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Episode 256: Transfer Tuesday! - 19/08/25
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Southampton – So many rumours, so little time! Zak has once again put in the work and delivered for everybody's favourite day of the week, Transfer Tuesday!
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Transcript
Introduction
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. As always, joined by the illustrious, stupendous, wonderful Gregory Elliott.
00:00:21
Zak
Mate, how you doing?
00:00:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
I'm doing alright, mate.
00:00:24
Zak
Yeah?
00:00:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's everyone's favourite day of
Transfer Tuesday Excitement
00:00:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
the week. It's Transfer Tuesday. what What more could we be looking forward to? I am so excited.
00:00:29
Zak
It is. And once again, you did the thing, you made the mistake, Greg, of saying to me... oh, well, I don't you think there's been that much happening than last week, is there? And I'm like, oh, Greg, there's always stuff happening.
00:00:42
Zak
Whether or it's real, who knows?
00:00:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
and so Turns out August is the month it's all happening in after all.
00:00:50
Zak
Supposedly so so. as always with these episodes, I'd like to open up with a little bit of a quote from from the ongoing situation our club regarding
The Art of Squad Planning - Johannes Spores
00:00:59
Zak
transfers. And I've actually got two to date.
00:01:01
Zak
And the first of all is pinned to the top of, I think it's the Saints Extra X profile. And it is that the Saints FC technical director, Johannes Spores, said that squad planning is an art that only become becomes clear at the end.
00:01:19
Zak
So, that feels like a bit of a get-out-of-jail-free cut. Because I feel like if you're buying people on the last day...
00:01:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:01:27
Zak
As far as I'm concerned, you've done it wrong. So,
00:01:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
Sorry, to me that just sounds like yes, everything is better with hindsight. What...
00:01:35
Zak
Correct. It's still, it's just a very funny quote. And obviously we'll still on assigning a goalkeeper, Dylan Moody often plays with the 21s and we need three keepers on training at times.
00:01:46
Zak
So just for numbers, I think we'll look to bring someone in. We're assessing the situation, trying to get the right person in. I will, will warn you, Greg, that of all the rumours in the last week, not single one of them that I have been able to find is about a goalkeeper.
00:02:00
Zak
So unless you found one about a goalkeeper,
00:02:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
well No, it doesn't matter, mate, because all of the rumours are nonsense and the real transfers happen without us knowing, so it's all fun and games, isn't it?
00:02:12
Zak
Correct. Which is, it's it's always is strange telling this story to to you and listeners, because it is like, it is it's fiction until it's not. It's basically how you got to take all of the transfer rumours, right? it's It's a story until it's no longer a story.
00:02:26
Zak
So obviously, Greg, it's dealer's choice as always. Would you like to start with the incomings? Would you like to start with the outgoings?
Potential Departures: Bellicot Chap & Sam Adosi
00:02:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
always the outgoing, so we always start with the outs.
00:02:35
Zak
Where wherever have you landed?
00:02:36
Zak
Right.
00:02:39
Zak
Perfect. So, once again, thank you to Just Saints, Saints Extra, Alfie House, all of the usual suspects who collate all of this information over the space of, like, you know, non-stop throughout the week, and then we cherry-pick out a lot of the transfer information, and then we do a little bit of our own research on the side, and then we you know have a discussion about it as well so you people lovely people can listen to it in a format that maybe suits you a bit better than having to read through tons of ex-posts.
00:03:11
Zak
I don't know. Either way, thanks for listening, so we'll crack without goings. I'm a little bellicot chap, mate. So, was a question that Alfie House asked of Will Still, I think part of the press conference other day.
00:03:22
Zak
He asked if he was actually part of his plans and he said, no, he'll probably leave, but he needs to find the right option for him. He needs to find the right option for us. He's not part of it at the moment. And obviously since the dawn of the transfer window, there's been lots of links to Germany, obviously.
00:03:37
Zak
think that there is a bit of contention over him wanting to kind of go, but us not wanting to take a cut price for him. And then there's still lots of sort of, we want to try and get 10 million for him.
00:03:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
Mm-hmm.
00:03:49
Zak
That kind of seems insane. That's how much we paid for him. And I think he's really shown to be a £10 million pound player. But at the same time, he's massively rated highly in Germany for obviously obvious reasons.
