The January 2026 Transfer Window

[Lancaster Rover]

Looking forward to the OWS fluff piece on returning players as ‘like new signings’ in lieu of actual new signings 

[ROVER_N_OUT1978]

Cadamarteris goal scoring record is very poor, I don’t see how he’s going to shoot us to safety when he has 2 in 29 this season. 
 

I really hope this is along with another striker but I think we all know that’s not the case . 

[Kjell]

7 hours ago, davulsukur said:

Nixon reckons we're putting in another bid for Bailey Cadamarteri

To be fair, Nixon reckons we're putting in a bid for Danny Cardamarteri. 

Should be able to meet the valuation on him. I'm not against it, even though his goalscoring record is quite bad, and I would much prefer it if we went back for Yakubu.

[RoyWegerlesLeftToe]

1 hour ago, Kjell said:

To be fair, Nixon reckons we're putting in a bid for Danny Cardamarteri. 

Should be able to meet the valuation on him. I'm not against it, even though his goalscoring record is quite bad, and I would much prefer it if we went back for Yakubu.

Roque Santa Cruz is still playing people. 6 month loan, do it. I'll pay for his flights over 👍👍

[Emerald Isle Rover]

There is no positive to any of this but I’m clinging to the fact that the whole world will now see how much a fraud Rudy gestede is. I’d even go as far and say the normal post window interview won’t happen. He will shy away from it as he fully knows he has messed up

[Theaxe15]

1 minute ago, Emerald Isle Rover said:

There is no positive to any of this but I’m clinging to the fact that the whole world will now see how much a fraud Rudy gestede is. I’d even go as far and say the normal post window interview won’t happen. He will shy away from it as he fully knows he has messed up

I genuinely don’t think he’d ever be that self reflective. He exudes unfaltering arrogance and I’m sure in his mind he’ll be giving himself a hearty pat on the back for a job well done 

[Emerald Isle Rover]

1 minute ago, Theaxe15 said:

I genuinely don’t think he’d ever be that self reflective. He exudes unfaltering arrogance and I’m sure in his mind he’ll be giving himself a hearty pat on the back for a job well done 

Normally I’d agree but he can’t hide what’s in plain sight. We came 7th last year so he was able to use the weight of that in the summer. If he was to be interviewed now I’m not sure even he could worm his way out of it. But that would take courage from the interviewer and unfortunately we don’t have many of those 

[Torgeir]

1 hour ago, Emerald Isle Rover said:

If Cadamarteri is the signing then that sums us up in a nutshell - has no goal scoring experience at any level really and our need is for goals - shocking if true 

Let's see how he performs first before passing judgment. Not my first choice either but proven strikers are a rare commodity these days.

Some here have mentioned that we should've been all over Makama in the summer, after he went to Norwich for £1.3m. Easy to say in hindsight, he wasn't highly prolific in League One and Cadamarteri at least has 50 Championship games under his belt at 20 and has shown a bit of promise. 

[roversfan99]

I am sure that people will pass judgement if (big if) and when he does sign. 

But its fair to be underwhelmed at a potential striker who has not shown that he is what we need to boost our inability to score goals.

[Emerald Isle Rover]

7 minutes ago, Torgeir said:

Let's see how he performs first before passing judgment. Not my first choice either but proven strikers are a rare commodity these days.

Some here have mentioned that we should've been all over Makama in the summer, after he went to Norwich for £1.3m. Easy to say in hindsight, he wasn't highly prolific in League One and Cadamarteri at least has 50 Championship games under his belt at 20 and has shown a bit of promise. 

Summer transfers and January transfers are different

if we signed Cadamarteri in the summer following Leonard’s move to Peterborough then fine. Gives him time to settle

Signing him in January once again is a massive gamble given our need. Having championship games under your belt is one thing being able to deliver in the position is another. Granted he’s in an awful team but we aren’t much better 

personally think it’s a poor signing (if it where to happen) was mentioned in dec so clearly wasn’t near the top of the target list 

[RoversClitheroe]

5 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

I am sure that people will pass judgement if (big if) and when he does sign. 

But its fair to be underwhelmed at a potential striker who has not shown that he is what we need to boost our inability to score goals.

Your best mate had us believing we were prepared for the window 😂 never learn

[davulsukur]

Mike McGrath (no idea on his reliability) is reporting that Derby are trying to get a deal done to bring Sammie Szmodics to Pride Park.

You can see why Eustace left the circus, Derby are willing to back their manager.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

13 minutes ago, davulsukur said:

Mike McGrath (no idea on his reliability) is reporting that Derby are trying to get a deal done to bring Sammie Szmodics to Pride Park.

You can see why Eustace left the circus, Derby are willing to back their manager.

That rumour was doing the rounds last week.

[...]

Genuinely fed up of this whole thing now, anyone else going between games without a care about football anymore? Why us? Why can't we just have a normal influx like for like if not marginally better players at the least. 

Deflating. 

[bluebruce]

1 hour ago, RoyWegerlesLeftToe said:

Roque Santa Cruz is still playing people. 6 month loan, do it. I'll pay for his flights over 👍👍

You'd be wasting your money. He was very poor last time he came to us on loan, and that was 15 years ago.

[rovers11]

Always felt Cadamateri would be the striker we'd end up signing (mentioned this a while back on this thread). 

I can see that one happening. Low fee, low wages, poor scoring record, and little interest in him elsewhere (aside from the Scottish lge). 

[G Somerset Rover]

We certainly seem to be building the squad for an assault on league one next season, don’t we.

[Emerald Isle Rover]

6 minutes ago, G Somerset Rover said:

We certainly seem to be building the squad for an assault on league one next season, don’t we.

That’s exactly what it looks like at this stage - I resigned myself to this outcome once hyam was sold 

[davulsukur]

15 minutes ago, G Somerset Rover said:

We certainly seem to be building the squad for an assault on league one next season, don’t we.

An assault on mid-table in League One you mean?

[KentExile]

18 minutes ago, G Somerset Rover said:

We certainly seem to be building the squad for an assault on consolidation in league one next season, don’t we.

That's probably closer to the truth 😉 

[RutlandRover]

I'll never understand how the substantial section of supporters suffering from sheer denialism could read something like this: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cn82p32ng5vo and still think the absolute crumbs that get spent on the club on transfers/stadium/anything by our supposed billionaire owners is something to be thankful for.

[Torgeir]

It can't be just Cadamarteri in and that's it...

[KentExile]

2 minutes ago, Torgeir said:

It can't be just Cadamarteri in and that's it...

It shouldn't be

But Venky Rovers rarely do what they should do

Edited 23 minutes ago by KentExile

[Emerald Isle Rover]

7 minutes ago, Torgeir said:

It can't be just Cadamarteri in and that's it...

Oh it can be 

[Kjell]

8 minutes ago, Torgeir said:

It can't be just Cadamarteri in and that's it...

Cleary and Cadamarteri would've been nice...and the only place we are 'nice' at the moment is towards the opponent, defending our own box on set pieces.