Summer Transfer Window 2025/26

[Master Bates]

 

 

[Saint Fan CaM]

2 hours ago, Master Bates said:

 

 

Let’s hope it’s not a fee based on first team appearances! 🤣

[Turkish]

Huge loss. You cant sell your key players every summer and expect to improve. 

[Wade Garrett]

Who?

[skintsaint]

4 hours ago, Master Bates said:

 

 

Shame as done well in Turkey by all accounts, would have liked to see him here next season.

Edited Monday at 10:15 by skintsaint

[Turkish]

1 minute ago, skintsaint said:

Shame as done well in Turkey, would have liked to see him here next season.

always thought he was over rated, some people saying he was worth 30m lol, Japanese son in law who jogs around not offering much. 

[CSA96]

Think we paid €6m so would be doubling in the return

 

[skintsaint]

Just now, CSA96 said:

Think we paid €6m so would be doubling in the return

 

Something strange about these players being linked with better moves. Had high hopes for him at the start of the season but seems to have just taken up Basketball since being here.

[CB Fry]

1 hour ago, Turkish said:

Huge loss. You cant sell your key players every summer and expect to improve. 

Caught with our trousers down yet again 

[Toussaint]

11 minutes ago, CB Fry said:

Caught with our trousers down yet again 

No ambition 

[east-stand-nic]

1 hour ago, skintsaint said:

Something strange about these players being linked with better moves. Had high hopes for him at the start of the season but seems to have just taken up Basketball since being here.

I truly believe the decline in form and performance by many of our squad is a natural regression caused by poor management running thru the club. Mentality has been destroyed along with confidence. When Suga first arrived he looked good. He regressed like so many. When he moves on you will see a better player. That will be the case with many. SFC is not a happy place for players to be and has not been for quite some time.

[Badger]

1 hour ago, CSA96 said:

Think we paid €6m so would be doubling in the return

 

That's all that matters after all.

Results don't matter (according to Semmens), and Rasmus & Co don't give a shit about relegation so looks like a winner.

[Patrick Bateman]

6 hours ago, Master Bates said:

 

 

Who?? What the hell is going on with our club when the fanbase (well, maybe just me) doesn't know who the players are????

[Turkish]

15 minutes ago, Patrick Bateman said:

Who?? What the hell is going on with our club when the fanbase (well, maybe just me) doesn't know who the players are????

WTF? This guy is class and as usual we're going to sell him to the first bid we get. If only Cortese was still here he throw the offers in the bin.

[Turkish]

1 hour ago, CSA96 said:

Think we paid €6m so would be doubling in the return

 

Any chance we can leave him out the last few games so we dont put them off?

[AlexLaw76]

1 hour ago, CSA96 said:

Think we paid €6m so would be doubling in the return

 

f-ing shite player

[Turkish]

24 minutes ago, Badger said:

That's all that matters after all.

Results don't matter (according to Semmens), and Rasmus & Co don't give a shit about relegation so looks like a winner.

If we can make a decent profit from Fernandes, Dibbing and Ramsdale too the season can be considered highly successful 

[AlexLaw76]

2 minutes ago, Turkish said:

If we can make a decent profit from Fernandes, Dibbing and Ramsdale too the season can be considered highly successful 

NET SPEND TROPHY - we can put the hype around Newcastle's parade to shame

[Turkish]

1 hour ago, AlexLaw76 said:

NET SPEND TROPHY - we can put the hype around Newcastle's parade to shame

WE GOT OUR TITLE BACK, WE GOT OUR TITLE BACK, WE GOT OUR TITLE BACK

will they start putting pound sides above club badges for how many times teams win it?

Edited Monday at 13:29 by Turkish

[ChrisPY]

Maksym Talovierov from Plymouth and Mihailo Ivanovic from Millwall would be relatively low cost but high potential signings. Sort of player we need to be looking at that has the potential to grow with us instead of the type we went for before that can get us out of the Championship then offer nothing in the Premier League.

More of a risk that we don’t do enough to be promoted but think we need to take it to avoid a repeat of this season.

[Miltonaggro]

5 minutes ago, ChrisPY said:

Maksym Talovierov from Plymouth and Mihailo Ivanovic from Millwall would be relatively low cost but high potential signings. Sort of player we need to be looking at that has the potential to grow with us instead of the type we went for before that can get us out of the Championship then offer nothing in the Premier League.

More of a risk that we don’t do enough to be promoted but think we need to take it to avoid a repeat of this season.

Good shout. Talovierov and Ivanovic are both units, proper athletes, at centre half and centre forward - sign them and you immediately improve the crucial spine of the side and add a competitive edge.  This is the way I feel.  Back to something close to the 2009-2011 methodology of recruiting the best players of the clubs around us and releasing, retaining and refining when we move up. 