00:04:03
Zak
And it might just be that he does actually need to find the right club to capture his best form. But either way, it's it's kind of... He won't be around or part of the squad now.
00:04:14
Zak
Maybe ever. I think we've probably seen the last time we've seen him, as we've already discussed.
00:04:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. I mean, I think we worked that out. Look, I think we discussed it at length last season when three or four different managers didn't involve him and then did involve him for a bit and then very quickly didn't again.
00:04:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
So, I mean, I took from that everything I needed to.
00:04:33
Zak
Yeah, it swings around about what's in it.
00:04:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:04:37
Zak
either way, you know, I think we talked about before that he was sort of like, I think he was on like a park run in Germany on like one of the days of like the the first day of season. he's been out and about.
00:04:47
Zak
He's training, I think, independently with with personal trainers and stuff. So I very much doubt we'll see him in the future, but there's still no concrete news of where he's going. So, Sam Adosi, another one we've kind of frequently talked about, still talked about his future and said there are offers, there are things moving for him.
00:04:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
Thank you.
00:05:02
Zak
I think he's taking his time to decide what he really wants to do and where he wants to go. But yes, there's a strong possibility that Sam won't be here. That is according to Alfie House, when obviously interviewed still, i think it's part of the presser.
00:05:15
Zak
But this is no surprise. I think me and you have both seen the rumours that apparently... it's either between Club Bruges or Strasbourg, which we've talked about previously. We talked about that last week.
00:05:25
Zak
But basically, it's that one has put a bigger bid in than the other, and he wants to go to the other. So it's a problem. And that's why everyone's kind of at loggerheads, right? but
00:05:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
Mm-hmm.
00:05:36
Zak
so So I guess we'll see some movement on it. But, you know, Amu is loving life at Strasbourg. They seem to be doing really well. They're building a really big, young squad. So you wouldn't be surprised. But I know that, you know, if you enjoyed Belgium,
00:05:48
Zak
it wouldn't it would make make sense for him to go to back to a Belgian side. So I guess we'll hear more of it, but I think we can kind of start to rule him out of the plans until the window shuts and he's still here, in which case then, you know, things might change.
Joe Aribo's Situation Update
00:06:04
Zak
But that's that on Samadose, mate.
00:06:07
Zak
My Joe Aribo update is I have no update.
00:06:12
Zak
As you pointed out, stuff happens in the background and we don't we aren't aware of it.
00:06:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:06:16
Zak
So either something is going to happen or it's not. There is no though fuel to that fire, I'm afraid. So... Tyler Diblin, obviously feels like that kind of saga has come to a bit, isn't it?
00:06:27
Zak
But maybe not, because obviously he had his, you know, he had his appearance over the weekend. I think everyone was kind of happy to see him. There are people that are mad about it still. It's football. What are you going do? But let's start from where we were at last week, right?
00:06:42
Zak
So apparently we made a counteroffer to Everton. which can trigger a deal any time. The fee is supposed to be slightly lower than the, between the 47 and 46 that we, we said it needed to be.
00:06:54
Zak
So that was according to plenty goal. I don't know how much sort of you want to attach to that because we we've seen where we are about a week later. and Gwella Bold on Tyler Dippling and Everton. If the player indicates he really wants to go and Salamdon willing to know their price, Everton would come back to the table.
00:07:11
Zak
They are now looking at the Ipper Switches and Murray Hutchinson. Which obviously aged like milk because Murray Hutchinson is it's now at Nottingham Forest.
00:07:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
We went to Northern Forest, yeah. Yeah.
00:07:22
Zak
So we exchanged a fun story about how, ah you know, Steele was asked if he thinks Nippling will stay and replied with, it's the million dollar question, isn't it? it And then there was a little bit of banter back and forth about, ooh, is he going to stay though?
00:07:37
Zak
And obviously, like, realistically, there's a lot of chances of we don't know.
00:07:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
the entire The entire room in the press conference, the journalist turned around and was like, was like to ask you about Tyler Diblin and Will Steele's literal reaction was, you're to ask me about his future, aren't you?
00:07:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
but and Yeah.
00:07:58
Zak
it must It must get old real quick, right?
