Ryan Manning

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Marked for Ryan Manning

23 Edition

The Southampton Courier

4 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Triumph

Squad4 Jan 2027

Daniel Peretz stands alone

12 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.

Market4 Jan 2027

Ryan Manning hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Southampton can pretend not to have heard.

Market4 Jan 2027

Southampton turn down Newcastle Jets for Kuryu Matsuki

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Squad4 Jan 2027

Ross Stewart is named among the best

There are footballers who have a good season and footballers a season is remembered for, and the second kind get their names read out in a hall in the summer. Southampton will be quietly delighted and privately nervous.

Transfer targets4 Jan 2027

Viktoria Plzen tell Southampton: Sampson Dweh is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

Market4 Jan 2027

James Bree attracts admirers

The name of James Bree has come up in conversations Southampton were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.

Match2 Jan 2027

Cameron Archer the difference as Southampton beat Derby County

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Cameron Archer. 1‑0 against Derby County, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

Match29 Dec 2026

Cameron Archer the difference as Southampton beat Ipswich Town

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Cameron Archer. 1‑0 against Ipswich Town, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

Market4 Jan 2027

Welington is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Southampton has been clear about where Welington stands, which is more than many ever get.

In brief

Back issues
12 Edition

The Southampton Courier

19 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market19 Oct 2026

Léo Scienza has his eye on Europe

It is not a grievance and it is not a demand: he wants to play continental football, and he has stopped hiding it. Whether Southampton can give him that is a question about the club, not about him.

Match17 Oct 2026

Ross Stewart the difference as Southampton beat Millwall

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Ross Stewart. 2‑0 against Millwall, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

Player ratings19 Oct 2026

Josh Dasilva in the eights

A performance of 8.02 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Squad19 Oct 2026

Lewis Bailey in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Southampton this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

The dugout19 Oct 2026

A satisfied Charles Cunningham

“The players deserve the credit. My job was easy today.” It was not, and everybody in the room knew it; after 2‑0, Charles Cunningham could afford to be generous.

Market19 Oct 2026

Ryan Manning is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Southampton has been clear about where Ryan Manning stands, which is more than many ever get.

The dugout19 Oct 2026

Will Smallbone gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Player ratings19 Oct 2026

Tom Fellows runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 12. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Market19 Oct 2026

The Léo Scienza talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Southampton know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

In brief

11 Edition

The Southampton Courier

12 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad12 Oct 2026

Caspar Jander in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Southampton this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Loan watch12 Oct 2026

Dylan Moody counts the days

“I watch every Southampton game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Oldham Athletic runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.

Squad12 Oct 2026

Tom Fellows signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Tom Fellows and Southampton agree another 5 years.

The dugout12 Oct 2026

No hiding place for Ryan Manning

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Ryan Manning, and the manager let it.

Market12 Oct 2026

Caspar Jander linked with a move away

The name of Caspar Jander keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Southampton say nothing, which says plenty.

Looking ahead12 Oct 2026

Samuel Edozie faces his old club

Millwall next, and one man in the Southampton dressing room knows their training ground better than his own. The reception will tell him what they thought of him.

The dugout12 Oct 2026

A door opens for Will Smallbone

He asked about his future and was given an answer with minutes in it. The manager has now made a promise in a building where promises are remembered, and the clock on it has started.

Squad12 Oct 2026

Samuel Edozie has seen what the next man earns

Numbers do not stay secret in a dressing room and never have. He is not asking for more than he is worth; he is asking why somebody beside him is worth more, and at Southampton that is a harder question to answer.

Squad12 Oct 2026

Léo Scienza has settled at Southampton

The shrug has gone, the language is coming, and he now argues in training like somebody who expects to be here next year. Half a signing's value is this and none of it appears on a fee.

In brief