[disconnect]

1 hour ago, AlexLaw76 said:

f-ing shite player

He was actually pretty good for the first few games, until he settled into the Southampton way...

[Saint Fan CaM]

2 hours ago, AlexLaw76 said:

f-ing shite player

No he’s not…that’s daft and blinkered. He’s a decent footballer with some good assets who is however not good enough to secure a place in a Prem team that wants to remain outside the relegation zone. Just like 90% of the rest of the first team.

[Dman]

1 hour ago, Miltonaggro said:

Good shout. Talovierov and Ivanovic are both units, proper athletes, at centre half and centre forward - sign them and you immediately improve the crucial spine of the side and add a competitive edge.  This is the way I feel.  Back to something close to the 2009-2011 methodology of recruiting the best players of the clubs around us and releasing, retaining and refining when we move up. 

Ivanovic has scored 6 in 30 games this season. He may be a unit, but hes not the level of striker we should be going for imo. 

[ChrisPY]

6 minutes ago, Dman said:

Ivanovic has scored 6 in 30 games this season. He may be a unit, but hes not the level of striker we should be going for imo. 

He’s also 20 years old and playing for Millwall.

With the luxury of Armstrong who will score around 20 goals to help mitigate the risk, it’s exactly the sort of player we should be going for. 

[Convict Colony]

Good to see the japanese agents are front running the transfer window links

[Gloucester Saint]

3 hours ago, CB Fry said:

Caught with our trousers down yet again 

He’s not been on here so much of late.

[Gloucester Saint]

4 hours ago, CSA96 said:

Think we paid €6m so would be doubling in the return

 

Strange player. Gets forward well and can put in a peach of a cross if you play with a target man or even a striker of some description.

But defensively - oh boy. Surprising that Serie A big clubs want him given how Italians pride themselves on defending but perhaps they believe out of the car crash of SFC they can intensively coach the basics of positioning and using your feet rather than your hands. And obviously undo the impact of Russellball.

The club has too much going on to devote that sort of focus in the way we used to in better times so perhaps take a profit minus anything to AZ and put it towards a £10-12m RB instead who should be the best in that league.

Edited Monday at 15:08 by Gloucester Saint

[Gloucester Saint]

2 hours ago, Turkish said:

If we can make a decent profit from Fernandes, Dibbing and Ramsdale too the season can be considered highly successful 

The sad thing is that there are probably people around the SR boardroom table who would actually think that. 

[Midfield_General]

5 hours ago, CSA96 said:

What's the Italian for 'handball'?

[Lee On Solent Saint]

49 minutes ago, Dman said:

Ivanovic has scored 6 in 30 games this season. He may be a unit, but hes not the level of striker we should be going for imo. 

Watched Millwall a few weeks ago, he was utter shite. Even less mobile than Onuachu 

[notnowcato]

This window should just be about recruiting to gain promotion.  The type of player needed who would be available to sell to a Championship team and who would manage the jump to the Premier league are pretty fucking rare these days.  Recruit to promote and then bin them off.  

[CB Fry]

2 hours ago, Miltonaggro said:

Good shout. Talovierov and Ivanovic are both units, proper athletes, at centre half and centre forward - sign them and you immediately improve the crucial spine of the side and add a competitive edge.  This is the way I feel.  Back to something close to the 2009-2011 methodology of recruiting the best players of the clubs around us and releasing, retaining and refining when we move up. 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cj0ql1jrm97o

I don't know anything about Talovierov but on googling him I discover right now he has one of the key attributes we look for in a new signing.

[Holmes_and_Watson]

4 hours ago, CB Fry said:

Caught with our trousers down yet again 

Sorry to hear trousers is down. I hope you feel better soon @trousers

[Holmes_and_Watson]

51 minutes ago, Gloucester Saint said:

The club has too much going on to devote that sort of focus in the way we used to in better times so perhaps take a profit minus anything to AZ and put it towards a £10-12m RB instead who should be the best in that league.

If the target is known to be the best in their league, it would undermine the SR mantra of unearthing players as cheaply as possible to sell on for as much as possible. Mind you, it depends on how far down the leagues they are going to get the best in class. Martin was looking at 70 year olds playing walking football as targets. Our next manager might have similar requirements.

54 minutes ago, Gloucester Saint said:

The sad thing is that there are probably people around the SR boardroom table who would actually think that. 

They absolutely will. Showing that we're every bit a successful selling club, regardless of league position, is one of SR's cornerstones.

If only those other minor things, like results, could go so well.

