Uwe's son, represented England at youth levels so you'd have to hope he doesn't need clearance...

The players signed will be given a chance by the fans to show what they can do But it's logical to think we are weaker now than we where last season we have lost a lot of championship know how and only 1 of our signings has any championship experience All the players signed were cheap buys going off championship standards...3 of the players signed relegated with their respective clubs , 1 of them even deemed not good enough for the relegated side as he was shipped out on loan to St Mirren. You would have to have 100% blind faith in the recruitment team to think we are stronger now than we were last season...and we all know more departures are likely.

Does he have an English passport so bypasses esc rules? He was in Man City's Academy at age 10 (presumably due to their links with his dad), so suppose its a possibility

Tony

I just added a bit to my last reply, about Sunderland apparently converting Mayender after 18 months

I wonder if this restriction is to ‘encourage’ clubs to use their ESC places on players they intend to go straight into the first eleven. The two other ways to convert to a non ESC continue beyond the initial 12 months - maybe Toth will eventually qualify under one of those.

On transfermarket, there would appear to be a rumour about Colin Rosler, a centre half from Malmo.

Ok thanks. Probably a very small net spend at this point then. Of course if Henriksson or Baradji come in I'd say there'll be a very strong possibility of Trav going the other way so again we'll presumably be substantially in pocket on that exchange.

I think the truth of the matter is the owners decided a good few years ago, before this farce, that they were reducing funding but this reared up out of nowhere. Hence there's never really appeared to be much rush to resolve it or bite the bullet and adhere to the conditions that were set out.

Where is Henriksson?

Guesswork based on Transfermarkt and quoted sums from different media outlets it's pretty even so far. including the Brittain sale, but excluding the Henriksson capture as it's not been confirmed. Probably spent 5-600k more so far. Would expect Henriksson to cost in the 1-1.5 range and add to the spend. https://www.transfermarkt.com/blackburn-rovers/transfers/verein/164/saison_id/2025 Of course all those numbers are uncertain as nothing is disclosed. I would assume they include clauses and installment payments, but that applies to both incoming and outgoing. Don't think any transfer is paid in full upfront anymore.

RW? 😂

after henrikson signs,we surely must recruit a centre forward,even if it`s on loan,we are criminally short of firepower up front

I suppose we will find out one way or the other in January. I still maintain that it would make no sense if esc players can only be switched to a standard work permit after the initial 12 months, and not at another later date. But that is my quarrel with the wording, not with you 🙂 In the meanwhile, hopefully we can move Mafoumbi on and free up a space that way Edit - Although this article seems to think that Sunderland converted Mayender in january 2025 despite signing him in July 2023, so if true, that would indicate a rolling 12 month period is used

I dont think I can remember us ever being almost on the eve of a season so bereft of attacking options. It's going to be brutal without major reinforcement in those areas I fear.

All things considered finishing 7th this season and keeping the play offs alive until the death would be a monumental effort as it was last season to be honest. Yes we should always be aiming for that and season on season they should be building on the previous season, strengthening the weak areas and maintaining or even trying to better the strong areas. However we all know that NEVER happens under this lot, never has, never will they have no desire for it. You should always build from a position of strength it's the only way now for a club like us but this ownership and those running the club always find reason or cause reason for good work to be ruined and start a new journey project chapter (i think we are up to now) It's almost as if borrowings need reducing and people lust for commissions. But whatever i'd rip someones arm out the socket to finish 7th this coming season although i'm pretty sure all arms are safe for now.

They will think of something.

I was going to say, it will be an awkward day for them when the Case does eventually get heard and the remaining restrictions are lifted because the expectation will then be they should send a lot more money across. What excuse not to will they be able to come up with at that point I wonder?

Some posters continue to do this weird routine of "No one knows for certain so you can't say". These same posters abandon this principle whenever it suits them. We aren't here for Mystic Meg shows. We look and we judge. In my view we are slightly weaker than last year

Imagine that. A chorus of Venky’s out, during the next one.

There you go again. You bet your life it was.

Surely that's the whole point of a message board, to give your opinion? I know that as with every window you seem to be trying to quell unrest about the transfer activity for some reason but objectively this time round we've lost a load of players with Championship experience and replaced them with a load of players without any Championship experience therefore it is hardly surprising most people will assume we're a lot weaker.

Matches when a player is injured don’t count towards the calculation. Here’s the link as requested (it is the GBE rules in their entirety): https://www.thefa.com/-/media/files/thefaportal/governance-docs/registrations/gbe-2025-26/fa-mens-players-gbe-criteria-202526.ashx

That would mean that if for example a player was injured upon signing (ACL in week 1 so something), they could never convert to a GBE, which would make no sense, I presume there are further rules on that document Do you have a link to it?

Nope - see below from the FA doc: