The January 2026 Transfer Window

[simongarnerisgod]

3 minutes ago, Tomphil2 said:

Whether we go down or not.

if we somehow manage to stay up i can`t bring myself to think about the recruitement over the summer😷 relegation means a fire sale and the chance for the academy lads,the ones at the back look ok imo,atcheson in particular has looked very accomplished while pratt has been very steady as well

[Exiled_Rover]

2 minutes ago, simongarnerisgod said:

if we somehow manage to stay up i can`t bring myself to think about the recruitement over the summer😷 relegation means a fire sale and the chance for the academy lads,the ones at the back look ok imo,atcheson in particular has looked very accomplished while pratt has been very steady as well

I think you'll be lucky to see Atcheson and Litherland next season - both looked good enough to get snaffled up by better run teams. 

[DutchRover]

59 minutes ago, davulsukur said:

Is this due to injury or just not been selected by his club? (As in, shite)

Seems to be out-of-favour rather than injured, similar to Pickering/Ribeiro for us I guess

[MarkBRFC]

54 minutes ago, Ricceh said:

Wonder how many of our players have relegation release clauses. 

Hopefully all of them.

[KentExile]

1 hour ago, Ricceh said:

Wonder how many of our players have relegation release clauses. Will be interesting to see our team sheet in L1 next year. 

Depends what you mean

 

- an actual clause that they are released for free in the event of relegation... I would imagine none

- a minimum fee set for other clubs to buy them if we are relegated?  Maybe a few, Cantwell may be one, but as most of the players we have bought recently have been "unknowns", and none have had their contracts renewed in forever, I cant imagine too many will have that stipulation in their contracts

- wage reductions in the event of relegation... I would imagine all of them, by anything up to 50% of their current wage

Edited 1 hour ago by KentExile

[DutchRover]

Assuming we get Afolayan over the line, I will actually be fairly pleased in isolation. At his best he's a direct winger who actually scores, and has pace. Clearly struggled to make jump from Bundesliga 2 to 1, and or lost favour with manager, but he was electric in their promotion season in 23/24.

Doesn't make up for our usual incompetence and that he's not played for 3 months is obviously a worry, he would have been a perfect signing in the summer rather than now, but I would hope he will still be up to speed quick given he's not been injured.

[Exiled_Rover]

4 minutes ago, DutchRover said:

Assuming we get Afolayan over the line, I will actually be fairly pleased in isolation. At his best he's a direct winger who actually scores, and has pace. Clearly struggled to make jump from Bundesliga 2 to 1, and or lost favour with manager, but he was electric in their promotion season in 23/24.

Doesn't make up for our usual incompetence and that he's not played for 3 months is obviously a worry, he would have been a perfect signing in the summer rather than now, but I would hope he will still be up to speed quick given he's not been injured.

Not played for 3 months but it's taken us 31 days to get it over the line in January.

[RossendaleBlue3]

2 hours ago, Ricceh said:

Wonder how many of our players have relegation release clauses. Will be interesting to see our team sheet in L1 next year. 

It's the relegation wage cuts that mean the most to the board. More money saved and they didn't even have to lift a finger 😂

[KentExile]

3 minutes ago, DutchRover said:

Assuming we get Afolayan over the line, I will actually be fairly pleased in isolation. At his best he's a direct winger who actually scores, and has pace. Clearly struggled to make jump from Bundesliga 2 to 1, and or lost favour with manager, but he was electric in their promotion season in 23/24.

Doesn't make up for our usual incompetence and that he's not played for 3 months is obviously a worry, he would have been a perfect signing in the summer rather than now, but I would hope he will still be up to speed quick given he's not been injured.

Looks like he had 3 good goalscoring seasons, one in the National League, one in League One, and one in the German second tier, none of which are the same level as the Championship

https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/oladapo-afolayan/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/487850/plus/0?saison=&verein=&liga=&wettbewerb=&pos=&trainer_id=

[Exiled_Rover]

2 minutes ago, RossendaleBlue3 said:

It's the relegation wage cuts that mean the most to the board. More money saved and they didn't even have to lift a finger 😂

I still can't fathom why they're content to set fire to money.