Summer Transfer Window 2026

[WinglessWonder]

2 hours ago, Baird of the land said:

Is the u21 player who scored 2 goals against everton u21 not a striker. Princewil U.......

Ehibhatiomhan, pronounced ee-hee-batch-u-man apparently. As matchday announcer at Fareham Town I genuinely hope he doesn't sign for them as I'll be using a nickname if he does! 🤣

[MarkSFC]

Im looking at the attacking options tonight and thinking we are definitely one light...praying for a good surprise🙏

[hippo]

 

[WinglessWonder]

22 minutes ago, Saint Pete said:

What's he gonna do if Larin does his hamstring in the next game once the window is shut then?

Lock the door, and hope they don't have blasters... 

(Sorry, couldn't help a cheeky star wars reference!)

[Sir Ralph]

1 hour ago, sambosa75 said:

Why?  Peretz is a better keeper.  Not even close I’d say.

My opinion is they are a similar ability. It would be unusual for someone of Ramsdales profile to remain at the club and not play at all. Peretz is there on merit but if he has a wobble I’d be surprised if Ramsdale didn’t get a call up in that scenario 

[Toussaint]

5 minutes ago, Sir Ralph said:

My opinion is they are a similar ability. It would be unusual for someone of Ramsdales profile to remain at the club and not play at all. Peretz is there on merit but if he has a wobble I’d be surprised if Ramsdale didn’t get a call up in that scenario 

People seem to forget that Peretz has only played in the championship whilst Ramsdale has not only been at the top of the tree but had to keep goal for the second worst team In premier league history. I really like Peretz but don’t agree with the retrospective downgrading of Ramsdale. 

[Oldandtired]

Can somebody explain in words of two syllables or less how Man City can be under investigation for financial irregularities and yet splash the cash like they have? How is that particular circle squared?

[musesaint]

2 minutes ago, Oldandtired said:

Can somebody explain in words of two syllables or less how Man City can be under investigation for financial irregularities and yet splash the cash like they have? How is that particular circle squared?

Two words -Lord Pannick. 
 

Sadly not instructed in Spygate until the appeal. 

[SNSUN]

20 minutes ago, hippo said:

 

Interesting that we may still be looking...

[Willo of Whiteley]

Maybe panic buy a striker, winger, centre mid and centre back over the next two hours please 

[sambosa75]

27 minutes ago, Sir Ralph said:

My opinion is they are a similar ability. It would be unusual for someone of Ramsdales profile to remain at the club and not play at all. Peretz is there on merit but if he has a wobble I’d be surprised if Ramsdale didn’t get a call up in that scenario 

For me it’s more to do with the fact that he signed for a considerable fee for a side that even at that point in the season looked nailed-on for relegation, ended up coasting to a relegation rooted to the foot of the table and then immediately fucked off to Newcastle to be Nick Pope’s understudy rather than showing a modicum of loyalty to the club that spent so heavily on him a few months earlier, forcing us into starting the season with Bazunu as our number 1 again, this forcing us back into the market to take a punt on an unknown keeper from Bayern Munich’s reserves who has thankfully turned out to be up to the job and re-signed for the club permanently even after the spygate debacle robbed him of a Wembley final appearance and probable promotion bonus.  Peretz deserves our loyalty if he experiences a dip in form.  Ramsdale does not.  IMO of course.

Edited 3 hours ago by sambosa75

[sambosa75]

Just now, sambosa75 said:

For me it’s more to do with the fact that he signed for a considerable fee for a side that even at that point in the season looked nailed-on for relegation, ended up coasting to a relegation rooted to the foot of the table and then immediately fucked off to Newcastle to be Nick Pope’s understudy rather than showing a modicum of loyalty to the club that spent so heavily on him a few months earlier, forcing us into starting the season with Bazunu as our number 1 again, this forcing us back into the market to take a punt on an unknown keeper from Bayern Munich’s reserves who has thankfully turned out to be up to the job and re-signed for the club permanently even after the spygate debacle robbed him of a Wembley final appearance and probable promotion bonus.  Peretz deserves our loyalty if he dies experience a dip in form.  Ramsdale does not.  IMO of course.

Wow.  Incredibly long winded sentence.  Been a long day!

[CSA96]

Tonda's seen enough. Larin hooked to the bench

[Lighthouse]

14 minutes ago, sambosa75 said:

Wow.  Incredibly long winded sentence.  Been a long day!

I don’t think you can really blame Peretz for a dip in form if he dies. I’d give him the benefit of the doubt on that.

[Toussaint]

14 minutes ago, Lighthouse said:

I don’t think you can really blame Peretz for a dip in form if he dies. I’d give him the benefit of the doubt on that.

We demand more!

[Hawkswood]

I think we're gonna be a bit light up front this season.

