The January 2026 Transfer Window

[jim mk2]

£3.5 million as touted for Jørgensen seems an awful lot for a 25-year-old lad who's been scuffling around minor Scandinavian leagues in recent years. And why a 3 year plus contract when he's never been anywhere more than 2 seasons?

[KentExile]

5 minutes ago, ... said:

Yea I'll be honest he looked OK tbf but yea the struggle to figure out where was going to go atleast has been made easier now!

Yep

We still need a starting left wing back though, Hedges out for a while, and then out of contract, Pickering & Ribeiro are good left backs, but not wing backs, and De Neve has no defensive awareness

Personally still think that of the currently available options, Powell would be the best fit.  But we cant look at a 20 year old with 5 senior appearances (4 of which were for Chorley) as anything other than a backup option & future prospect

Edited 2 hours ago by KentExile

[RevidgeBlue]

Just now, Herbie6590 said:

The way the media makes money (if indeed it does) in 2026, sadly, is massively different to the days when Peter White was around 

I appreciate that but it doesn't mean I have to like the output.

🙂

Strangely enough the LT comments mob (assuming a few are genuine) seem to dislike his output in equal measure because they view him as extremely anti the Club!

It takes all sorts I suppose.

[Commondore]

31 minutes ago, RevidgeBlue said:

Just a lap dog putting out PR pieces for the Club - and they go and ban him!.

I do feel really sorry for him about that, and can't understand why - they couldnt have wished for a tamer more compliant local journo.

Compare that with the likes of a proper journalist, Peter White.

His piece unearthed by Gav on the nostalgia thread about the 1977 FA Cup tie against first division Derby County (who were a Division above us at the time) opened something like:

"The main disappointment about the game was that Rovers failed to do themselves justice".

Proper journalism telling it how it is and pulling no punches. We havent seen anything like that from the LT probably since John Williams' time as he was extremely sensitive about the PR coming out of the Club and anything written about the Club.

Andy Cryer (I think) did briefly peek his nose above the parapet about Kean and didnt last long.

I agree in principle, but in 1977 newspapers held massive sway over football clubs in a way that's been completely reversed. Today clubs can send out their own news, interviews, or anything else they want via social media and get way more eyes on them than they would in the local paper, all without any pesky followup questions or negative angles. Local media is basically hanging on by a thread. 

[Comfortably numb]

24 minutes ago, Wegerleswiggle said:

Afimico Pululu latest name being touted around 

If only .....

[jim mk2]

1 minute ago, Commondore said:

I agree in principle, but in 1977 newspapers held massive sway over football clubs in a way that's been completely reversed. Today clubs can send out their own news, interviews, or anything else they want via social media and get way more eyes on them than they would in the local paper, all without any pesky followup questions or negative angles. Local media is basically hanging on by a thread. 

 

So why would anyone watch social media interviews / podcasts knowing you're being fed news / analysis by the clubs that is not going to be in any way critical?

I would have thought local newspaper journalists have nothing to lose (especially if they're already banned) and might even tempt some readers back by providing an alternative voice to the social media slop. 

 

[RevidgeBlue]

2 minutes ago, Commondore said:

I agree in principle, but in 1977 newspapers held massive sway over football clubs in a way that's been completely reversed. Today clubs can send out their own news, interviews, or anything else they want via social media and get way more eyes on them than they would in the local paper, all without any pesky followup questions or negative angles. Local media is basically hanging on by a thread. 

Fair comment.

However, not everyone is glued to social media all day and a few years ago I seem to remember the local paper in Newcastle getting extremely militant in an attempt to oust Ashley.

Hard to imagine the LT ever taking such a stance AND they've had one of their journalists banned for absolutely no reason!

[RevidgeBlue]

11 minutes ago, jim mk2 said:

And why a 3 year plus contract when he's never been anywhere more than 2 seasons?

I've no idea whatsoever if this lad will be any good or not but tbf we need a contract of that length to cash in if he's ever sold.

[KentExile]

16 minutes ago, jim mk2 said:

£3.5 million as touted for Jørgensen seems an awful lot for a 25-year-old lad who's been scuffling around minor Scandinavian leagues in recent years. And why a 3 year plus contract when he's never been anywhere more than 2 seasons?

So that when he leaves in 2 years w can still get a fee for him 😉 

[TimmyJimmy]

I've nowt against the Jørgensen signing basically because I've no f'ing idea who or what he is. It would be good though if we could sign A striker  and not someone who CAN play as a striker. Round pegs round holes kind of thing.

The rumoured fee is big enough to counter my view that we are fishing in very shallow ponds looking for cheap potential who may or may not turn out to be a fit for the Championship. But I still believe that to be true.

Whilst we're waiting to find out if we've unearthed a gem we gather perilously few points and frustrate us fans to distraction with weekly lame arsed performances.

