerns about him, both as a CB and RB. 

Why do you have concerns about him as a RB in Championship? Hopefully he won’t play much there as Bree is main.

What gave you seen or read that makes you worried I honestly have no idea if he is a good temporary replacement 

[BS8Saint]

21 minutes ago, Saint Scott said:

This will be embarrasing for them

 

 

Hahahaha fucking class 🤣

[Chez]

Carvalho is available on loan, but Hull City interested.
I presume Grealish replaces Ndiaye and doesn't make Dibling available on loan?