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Episode 221: TRANSFER TUESDAY!
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Southampton – It's that time of the week where we look at all the latest transfer news. And there is a lot of it this week! in's and outs! Lots to get through.
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Welcome and Weather Woes
00:00:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hello and welcome back to the Daily Southampton, part of the Global Sports Podcast Network. My name is Greg Elliott and as always joined today by my good friend and wonderful co-host, Zach Ingo Finch.
00:00:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
How you doing mate?
00:00:21
Zak
Yeah, not too bad. well Still reeling from an extremely hot weekend. Looking forward to talking about...
00:00:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
only gets hot in here, mate. I don't know. you It's Tuesday.
00:00:29
Zak
Yeah.
00:00:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's Transfer Tuesday, my Nippers Sports Day has just been cancelled because it's too hot. So, you know, what more what what can be said about that?
00:00:40
Zak
That sounds like, considering that you're on a bit of a bit of annual leave, mate, that sounds lovely for you. That sounds lovely.
00:00:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
I mean, the the annual leave was to go to the sports day, so now it's just going to have to be, you know, at the point of rearrangement.
00:00:49
Zak
but
00:00:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
So...
00:00:53
Zak
Nice. that's just ah That was just a day off. That sounds perfect. but What more do you want?
00:00:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
That's just never how that plays out though, is it, mate? That's...
00:00:59
Zak
No, not not in your family.
00:00:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
It
00:01:00
Zak
I know that for a fact.
00:01:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
needs to be a day off that my wife doesn't know about. That's the the real thing.
00:01:04
Zak
yeah And then you get in trouble for that.
00:01:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
I've got garden work to do. Yeah.
Transfer Tuesday Highlights
00:01:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
Look, it as mentioned, it is Transfer Tuesday, and boy, oh boy, do we have plenty to cover. Shout out to JustSaints, who keeps a nice orderly fashion for us to follow on X. And we're going to go through, since our last time of recording, and and waffle a bit about all of the goings-on, of which there have been a lot.
00:01:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
So, mate, at the start of the week, lots of ah-ing about Tras Bonspor, right? They still owe...
00:01:38
Zak
Mwahahahaha!
00:01:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
money for Mislav Orsic, but...
00:01:42
Zak
Yeah, we we mentioned that last week and we kind of discussed it. It might just be that it depends on depends on if it's like expected money they owe us on.
00:01:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm.
00:01:51
Zak
But the only reason that I think it's not is the fact that they've asked for more money up front, right? If it was something that was like, hey, we have agreed that you pay us like over this six-year period, I don't think they'd be as stressed out.
00:01:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:02:02
Zak
But where they've gone like, no, no, you owe us more money up front because you're still, you know, you've missed payments. That's a bit bit more of a question.
00:02:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:02:08
Zak
But either way, the deal is done.
00:02:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
I was going to jumping too far yeah without jumping too far ahead in the news, that's it.
00:02:11
Zak
The general giant is gone.
00:02:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's confirmed by the club that Paul Ohanachu has left to to the last one for, what was it, £5 million?
00:02:26
Zak
Something like that. i think it's like somewhere between five to seven, right? Which is less than we would have paid, probably more than we'd expected to get. we've We've fought hard to get a better deal. And I think that, you know, it is some money we could have not expected to get, in my opinion. So...
00:02:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, look, I really like Paul Honnachou as a person.
00:02:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
I think that he speaks with great humility, always seems to really want to give his all to the team. I've seen lots of opinions that say he would tear up the championship, and those opinions are wrong.
00:03:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:03:06
Zak
Look, ultimately, he's not going to get a chance to. went on loan the last time he went down to the championship. He's got his move back to Turkey that I think he kind of always wanted secretly in the back of his mind.
00:03:17
Zak
he He had a good run. he will be remembered fondly for some of his ridiculous montages and and goals.
00:03:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:03:24
Zak
It is...
00:03:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
I've seen the slow motion montage of him against Liverpool where he somehow, again, seemingly accidentally manages to take it round three players.
00:03:34
Zak
It's like when Sulemane scored like twice against Liverpool at the end of the first relegation season, right? and And then like since then, that that's kind of what people judged him on going into the championship.
00:03:44
Zak
And we thought he'd tear it up. And equally, you know, he had a, I'd say, a successful enough season last season for him to probably get a bigger move than we'd expect if he manages to pass a medical, which is very going to be Umanari considering his history.
