About this episode

The episode discusses the confirmed departures of several players from Southampton and their implications for the upcoming Championship season.

Southampton have officially confirmed their retained and released list, with Ross Stewart, Will Smallbone, Oriol Romeu, Alex McCarthy, Joe Aribo and several others set to leave St Mary's this summer.In today's video, we react to all the departures, discuss what they mean for Saints heading into the 2026/27 Championship season, and look at James Bree's latest comments on Southampton's promotion ambitions.🔴 Players leaving Southampton:⚽ Ross Stewart⚽ Will Smallbone⚽ Oriol Romeu⚽ Alex McCarthy⚽ Joe Aribo⚽ Jamie Jones⚽ Charlie Taylor⚽ Elias Jelert

People in this episode

Host: Martin Sanders

Topics covered

• Southampton departures
• Championship season
• player transfers
• promotion ambitions
• football analysis

Keywords

• Southampton
• Ross Stewart
• Will Smallbone
• Oriol Romeu
• player transfers
• Championship
• football

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Southampton

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