The Southampton Courier
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
An offer of $3.6M for Abdoullah Ba
Southampton have gone to Sunderland with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.
Market17 Aug 2026
Leeds United come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Southampton did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
Southampton go back to the board over Abdoullah Ba
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $3.8M — a club that wants Abdoullah Ba enough to be asked twice.
Market17 Aug 2026
Southampton sign Harrison Armstrong, one for the future
Harrison Armstrong is 19, and Southampton have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
4 academy players handed senior numbers at Southampton
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Southampton rebuffed over Sydie Peck
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Sheffield United have kept their man, and Southampton go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market17 Aug 2026
Eyes on James Bree again
The phone has started ringing about James Bree again, and this time the name on the line is Gillingham. Southampton are listening politely and promising nothing.
The terraces17 Aug 2026
One of their own: Samuel Edozie
He is 23 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.
Market17 Aug 2026
One of our own: Jonathan Morris joins the Southampton first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Jonathan Morris is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Match Southampton see off Derby County
- Squad Manuel Ugarte in a row with a teammate
- Player ratings Ross Stewart was the difference for Southampton