Sometimes, things align quite nicely. This was perhaps not the case for Bayern Munich player Daniel Peretz and newly promoted Hamburger SV, given how poorly things went on loan at Die Rothosen. Peretz believed he would be the regular starter and there were early doubts about Hamburg’s previous No.1, Daniel Heuer Fernandes, being able to handle the step up from the 2. Bundesliga to the Bundesliga. But Fernandes won that personal battle and Peretz played just two cup games in the Hinrunde of the 2025/26
season.
This led to frustration on Peretz’s side, Bayern breaking off the loan in the January transfer window and sending him to another temporary home in recently relegated Southampton FC. There he would again have to try and beat out a goalkeeper with questions around him in Gavin Bazunu, who had gathered a real reputation for making costly mistakes for the Championship side. This time, the Israeli international beat out his opposition and has helped his team enter a rich vein of form. Southampton had slid down to 15th in the table when Peretz arrived but are now back up to 8th in the table and chasing the playoff spots.
On the back of this form, kicker reports (as captured by @iMiaSanMia) that The Saints want to keep Peretz:
Southampton are happy with Daniel Peretz and are considering signing him permanently. Bayern are looking to sell him and Alexander Nübel this summer.
Remember, Southampton reportedly have an 8 million euro option to buy for Peretz. Having signed him for around 5 million euros, Bayern may be happy with this development. Considering their confidence in Jonas Urbig to be the successor to Manuel Neuer, putting Peretz up as a candidate for sale is not a difficult concept to imagine. Perhaps Hamburg and Peretz were not a good match, but Southampton and Peretz seem to be one for now.