00:08:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
But look look, I mean, from from the information we've got...
00:08:02
Zak
but
00:08:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
I feel like Everton becomes a less attractive prospect for a player like Tyler Diblin, knowing that he's going to be sharing minutes with Jack Grealish.
00:08:16
Zak
but Yeah, it's just...
00:08:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
and And, you know, we're not going to probably come down, wouldn't imagine, enough on the deal.
00:08:18
Zak
just
00:08:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
just It feels like that's a no-go. feels like if someone else comes in, maybe he'll still go. But I just don't think, I don't see it being to Everton this window.
00:08:34
Zak
No, ironically, I could see it being being so you know being somewhere like a forest instead, despite the fact that they seem to they seem to just be tapping up everybody as well as keeping Morgan's good point, right?
00:08:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:08:44
Zak
So, you know, that's that's one of those things.
00:08:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:08:47
Zak
But yeah, that's pretty much all the information on his feature for the time being. And obviously, there was a lot of conversations last week about him being reintegrated to the squad. I don't need to repeat that because you were aware that he was. He played a role Saturday. So, you know, that'll be that now.
00:08:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:08:58
Zak
He was back in training. So I guess we'll just have to see
Will Smallbone's Transfer Intentions
00:09:00
Zak
how this pans out. It's not over until it's over, but obviously... It's giving everybody that lovely, wonderful, false hope we like to keep inside. So, Will Smallbone, Greg.
00:09:11
Zak
and This is like just one update that's been in the last week, but according to Football League W, Salamdon are intent on offloading Will Smallbone this summer and have set an asking price of £8 million.
00:09:21
Zak
pounds i don't really know where that's come from, it but it kind of makes makes sense. I guess that if you look at the pecking order, he's probably quite low down and he probably wants to move...
00:09:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:09:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
e
00:09:29
Zak
you know I don't think he would be i think he'd be sad to go. I don't think it's something that he's necessarily pushing for. But I guess it would make sense if he wants to get the game time and he's not going to get the game time here. But it doesn't seem hugely concrete, right? There were even rumours the other week of him going to Ipswich that we discussed.
00:09:46
Zak
So that's the only real update I've seen. And again, it's very, you know, rumour-y.
00:09:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah I think you're right. like When you look at our midfield, he doesn't slot in in a like-for-like way for any of the you know the ways we seem to be wanting to play.
00:10:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
And he's not an impact player because he's not a specialist. He's a sort of all-rounder as such. Yeah, I don't know.
00:10:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:10:16
Zak
It's almost like injury cover, right? That's kind of where I see him being.
00:10:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:10:19
Zak
But the problem is, is that, you know, feel like you've got Shea Charles and Downs that are definitely going to be favoured. We've still got Aribo's future up in air.
00:10:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, 100%.
00:10:27
Zak
We've got Matsuki you know, I think he probably played more of an attacking role, but can sit back and play in those roles. so where does Smallbone fit into the overall squad plan? And if they're they're trying to trim and he's not going to be playing week in, week out, it wouldn't surprise me if he wants to move on. and But I wouldn't wish him any will.
00:10:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
you know
00:10:43
Zak
And to be honest, it's not, you know, I think he's still a useful, versatile, squad player to have about. It's just, I guess we'll just have to see how it pans out.
00:10:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah hundred percent
00:10:52
Zak
Right. On to the last sort of conversation about outgoings. And obviously it's Matias Fernandes.
Matias Fernandes & Nottingham Forest Interest
00:10:58
Zak
Now the West Ham stuff has cooled down a little bit. The discourse on X has calmed down a little bit.
00:11:03
Zak
As a non-chronically online person, Greg, I'm glad for you to have missed all of that. Despite the fact that if I, all I see when I go on it now, even if it's not there, is the Megamind meme, right?
00:11:16
Zak
Where it just says, no Fernandes. everywhere. Haunts my dreams. Because that is basically what a lot of our fan base spent doing, trolling the Central West Ham X account.
00:11:29
Zak
And they were the guys that Greg said that like we would rule that through the day. And they were the ones that said we'll take 30 million and we'll like it. and And clearly that hasn't panned out.
00:11:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
Okay.
00:11:38
Zak
So
00:11:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
Whatever how that's going happen.