[jim mk2]

4 minutes ago, KentExile said:

So that when he leaves in 2 years w can still get a fee for him 😉 

Or he flops and leaves after a year on a free and we have to pay up the remainder of his contract?

[RevidgeBlue]

1 minute ago, jim mk2 said:

Or he flops and leaves after a year on a free and we have to pay up the remainder of his contract?

Not impossible.

However if he only had, I dont know, an 18 month deal, if he made an instant impact then we'd be in a position where he wouldnt sign a new deal and we'd lose him for buttons.

[Exiled_Rover]

4 minutes ago, TimmyJimmy said:

I've nowt against the Jørgensen signing basically because I've no f'ing idea who or what he is. It would be good though if we could sign A striker  and not someone who CAN play as a striker. Round pegs round holes kind of thing.

The rumoured fee is big enough to counter my view that we are fishing in very shallow ponds looking for cheap potential who may or may not turn out to be a fit for the Championship. But I still believe that to be true.

Whilst we're waiting to find out if we've unearthed a gem we gather perilously few points and frustrate us fans to distraction with weekly lame arsed performances.

They apparently wanted him in the summer and were pipped by Bodo - so we're still fishing in the same pond. 

[DE.]

If we can sell Big Mak for actual money then I don't think we need to worry too much.

[RevidgeBlue]

3 minutes ago, TimmyJimmy said:

I've nowt against the Jørgensen signing basically because I've no f'ing idea who or what he is. It would be good though if we could sign A striker  and not someone who CAN play as a striker. Round pegs round holes kind of thing.

Agree completely.

I groan inwardly whenever I read something like "versatile forward who can play anywhere across the front line" or "can play at RB or midfield" etc.

Seems to be viewed as the no. 1 priority by most Head Coaches these days. I see it as "Jack of all trades, master of none".

[Tomphil2]

34 minutes ago, jim mk2 said:

£3.5 million as touted for Jørgensen seems an awful lot for a 25-year-old lad who's been scuffling around minor Scandinavian leagues in recent years. And why a 3 year plus contract when he's never been anywhere more than 2 seasons?

 They won't have committed to anything like that as an initial fee it will have loads of add ons.

This comes hot on the heals of them flirting around the Barnsley lad but not offering more than a million or so, that's a good marker.

They've done what they always do and taken a punt on the cheaper waged option.

[Herbie6590]

7 minutes ago, RevidgeBlue said:

Agree completely.

I groan inwardly whenever I read something like "versatile forward who can play anywhere across the front line" or "can play at RB or midfield" etc.

Seems to be viewed as the no. 1 priority by most Head Coaches these days. I see it as "Jack of all trades, master of none".

See also the England T20 side…

[B16Rover]

Val saying we can now afford to be patient in the market, thinks the defence is solid and wants to improve attacking options.  

Expecting a fortnight of still missing first team players 

 

It's definitely an opinion...

[Exiled_Rover]

7 minutes ago, Tomphil2 said:

 They won't have committed to anything like that as an initial fee it will have loads of add ons.

This comes hot on the heals of them flirting around the Barnsley lad but not offering more than a million or so, that's a good marker.

They've done what they always do and taken a punt on the cheaper waged option.

I don't know if wages were the problem with Cleary, so much as the £4m cash in hand demand from Barnsley. 

[Trinidad Rover]

Donnum spotted in his Lambo is the new Luca Toni seen at the Dunkelagh

[OsloRover]

Never got the Lambo thing to add up, why would he choose a 16-hour drive from Toulose up to Blackburn, in January?

[Tomphil2]

4 minutes ago, Exiled_Rover said:

I don't know if wages were the problem with Cleary, so much as the £4m cash in hand demand from Barnsley. 

I'd assume he'd want more than this lad being a British player already on thousands per week.

[Emerald Isle Rover]

11 minutes ago, B16Rover said:

Val saying we can now afford to be patient in the market, thinks the defence is solid and wants to improve attacking options.  

Expecting a fortnight of still missing first team players 

 

It's definitely an opinion...

The wrong one at that 

[KentExile]

2 minutes ago, OsloRover said:

Never got the Lambo thing to add up, why would he choose a 16-hour drive from Toulose up to Blackburn, in January?

That's the one part that made sense.  His wife plays for Man Utd, so not too strange that he may have a car in north west England

The fact that he would cost too much, would want paying too much, and plays in a position which we don't need meant it was never going to happen

[davulsukur]

15 minutes ago, B16Rover said:

Val saying we can now afford to be patient in the market, thinks the defence is solid and wants to improve attacking options.  

Expecting a fortnight of still missing first team players 

 

It's definitely an opinion...

I'm just going to sit here and assume he classes wing backs as an attacking option.

The formation he implemented relies heavily on having very good wingbacks to form part of the attack. When Alebiosu is back, we are sorted on the right but as it stands we have no good option on the left. And we'd still; need a backup for both sides.