{"id":651021,"date":"2026-06-21T19:22:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T19:22:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/651021\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T19:22:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T19:22:14","slug":"premier-league-side-make-20m-bid-for-southamptons-charles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/651021\/","title":{"rendered":"Premier League side make \u00a320m bid for Southampton&#8217;s Charles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Negotiations remain in the early stages, and we do not expect the two clubs to conclude a deal at the current price suggested.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Saints have attached a higher value to Charles, 22, after he impressed with key goals in the FA Cup and Championship play-offs.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The Northern Ireland ace got the extra-time winner against Middlesbrough in the play-off semi-final to send Saints to Wembley in May.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  However, the club never got to play the final due to being booted out of the competition after admitting to spying on three Championship opponents.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Failure to reach the Premier League has weakened Southampton&#8217;s position as they hope to retain key players ahead of the 2026\/27 season.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Leeds have made a \u00a320m-plus offer for Charles as they look to bolster their squad following a 14th-place Premier League finish last campaign.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Former Manchester City prospect Charles joined Saints in 2023 for an initial fee worth \u00a310.5m with potential add-ons rising to \u00a315m.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  He has made 76 appearances for the club since that summer move, and spent the 2024\/25 season on loan at Sheffield Wednesday.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Charles has previously been linked with a move to Everton and Manchester United, and recently registered an assist against France.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Negotiations remain in the early stages, and we do not expect the two clubs to conclude a deal&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":651022,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-651021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-football","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/651021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=651021"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/651021\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/651022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=651021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=651021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=651021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}