00:11:41
Zak
No, but but this this is where it must be quite nice to not be as chronically online as me, mate, to be perfectly honest. So let's start from sort of the middle of last week. So they said the top spokesman for West Ham's owners on whether they are confident in signing Matias Fernandes or two midfielders.
00:11:55
Zak
No on both counts. And that is according to hammer.net, hammer.net, sorry, hammer.news.
00:11:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:12:05
Zak
That's... Finally, you know, it's not even the people's names tripped up today. saw the handles, mate. So, West Ham appear unable to offer Southampton any more money for Matias Fernandes unless they sell players first, which is proving difficult.
00:12:18
Zak
Yeah, that doesn't surprise me, looking at West Ham's opening weekend, that they are struggling to ship some of their players. ah You know, unless it was Kudus, who ironically would have been really handy for them at the weekend, so I kind of feel bad. It makes sense as to why they're they're trying to probably go after Matty, that's so much. So,
00:12:36
Zak
According to the account West Ham Football, West Ham will not pay more than their rejected £30 million pound bid for Matias Fernandes and believe Southampton's £50 million price tag is too much. Okay. Water is wet.
00:12:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, don't pay it then. Great. Happy days.
00:12:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:12:54
Zak
And then we got a bit more information from the ex-WHU employee, Mathias Fernandez, who said, we have decided we will not be in again for the time being. There is going to be a significant move on both sides for a deal to be completed.
00:13:06
Zak
I don't think this is over yet, as the player and agent are very keen on the move. Uh-huh.
00:13:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
okay
00:13:12
Zak
West Ham have been playing up another move for him.
00:13:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
Okay. Seems to have played two games since then and be just fine.
00:13:18
Zak
Yeah. Yeah. So according um um according to the same West Ham have been weighing up another move for Matias Fernandez, but decided it's currently pointless because we are demanding almost £60 million. pounds
00:13:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:13:30
Zak
So we really aren't budgeted. They're like £30 million and we're like, no. But what about £30 million again? No. He's worth £60 million. Well, that's insane. You're relegated club.
00:13:41
Zak
Okay. Buy another player. Okay.
00:13:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. yeah yeah
00:13:44
Zak
like that seems, you know, if he goes for 30 million and someone's made a horrible decision, well, I'll eat my words.
00:13:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
of
00:13:50
Zak
I'm not too proud to say that I've made a mistake, but it doesn't seem like everything we've been shown so far means we're moving that goalpost anytime soon.
00:14:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
No.
00:14:02
Zak
However, this is the latest bit news, Greg. According to Jay Percy The Telegraph, Nottingham Forest remain hopeful of agreeing a deal with Southampton from T.S. Fernandez, who is keen to continue playing the Premier League.
00:14:14
Zak
But the ah a a current asking price is understood to be around £50 million. So it seems that nobody can get the current asking price correct. So, you know, if that if it if it's £50 million to Forest, maybe maybe there's a ah ah different conversation going on behind the scenes.
00:14:29
Zak
Either way, it just kind of seems a bit like non-mover. And obviously, we know at the beginning of the window, there was supposed toally twelve to be 12 to 13 clubs interested. The next sort of two, three weeks, I think are going to be key.
00:14:40
Zak
And we'll just have to see from there, realistically.
00:14:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
I think it's going to be one that either way goes down to the wire a bit like the Prowse situation last championship season.
00:14:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
and it's Man, I hope we keep him.
00:14:52
Zak
Yeah, me me too. And that's that's all I have to say on that matter.
Potential Arrivals: Louis Patrice & Rory Whittaker
00:14:56
Zak
So we can take a little break now and hear a word from our partners at Bionique.
00:15:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
Thank you.
00:15:42
Zak
We are back, Greg. And because, once again, i am unable to control how time works or pay attention to how long I'm talking for, realize we've got to try to fit an ad break in between the incoming. So what I'm going to do, Greg, is we're going to go through the incomings that are...
00:16:00
Zak
sort of recent developments, potentials, and then we'll actually have a big conversation around Eduard Spurzian, right? the The guy in Russia who's potentially coming in.
00:16:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
Okay.