00:03:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:04:01
Zak
And I'm sure we'll get into that later. But I could only, you know, they were good friends. I think him, Ugachukwu and, you know, Sir Ono actually all kind of hung out together. I think that if they're all kind of leaving naturally, if all your mates leave a workplace, you tend to kind of go with them.
00:04:19
Zak
And as I said, they kind of he kind of already had that in the back of his mind that that's where he wanted to go.
00:04:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:04:22
Zak
that Because that rumour's been going around, what, for the whole of the season anyway?
00:04:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
the longest time since like January. Yeah. Like
00:04:27
Zak
Yeah, so so like I'm not hugely surprised by it, and I don't think it's the end of the world.
00:04:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
no.
00:04:33
Zak
It's not like we had, again, before that, our top goal scorer was our midfielder placed in a centre-back position. So, eh!
00:04:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:04:39
Zak
Yep.
00:04:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
I look all the best to pull on at you, but it's, it is not the end of the world for Southampton.
00:04:42
Zak
yep
00:04:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
Let's be honest.
00:04:47
Zak
No, it's done.
00:04:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:04:48
Zak
it's It means we it means it means we'll we'll look to get a new striker, which admittedly are difficult commodities.
00:04:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:04:53
Zak
But if he was so popular in the English League, he would have been picked up by another championship team or alternatively Premier League team.
00:04:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
Transfer Speculations and Interests
00:05:00
Zak
And he wasn't.
00:05:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
Absolutely.
00:05:00
Zak
So...
00:05:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
you know Sticking with the striker position, Saints SC open to selling Adam Armstrong this summer. What do we make of that?
00:05:09
Zak
um um I don't know kind of how a how I feel because people are like, oh, but he did such a good job in the championship the season before. And I'm like, yes, that's true. But then he had his drop down to West Brom and that might be more to do with the way that West Brom play.
00:05:22
Zak
it depends, I think, if it comes to a natural conclusion at the end of his time, I'll wish him well. But I don't know. I feel like he could do a job for us next season, especially with us losing Paul.
00:05:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:05:33
Zak
Depends who we're planning to replace him with, right? Like I feel like a striker has always been on the cards.
00:05:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm.
00:05:38
Zak
Are we just going to then rely entirely, you know, do we want just to swap between Cameron Archer, Ross Stewart? Well, at that point, we're going to have Cameron Archer, Ross Stewart, potential replacement, Adam Armstrong.
00:05:50
Zak
Ben Bereton-Diaz can also play in that area, and he is at pre-season training.
00:05:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm.
00:05:55
Zak
And Sheffield United, which were were the only prospect to buy him, don't seem to want to buy him, which means he's probably going to be in the squad next year. Is he going to be played as an attacking midfielder? I feel like that's probably not a good idea because that's what we saw last time and didn't really work out too well, saying with Sheffield United.
00:06:10
Zak
So it's not like we are we are done for options.
00:06:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:06:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
No.
00:06:16
Zak
And yeah, i just it it would be sad, but i also wouldn't be surprised and I don't think I would be devastated, but i I would wish him well because he's been nothing but a really good servant for the club.
00:06:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:06:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
100%. And you've got to think about the future, right? And we know that Adam Armstrong is probably going to do a job for us in the Championship. But we also say we need to not be in the same position at the end of the season as we were last season. and
00:06:40
Zak
Yeah.
00:06:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
Because he has had a couple of opportunities with us in the Premier League now. And yeah yeah for one reason or another, it's not his level. So, it will be a bit sad. But...
00:06:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
Also, you know, completely understandable. if there were If a good offer comes in and it's suitable, fair enough. I can't really begrudge it. And then one more before we head to a break.
00:07:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
And I'm going to apologise in advance to this young man whose name I am going to butcher. But apparently Saints, Watford, QPR and Coventry are all showing keen interest in Nigerian international Olokunle Olosegun, which is...
00:07:22
Zak
I feel like you've tried your best with it and You're not a native Nigerian speaker, mate. So, like
00:07:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:07:28
Zak
like, you tried your best. Do we know anything about him? It's not somebody that I can claim that I've heard of before.
00:07:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
No, literally nothing. I don't even know how to pronounce his name.
