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Episode 226: TRANSFER TUESDAY!
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Southampton – It's that time of the week again where we take a look at the in's and the outs... it's been a slighly quieter week this week, but still plenty to talk about!
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Transcript
Introduction and Overview of Transfer Tuesday
00:00:08
Zak
Hello and welcome to the Daily Southampton, part of the Global Sports Podcast Network. I am your host today, Zach Ingo Finch, and as always, joined by my wonderful co-host, Greg Reilliot. are you doing, bud?
00:00:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I'm alright. It's Transfer Tuesday. It's everyone's favourite day of the week. How can we not be excited?
00:00:24
Zak
It is Transford Tuesday. We have collated all of the information we've been able to find. And contrary to me talking about how July was going to be where it's at, I should have caveated that with ju the beginning of July is not really where it's been at.
00:00:40
Zak
But it's not the end of the world. We've got some stuff to talk
Sam Adozi's Future: To Sell or Not?
00:00:43
Zak
about. so I'm going to do do a bit bit different this week, Greg. What would you rather talk about first, incomings or outgoings?
00:00:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
Let's do outgoings first.
00:00:53
Zak
but nice Okay, so we got we get the boring bit out of the way.
00:00:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:00:56
Zak
So, breaking news that's kind of dropped today. Alfie House has confirmed this story definitely does have legs. It was originally dropped on X by cut that bit out, mate.
00:01:07
Zak
Sasha... havalerri I want to say. Saints FC and Club Bruges are in talks over a permanent move for Sam Adozi, which is fascinating because he's only obviously just come back off of loan.
00:01:20
Zak
He's training with the first team. He's a player that I think me and you are both kind of you know thought he had a solid time over in Belgium. And it seems that other teams in Belgium have agreed with that.
00:01:33
Zak
you know Club Bruges being a big rival of his ah previous club and it's an interesting move. But yeah, so how do we feel about that, Greg? Obviously, Sam Adozi potentially out the door.
00:01:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
It is it's disappointing, if it is the case, and yet not entirely surprising. I mean, he was always going to be... He's He's still an unknown entity in this league, right?
00:01:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
So it's it is a risk to play him, even though he's had that good season out in Belgium. Even in that good season, he had injuries. So, you know, maybe cashing in is is a smart deal.
00:02:08
Zak
We're burning through those City prospects pretty quick that we brought in our last ever season in the Premier League before
00:02:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, it's a strange one, isn't it?
Sulemana and Other Player Moves
00:02:17
Zak
we got...
00:02:18
Zak
I say last ever. Our last Premier League season where... although we got Dememio and it didn't feel as devastating as last season. So, yeah, like, you know, we've got Lavia, Bazzoulu potentially on the way out, Adozi now.
00:02:32
Zak
yeah, I find it quite interesting. Obviously, at the moment, apparently this this story does have legs, but there's no i formal or bid or anything. the time you listen to this, this might have changed. But, yeah, currently it it just seems like a bit of a weird one because I think that probably has a bit of an opportunity to grow and do well in the championship this season.
00:02:49
Zak
we're going to need attacking players. I'm guessing we'll keep whoever's left. I just think that when when we think of that side now, our next person we'll go on to talk about has now gone. who Who's going to take that place? Because I kind of thought that he would might might be able to stamp his, you know, we're goingnna have better Bereton Diaz on the left, potentially.
00:03:07
Zak
Adam Armstrong, potentially. Ryan Fraser, potentially.
00:03:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
None of those are filling me with confidence. oh look i personally hope that Dozie stays with us and that he's who we see in that position this season and he goes from strength to strength. But ah but also, I wouldn't be entirely surprised if if he does end up making a move. Yeah.
00:03:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I mean, still truing those numbers, aren't we? that
00:03:30
Zak
Indeed.
00:03:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
That's in the key.
00:03:32
Zak
and obviously, moving on to something I alluded to a minute ago. Actually all confirmed, done and dusted. he's He's over. Super agent Ivan Juric. Sulemana is now at Atalanta.
00:03:44
Zak
So it turns out you can have one season where you play sort right towards the end to get and get a move for almost as much as we paid for him, which is a great move around for everybody, right?
00:03:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
Great. Good.
00:03:55
Zak
like He's good for him.
00:03:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:03:56
Zak
He seems happy. Juric is thrilled. We're happy. It's a sad emotional end to what could have been an incredible journey. I still think that he had a lot of unfulfilled potential.
