| 26/07/2004 | Chris Baird | Out | Ipswich Town | Loan |
| Rumoured to be Joe Royle's target Premiership defender, after being lef tout of Saints |
| pre season tour. Saints aren’t looking to send Baird out on loan and Baird isn’t looking for |
| another loan deal.Royle has said "We have made no approach for Baird." |
| 26/07/2004 | Stephen Crainey | Out | Ipswich Town | Loan |
| Joe Royle has said that he's looking to bring in a young Premiership player on loan for |
| next season. Chris Baird was also rumoured to be a target, but this has been denied by Royle. |
| 26/07/2004 | Mido | In | Marseille | Unknown |
| Mido's agent Christophe Henrotay said: "It's now up to Mido to decide. Some of the clubs |
| we've been speaking with are away on pre-season tours and he needs to talk with the |
| managers. Hopefully it will be sorted this week." |
| 26/07/2004 | Fitz Hall | Out | Crystal Palace | £1.5 million |
| Rupert Lowe is due in Sweden to discuss the Palace bid with both the player and manager |
| Paul Sturrock. Lowe is obviously keen on making a hefty profit on the player, so this one |
| is likely to go through. |
| 26/07/2004 | James Beattie | Out | Charlton | £7 million |
| Chairman Rupert Lowe said: "We don't want to sell Beattie and we are a bigger club than |
| Charlton so it would not make any sense. |
| "I think Beattie's agent has been busy but he is a Southampton player and we want it to |
| stay that way. He has done well for us and and we have done well for him." |
| 26/07/2004 | Jo Tessem | Out | Lyn | Unknown |
| Saints are still looking to offload their fringe utilty player. |
| Paul Sturrock said: "Jo Tessem is in a situation that in the last few years he has played |
| very little football," Sturrock told The Daily Echo. |
| "Jo and I have had a conversation about it. |
| "It is important at his age that he plays in someone's first team. |
| 26/07/2004 | Rory Delap | Out | West Brom | unknown |
| Paper talk has linked record Saints signing Delap with a move to the Baggies. Saints are |
| bound to want a decent fee for Delap so I can't see this one happening. |
| Sturrock seems quite keen on using Delap at the moment as well making it even more unlikely. |