The Latest Southampton FC Transfer News for 2021- 2022
- Tue, 02 Jun 2026 09:35:12 +0000: Southampton owner will not sack apologetic Eckert despite role in spying scandal - Southampton | The Guardian
Saints head coach issues apology in club video message
Dragan Solak wants to ‘close the chapter and look ahead’
Tonda Eckert has apologised for orchestrating the spying scandal that culminated in Southampton being kicked out of the Championship playoff final. Southampton, who observed training sessions of three opponents during the season, were denied the chance to win promotion after an independent disciplinary commission found the club “seriously violated” the integrity of the competition.
Eckert, publicly addressing the six charges made by the English Football League for the first time in a video message released by the club, said he accepted “full responsibility”, adding: “I apologise to all of the clubs that have been involved and mostly I apologise to our supporters.” In a similar address the Southampton owner, Dragan Solak, said he wants the German head coach, who is under investigation from the Football Association, to lead the club into the Premier League next season.
Continue reading... - Tue, 02 Jun 2026 07:12:07 +0000: ‘Manager loved it’: Tonda Eckert found to have initiated Southampton’s spying - Southampton | The Guardian
Interns were pressured into recording other clubs
Southampton owner does not plan to sack Eckert
Southampton’s head coach, Tonda Eckert, initiated the practice of spying on opponents, according to new documents which also show that an intern tasked with recording rival training sessions was assured the “manager loved it”.
Southampton were expelled from the Championship playoffs last month after they were found to have spied on Oxford United, Ipswich and Middlesbrough. Eckert is under investigation by the Football Association and newly published remarks from the panel that rejected the club’s appeal against their expulsion lend credence to the belief that he was central to the project.
Continue reading... - Thu, 21 May 2026 20:11:20 +0000: Spygate commission accuses Southampton of ‘determined plan from the top down’ - Southampton | The Guardian
Commission gives reasons behind playoff expulsion
Tonda Eckert ‘specifically authorised’ spying on rivals
The independent disciplinary commission investigating the spygate affair found that Southampton had formed a “contrived and determined plan from the top down” to obtain illicit information for sporting advantage, as they explained their decision to kick the club out of the Championship playoffs.
In a strongly worded assessment of the disciplinary process, the commission also revealed that Southampton had initially denied filming Middlesbrough in training before their playoff semi-final, before ultimately accepting the charges, and that the Saints manager, Tonda Eckert, had “specifically authorised” the spying on three occasions during the season.
Continue reading... - Wed, 20 May 2026 21:02:51 +0000: Southampton appeal against expulsion from playoffs for spying is dismissed - Southampton | The Guardian
Saints believe penalty is ‘manifestly disproportionate’
Hull and Middlesbrough will meet in final on Saturday
Southampton’s appeal against their expulsion from the Championship playoff final for spying on opponents’ training sessions has been dismissed by an English Football League arbitration panel, leaving Middlesbrough to contest Saturday’s Wembley showpiece with Hull. The panel also confirmed the original decision of an independent disciplinary commission to deduct four Championship points from Southampton next season.
It is a verdict that leaves the position of Tonda Eckert, the south coast club’s manager, seemingly untenable. While the 33-year-old German faces the sack, Southampton directors are facing the wrath of players furious at missing out on potential promotion bonuses and wage hikes.
Continue reading... - Wed, 20 May 2026 10:00:57 +0000: Championship playoffs should restart with Wrexham replacing Southampton, says Windass - Southampton | The Guardian
Saints are appealing against expulsion and deduction
Windass: story ‘one of the maddest I’ve seen’
The Wrexham forward Josh Windass has called for the Championship playoffs to be started again, with his team involved, after Southampton’s expulsion on Tuesday. Saints were removed from the post-season competition by an independent commission after admitting to three spying offences, including against Middlesbrough, their playoff semi-final opponents.
Southampton have confirmed they will appeal against the sanctions imposed, with a league arbitration panel being convened on Thursday. The panel could uphold the original decision or reinstate Saints, who also had four points docked for next season.
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Jono Holmes and Lewis Coombes debate price tags for the Saints players linked with moves - Mon, 15 Jun 2026 18:29:00 +0000: Southampton FC - BBC Sport
Simon Peach assesses the business Saints must do this summer to challenge for promotion - Sat, 13 Jun 2026 16:01:00 +0000: Southampton FC - BBC Sport
Adam Blackmore analyses the state of the Southampon squad as the summer window opens - Thu, 11 Jun 2026 14:40:00 +0000: Southampton FC - BBC Sport
Adam & Jo debate the top 5 players to keep, Solak's speech and the Stewart saga
Southampton manager Nigel Adkins has been a busy man in the transfer market this summer as he looks to reinforce his squad for the start of next season after a great run which saw them promoted to the English top flight via the play offs. Adkins is now desperate to bring in new names to the club so that he can secure their position in the top flight for another season at least.
The first signing of the summer sees promising young full back Nathaniel Clyne arrive at St Mary`s from Crystal Palace after the promise of the clubs plans to attempt to quality for Europe this season were very enticing for the player. Southampton though will need to pay a large compensation fee to his current club if the deal goes through as due to the players age his former club feel they are due some type of payment from the saints after he signed a new four year deal last week.
Another player who has just be signed by the club is talented striker Jay Rodriguez after he recently arrived from Burnley for a fee which is believed to be around the six and a half million pounds mark. Adkins has long been an admirer of the player and is extremely happy with the signing which he sees as just perfect to bolster his attacking line for next season.
A shocking bit of news right now for Southampton is the fact that their attempts to bring defender Alexander Buttner to St Mary`s may be in tatters after his current club Vitesse Arnham have halted the move after another club have come into the frame for the players signature. Southampton may now find themselves in a bidding war for the player who they see as a perfect addition to their squad so as of now all dealings over the player have hit a premature halt.