00:04:07
Zak
And I don't really know what we could have done to get out of him. I wish him well in the rest of his career. But that is the end of his stay.
00:04:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
Absolutely.
00:04:16
Zak
Saints, we've also saw, obviously, we've already talked a couple of times about Tupul even. Obviously, he had his big reception in Transbonzor. He arrived, lots of tons of fans, seemed like the entire city came out for him Everyone kind of bad glad he's back.
00:04:30
Zak
So that's another one. So obviously people talking about who we're going to replace him with as a striker. And I think I even made the joke yesterday, Greg, that with all the players we've got back coming from loan, I think we forget we technically have about four strikers.
00:04:43
Zak
And we'll be talking about potentially new one
Interest in Armel Bella-Kotchap and Loan Update on Juan Larios
00:04:46
Zak
upcoming. So, moving on from, obviously, two faces that we kind of already knew were confirmed, but now all over the line confirmed and that they're new clubs.
00:04:57
Zak
Arnold Bellacottchap's had to some interest. Obviously, it's not really a name we've seen a lot Because obviously we've kind of made our opinions clear, right? Like when when like four or five managers don't play you and see other things above other people. We're starting to even see it with, you know they brought in Korshi, which obviously means that they're not really intending to keep him.
00:05:16
Zak
You've got Kaya Sander training with the first team as well. So yeah, it's not really surprising. He potentially is on his way out. We just haven't heard anything. But apparently Bundesliga side Hamburg are showing interest, according to Abendblatt on X.
00:05:31
Zak
So how do you feel about that, Greg?
00:05:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
Great. Yeah.
00:05:35
Zak
He needs to move, I think, is the problem.
00:05:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, no, great. Look, when you talk about trimming the edges of a bloated squad, Armel Berdekotchap is exactly one of those names that needs to you know needs to move on one way or another.
00:05:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
So the fact that there's some interest, great back to Germany for him, which I'm sure he will be happy with. Fingers crossed that that can come to fruition and and bi be done deal.
00:05:59
Zak
Indeed. So, back back on the the Man City train, one one player we kind of forget about, mainly because he's been out injured for the entirety of... since he joined, realistically. Juan Larios is obviously fit enough now to play and has gone out on loan to Spanish, sort of, I think it's second division side.
00:06:17
Zak
Contral Leonosa is where he's headed off to. So, yeah, like, fair play to him, right?
00:06:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:06:24
Zak
Because, you know, it's got to be devastating to consistently...
00:06:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's completely logical that a player who has been out injured for that long and was such a young player in the first place would go on loan to get some proper minutes to build up proper fitness to come back and see where he's at.
00:06:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
if you know If he's even the same player anymore as he was back then.
00:06:44
Zak
For sure, he kind of gets to be a bit more around sort of familiar territory. You know, being back in Spain is probably going to be doing some good. So, you know, I think there were even rumours last season where he was talking about potentially permanently transferring to Spain.
00:07:00
Zak
So i'll be interesting see how a lone move works out for him.
00:07:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
what What is a bit sad about that, Zach, is that's Matty Fernandes' best mate.
00:07:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
So, one of the sticking points that we were hoping might keep Matty at the club, right?
00:07:08
Zak
Yeah, but it's...
00:07:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
So...
00:07:14
Zak
and Moving on to that, you know, is is another player whose best mates have now left. Eribo, obviously, pally pally with Sulemano and Torpul. Apparently, he is going to be allowed to leave for a cut price fee this summer as he enters the final year of his contract. That's according to Darren O. Wittskoop on X. How do we feel about that? Because, like, I think we've got a lot of midfield options, right? The fact they're bringing in Matsuki, who was obviously out on loan to our Turkish club last year,
00:07:42
Zak
You've got Shea Charles that has come back. There is downs. Do we need four sort of middle midfielders like that in that area? He's got a year left. Does he want to stay?
00:07:53
Zak
Is he going to resign? Are we going up with a situation where he goes for no money again?
Contract Talks: Joe Eribo and Speculation on Aaron Ramsdale
00:07:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, is' it's got to be a combination of things, right? Because a thing about Eribo is that I think that he is very versatile player. And I think in some respects, that's almost to his detriment. He's kind of one of these jack-of-all-trades, master of none. like does he Would he be my first or even second choice in any of those midfield sittings?
00:08:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
Probably not. Not really. He's not quite as averse to that. And especially that sort of pressing style of football. i just don't know if that's really one of his strengths. that Certainly not that I've seen from him in his time at Saints.
00:08:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
We've seen a lot in the last couple of years. A lot of players leave on threes because they just run their contract down. you know Most recently, Carl Walker-Peters. But also, let's not forget... Stewie Armstrong and Che Adams and wouldn't be at all surprised if the club just don't want to see that happen here so yeah I think it's a very logical connection to piece together i wouldn't be surprised to see him go elsewhere and play his trade
00:08:51
Zak
Yeah, I kind of agree.
00:08:57
Zak
Mate.
00:08:59
Zak
I forgot about small bone. It's like we have so many and like, obviously it depends how we're going to set up and, you know, depends on the status of Mati Fernandez going forward. And let's not forget for a long period of time, he was our top goal scorer, central defender, defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder, and maybe striker, who knows?
00:09:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:09:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
did was I mean, really just sign up goes back to the point, right?
00:09:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
Very versatile player. Does that mean that he's the best in any of those positions? Probably not.
00:09:25
Zak
Yeah. And I think this is one of, one of the problems. And, I'll miss, we're going to have to come up with some new songs because at this point we're, we're just going to be left with, they started in a chapel. but If a reboot goes, what do we do then?
00:09:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
We we just need to sign another player whose name ends with an O.
00:09:41
Zak
Right. Uh, that, I wouldn't put it past that. Like we're already, we're already double it, potentially double it up on downs, but that's a, that's a spoiler for the next part of the episode.
00:09:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
hang on, will small bone always believe in yourself?
00:09:51
Zak
Uh,
00:09:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
That's that's pretty close, right?
00:09:56
Zak
Yeah, I guess. could try and force it.
00:09:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's a stretch, it's a stretch.
00:09:59
Zak
would sound awkward. could come up with something else. Who knows? But yeah, so that's pretty much all I've got rumoured for outgoings. Obviously, like one of the other, there's a lot of rumours around Ramsdale.
00:10:12
Zak
Ramsdale is now back in pre-season training. They've taken a photo today and tried to show off that he's back. I don't know what they're trying to prove with that. is it Is it just saying, by the way, he's back? Or they trying to be like,
00:10:24
Zak
Maybe he's back for the whole of the summer and potentially a new season, baby. Like, who knows, you
00:10:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's either he's back and he's here for the whole season or he's back. Hello? Does anyone want want to come and sign our really good goalkeeper?
00:10:36
Zak
know?
00:10:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
like
00:10:39
Zak
We would like to make...
00:10:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
Please pay his wages.
00:10:42
Zak
We would like to we'd like you to pay his his his wages, please. I don't know. like As I said, I think it would be good. It would be an absolute coup if we managed to keep him for the championship.
00:10:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, 100%.
00:10:53
Zak
i think I worry that it's going to be like a drag right down to the start again, like with James Moore Prouds, then he goes after playing the first two, three games, which is not what you want when we've got Pompey so quickly into the season.
00:10:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
hundred percent
00:11:05
Zak
And I know I'm worried about complete hypotheticals but it is one of those things where they haven't talked about the goalkeeper position. They still aren't talking about the goalkeeper position. Should they be talking about the goalkeeper position?
00:11:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
maybe maybe they just... like Maybe it's just known that he's just going to stay because he's happily
Saints FC's Transfer Strategy and Challenges
00:11:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
settled, right? like
00:11:26
Zak
Yeah.
00:11:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
it's It's impossible to know behind this. is We can speculate and we can you know draw our own conclusions based off of our assumptions, but realistically, only people who know Aaron Ramsdale and the management team, right?
00:11:44
Zak
and and maybe the management team.
00:11:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
Because, like... because like
00:11:46
Zak
wouldn't be surprised if maybe the management team don't know, to be honest.
00:11:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
we can We can speculate that his wages are too high for the championship, but I'm not the club accountant. I don't know that. Maybe we're fine. like Like, we can speculate that he wants to, you know, be in a position to get back in the England team and the championship isn't the place to do that. But also, like, Dean Henderson's making a real play at being the England number one. And, you know, he played his trade in the championship to get that opportunity. So...
00:12:13
Zak
Yeah, this is this is the thing.
00:12:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
you know Maybe family life and being settled down here is iss all it needed. like He's happy here. He's going to keep being happy here. and maybe you won't concede as many goals in the championship. Maybe that's enough.
00:12:26
Zak
Look, let's not get too excited here, Greg, right? Because this is a bit too too much for us, but...
00:12:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
Can you just look just think about the end? We get to the end of the transfer window and we've kept both Aaron Ramsdale and Matty Fernandes. Like, that's that's as good as, like, £80 million pounds worth of signings.
00:12:48
Zak
i Not only that, weve we've left out one of the key bits there that we haven't really talked about much, which I'd expected to have here heard more of by now, and that's Tyler Dibbling. And we've not really heard anything.
00:12:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:12:58
Zak
And he's at preseason, just sort of, you know, chipping away it.
00:12:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:13:01
Zak
So, yeah, like, basically some of the outgoings, as we've as we've already talked about, are kind of confirmed what we'd expected. Some of them have come a bit out of the blue. As I said, the Joe Eribo thing, was there was conversation about that beginning in January, right?
00:13:15
Zak
Bella Kochap probably he never wants to play for us again, probably is never going to play for us again.
00:13:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
Do you think think it's doing... you think it's having like the opposite effect, right? Because it's not fire sale mode. like Literally, our outlook has very notably and visibly been... We don't need to sell anyone.
00:13:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
like we're We're good. We're set.
00:13:35
Zak
Yeah, but also...
00:13:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
like We need to trim. But do you think because of that, like other clubs are... holding out for slight more panic mode in an effort to get better value. Like they don't want to deal with someone who's going to hold true to the value they want.
00:13:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
They just want to nip him for 20 million.
00:13:51
Zak
yes Yes and no, but it really depends on what our negotiating tactics are. if we um If we cave five minutes before the end of the transfer window to try and sell somebody, yeah, I don't think they would be coming out and saying, we don't need to sell these people if they also definitely are going to need to sell those people at the end of the window.
00:13:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm.
00:14:07
Zak
I just think that it might mean that some of the incomings are less exciting than we think or there's not as many that happen because we're stuck with some other other members, you know.
00:14:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm.
Incoming Transfers: New Faces at Saints FC
00:14:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:14:18
Zak
other people who we would have expected to leave and i don't know whether that's a good or a bad thing right we said we're all up for redemption arcs across the board but also you know how many how many redemption arcs got left in our team at this point
00:14:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
there
00:14:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
I think there's a lot of promise there. ah ah like There's hope.
00:14:33
Zak
indeed
00:14:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
the the The main ones that we knew were going to be out the door are are either gone or on their way. There are a few that you know we might still be stuck with that we probably would rather see the back of, but
00:14:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
There's hope. There's enough there's enough there hope, right? right
00:14:52
Zak
There is enough there for hope, just remembering the results of last season. ah But that's the pressing. So when we're back, we'll talk about some incomings after a word from our partners at Bionique.
00:15:43
Zak
And we are back. So, incoming Scrag. Should we start with the big one that we're all kind of aware is probably going to happen?
00:15:53
Zak
And this this rate kind of confirmed.
00:15:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:15:55
Zak
So, Damien Downs.
00:15:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. Yeah, just just just waiting for the for the dust to settle on the internationals, right?
00:16:01
Zak
Yeah, basically. So, Damien Downs is expected to have his medical tomorrow or today at the time that you're listening. And will sign a four-year deal with the Championship Club, according to Florian Plettenberg, who is part Sky Sports. So it's pretty, pretty reputable. It seems like it's essentially a done deal.
00:16:20
Zak
He just needs to finish the internationals. Seems like a really good signing. People are already being like, oh, it's going to be Mara 2.0. If you treat every single striker we're going to bring in like that, you may as well just say that if they have an injury issue at any point, they'll roster you at 2.0.
00:16:35
Zak
Treat every single individual striker
00:16:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
is a six foot three striker with pace. Like, sounds but it sounds exactly like the profile I'd expect us to be going for, right?
00:16:39
Zak
Yeah, and it sounds like it's perfect for what we need.
00:16:46
Zak
The thing is, is that there's there seems to be an expectation, especially with strikers, that we have to buy a striker who is a proven goalscorer. And we're not going to that, and where from? like You're watching all of these big clubs. that you know Unless every club is going to buy Isik, right?
00:17:00
Zak
Or Haaland, which isn't going to happen. You kind of don't really have that option. especially sort of dropping down at the Premier League into the Championship.
00:17:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:17:08
Zak
and Okay, so they're Championship ones. Arguably, we have the strongest Championship striker that we had this season, you know, in Adam Armstrong. We didn't have a great time last time, but as we also pointed out, that might just be due to the tactics of West Brom more than anything else.