[SNSUN]

Right peeps, one hour left of the window + deal sheets. Back up keeper please... 🙏

[Patches O Houlihan]

4 hours ago, Patches O Houlihan said:

 

Personally I think that Wood or Abbott will be the bold name in the RCB position, but otherwise this seems to be where we are. JWP and Abbot can both cover for Bree if Roerslev heads off to a late deadline league.

We against expectation signed Peretz and Larin, and kept Scienza and Jander. That feels like a win - even if the depth isn't quite what we got used to last year. 

When that first 11 is fit and firing we'll give any team in the division a tough game. Tonda and the medical staff did really well with rotation and keeping the team healthy. We're out of the EFL Cup so hopefully that will help too.

 

3 hours ago, saintant said:

Why have you put Stephens in the starting eleven?

1) I quoted a tweet from Saints Statistics - not my graphic

2) I specifically stated I wouldn't start Stephens - by saying I would have Wood or Abbott in bold

Your reading comprehension needs to be a little sharper if you are going to post with your elbows out

[Hawkswood]

1 minute ago, SNSUN said:

Right peeps, one hour left of the window + deal sheets. Back up keeper please... 🙏

Has Ramsdale gone ?

[BARCELONASAINT]

tonight was a prime example that we need a couple more quality players. We looked far to vulnerable in large patches today

 

[BotleySaint]

Unless we have made some last minute signings, I'm a bit worried. Just one proven striker and one youngster as yet unproven. It not enough, especially if one gets injured. Not sure what the club is doing.

 

[bpsaint]

1 minute ago, BARCELONASAINT said:

tonight was a prime example that we need a couple more quality players. We looked far to vulnerable in large patches today

 

Not bringing in another CF is gonna bite us in the arse I think. Larin looked fucked tonight.

I think an important part of our run to the playoffs was being able to swap him and Stewart around as the big man up top.

[Saint Fan CaM]

We’re scrapping around in the transfer bargain bin and getting knocked back by Nathan fucking Jones FFS! Stewart should have been properly replaced four weeks ago.

[SNSUN]

2 minutes ago, Hawkswood said:

Has Ramsdale gone ?

With windows open elsewhere after ours shuts, I'd rather get a GK in now. Surely the club can't think Long is good enough to cover Peretz, and two keepers leaves us short. Last season we even brought Jamie Jones in when McCarthy got injured so surely they see we need 3 GKs.  Yes we could end up keeping Ramsdale and I'd be delighted with that but if he does end up leaving after the window closes then that leaves us Peretz, Long and Moody. One injury to Peretz and it could be game over for automatic promotion.

[saint michael]

54 minutes ago, musesaint said:

Two words -Lord Pannick. 
 

Sadly not instructed in Spygate until the appeal. 

We should sign lord Pannick, he would fit in nicely into our defence 

[chownie20]

Painfully obvious Mubama can't be the only alternative to Larin, especially now Archer has gone. Guess that's why we are pushing the Charlton fella but this feels a little late.

[chownie20]

Also Edozie needs replacing properly if he goes / kicks off too as our bench was always going to weaken us tonight with the exception of JWP.

[beatlesaint]

With Jander still to come back in I’m not worried about the midfield. Not worried about the wingers options either.

BUT as many have said that central striking role looks threadbare. Larin and a young lad. Not enough for a team looking at automatic promotion as we keep hearing is the aim.

No way. This should have been addressed properly weeks ago.

Edited 2 hours ago by beatlesaint

[Costa del Solent]

Totally unconvinced that Mubama adds anything. Maybe an obvious statement but we are weaker up top than we were at the end of last season. Failure to address this is inexplicable 

[Saint Pete]

2 minutes ago, BotleySaint said:

Unless we have made some last minute signings, I'm a bit worried. Just one proven striker and one youngster as yet unproven. It not enough, especially if one gets injured. Not sure what the club is doing.

 

It seems totally unnecessary that we would leave ourselves so light on strikers after we had so many on the club's books. Not saying I was desperate for the likes of Archer, BBD and Downs to stay, far from it, but I can't believe we would let all of them leave plus Oyekunle and Stewart, with only Mubama, a relatively inexperienced youngster coming in to join Larin. We must be working on something surely, but we shouldn't have let all of the above leave before we had secured at least one more to come in. As it stands, I think it's very likely Larin will be burnt out by Christmas with so little backup. 

[Saint Scott]

As proved tonight Larin doesn't have the legs to play 3 games in 7 days. Early days for Mubama, but we need another option.

 

Edited 2 hours ago by Saint Scott

[SNSUN]

2 minutes ago, chownie20 said:

Also Edozie needs replacing properly if he goes / kicks off too as our bench was always going to weaken us tonight with the exception of JWP.

Whilst I agree, I think Dobbie and Akachukwu put paid to that ideal.

[sfc4prem]

Just now, Saint Scott said:

As proved tonight Larin doesn't have the legs to play 3 games in 7 days. Early days for Mubama, but we need another option.

 

I do agree with this. Especially now Archer has gone.

[Baird of the land]

1 minute ago, Costa del Solent said:

Totally unconvinced that Mubama adds anything. Maybe an obvious statement but we are weaker up top than we were at the end of last season. Failure to address this is inexplicable 

We are weaker in cm and at likely at cb(unless Abbott is a star)

[Saint Scott]

2 minutes ago, sfc4prem said:

I do agree with this. Especially now Archer has gone.

It's worth noting Ballard played 20 minutes tonight and scored again. Masterstroke letting him go

[SNSUN]

Just now, Baird of the land said:

We are weaker in cm and at likely at cb(unless Abbott is a star)

Downes/Jander still our first choice pairing and I don't see JWP as much of a drop off from Charles. CM is ok, but I agree with CB. THB sale is big, young Abbott has big shoes to fill. 

[LiberalCommunist]

On the flip side, if we'd kept Ross Stewart we'd be in the same boat. 

Missing again tonight. 

[Turkish]

[benali-shorts]

£9m on a back up player in Dobbin seems a curiously large chunk of our transfer budget

[AlexLaw76]

2 minutes ago, Saint Scott said:

It's worth noting Ballard played 20 minutes tonight and scored again. Masterstroke letting him go

said many times...will go down as one of the worst decisions in SR 2nd tier history...

[DT]

Decent point. Larin looked knackered. And missed a sitter. We could have been three down in the first half. So would take it. Need more goal threat. And a CB for backup

[SuperSAINT]

1 minute ago, benali-shorts said:

£9m on a back up player in Dobbin seems a curiously large chunk of our transfer budget

I *really* want that deal to work.

If it doesn’t, that’s 2 consecutive summers we’ve really messed up on.

[AlexLaw76]

Just now, SuperSAINT said:

I *really* want that deal to work.

If it doesn’t, that’s 2 consecutive summers we’ve really messed up on.

it is big money at this level

[Osvaldorama]

2 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said:

said many times...will go down as one of the worst decisions in SR 2nd tier history...

Still don’t understand it at all. Looked class at youth level, then we never even gave him a chance. Compared with some of the dross we have persisted with, it’s ridiculous 

[Saint Pete]

4 minutes ago, LiberalCommunist said:

On the flip side, if we'd kept Ross Stewart we'd be in the same boat. 

Missing again tonight. 

No, he wasn't the answer. But leaving ourselves with just 2 strikers and only 1 genuine target man wasn't either! 

[CSA96]

I think the window has been a mixed bag, I am more pleased than displeased overall:

- Our XI is probably able to be just as good as last season
- Our depth is definitely worse behind Downes/Jander and maybe behind Larin, but better at CB (I never saw Quarshie as a viable option, let's see if Abbott is... I think he will be)
- I'm pleased to only lose 2 of the 4: Harwood-Bellis, Charles, Jander, Scienza
- Azaz and Downes are key and top players at this level and are both still here too
- Absolutely ****ing delighted to finally be rid of Bazunu and McCarthy
- Never expected to be able to sign Peretz permanently if I'm honest
- Was worried Larin would just go elsewhere after how last season ended, he could've had other offers and isn't averse to changing countries
- Pleased Bree came back, I'm not his biggest fan but he's solid enough at this level
- Was a bit disappointed to lose Stewart but at the same time had said before I wasn't comfortable trying to get through an entire season with just him and Larin because of injury history/age
- Still think we are a bit light out wide and in the GK department personally. I'll be praying nothing happens to Peretz as I don't rate Long whatsoever and I'm not sold on Matsuki (although he does turn in some good displays) on the right and the Edozie situation puts a ? on who can cover for Scienza

However, I feel we are setting ourselves up to arrive at the January window with space in the squad and unspent budget, which can create some interesting opportunities. As seen with Peretz and Larin last January. Spors is obviously able to dig out some January finds if we want to

Finally, we just need to do better over the first half of the campaign than we did last season... that shouldn't be too hard (famous last words) and then we'll arrive at January, as mentioned, with space and budget if there's something we really need to address or if we feel there's an opportunity which can put us over the top when it comes to the business end of the season

Eckert wanted a squad of 23/24 and that's exactly where we're going to end up and I think the group assembled is enough to expect the manager to guide the team to playoffs, which is where my expectation level for this season is

[Ex Lion Tamer]

6 minutes ago, SuperSAINT said:

I *really* want that deal to work.

If it doesn’t, that’s 2 consecutive summers we’ve really messed up on.

10th most goal involvements in the league last season. He has to have more than he has shown so far

 

[hypochondriac]

I'm surprised we didn't look for another loan at least. 

[Gloucester Saint]

13 minutes ago, Saint Scott said:

As proved tonight Larin doesn't have the legs to play 3 games in 7 days. Early days for Mubama, but we need another option.

 

With the international breaks, opportunities to get a free agent forward towards match fitness. Not sure who but ought to be explored actively. 

[Saint_lambden]

Really need another forward...