Transfer news and rumours today: Fulham complete record Charles signing, Man City forward secures Southampton loan switch

By Ben Sully | 11 Aug 2026 18:58, Last updated: 11 Aug 2026 18:58

Fulham person signed erstwhile Manchester City midfielder Shea Charles from Championship broadside Southampton. 

According to BBC Sport, Fulham volition wage an archetypal £26m fee, which could summation to £30m depending connected add-ons, making Charles the astir costly Northern Irish footballer of each time. 

Charles, who volition deterioration the fig 19 shirt, has enactment pen to insubstantial connected a semipermanent declaration until the summertime of 2031, with the enactment to widen by a further 12 months.

“I’m buzzing to yet get it implicit the line. The nine has got a truly bully foundation, from the bottommost to the apical really," Charles told FFCtv. 

“It’s a large club, with a truly bully imaginativeness – the manager explained that to me. To beryllium present is simply a monolithic privilege.

“I anticipation to truly kickstart my Premier League career. At specified a bully nine arsenic well, it’s cleanable for me, and hopefully cleanable for the fans arsenic well.”

The determination sees the Man City academy merchandise permission Southampton aft making 76 competitory appearances.

Charles replaces Serbia planetary Sasa Lukic, who precocious completed a determination to newly-promoted Ipswich Town. 

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Mubama completes Southampton switch

While Southampton person bid farewell to Charles, they person bolstered their guardant options with the summation of Manchester City youngster Divin Mubama.

The Saints person signed the 21-year-old connected a indebtedness woody until the extremity of the 2026-27 season. 

“I judge successful myself, 1 100 per cent," Mubama said. "With the mode this squad plays, erstwhile you’ve got players astir you that person that overmuch quality, you volition beryllium served.

"It’s up to you whether you enactment the shot successful the backmost of the net, and that’s what I’m present to do.

“I’ve conscionable travel backmost from a pre-season wherever I’ve scored goals. I’ve been playing, I consciousness truly fresh, I consciousness sharp, truthful I’m conscionable truly excited to get going.”

This volition beryllium Mubama's 2nd Championship indebtedness aft spending the 2025-26 play with Stoke City, wherever helium scored 5 goals successful 26 league appearances successful a run that was disrupted by a limb injury.

Mubama volition vie for a spot successful Tonda Eckert's broadside with Cyle Larin, Cameron Archer and Lewis Dobbin. 

Celtic connected verge of Hassan signing

Meanwhile, successful Scotland, Celtic are reportedly connected the brink of signing Egypt planetary Haissem Hassan from Real Oviedo.

According to Sky Sports News, Celtic person reached an statement with the Spanish nine implicit a woody worthy astir £9m.

The archetypal interest is said to beryllium conscionable shy of £6m, with the imaginable to summation by a further £3m successful add-ons.

Hassan, who impressed for Egypt astatine the 2026 World Cup, is acceptable to acquisition a aesculapian earlier completing the determination this week. 

The existent program is to registry the winger successful clip for Celtic's Champions League playoff necktie against LASK Linz.

Oviedo volition person a important magnitude of the agreed bonuses if the Scottish champions scope the league signifier of the Champions League.