[Suhari]

3 hours ago, Turkish said:

Any chance we can leave him out the last few games so we dont put them off?

Harsh. Very, very, harsh.

 

 

 

(And also, pretty damn accurate!)

[Miltonaggro]

17 minutes ago, CB Fry said:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cj0ql1jrm97o

I don't know anything about Talovierov but on googling him I discover right now he has one of the key attributes we look for in a new signing.

A mere scratch. Thought it was going to confirm that he is hungry, and guaranteed to improve

[Lighthouse]

55 minutes ago, CB Fry said:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cj0ql1jrm97o

I don't know anything about Talovierov but on googling him I discover right now he has one of the key attributes we look for in a new signing.

He looks like a Swedish, female biathlon skier.

[Holmes_and_Watson]

59 minutes ago, CB Fry said:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cj0ql1jrm97o

I don't know anything about Talovierov but on googling him I discover right now he has one of the key attributes we look for in a new signing.

 

3 minutes ago, Lighthouse said:

He looks like a Swedish, female biathlon skier.

Which are exactly the attributes SR are looking for.

#leftfield #breakthemould

[Sevvy]

1 hour ago, Holmes_and_Watson said:

Sorry to hear trousers is down. I hope you feel better soon @trousers

Lets hope Trousers is promoted next season then, 

[East Kent Saint]

Transfer windows have been pretty disappointing the last few seasons , I'm not holding out much hope this season . In fact I think it's going to be depressing.........

[CB Fry]

1 hour ago, Lighthouse said:

He looks like a Swedish, female biathlon skier.

I did think that he looks like someone that Graham Linehan would get incredibly annoyed about.

[SaintBobby]

I'm sort of assuming/hoping we bring in about £100m quite easily (Dibling, Ramsdale and Fernandes).

That should provide some sort of basis for rebuilding the squad.

But we will probably spaff it away on re-signing Guido Carillo or some such like.

[Ivan Katalinic's 'tache]

My son (at Uni and clearly bored today!) has decided to position himself as a ChatGPT football agent. This is what he says ChatGPT has come up with for Jack Stephens:

Jack Stephens operates as the quintessential defensive linchpin within Southampton FC’s tactical schema, embodying a paradoxical blend of composure and tenacity that underpins the club’s structural integrity. His role transcends mere defensive duties, evolving into an intricate symphony of anticipatory positioning, transitional fluidity, and metronomic distribution.

Functioning within the interstitial nexus of central defense, Stephens is both a fulcrum of spatial negation and a progenitor of progressive ball circulation. His positional intelligence manifests in an almost preternatural ability to read the opposition’s offensive telemetry, preempting incursions through a synthesis of lateral mobility, spatial compression, and acute decision-making. His proclivity for calculated aggression ensures that he engages in defensive interventions with surgical precision, eschewing reckless impetuosity in favor of measured disruption.

In possession, Stephens morphs into a regista-esque conduit, diffusing pressure through an eclectic passing range that oscillates between incisive vertical penetrations and languid lateral recycling. His distributional acuity facilitates Southampton’s transitional phases, converting defensive retrievals into dynamic forward thrusts. Simultaneously, his aptitude for controlled tempo modulation enables him to dictate the cadence of play, mitigating opposition pressing structures with intelligent ball retention and strategic redistribution.

Beyond his technical and tactical prowess, Stephens embodies a quasi-messianic leadership presence, exuding an aura of unwavering resolve that permeates through the squad’s defensive ethos. His vocal orchestration ensures collective synchrony, while his psychological fortitude provides an invaluable bulwark against adversarial onslaughts. His capacity to oscillate between stoic resilience and proactive assertiveness renders him an indispensable cornerstone within Southampton’s defensive paradigm.

In essence, Jack Stephens is not merely a center-back—he is the corporeal manifestation of defensive artistry, an architect of equilibrium, and a sentinel of Southampton’s strategic ambitions.
 

Not sure if AI is quite ready to take over from the human scouting system just yet... 🤦‍♂️

[Ivan Katalinic's 'tache]

And here's its assessment of Will Smallbone:

Will Smallbone functions as the epistemological epicenter of Southampton FC’s midfield construct, a sentient algorithm within a dynamic, ever-evolving tactical matrix. His role is not merely predicated upon conventional midfield responsibilities but rather upon the higher-order manipulation of spatial-temporal dynamics, operating at the confluence of cognitive preemption, biomechanical synchronicity, and distributive omnipotence.

As both a systemic actuator and an autonomous disruptor, Smallbone traverses the liminal boundary between structured orchestration and improvisational ingenuity. His positional heuristics are governed by an almost quantum-like perception of midfield flux, wherein he oscillates between deep-lying modulatory equilibrium and interstitial zone infiltration with seamless entropy-negating precision. His passing range is an esoteric dialect of footballing semiotics—each trajectory an encrypted transmission of progressive intent, recalibrated in real time to exploit defensive fissures within the opposition’s topographical schema.

