Can we enforce the deal against the player's wishes, if by that time the player has other interest and doesn't want to join us permanently?

when you see the likes of charlton,qpr and millwall spending cash on proven players,something is very wrong with the state of this club,we can`t now seemingly manage to pay for a player from the swiss 2nd divison

Right winger will 1000% be an unwanted prem loan

So just to clarify. We are replacing our captain who the local journalist is bigging up the fee of. With an injured player on loan?

The article states there is an option to buy, so if he flops, we send him back, if he does great, its a legally pre agreed fee https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2025/august/22/rovers-make-moussa-move-/ I criticise the club for a lot but this actually looks sensible

100%.

Christ - while that makes sense to a degree, Travis has gone and we haven't actually properly replaced him. When was the last time we exercised an option to buy?

Right winger confirmed 😉 "The French-Malian, who can operate in a range of midfield roles"

His club must want him so badly if they’re willing to loan him out then….

did`nt val mention he is`nt a fan of loans

If it is I am sure they will apply for a postponement.

A loan makes no sense at all. He flops, we don't sign him. He excels, a bigger club snaps him up. Either way, he won't be here next season.

Also if Baradji's arrival is imminent it would tend to indicate the only real reason we couldn't sign him before now is financial and we had to offload Travis first.

You would only talk about the potential fee, if you thought people would be pissed off about the guaranteed fee. Otherwise (like most other transfers around) you would mention both. Can we please not pretend otherwise.

Well he's joined on loan instead 😂

Baradji in on loan with an option to buy

Exactly what I was thinking. Don't think people are making enough of this. We're replacing our captain and someone who is the lynchpin of the side with another player who is currently injured. Of course the injury may not turn out to be a problem long term but on the other hand........ Id say he'd have been OK as a punt as an out and out addition to the squad. But if he's seen as the direct Travis replacement it's a massive risk and more barrel scraping of the highest (or lowest) order.

We are replacing the club captain with a guy with one foot whose other foot won't be ready to play until weeks after surgery which no doubt we are paying for. Non of that matters though in the BRFC administration office because at least we don't have to pay him unless he plays. What could go wrong....

They've got injuries, but have got off to a good start to the new season. They beat Oxford 3-2 at home; a 0-0 draw at Coventry; and knocked Wrexam out the league cup at Wrexam. If we don't give it 100%, I fear it could be defeat number 4.

I have reached that point. Tomorrow afternoon I will be mostly gardening.

Signing a player who we previously rejected after a failed medical. What could go wrong?

I can easily imagine that £1.2M is the initial payment Adam Whartons fee, whilst being a guaranteed £18M (rising to, £22M, sell on fee of X etc etc), only included an initial payment of £6M

Signing this Baradji bloke on a pay as you play deal really doesn't instil any confidence that he's going to be anything other than the next Vince Grella

That would certainly underpin the managed decline a bit longer.