00:07:38
Zak
have a look in the break, mate.
00:07:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
But look, the nigerian the Nigerian international team is ah ah is a strong team. So it's
00:07:39
Zak
How about that?
00:07:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
you know it's it's potentially good. He played in the Russian Premier League last season.
00:07:50
Zak
Yeah, I've realised who this is now because I've seen him linked with us a couple of times. So this is Krasn Thor. He's a right back, obviously, with Karl Walker-Peters going. So Gawara probably primed to take the top spot.
00:08:01
Zak
I don't know whether or not we'll be keeping... I think we seem to be keeping James Bree as well. I think it's more that he will kind of supposedly replace that sort of role, maybe.
00:08:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:08:13
Zak
But yeah we're not the only ones linked with him. So...
00:08:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah oh
00:08:17
Zak
say
00:08:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
Interesting. All around the same competition, they're all around us in the sort of positions we'd be expecting to fight for. So it be interesting to see how that one plays out and breaks.
00:08:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
Right, that brings us nicely to our first break and time for message from our partners at Bionique.
00:09:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
Okay, and we are back. I am just going to keep rolling through, Zach, because we have got so much to get through. You alluded to it earlier, but Saints and Atalanta are at the final stages of the negotiation in a deal for Cameldeen Sulemana.
00:09:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
The newest deal I've seen is totaling about $18.5 million, or add-ons, like a sell-on for us It's decent, right?
00:09:43
Zak
I think that we were probably thinking about a struggle to get like sort of what, like 10 million for him probably in like January.
00:09:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
Mmm.
00:09:51
Zak
So I think that, you know, his performances and some of the, some of the sort of, some of the performances he's put in the later half of the season added it on his friendship. I say friendship is mentorship with Juric obviously is probably on that. And the fact that we seem to be shrewdly negotiating better than we have previously, think it's a really decent outcome for everybody involved. And I think I mentioned that last Tuesday, like,
00:10:17
Zak
if If we get a bunch of money for him, he wants to move on. but but like we We kind of reclaim some of what was our top i'll top spend and then we can reinvest that into the next season.
00:10:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah Yeah, absolutely.
00:10:28
Zak
Then happy days, mate.
00:10:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
couldn't agree more. I think, you know, a player with such promise and potential, but realistically no final product and has shown that for us in in all of the opportunities has had. And I hope that does go on to do bigger and better things with Atalanta and fair play to him. Yeah.
00:10:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
But yes, it's good money. Good deal. It seems like a win-win all round, really. It's hard to say more than that. Lots of news about our coaching team, but we covered that at some length last week, so I won't go into it.
Player Excitement and Deals
00:11:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
an interesting post from Rexham player Oli Palmer. Not transfer speculation, definitely just looking forward to it. But I didn't know that he was a presumably a Saints fan as a kid.
00:11:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
His granddad used to take him down St. Mary's and now opening game of the championship.
00:11:21
Zak
oh
00:11:24
Zak
It's one of those things, mate, where like it's like I didn't think you would have a connection to Charlton Athletic, had you not told me.
00:11:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, but exactly that.
00:11:30
Zak
Or Exeter, right?
00:11:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:11:31
Zak
It's it's one of those things where you know you don't know necessarily. like but My uncle is from Manchester. He is a City fan, a a loose City fan, we'll put it that way, because he never really like wasn't he hugely into football, but that was his team. And then they obviously accidentally got taken over by of an oil conglomerate and became massively successful behemoths.
00:11:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm.
00:11:52
Zak
But like that that wasn't, you know, that was just, that was why part of my growing up was also low key paying attention to City when Nicholas and Alka were there. It's just how, you know, sometimes you just end up with these connections, but Either way, as we pointed out before, it's probably going to end up as either the part of their documentary where they suddenly realise that the jump to so the championship is really hard, or the part of the documentary where they they they show this kind of inspirational speech and then they batter Saints 5-0 and then they're having a really good time and then they fly all the players out first weekend to Vegas again or whatever.
00:12:26
Zak
And ah you know at least we'll be in a documentary.
00:12:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah Yeah, one way or another, right?
00:12:30
Zak
one way or another it seems like we're going to be
00:12:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
but As previously mentioned, let's hope it's the arc where they realise that the league is going to be much harder than they expected. Otherwise, it's on Disney Plus for all the wrong reasons, mate.
