Yes - Werder Bremen https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/oliver-burke/transfers/spieler/341317

He will only answer after you had signed an NDA

£60K/week according to this

Johnson already pretty much a done deal for Ipswich. Mubama turned down West Hams contract offer, so would imagine his wage demands are well out of Rovers reach

He does give our lot a run for their money https://www.sheffieldwednesday.news/news/sheffield-wednesday-named-europes-least-sustainable-club-amid-abysmal-124m-reveal/

He was released this summer, was with Barrow for 3 years since his release by Rovers https://cumbriacrack.com/2024/05/02/barrow-to-release-10-players/

If Rovers were ever going to have him on loan or any other capacity, surely it was as part of the Wharton deal

Next week it will be Derby, Leeds and Sheff Wed

Will agree that Rohl looks to be a very decent manager

A few people said that about Birmingham and Stoke last summer

Oliver Burke wasn't it? ended up at Birmingham

In fairness to Chaddy, that question should probably be directed at the "journalist" who wrote the article

Wasn't Danny Batth offered 2 years and then had the rug pulled from under his feet?, I also seem to remember hearing stories that Wahlstedt was offered lower terms once he turned up to sign his contract which had previously bene agreed

Based on Caulkers Wikipedia, he joined the Turkish club he named in 2022, so I would guess 2 years ago. Maybe he was offered a deal prior to JDT and Broughton being hired, and they changed their minds on his signing? Or maybe it was our owners pulling the plug? "On 28 August 2022, Caulker joined Fatih Karagümrük on a free transfer, signing a two-year deal.[72] On 30 December 2022, he left the club after having his contract terminated by mutual consent.[73]"

https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2024/june/29/adam-reflects-on-international-experience/ Based on quotes in this interview, it appears like one of the first senior contracts I mentioned in a previous post (Kahn) has agreed a contract, And as mentioned by another posted, Whitehall is training with the first team squad, so can safely be assumed to have also signed a new contract So we can hope its a case of the club being terrible with communication (again) rather than being unable to agree these contracts..

Maybe it has been agreed that if he has not sorted out a new club by 20th August then he will sign for Rovers if the Indian courts allow it? 😉

21st. Rovers at 22nd https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/football/supercomputer-predicts-championship-table-with-sheffield-united-and-hull-city-shocks-leeds-united-and-sheffield-wednesday-twists-4680298?page=1

If we are looking at people who are apparently a ticking time bomb Brandon Williams - free, after being released by Man Utd - looked ok for Ipswich on loan, prior to allegedly crashing his car whilst high on NOS without car insurance, His alleged misdemeanours may have forced him to drop his wage demands to a manageable level if he wants to stay in the North West

TBH I prefer that honest approach over a player kissing the badge one week and then going on strike the next week to secure a move away. If I was head of FIFA, I would write it into football law that every time a player kisses his club badge, he has his weekly salary reduced by 10% and a year added to his contract (as he is obviously so committed to his current club) 😉

In fairness, it is possible to have communication without actually stating that we have £xM to spend, a wage budget of y, and that our main targets are players a, b & c. Even if it was to say nothing more than the budget is more/less/equal to last season But since Gestede signed up, I don't recall hearing anything from him at all. (I am sure someone can correct me if I am wrong there)

It is possible that Fleck is not fit enough to even do light running outside on grass at this point and is still in the gym (or having a summer of massages indoors with the phsios) away from the cameras.

The most worrying thing for me is that despite the club stating on 18th May, over a month ago, that contracts have been offered to numerous youngsters, not one of them has yet been confirmed as having signed. "Isaac Whitehall, Jalil Saadi and Alex Baker have all been offered new deals with the club, whilst the following scholars have been offered their first professional contracts: Lewis Bell, Rhys Doherty, Solomon Honor, Adam Khan, Matty Litherland, Paul Murphy-Worrell, Junior Nsangou, Brandon Powell and Zack Stritch." And the club have not even announced the youth intake for this season, which in the past had normally been done in May 2023 Youth intake - 15th May 2022 Youth Intake - 23rd May Does this mean that Rovers are not even offering terms which are acceptable to players wanting their first ever pro contracts or even scholarship terms? Or just that communication from the club to the fans has sunk to new levels? Either way, its not good. Edit - A further possibility is that contracts have been "agreed in principle" but the funds are not (or at least not yet) available to legally complete and fund these deals, which is again very worrying when we are talking about scholars and 1st pro deals which are generally no more than a few hundred pounds a week.

Based on his early interviews, Sigurdsson originally seemed to have moved to Rovers with the intention of proving himself in England and earning a Prem move. He may fancy himself with a full pre season to do enough this season for a newly promoted team to take a chance on him on a free next summer? He did look pretty good in his first few games for us, so especially if Szmodics is sold, and the team is more built around supplying chances to Sigurdsson, he may flourish this season. I am not saying this will happen, just that Sigurdsson may fancy his chances of earning a mega money move next summer in the same way that we might buy a lottery ticket in the hope of winning it big

and the other 2 will be McFadzean and Fleck (if they sign after Sunday they will be free agents and technically new signings) I am only half joking

To be honest, If I was Murphy, you would struggle to convince me that I would be first choice ahead of Dolan and Sigurdsson (assuming at least one of them is staying for at least this season), but he might fancy his chances of being in the first 11 more against the likes of Callum Lang, Paddy Lane and Gavin White at Portsmouth. Edit - Not saying Dolan and Siggy are world beaters, just that they are better than the options Portsmouth have in wide positions