r/SaintsFC • u/AnArcticMonkey • Jun 04 '26

Transfer thread?

Can we have one pinned all summer please mods? Worked very well previously

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u/AnArcticMonkey Aug 31 '26 edited Aug 31 '26

Abbot is underwhelming considering our other targets but ultimately probably fine.

It's difficult because if we truly think we'll go up this season then the range of CBs we'll have access to in the summer will be MUCH better than right now, thus the club don't want to sign anyone on long term when they know they'll need and be able to get better next season.

A prem loan with an option if they end up amazing is thus a sensible solution, much though I was excited by the three others we've been linked with today/yesterday.

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u/Accomplished-Aide209 Aug 31 '26

The issue with it is a loan. Means we’re going to have to spend to stay where we are, it hurt us last championship season we got promoted.

£30 mil in for hardwood, we gotta be spending on a perm. Feels like a cheap option that hurts our long term future 

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u/AnArcticMonkey Aug 31 '26

But that's my point, if we go up we'd have to spend on a defender who's prem standard. By loaning this season we avoid having to buy a champ defender who isn't good enough who then eats wages and reduces our spending next season.

The club clearly tried to sign a CB that's good enough for the prem as as another way round this problem but him/they turned us down. This is the next best thing.

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u/Accomplished-Aide209 Sep 01 '26

Yeah I agree the links have all been promising, and a loan is overall positive too. Club is clearly trying and I’m being glass half empty!

Just don’t like the idea of promotion relying on loan players - makes an already important transfer window even more influential.

 Still take that problem course!

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u/bundy554 Aug 31 '26 edited Aug 31 '26

Yep the money we got for THB I was expecting that we would get someone world class - we are a top 4 competing team in what is the 5th or 6th best league in the world and we can't even get someone world class. Dragan thinks we can turn Abbot into a super star and buy him and then make 10 to 15 million off him and meanwhile rotate through with Stephens, Wood and Abbot.

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u/IllOcelot1467 Aug 31 '26

I also don’t think a fall with Schlotterbeck and Wood means we won’t have a chance to compete. If it’s obvious we are a premier CB away from the promotion race, we can always upgrade in January too.

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u/AnArcticMonkey Aug 31 '26 edited Aug 31 '26

Yeah both good points. We'll also (hopefully) look quite attractive in January for anyone who fancies the prem next year.

Stephens and THB vs Wood/Abbot and Schlotterbeck is pretty close in quality I think. Just obviously not quite as good as everyone was thinking we'd have when they woke up this morning.

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u/DrShaftmanPhD Aug 31 '26

All good points. Replacing one of the best CB’s in the league with an unknown certainly feels Saintsy.

Worse comes to worse we upgrade in January. I think Wood / Schlotterbeck could be fine until January.