00:16:10
Zak
So we'll start with some of the potential incomings, and we'll start with Louis Patrice. So Southampton are a concrete option for the Centurion defender, Louis Patrice, who is currently valued at 3.5 million, and that is according to Sasha Tavoleri,
00:16:27
Zak
Probably slightly wrong, but better than every other time I've tried to pronounce that man's name. Kind of makes sense. He's a right back, Greg. We need a right back.
00:16:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, that same block.
00:16:36
Zak
Need I say more? It has been so far what i can see to be the only sort of addition that... sort of only rumour for this edition, right?
00:16:47
Zak
There's not really been anywhere else that's kind of spoken much about it. So maybe we'll hear something a little bit more concrete. The next is Rory Whittaker. have you heard of Rory Whittaker, Greg?
00:16:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
No.
00:16:59
Zak
You should have. We've signed him. He's now on the under-21 team.
00:17:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
Right. Oh, is this the... Yeah, I did see that we signed him.
00:17:05
Zak
it
00:17:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
Him and another one, right? We signed two in into the under-21s this week.
00:17:08
Zak
We did. So, Rory Whittaker have completed the permanent signing of Hiberian right-back Rory Whittaker. The club's Scottish sporting director, Mulkey McKay, has said, and that's according to the Eden Reporter, so he is already on the under-21s list on the website.
00:17:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm.
00:17:26
Zak
can't remember the name of the other guy as well, that is also listed on the website. It's great because you you can tell who they are because they don't have media pictures. It's just a Saint shirt and a stick man, basically.
00:17:38
Zak
But that means we have signed a right back option, but clearly not for the first team.
00:17:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
No, I mean, look, building up the academy, building up the players that going to be coming into the first team is going to continue to be a huge part of what Sports Republic want to do.
00:17:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
So some people are going to get frustrated that we're making more academy signings than we are first team signings, but also they're probably a bit easier to get over the line.
00:17:57
Zak
Correct.
00:18:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
So
00:18:06
Zak
Yep. And also Dibbling, Jay Robinson, both Academy sign-ins. Both, you know, some of them even, well, both of them have pretty much come through from day one. So these Academy signings are the ones that will essentially keep us afloat in the future, I feel.
00:18:19
Zak
And also potentially build our squad and make it greater down the line.
00:18:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:18:22
Zak
So it's not as exciting. It's not as sexy as Will Steele would put it, but it is what it is. So next one, Greg, that I want to talk about. is Leo Ciencia.
00:18:34
Zak
So he is a brazilian luxbo lux Brazilian, half Brazilian, half Luxembourgian, who plays for FC Heidenheim. And he's been added to our shortlist of targets after initial contact, according to Berger PJ.
00:18:53
Zak
And that is something, you know, I've started to see more rumours of this this circulate over the last week.
00:18:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
Thank you.
00:19:00
Zak
Apparently, according to Pieter Goel, there plenty gold and we go. Again, they they said, Salah that are trying to sign Heidenheim winger before deadline day with talks underway. Köln and Gladbach are also interested with the German side looking for at least 10 million euros.
00:19:21
Zak
Obviously in, you know, classic us being linked to someone that everyone could be excited about, Greg, he scored twice at the weekend. Admittedly, it was in a hot cup game, not the most exciting cup game in the world, but he scored a brace.
00:19:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
a Happy days.
00:19:31
Zak
So, you know, happy days. He could play left, right and centre midfield, like attacking midfield. He has scored 48 goals and assisted 47 times in 153 total appearances.
00:19:45
Zak
So he's got a goal and assisted him.
00:19:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
Good numbers.
00:19:46
Zak
Admittedly, a lot of that was at a younger level and in other places. But, you know, to take into account the full career, right? So that's our link to him. Righty according to Sports Pete we have been linked with Arthur Avon, who plays for Lorient.
00:20:07
Zak
Us, Leicester, Bournemouth and Brentford are showing interest in him. Looking at where he plays, he kind of plays attacking centre, but mainly sort of is a central midfielder and defensive. So for me, I don't know how much cadence there is to those rumours, right? Because I would only really see us bringing in another player like that if a Rebo and Smallbone were both to go.
00:20:28
Zak
So there's only one left.
00:20:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. Yeah.
00:20:30
Zak
there's There's one year left on his contract, but he's also got the option for another year. And it seems like we might be having a look at him, but realistically we've got other positions that we want to prioritize for, right?
00:20:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:20:42
Zak
So yeah, that's that's that. Unfortunately, for anyone who was a big fan of Jack Rodoni, Jack Rodoni has made it clear that he wants to remain at Coventry for this season, at least.
00:20:54
Zak
Southampton made an approach earlier in the window, but it would take a special offer for any move to now materialise. And that's according to Sam C. Reports. That kind of makes sense because I've not really heard any movement on that transfer since it was kind of linked last week.
00:21:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
but
00:21:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
I think it's fair enough. He's clearly settled there. They're going to be making a push this season. He's one of their key players. He's not going to be struggling for minutes or anything. He's going to be probably one the standout players in the championship this year.
00:21:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
So, yeah, don't blame him for staying.
00:21:22
Zak
Yeah.
00:21:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
Good on him.
00:21:23
Zak
Nope. We'll have to see if that goes anywhere or does not. You know, there's still two weeks left, but I feel like, you know, let's... Let's stand head and shoulders above a lot of the other people that flinging mud at us when we try and get a player and it doesn't work out is what it is, you know?
00:21:39
Zak
so that's that's that.
Morgan Guilavogui Transfer Talks
00:21:40
Zak
the One of the other players that we've been recently linked to, Greg, according to Here We Go himself, Fabrizio Romano, Morgan Gilevoji.
00:21:50
Zak
it's not how It's how it's pronounced, but it's not how it's spelled.
00:21:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
Good effort.
00:21:54
Zak
LAUGHTER So you can have a look at his X page.
00:21:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:21:58
Zak
It's got the the information all over it. But apparently we have open talks for lens attacker Morgan G. No agreement on fee, but negotiations are on. So 27-year-old plays on the right, play on the left and centre forward as well.
00:22:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
and from Will Stills Old Club.
00:22:14
Zak
Scored 50.
00:22:16
Zak
He has scored 54 goals and had 16 assists in 200 games. So again, I know that we don't usually go too much on statistics, but as the amount of information that I am having to dump at extremely quick rate on everybody that listens, if I was also to do a ah ah low like a small profile on every single player, this would not be a daily podcast.
00:22:39
Zak
So please.
00:22:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
It would be 24 stream.
00:22:41
Zak
it
00:22:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
i
00:22:43
Zak
You're not wrong.
00:22:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:22:45
Zak
Especially if I started interacting with comments and chatting to people, because you know how easily is to get me to go off on a tangent.
00:22:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:22:53
Zak
Right. So that is all of the incomings, which is significantly more links than we've had in the run up previously.
Surge in Transfer Rumors
00:23:00
Zak
Right. Like we're starting to get properly linked here, left, and center. Even if it's just small, it seems like, you know, some, I don't feel like there's a huge amount of agents that are going Put a rumor in that Southampton are coming in.
00:23:13
Zak
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00:23:46
Zak
And we are back for the final part of Transfer Tuesday.
Eduard Spurzian Negotiations
00:23:50
Zak
Greg. Eduard Spurzian. I think we're getting to get we're getting used to pronouncing that name now because we've had nothing but information about him.
00:23:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:23:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. It's going to be a real waste of that practice if nothing comes of it, right? It's where I'm at.
00:24:02
Zak
yeah I swear, Armenian football, if you have ruined, if you have made me spend all of this time paying attention to your ex-page and having to Google Russian words to find out what's real and what's not, I will not be happy. However, besides the point, let's go from last week and where we're at with this transfer, right?
00:24:21
Zak
Because we I was rumoring... I say rumouring. I was debating whether it would be even over the line today. And now people are talking about how it's off because of either potentially a mistranslation or something else, but we'll get there.
00:24:34
Zak
So last week when he was asked about it, he he said, you know, the Will still said, sorry, that there is a big list of players that we have looked at, and Edouard was a big part of that list. He's a good player, or was a part of that list.
00:24:48
Zak
He's a good player, he's got a proven record, and we're interested in good players, but that's about it. Or as much as I can say, so read between the lines there, right?
00:24:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm. That's
00:24:56
Zak
That's about it, or as much as I can say. And that is from Alfie House, know, reporting extraordinaire. The fact that he asks these questions is why we have this information.
