Hope not, if we aign him and midfielder number eight, wouldn't that leave us more or less at capacity as regards the 25 man squad?

lol, duly amended

Despite the name of that website, I think he’s wrong. The regulation very clearly states the time period and when that time period starts from. I’m perfectly happy to be the one who’s incorrect but I just can’t see how I can be misinterpreting the wording.

I was certain the next word was going to be horse

Agree fully that this time last year it looked like a disaster waiting to happen as well but Eustace plaited sawdust with the resources he had at his disposal. VI is going to need to do the same.

vinicious jnr🙂

Yeah and then Nixon wondering why we haven't progressed with that transfer...the costing a few quid will be his answer

Its Cristiano Ronaldo, apparently he fancies moving back to the North West and reverting to being a wide player to finish off his career

And costs a few quid

Rosler is right footed I think, so it may be cover for Carter and also future replacement for Hyam seeing as we dont renew contracts

So winger is experienced and from abroad according to Nixon.

Even if I'm probably in the half-full camp, I would agree that the loss of experience is a concern and we have a weaker squad for the first part of the season. That said I was probably even more pessimistic last season. Losing Smodiczs, Wharton and Gallagher from a team that barely avoided relegation I couldn't see any quality or goals left. Expected a struggle and the team certainly overperformed. The incoming was all over the place with a reported power struggle. In came some random foreign strikers, 2 old has-beens without legs with little playing time and winding down their Championship careers, a couple of loans and a Todd Cantwell with the potential to disrupt any harmony. This summer has at least shown some resemblance of a transfer strategy bringing in people of a certain profile, before pre-season and quickly replacing Brittain.

Think the Rösler links were from earlier in the window, before we signed McLoughlin but am open to correction if they have resurfaced

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 British 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? 😂