00:12:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
Which, I mean, would still be really saints. More news on the Tall Pool deal. Apparently, also includes a 20% sell-on fee, which is fine, isn't it?
00:12:56
Zak
okay it's sure i don't know how much they'll get but whatever
00:12:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, great. but Every little helps and all that.
00:13:03
Zak
Passive income for the club is always a good idea, right? like If they get released on a free and we lose it, that's sad.
00:13:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:13:08
Zak
However, if they do sell people on, it's just extra money. so It's always nice to have a little bit of a surprise bonus in your pay packet, isn't it? And if that's just for the actual running of the day-to-day club, then sure, why not?
00:13:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
Absolutely. The next story on the list is i I saw this in probably the most amusing of ways, as I'm sure you would think as someone who does a daily Southampton podcast.
00:13:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
My news feeds on all social media are just full of all sorts of speculation and nonsense. And I saw a post that said, Juan Larios is back in training and happy to be a part of the Southampton season. And was like, great, that sounds all right.
00:13:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
He's best mates with Matty Fernandez. That can only be a good thing for us. I scrolled down and literally the next post and the news piece that's here is that Juan Larios is set to join La Culturale Leonessa on a season-long loan.
00:13:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
And once again, a name that I have butchered, and I am very sorry to our Spanish compatriots because I am not an actual Spanish speaker.
00:13:58
Zak
yeah that's
00:14:04
Zak
Yeah, i think I think the guy that reported that is from ESPN. So it's a pretty pretty more rate reputable source than usual. And it makes sense more that he was probably looking forward to getting into the season, has realized he is not going to have that much.
00:14:19
Zak
of a feature, right? And then potentially is going to go and get minutes under his belt, which is exactly what he needs.
00:14:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:14:25
Zak
I'm not hugely surprised if he comes back.
00:14:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:14:27
Zak
like He was young anyway. It just kind of feels like he was signed for the first team and then has barely had first team football because he's been out injured for three years.
00:14:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:14:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
But he has been injured for the longest time, right? He signed young and has been injured, so minutes is what he's going need.
00:14:37
Zak
Yeah.
00:14:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
Needs to be match fit, needs to be back.
00:14:42
Zak
Mm-hmm.
00:14:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
You know, you don't always bounce back from an injury like that. You just have to look at, you know, players from our history and recent memory, like Sam McQueen, to know that.
00:14:52
Zak
Yeah, that's exactly what was to mention.
00:14:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
So, you know, it's it's a tricky one, but... But yeah, minutes. I just hope that him going out on loan doesn't negatively impact any hope we have of keeping his best mate, Matty Fernandez, realistically. it seems like a good move for him.
00:15:10
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00:15:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
Okay, so only one more story to talk about from this feed, but still a few bits to mention afterwards.
00:15:44
Zak
I've got some bits to mention as well, don't worry. Don't you worry.
00:15:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
Apparently, Saints have tabled an offer, an €8 million offer for Damien Downs, a striker set to make decision on his future upon the conclusion of the USA Gold Cup.
00:15:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
Interesting.
00:16:01
Zak
Yeah, so we've mentioned we've been mentioned with him him a couple of times, right?
00:16:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
Interesting.
00:16:05
Zak
This isn't the first time, but I've seen these links and I think it is exciting prospect. And as I said, follows the Southampton tradition of having two players with the same surname so we can never figure out which one's which.
00:16:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:16:19
Zak
but But, you know, will be interesting see how it goes. we I don't remember the last time we had a United States national in our squad, if we ever had.
00:16:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
No, if ever, that is a fascinating one.
00:16:30
Zak
i think I think mainly we had a goalkeeper, right? Because he's the one that eventually went to Orange County that I've i've mentioned before. And that's the last time I remember us having any American. But, like, again...
00:16:42
Zak
I feel like they're doing their research on the players they want to bring in, whether it's stat-heady or not.
00:16:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, 100%.
00:16:47
Zak
like i'm happy to I'm happy to give anyone a punt at this point.
00:16:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
Look, it's Wikipedia, so don't read into it too much, but the top of his Wikipedia article reads, he's a professional soccer player who plays in the Bundesliga for FC Köln. He is set to play for EFL Championship Club Southampton starting in the 25-26 championship season.
00:17:04
Zak
but That's really interesting that someone who's gone to the effort of editing the Wikipedia page already.
00:17:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
fascinating right like that is really interesting as recently as 41 minutes ago some German football news sources claiming it's a done deal so I guess keep your eyes peeled this week because that will be an interesting one and yeah that's the end of my list so you've got got some other bits there
00:17:10
Zak
which is
00:17:22
Zak
really
00:17:32
Zak
Yeah, so a journalist from Turkey who reports quite often about Galatasaray, I saw him posting about the idea that apparently Ramsdale is potentially on his way as a loan move.
00:17:45
Zak
So obviously that means that we would not get his transfer fee back, but potentially we'll have him back in time for a promotion to the Premier League if it takes place. we We kind of spoke about this being a bit weird, but if he's that settled in...
00:17:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
That's fascinating.
00:17:58
Zak
Southampton and that happy to be at the club, but ne wants to get, don't know, better minutes, more minutes. I'm not really, I'm not really sure, but Galatasaray being a, you know, often champions
00:18:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
The Champions League, right?
00:18:11
Zak
Yeah, also, like, they are, like, one of... ways like It's like with the Andaluk being sort of the old Manchester United, when they were good, of the Belgian League. Galatasaray have always come across as very much like that. And, you know, he might be just, I want to try out a change of environment. This might be one of my opportunities to do that.
00:18:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:18:28
Zak
And also, we know how much he loves alone. so I don't know if he permanently wants to move elsewhere, because then...
00:18:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
Well, yeah. Yeah, very much so.
00:18:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
That leaves us in such a fascinating position, right? Because then do we just stick with McCarthy? Is that really where we're at? Or a combination of Baz and McCarthy? Is that...
00:18:46
Zak
ah ah Yeah, it's...
00:18:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
I don't know, mate. I'm not sure I'm sold on it. Baffling. Baffling.
00:18:50
Zak
Yeah...
00:18:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
and It really is strange, right? And like to for us to see that something's going to happen to Ramsdale one way or another, and for one of the positions that need sign-in not to be a goalkeeper in the three pre-approved, honestly, it's currently my biggest point of concern heading into the season.
00:19:07
Zak
it It is, and it seems to be maybe we're trying to get some money before we do that one, because it wasn't one of the pre-approved ones.
00:19:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. Yeah.
00:19:16
Zak
But maybe it's because who knows what conversations are taking place in the background to maybe keep Ramsdale here. Because that's the only other reason that I think that like if we're going to go so potentially into the new championship season with one goalkeeper, and everyone thinks that's insane...
00:19:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:19:33
Zak
and they haven't said anything on it and it's not one of their priorities, does that mean we are planning to keep the one goalkeeper? Because I think that if all of a sudden...
00:19:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
That's got to be a bold statement on his way, well right?
00:19:41
Zak
if Yeah.
00:19:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
Like that's...
00:19:45
Zak
If if Ramsdale step it doesn't stay, it goes out on loan, and then suddenly we're scrambling for a keeper, at that point, I think, okay, yes, we definitely were trying to keep him. If he doesn't, and then he ends up staying for the championship season, you know...
00:19:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
That's huge. That could be huge.
00:20:01
Zak
That's massive for us. Yeah, for sure.
00:20:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. ah Amazing. is any Any more any more, mate? Interesting.
00:20:09
Zak
um um Obviously, there's a couple of coaching bits and pieces. I also saw some links from Armel Bellacottch app to go back to Germany.
00:20:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
fast
00:20:19
Zak
So these are just a kind of a couple couple sporadic things that are knocking around Saints Twitter.
00:20:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
Interesting.
00:20:27
Zak
Taylor Harbour Bellis being linked to Porto by a completely dubious source that everyone has said is just a guy going...
00:20:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
ahle
00:20:35
Zak
It's just basically somebody posting randomly...
00:20:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
that
00:20:39
Zak
and then And then some of the bigger Saints accounts pick it up going, yeah, I'd send, oh yeah, yeah, i think he's going to Porto, which is always, it's always fun.
00:20:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:20:47
Zak
love I love random rumours like that.
00:20:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
that Zach, let's say this one real quiet, really quietly, right?
00:20:54
Zak
Mm-hmm, mm-hmm.
00:20:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
Is it good news that there's not a lot of words about Matty Fernandes?
00:21:00
Zak
Well, as we have heard, right? So this is this is one of the problems that you've already got, where you've just said that he wants to come back and he's tired. Okay.
00:21:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:21:08
Zak
And I imagine that any speculation about his future or anything like that, because he actually was at a tournament, if his agency or agent or whatever has said, they're not going to talk about anything until he's had a break.
00:21:21
Zak
Because the last thing you want to deal with is having... you know, having to worry about that after not having a break and a really, really tough season where you've lost both at your club level and internationally. So I'm not really, we will see as we get into the depths of it, right? I think July will be the huge moves that we don't expect to happen.
00:21:46
Zak
At the moment, everything that's happening, we kind of expected. Suleymane are supposed to be out the door. Inouachi is supposed to be out the door.
00:21:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
Both for great money.
00:21:52
Zak
No.
00:21:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
Exactly the prices we were talking about.
00:21:55
Zak
Yeah, but it's it's one of those things where like you know we've brought in a centre-back. We're supposedly bringing in a striker. By the looks of it, that deal might be even close to done...
00:22:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
Do you think this downed deal is the like the mystery striker that the deal has been close to being signed for for a couple of weeks now?
00:22:13
Zak
i I believe so. i think that if if it's if it's close to being signed and then obviously it's been a two-week gap, for me, that seems as he that that would be the details of the signing would be complete.
00:22:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
and playing in the Gold Cup, right? Like, that's the thing.
00:22:26
Zak
But yeah, he hasn't quite made his decision and maybe he'll come back and then make the decision.
00:22:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
That's...
00:22:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
Because the quarterfinal of that is...
00:22:32
Zak
that's That's where I'm at.
00:22:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
What, tomorrow? car
00:22:37
Zak
Yeah.
00:22:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
cannot claim to be an expert on Gold Cup fixtures, if honest, mate.
00:22:37
Zak
So so why
00:22:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
That's not...
00:22:42
Zak
But that make that would make a lot of sense to me with that, right? And, you know, they might even, if it finishes and they bring him over quite quick enough, they might even use him for the kit launch because that will probably happen potentially this week because obviously we're now heading into July and we haven't really spoken much about that since we...
00:22:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. Yeah.
00:22:58
Zak
we since Since... I say we. Alfie House made the reasonable kind like conversation point that's like, hey, why would they not wait until the start of the new month to launch these kits?
00:23:08
Zak
We're like, oh yeah, you're right. Commercial... commercial activities at that point would make more sense as opposed to everybody else telling us it's definitely happening tomorrow. It's definitely, definitely happening tomorrow.
00:23:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:23:19
Zak
But yeah, so I think that, you know, it's not, it would be right. All good.
00:23:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah Right, well, ah a busy week of transfer news can condensed into a a um nice daily podcast, mate.
00:23:30
Zak
It contains an incoming and it it contains a link to somebody who potentially could replace Kyle Walker-Peters.
00:23:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:23:37
Zak
It contains contain say ah strong link to a striker, a confirmed outgoing and a couple of outgoings, but not half as many as we'd expect to see by this point.
Transfer Wrap-up and Outlook
00:23:48
Zak
I'll take that as a win.
00:23:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, huge huge wins. And and the outgoings... expected outgoings better money than expected these are huge things these are these are great fantastic news all around look all all positives for me so far uh man the season's gonna be exciting
00:24:01
Zak
so
00:24:06
Zak
Oh, and Ruben Sellis, definitely now manager of Sheffield United, which replaces my Russell Martin derby, except ah kind of like Ruben Sellis. don't yeah To be fair, I liked Russell Martin a little bit as well, but I was quite happy for him. So, you know, I was quite happy for an, like, sort of arduous derby, whereas I feel like the strange move, but who am I to comment on the, on the, on the, uh, firewalls and whims of Sheffield United? We are Saints fans and we are eating well at the moment.
00:24:37
Zak
At the moment, we'll see, see how the next couple of weeks go, right?
00:24:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yes, absolutely. Look, it's exciting. Football's coming back real soon. That's just about all we've got time for today. Thank you very much for joining us. Hit us up on all the socials with all of the most insane transfer rumours you've heard and who we are bringing in. I cannot wait to hear them all.
00:24:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
Zach, thank you very much for joining me, and we will see you all tomorrow.