The Southampton Courier
Market17 Aug 2026
The unthinkable, invoiced: Shea Charles sold
Viking arrived with $10.0M and left with the best player in the building. The board will call it business; the queue at the ticket office will use other words.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Southampton rebuffed over Ricardo Pepi
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. PSV have kept their man, and Southampton go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Southampton bid $10.2M for Morgan Guilavogui
The offer went to Real Salt Lake this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Tom Fellows beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 30. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Market17 Aug 2026
Southampton sign Josh Knight for $5.7M
The paperwork is done: Josh Knight joins from Portsmouth in a deal worth $5.7M. Now comes the harder part.
The terraces17 Aug 2026
A $10.0M sale, and a town that did not want it
Shea Charles has gone, the accounts have $10.0M in them, and the supporters have the feeling of having been sold something themselves. Good business and a good decision are not always the same thing.
Market17 Aug 2026
Business is business: Baylee Dipepa goes
Hull City paid $2.0M and Southampton took it, which is the whole story in one sentence. The longer version involves a wage budget and will be told all season.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
5 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.
Match15 Aug 2026
Cyle Larin’s goal not enough for Southampton
Cyle Larin scored, and precious little else went right: 2‑3 to Derby County, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.
In brief
- The terraces $5.7M for Josh Knight, and Southampton supporters approve
- Market Southampton promote Benjamin Matthews from within
- Squad A muscle injury sidelines Welington for 15 days