00:25:07
Zak
So we are biased.
00:25:10
Zak
So there was also then conversation around him meeting with the Krasnodar president on the weekend, right? To clarify his future, as apparently he wants to join Southampton and the Russian club are satisfied with the offer.
00:25:27
Zak
Then more information, that was according to Armini Football. Then there was more information that dropped that they said, despite suggestions of other clubs entering the race, Southampton are still clear favourites for Edouard Spurzian after increasing their offer to €14 million euros plus bonuses.
00:25:42
Zak
He could play his last game for the Russian club this evening, and that was yesterday. And that is also according to Armini Football. So either he really likes us and really wants Spurts in to play for us, or he's just kind of putting all the rumours that way. But this also backs up information that I saw. So one of the what are the links that he's had to other clubs is FC Porto.
00:26:00
Zak
And apparently they came in with a 10 million bid. I think, want to say, Lenz also came in with bid. The Porto link makes sense because when I was trying to look to see if I had enough information to do a player profile on him,
00:26:13
Zak
which it seems like they're, don't know, I might still see, but he's played for one club his entire career, pretty much. So it's difficult to be able to stretch that out if there's not a lot of information. And plus where it's Russia, very, very different information laws to us.
00:26:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. Yeah.
00:26:27
Zak
At least at least that everything that you can find is often translated and some of it can be translated poorly.
00:26:33
Zak
So I don't want to do that on a player. I don't want to just make stuff up, essentially. but
00:26:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:26:40
Zak
But either way through that, I found a conversation that happened early July that was talking about how there has been interest from European clubs. And one of the interesting clubs was Porto.
00:26:51
Zak
So that is from that is from way before this transfer was even in the news. so So that backs that up a little bit, right?
00:26:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. So really the question becomes, is he leveraging us to get a better deal with Porto or from Porto? Or does he really want to come here? And I guess the real answer is we won't know until something happens or doesn't happen, right?
00:27:10
Zak
No. so So this is this is the this is the the information the rest of the information that I've got, Greg. So he scored a brace against Suchi the other day. Two goals, obviously, because he's going to join us, which, you know, is how it is.
00:27:24
Zak
And on his future, he said that I am here for now and playing. We'll see. There's still time. And the big thing that's called controversy today is that when he was talking about in like a post-match interview, the line that everybody's taken and run with, which is on by SportsVay on Twitter, is X. Yes, everyone already knows the interest was real. So the big focus there is on the word was.
00:27:48
Zak
However, the next part of that conversation, Greg says, I can't say anything about negotiations. The club is handling that. which implies that negotiations are ongoing, which implies that we haven't dropped the ball.
00:27:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:28:00
Zak
It's just that stuff is happening, right?
00:28:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:28:02
Zak
He has basically said, I'm not involved with it. I just play football. It would be nice. My agent and the club president are handling all of the negotiations. I'm just here.
00:28:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. Stands to reason. Perfectly reasonable. I'm sure that it is a very complicated transfer for a number of reasons, transferring from that particular part of the world, so it makes sense that it's going to drag on for a bit.
00:28:22
Zak
yeah It's going to be... because Also, there's going to be you know the negotiations. The club president, we don't really have as much of a presidential system here. Reminds me far more of Barca and that lot.
00:28:33
Zak
So that's that's pretty much it. That is the information that I have,
00:28:38
Zak
Thanks again
00:28:39
Zak
again to Just Saints, Saints Extra, Alfie House, all the people that make our job significantly easier. Because without there without all of the information and sources collated, it would take significantly longer to do these episodes. And as a daily podcast, it helps out a massive amount.
00:28:55
Zak
Thanks again to you, Greg, for listening to my rambling and insanity. As you can tell, I'm knackered. this is This is all being done on fumes. Thanks again to all of you wonderful listeners. I hope that you've all learned a thing or two you can cite...
00:29:10
Zak
you could that you can sight the GSPN podcast for citing Just Saints, for citing somebody else in your conversations around the transfers that may or may not happen.
00:29:24
Zak
thanks once again for always listening. We will be with you in the next one. There will be something Saints related. And until then, thank you and goodbye.
00:29:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
Bye, Rom.