January Transfer Window 2025

[Toussaint]

1 hour ago, Chez said:

Maybe long term we can really benefit from the multi club system?

Eventually we will be the lowest ranked of the three and will be grateful for any table scraps the other two throw us.

[Göztepe]

3 hours ago, disconnect said:

Bu gerçek mi?! Tüm bu oyuncular, Goztepe için 5 oyuncu alıp birinin iyi sonuç vermesi umuduyla almaktansa, sadece 20 milyon sterlinlik bir orta saha oyuncusu veya forvet alsaydık daha iyi olurdu... Bir kulüpten kaç tanesine izin veriliyor? Sanırım Lis transferi bir hediyeydi (teşekkürler!) ve sonra Matzuki ve Juan kiralık olarak geldi ve Victor Hugo satın alma opsiyonumuz ama onlar için mi oynuyor? Bunun nedeni diğerleri için çalışma izni alamamamız mı? Muhtemelen Kayı Sanda bu konuda sorun yaşamaz. 

5 players came to Göztepe, it did not cost 20 million euros, it is thought to be around 3-4 million euros. We have the purchase option for the total transfer of Juan and Matsuki and Victor Hugo, unless the purchase option is used in this transfer, Sport Rebuplic It doesn't cost anything.

[Chez]

37 minutes ago, Toussaint said:

Eventually we will be the lowest ranked of the three and will be grateful for any table scraps the other two throw us.

you could be right, and things look bleak now, but it can turn around. We could get promoted next season, get more right than wrong in a couple of windows and a few youngsters make it...which helps us survive the drop the season after, just. Then we make some exciting transfers, plus one or two of the farmed out guys that shine help add some real depth. Survival is a formality as we hold our own. The club now has something to offer helping us get some top quality in. We beat the half decent teams and give the top sides a run for their money...we even push for Europe and this yo yo period starts to disappear into the rear view mirror, except for the one or two astute signings made over the last year or so like Sanda and Takaota. OK, so maybe I had one two many wines with my dinner tonight, but it seems like five minutes ago that I was watching Forest games in the third tier with my brother in law and look at them now. 

[Tommy Mulgrew]

Saints look to field an entire team of left backs before the season ends.

https://www.givemesport.com/west-ham-and-southampton-eyeing-move-to-sign-20-yo-star/

[Saint86]

13 hours ago, goodymatt said:

£7m for KWP is a steal, even with only 6 months left.

I wouldn't think their is a cat in hells chance KWP will make such a risky move this window. If he's leaving saints, it will not be to a club with a very high chance of getting relegated imo.

[Saint86]

5 hours ago, bugenhagen said:

Alcaraz signed on the 11th, and made his debut on the 14th.

Thats what happens when we sign a player who is good enough to improve the starting 11.

I guess we will just have to wait and see, but my money goes on more waiting than seeing 😉

😴😴😴Players work their way back to fitness by playing limited minutes in the reserves - this is pretty standard and has always been this way. Automatically equating "a player coming back from injury playing 45min in the reserves", to, "he's shit and isn't good enough for the first team" is just a ludicrous take.

He may well not be good enough for the prem - who of us knows at the moment? But that will ultimately be irrespective of whether he's coming back from injury and needs some easy minutes to get his fitness back up - lets judge him when/if he plays?!?!

[Football Special]

[disconnect]

10 hours ago, Göztepe said:

5 players came to Göztepe, it did not cost 20 million euros, it is thought to be around 3-4 million euros. We have the purchase option for the total transfer of Juan and Matsuki and Victor Hugo, unless the purchase option is used in this transfer, Sport Rebuplic It doesn't cost anything.

Yes, they're low cost players, but there's much more that goes into the cost of a transfer, including their signing on fees, salary (which I bet Saints are subsidising some of), the actual cost of negotiating the transfer and agents fees etc, which could've been put into a single better player to help Saints now. This probably includes other signings like Edwards, Wood, Taylor, Cornet and Fraser - we probably would've been as strong with signing only one of those and putting the rest of the fees to a single standout player of the quality of Fernandes. 

[Dan Johnson]

1 hour ago, Football Special said:

Next seasons star player and next seasons manager in 1 picture...

[Gloucester Saint]

Plymouth have dropped Conor Hazard, their first choice and who had kept clean sheets including their cup win at Brentford. Wonder if Bazanu is going there on loan?