Southampton summer transfers and net spend: Every confirmed signing and sale for Tonda Eckert's side in 2026 summer window

Southampton will be targeting promotion next season, having been denied the chance to feature in the Championship play-off final last season due to the Spygate scandal.

The Saints have already made Cyle Larin and Daniel Peretz's loan moves permanent, while the likes of Ross Stewart, Will Smallbone and Joe Aribo have been released.

Here, Sports Mole rounds up all of Southampton's confirmed ins and outs during the 2026 summer transfer window, as well as looking at their net spend and latest transfer rumours.

Southampton confirmed transfers in: Summer 2026

Lewis Dobbin (CM | £9m from Aston Villa)

Cyle Larin (ST | £3.4m from Mallorca)

George Long (GK | Free transfer from Norwich City)

Daniel Peretz (GK | £6.05m from Bayern Munich)

Issa Tounkara (CM | £1m from Etoiles Mande)

Divin Mubama (CF | Loan from Manchester City)

Keven Schlotterbeck (CB | Undisclosed from Augsburg)

James Ward-Prowse (CM | Undisclosed from West Ham United)

Zach Abbott (CB | Loan from Nottingham Forest)

Southampton confirmed transfers out: Summer 2026

Joe Aribo (CM | Free transfer)

Alex McCarthy (GK | Free to Leicester City)

Oriol Romeu (CM | Free transfer)

Will Smallbone (CM | Free transfer)

Ross Stewart (ST | Free to Swansea City)

Charlie Taylor (LB | Free transfer)

Ollie Wright (GK | Loan to Gillingham)

Samuel Tabares (CB | Free transfer to Gillingham)

Shea Charles (CM | £30m to Fulham)

Nicholas Oyekunle (ST | Loan to Leyton Orient)

Joe O'Brien-Whitmarsh (CM | Undisclosed to Northampton Town)

Moses Sesay (CM | Loan to Colchester United)

Joshua Quarshie (CB | Loan to Sturm Graz)

Gavin Bazunu (GK | Undisclosed to Bolton Wanderers)

Ben Brereton Diaz (CF | Loan to Sheffield United)

Taylor Harwood-Bellis (CB | £29m to Aston Villa)

Yukinari Sugawara (RB | Loan to Cagliari)

Cameron Archer (ST | Loan to Auxerre)

Juan Larios (LB | Released)

Damion Downs (ST|  Loan to St. Louis)

Southampton net spend: Summer 2026

Southampton total spend Summer 2026: £19.45m

Southampton total income Summer 2026: £29m

Southampton net spend Summer 2026: £9.55m

When does the 2026 summer transfer window open and close?

The summer transfer window opened on Monday, June 15 for all English and Scottish clubs, and will run through to the first day of September.

This means that deadline day for the 2026 summer transfer window falls on Tuesday, September 1, with the window closing at 11pm GMT.