Summer Transfer Window 2026

[Wade Garrett]

2 hours ago, Lee On Solent Saint said:

£7m for Damion Downs is the ultimate definition of madness 

Paying him a weekly wage is the ultimate definition of madness.  

[Pilchards]

1 hour ago, AlexLaw76 said:

He is a very good player, but well short of that money. 

fucking hell

The game has lost it big time.

I would go as far as saying Bellingham should reach the 110m mark while every other English player around the 45m - 55m bracket.

 

[Charlie Wayman]

3 hours ago, AlexLaw76 said:

He is a very good player, but well short of that money. 

fucking hell

The value of anything is defined by what people will pay, Simples.

[Saint_lambden]

Leicester want Archer. But not sure he’d be willing to drop down to L1, even if it was only for a season and meant him moving back to midlands. 

[hypochondriac]

7 minutes ago, Saint_lambden said:

Leicester want Archer. But not sure he’d be willing to drop down to L1, even if it was only for a season and meant him moving back to midlands. 

How would they afford him? 

[Gloucester Saint]

24 minutes ago, Saint_lambden said:

Leicester want Archer. But not sure he’d be willing to drop down to L1, even if it was only for a season and meant him moving back to midlands. 

Linked with WBA which is more likely but even then potentially a financial stretch.

[Pilchards]

Thought Archer looked nippy last night.

Problem with him is he only turns up when it suits him.

[Lighthouse]

9 minutes ago, Pilchards said:

Thought Archer looked nippy last night.

Problem with him is he only turns up when it suits him.

You think he couldn't be arsed with PL promotion but he's fired up and ready to go for a friendly with Eastleigh?

Archer is a confidence player who needs to play the right role in the right system and it clearly didn't happen for him last year. I think to write him off as lazy is, well, lazy.

[hypochondriac]

2 minutes ago, Lighthouse said:

You think he couldn't be arsed with PL promotion but he's fired up and ready to go for a friendly with Eastleigh?

Archer is a confidence player who needs to play the right role in the right system and it clearly didn't happen for him last year. I think to write him off as lazy is, well, lazy.

Agreed. I'd be much happier ore inclined to give him more of a chance than someone like Downs. Archer has shown that in the right system and with the correct mindset he can be a big success in this league.

[OnceaSaintalwaysaSaint]

7 hours ago, goodymatt said:

 

It does seem like there could be a bidding war could be going on with Fulham, Leeds & C.Palace all being linked to Shea Charles. Hopefully our boys can keep drumming the interest up because ultimately he's third in the queue behind Downes and Jander and if we can get £30/35m for such a player sounds like a pretty good deal.

[hypochondriac]

We never get any interesting itk rumours to discuss anymore. The club are much too professional.

[Fabrice29]

3 hours ago, Pilchards said:

The game has lost it big time.

I would go as far as saying Bellingham should reach the 110m mark while every other English player around the 45m - 55m bracket.

 

 

40 minutes ago, Pilchards said:

Thought Archer looked nippy last night.

Problem with him is he only turns up when it suits him.

What do these comments even mean in reality? 😂

[Saint NL]

1 hour ago, hypochondriac said:

We never get any interesting itk rumours to discuss anymore. The club are much too professional.

Did you miss the bit with the guy hiding behind a tree with an iPhone?

[Willo of Whiteley]

1 hour ago, hypochondriac said:

We never get any interesting itk rumours to discuss anymore. The club are much too professional.

I’d rather we were professional than every bit of gossip was plastered over all news outlets.

[SuperSAINT]

On 18/07/2026 at 18:23, Gloucester Saint said:

@SuperSAINT compared MLG to a Honey Badger when he got arguing.

⬆️ MLG, whenever anyone posts anything remotely arguable. 

[Turkish]

2 hours ago, hypochondriac said:

We never get any interesting itk rumours to discuss anymore. The club are much too professional.

There was an entire thread with ITK posts on it once but the naysayers made sure no one posted on that any more 

[badgerx16]

4 hours ago, hypochondriac said:

How would they afford him? 

As if Leicester are bothered about financial integrity.

[hypochondriac]

12 minutes ago, badgerx16 said:

As if Leicester are bothered about financial integrity.

They might not be but the authorities will be.

[HarvSFC]

Fatawu going to Ipswich for £20m. Doubt that means they can afford Archer, though. Similar to McCarthy, he isn't really a Martinball player. Archer needs time and space to thrive, not playing with his back to goal like the slow build up forces him to do. No doubt he'll score in League One, but once in this league he'll look poor again.

[hypochondriac]

If/when Charles goes I'd love to see if there's even a remote chance for Jordan James to come here. Bid ten million and you never know if some lower prem clubs don't fancy it.

[swedish dave]

Ross Stewart..? clearly some people will likely say " good riddance" but there are 

are some other issues that seem to have been ignored / overlooked.

Apparently ..amidst the holidays and other distractions  Saints failed to trigger the 

extension clause in his contract, and the fallout from Spygate may have been an 

factor that some players reacted to adversely, (and that maybe the case with RS).

Don't think that TE was looking to get rid of him, but it maybe an opportunity for

RS (as a free transfer) to look outside the club and dip his toe in the waters elsewhere.

 

Despite having been under treatment for the better part of two years, at last we saw

what he was capable of, and the tactic of him and Larin subbing one another seemed

to be a good move, and didn't over -stress either of them physically.

If he hasn't been overloaded with offers from elsewhere..why would he want to

sell his house and move his family elsewhere for the fun of it.?

 

My take on this.. is that providing there are no personal issues between him and

TE why shouldn't he stay on and be a major part of the squad once again?

Some may agree with me, but the fallout from some others is clearly ominious.

  

[saint michael]

10 hours ago, Turkish said:

There was an entire thread with ITK posts on it once but the naysayers made sure no one posted on that any more 

Source

[Toussaint]

10 hours ago, Turkish said:

There was an entire thread with ITK posts on it once but the naysayers made sure no one posted on that any more 

It seems out of character for you to give in to a handful of noisy “naysayers”, who made a deliberate point of posting on a thread they thought pointless. I enjoyed it, never once got a cryptic clue, but nevertheless thought it an entertaining thread.