Southampton Happy To Let Aaron Ramsdale Leave St Mary's
Wednesday, 4th Jun 2025 08:20
Saints have to trim the wage bill for next season and one of the biggest earners is Aaron Ramsdale, both the club and the player know that a parting of the ways is in their own best interests after relegation.
When Saints fans discuss just why the club went down with barely a whimper last season, there is often a lot of differences in option as to the exact reason, the truth is there are more than one single factor, but one thing that all agree on is that none of the blame can be pinpointed to Aaron Ramsdale, who found himself the busiest keeper in the Premier League.
Now as Talksport have claimed it seems that the Goalkeeper or at least his agents are having talks with West Ham United.
This would not be happening without the blessing of Southampton FC , they know that they have to get his wages, said to be around £100,000 a week off the wage bill and it seems that as long as they break even on the transfer fee, they will be happy.
Ramsdale joined the club for a fee of around £18 million, with add ons set to push that up to £25 million, part of that would be reliant on the club avoiding relegation and the rest more performance based.
Assuming that some of that has not yet been met due to timescale, then it would seem that Saints will entertain offers over £20 million.
One thing that is becoming clear since the season ended is that Saints are not going to sell players cheaply, that has been the case over the last two years as several Turkish club found out when they tried to but the likes of Tall Paul Onuachu at less than half market value.
So although Ramsdale may talk to clubs with their blessing Saints will not sell him below their asking price, if that is not met, Saints will look towards a loan deal, some will think that a good option, if that is the case then they will look for his £100,000 wages to be met as well as a loan fee.
That could work in that it gets the wages off the bill and it means that if Saints gained promotion then Ramsdale could return to the club and if they don''t then hopefully the keepers value might have increased after a successful season back in the Premier League.
However I would think that all things being equal the club would prefer to get the £20 million in for Ramsdale now to aid cashflow and fund the rebuilding of the squad.
So the fact that Ramsdale's people are speaking to West Ham will be welcomed in the boardroom at St Mary's, they will hope that this will not be the last club that will be interested in him and that will push up the price.
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