MarkBRFC

Of course it was. Advanced talks were laughable. Called it a few days before we were linked that a name would he dropped any time now as a distraction technique.

Confirmed in the venkys court thread, documents are in there.

No, he said he wanted 90% of business in by the time pre season training starts. Which is in around 2-3 weeks away.

I'm interested to see what kind of contracts any new permanent signings get this window considering that the whole first team squad is out of contract in the next two years.

All by design. There is no interest in negotiating new deals here. A first team player hasn't signed a new contact here since December 2023. Can probably more than halve the wages of them 4 by replacing them with a couple of low cost foreign signings.

Suhail is running it, as allegedly he always has done.

Even free transfers are out of the question here as they usually entail a bigger signing on fee. I imagine we'll start putting a few moves together in August like we did last year, loans, maybe free agents who haven't been snapped up yet that have lowered there demands etc.

That's because it won't, it was never a serious link. Just something to get the fans thinking that something was happening after the bad publicity of the whole Women's team debacle , and then the CEO leaving.

Selling Brittain for say £3m and getting in Dramaeh for £1m and less wages would be right up this lot's street. Cooney hasn't been credibly linked. Definitely either Trav or Tonstrad, Trav is my guess.

The club don't respond to them.

I imagine there will be plenty of suiters at Championship level for him just for this attribute alone. If we are in for him I just don't see him choosing us at all.

Just something the club told him to make it look like something is happening. I imagine we might have enquired, certainly don't think it was anywhere near "advanced talks" though.

Again, wait until he plays for a club with a "bigger" following. If he think's what he gets, even online here is stick then I pray for him if he ends up at one of the Scottish two, or a Sheffield Utd, Norwich etc.

Stanley away and Everton at Ewood added for pre season https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2025/june/03/everton-to-visit-ewood/

If he think's he gets stick here, wait until he signs for a "city" club or the like. He won't know what's hit him.

I've always thought the price should be the price and that's that. I bet we haven't even sold double figures since the price changed. I can sort of understand as a business decision at clubs that have supply and demand and can shift the seats regardless, but it's crazy to implement it here where there is no demand.

Gestede has, he wants 2-3000 minutes from academy players this season.

Sky Sports News saying nothing in Parkinson to us, he's happy there.

Pre season will start somewhere around the 23rd-30th June. He wanted 90% of deals done by then.

Ha. My guess is that if anyone was to sign permanently, they will only be two year deals with a "1 year option".

Remember in just over 2 years time that every first team squad member will be out of contract.

When is the next one of these? You would think they would be desperate for some good publicity before the next one, be it a signing or whatever but I don't think anyone cares. Good luck with Pasha/Gestede and co, if they even bother showing up. Can they get away with just sending Lynsey Talbot to field questions and then they will "get back to you"?

Believe me, that is not an ITK account.

Where is this from?!

I think that's most likely. Seen Rangers/Celtic mentioned too.