Defensively, Smallbone operates within a metacognitive paradigm of anticipatory deterrence, his interventions less a reaction to stimuli and more an a priori negation of nascent offensive trajectories. His counter-pressing ethos is not one of mere physical exertion but of calculated disruption, a symphony of interceptive geometry and high-velocity recalibration that deconstructs opposition build-up with forensic meticulousness.

Ultimately, Smallbone is not so much a midfielder as he is an ontological singularity within Southampton’s tactical continuum—a self-regulating, multidimensional nexus through which the equipoise of control, creativity, and containment is not merely maintained but redefined in perpetuity.

[BarberSaint]

11 minutes ago, Ivan Katalinic's 'tache said:

And here's its assessment of Will Smallbone:

Will Smallbone functions as the epistemological epicenter of Southampton FC’s midfield construct, a sentient algorithm within a dynamic, ever-evolving tactical matrix. His role is not merely predicated upon conventional midfield responsibilities but rather upon the higher-order manipulation of spatial-temporal dynamics, operating at the confluence of cognitive preemption, biomechanical synchronicity, and distributive omnipotence.

As both a systemic actuator and an autonomous disruptor, Smallbone traverses the liminal boundary between structured orchestration and improvisational ingenuity. His positional heuristics are governed by an almost quantum-like perception of midfield flux, wherein he oscillates between deep-lying modulatory equilibrium and interstitial zone infiltration with seamless entropy-negating precision. His passing range is an esoteric dialect of footballing semiotics—each trajectory an encrypted transmission of progressive intent, recalibrated in real time to exploit defensive fissures within the opposition’s topographical schema.

Defensively, Smallbone operates within a metacognitive paradigm of anticipatory deterrence, his interventions less a reaction to stimuli and more an a priori negation of nascent offensive trajectories. His counter-pressing ethos is not one of mere physical exertion but of calculated disruption, a symphony of interceptive geometry and high-velocity recalibration that deconstructs opposition build-up with forensic meticulousness.

Ultimately, Smallbone is not so much a midfielder as he is an ontological singularity within Southampton’s tactical continuum—a self-regulating, multidimensional nexus through which the equipoise of control, creativity, and containment is not merely maintained but redefined in perpetuity.

Russell, is that you?

[Ivan Katalinic's 'tache]

2 minutes ago, BarberSaint said:

Russell, is that you?

Rasmus actually.

[suewhistle]

Doesn't Chatgtp use parameters set by the user? You should tell your son that getting bored and using shrooms is no way to improve his grades. Plus his professors might suspect something..

[Whitey Grandad]

6 hours ago, Ivan Katalinic's 'tache said:

And here's its assessment of Will Smallbone:

Will Smallbone functions as the epistemological epicenter of Southampton FC’s midfield construct, a sentient algorithm within a dynamic, ever-evolving tactical matrix. His role is not merely predicated upon conventional midfield responsibilities but rather upon the higher-order manipulation of spatial-temporal dynamics, operating at the confluence of cognitive preemption, biomechanical synchronicity, and distributive omnipotence.

As both a systemic actuator and an autonomous disruptor, Smallbone traverses the liminal boundary between structured orchestration and improvisational ingenuity. His positional heuristics are governed by an almost quantum-like perception of midfield flux, wherein he oscillates between deep-lying modulatory equilibrium and interstitial zone infiltration with seamless entropy-negating precision. His passing range is an esoteric dialect of footballing semiotics—each trajectory an encrypted transmission of progressive intent, recalibrated in real time to exploit defensive fissures within the opposition’s topographical schema.

Defensively, Smallbone operates within a metacognitive paradigm of anticipatory deterrence, his interventions less a reaction to stimuli and more an a priori negation of nascent offensive trajectories. His counter-pressing ethos is not one of mere physical exertion but of calculated disruption, a symphony of interceptive geometry and high-velocity recalibration that deconstructs opposition build-up with forensic meticulousness.

Ultimately, Smallbone is not so much a midfielder as he is an ontological singularity within Southampton’s tactical continuum—a self-regulating, multidimensional nexus through which the equipoise of control, creativity, and containment is not merely maintained but redefined in perpetuity.

That explains a lot😳

[Miltonaggro]

On 31/03/2025 at 19:27, CB Fry said:

I did think that he looks like someone that Graham Linehan would get incredibly annoyed about.

Agreed! He fucking hates Plymouth! 

Edited 21 hours ago by Miltonaggro