00:17:22
Zak
So, you know, the idea that we're strengthening with with that position, they've done a lot of research into it. I'm excited. It'll be good. It's been a long time since we've had an American around the club, so that'll be exciting.
00:17:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:17:31
Zak
Can't wait for the fact that Downs is going to pass the Downs and back the Downs. I love it when we have two people with the same name. Definitely doesn't get confusing whatsoever. We seem to be doing that now again, you Armstrong to Armstrong.
00:17:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
I'm there for it. i love It makes it much easier. If you can look at a pitch and shout a name and there's a 50% chance you're right, it makes it much easier, right?
00:17:53
Zak
This is true.
00:17:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
Like...
00:17:54
Zak
This is true. So, yeah, so that's that's like the big bit of news. rest are sort of kind of rumoured incoming. So, Birmingham have apparently joined the chase for SC Braga right back Joe Mendez, but faced competition from Sheffield United and us for the Swede signature.
00:18:11
Zak
And that is according to a Swedish outlet called Express EN. So, who knows how repusable it is.
00:18:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
Sounds like an agent stir up some sort of bidding war, right?
00:18:22
Zak
Yeah, well especially with obviously Birmingham being sort of a promoted club who with a lot of money that everyone's kind of excited to come back, owned by Tom Brady and that lot, and maybe you won't make the same terrible decisions that got them demoted in the first place, like hiring Wayne Rooney.
00:18:37
Zak
But you've got obviously Sheffield United and us, which are supposedly the promotion ten contenders. I say supposedly, we should be. Who knows about Sheffield United? They're now managed by Sellers, so I don't Weird one.
00:18:47
Zak
yeah, obviously, right-back position makes sense. At the right-back now, we only have, what, Bree and Sugawara, right?
00:18:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:18:53
Zak
Am missing anyone?
00:18:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
Charlie Taylor is kind of a right back.
00:18:59
Zak
Charlie Taylor's left, kind of.
Strengthening the Academy and Future Plans
00:19:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:19:01
Zak
So yeah, like it wouldn't be surprising that that that is a place that they want to pad, especially with Kali Kupita's going. However, that isn't something they've... pointed out they've also made a show of you know having a day in the life with Sugawara so I kind of maybe you can see him sort playing more of a prominent role hopefully he'll get a little bit better defensively her we'll have to see but ah yeah that's that next one I can't remember if I've mentioned this guy already
00:19:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm.
00:19:28
Zak
Or alternatively, I've just mentioned the team he plays for before. But Coventry City, Norwich and Southampton have all made contact with the representatives of Belgian forward Andriano Bertaccini, 24, plays for top flight side Centrudion in his homeland. And I only say that because I remember mentioning Centrudion like once or twice before.
00:19:47
Zak
And I don't know if that was in reference to Will Still or all of the other stuff where we've had people go to Belgium in a lot of our coaching, all of the research that I'm doing, put it this way, started just blending to my mind by potentially, I think this might have been a rumor one of the last couple episodes ago, but this is now a bit more, say a bit more confounded.
00:19:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:20:07
Zak
It's in their local papers. It's in the Coventry Telegraph. So
00:20:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, it seems that he's a forward player, right? And it feels like...
00:20:16
Zak
It's the creative midfielder spot that we're talking about, right? Is that where, or is it or is it more striker?
00:20:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
in Yeah, I don't know. So it's interesting. if it if he's more of a striker, look, I've never seen him play football. I don't know. Let's be honest. But if he's more of a striker, it feels like maybe we've got that covered.
00:20:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
If he's creative midfielder, then then maybe that's the the one we're in for. but But, I mean, that is the position we've not really heard a lot on. However, once once it became clear who we had our eyes on in that striker role,
00:20:46
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it very quickly became clear that that was the one we wanted. And that's not really been the case with this one.
00:20:51
Zak
Yeah. And there's a lot of movement and stuff.
00:20:53
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Yeah.
00:20:53
Zak
So is is this just potentially, you know, it just seems like a lot of, lot of noise. They'll be surprised if it's agents or whatever, or alternatively Coventry trying to big up someone they're buying by saying that we're after them as well.
00:21:00
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Yeah.
00:21:07
Zak
But, you know It might have been that that was somebody we were in contact with but back then, but it doesn't seem to have a huge amount legs. next is the star, which is a not really pretty reputable source. However, I have seen it in other places. and No one can seem to get the poor lad's age right.
00:21:22
Zak
But the owls could lose out on teenager Sutra Kakai, despite offering the 17-year-old a new contract due to interest from us. So basically, we want this lad for our academy. And it sounds like considering the absolute state that Sheffield Wednesday are in and off the pitch a little bit at the moment now, it would be surprising if we ended up picking him up. He's a midfielder.
00:21:44
Zak
So yeah, it would be interesting to see us, you know, starting to build up our academy again. Maybe you start making some more sort of prudent signings into that, into those areas that we want to build up. Right. We've started to do it already last season.
00:21:58
Zak
Again, Kaya Sander broke into the first team. He was taken from our sister team. So I don't think it's necessarily going to be as many as many homegrown recruits in our academy as I think we'd like. I think we are probably start poaching scholarships elsewhere.
00:22:11
Zak
And the fact that we have the, i guess, power to do that again now means that that's that's good, right?
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00:22:16
Zak
It's not like our academy is some sort of decaying husk of a husovy but place that people are, which feels kind of like United States.
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you
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Yeah. Look, there's still a logical connection. There's still a logical connection between our youth set up and our first team, one way or another. And, you know, that that isn't always going to come exclusively from building up players from the age of 14.
00:22:38
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Sometimes you need to bolster that with with some outward sightings. So it's not a bad thing. Yeah, it's good. It's good to see that in work. It's is's always part of the long-term bigger picture that we've got to think about.
00:22:50
Zak
Apparently, according to Saints FC youth, who are like one of, if you've not ever checked out their X camp, they're very good because they track the youth teams and stuff. And it's been a great source of information over the last season to see how how the younger lads are doing on. Apparently, according to them, he has already signed his protect training in London with the group. So who knows?
00:23:11
Zak
Maybe he's already here. But either way, like the fact that we're still building up the academy and they have a big focus on it is is is and is important. Because as we've already started to see with Tyler Diblin, Jay Robinson, Kaya Sander, we're starting to see the fruits of that labour payoff in the the first team, right? And I think that's where, when we're expecting explosive signings in and in and in,
00:23:31
Zak
I don't think that's going to be how we work as much as people think we are. right I don't think that doesn't mean we're not going to have an exciting flurry towards the end of the season.
00:23:35
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Yeah.
00:23:39
Zak
i genuinely think that it really depends. If some of the players we've already spoken about make up their minds and decide to move on, i don't think that they're going to want to leave those positions empty necessarily, depending on where the positions are. If Fernandes and Dibling go...
00:23:56
Zak
they're going to want to replace that. They've already replaced, they're already planning to get an extra player as a creative midfielder. I wouldn't be surprised if they go for two at that point.
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yeah
00:24:04
Zak
So yeah, that's pretty much it. That's my list for this week, mate. don't know if you've got anything else that you've you've seen on the radio. You have your weird sources, right? Where, like...
00:24:14
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Do you know, it's been been real quiet. Although, if we're being honest, my newsfeed has been so full of Black Sabbath and right British Grand Prix that I'd be surprised if any of it made its way through to me.
00:24:17
Zak
Dry, isn't it?
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But yeah, it's been like strangely quiet, but...
00:24:36
Zak
I think, you know, just the the current climate and the difficulty of of last work week across the footballing sort of world has made things that would usually catch traction, slow down quite a lot. And that's not a bad thing.
00:24:49
Zak
It just means that, you know, we've we've had a bit of a dry weekend in transfer news. So that's not the end of the world. As i said, I'm sure it's going to pick up. But it doesn't mean that there's still not moves taking place behind the scenes, right?
00:25:01
Zak
And you can you can kind of see that start to happen. So, yeah hopefully yeah, hopefully everybody's enjoyed. Hopefully everyone's a little bit more informed. Hopefully by the time you're listening to this, we'll have a new striker.
00:25:13
Zak
As i said, let's let's let's allow the players to play before we immediately start judging them. We're all guilty of it. But it would be really nice if some of our new signings actually got five minutes on the ball before we immediately jumped down their throats.
00:25:26
Zak
But thank you very much for listening. Greg, we are where are we? We're on all the socials, right? Facebook, X, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok. I'm thinking of how I do them in my head when we post.
00:25:37
Zak
yeah, that that's where we are. We'll be back tomorrow for a fantastic show. Research episode done by Greg is the one we alluded to yesterday. If you want to know what, either tune in tomorrow or alternatively listen yesterday's episode.
00:25:51
Zak
Greg, thank you for joining me, mate. It's been a pleasure as always.
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always
00:25:54
Zak
And once again, to our dear listeners, thank you very much for listening. And we will see you in the next one.