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January 26 transfer rumours

Discussion in 'City Talk' started by king karl, Dec 14, 2025.

  1. Offcomedun

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    We have the fifth best defence in the league, despite Penno and Tilt having been out for big chunks of the season. Including Touray, we have six CBs for three places, even if Byrne leaves as expected. I honestly can’t see why we should be spending money on wages for another CB at the moment. Any spare dosh surely needs to go on goalscorers and midfield creativity.
     
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  2. AngryGaz

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    We cannot compete but we can have a go without risking our future ..............sad thing to say but the best thing to happen is either A the PL goes bust or B the gloryhunting prick sides fook off and join the Euro league .............
     
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  3. Dennis

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    Rupp may well be wealthy by most people's standards but it wouldn't last long if he were funding a Championship club!

    When I read your original post about Millwall's player wages, I was surprised. I expected a figure closer to £20mill. The club with the lowest loss on my table is Plymouth and their total wages bill for last season was just over £21 mill. That does include non-playing staff which indicates player wages (including oncosts, bonuses etc) around £17-18mill. But they are all incredibly high figures in the Championship and is one of the major causes of the clubs being best thought of as money pits. It's not just Hull's loss which would terrify me!
     
  4. Onside87

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    What’s more is that championship clubs don’t even spend that much on transfer fees. Summer 25 12 clubs spent less than £10million on players. 2 clubs spent nothing at all and Hull who are losing 40 million quid spent £700,000. All the money is being pumped into wages on loans or picking up experienced free transfers. The losses are huge and yet the gap between the Champ and Prem is enormous.
     
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  5. Jab88

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    I see Ruben Rodrigues has just been released from the side he's been playing for in Portugal, he would be an excellent challenge/long term replacement for Sarcevic.
     
  6. JudgeMental

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    Have you seen the multitude of posts in different threads now advocating a formation change ?
     
  7. vin weasel

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    My bad.
    New seats IN THE KOP, and manual beer dispensers in the main stand
     
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  8. Park bantam

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    If you count Wheatley that’s four in probably more than any other league one club
     
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  9. AngryGaz

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    We about to see a change in that though ?????
    I would have said for the forseeable future the 3 going up would drop straight down but every chance now sadly that two of them could stay up
     
  10. AngryGaz

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    Maybe more but how many have we shifted out ??????
    And have we actually strenghened which i presume is the whole aim of the window ..... .........nobody else comes in then in all honesty its been a rather poor window unless the club is aiming for a midtable finish
     
  11. NorthernMonkey

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    If you count all the players we've nearly signed I reckon we're going to struggle to register them all.

    Perhaps leave John Spicer and Billy Sharp out to be fair, they're both knocking on a bit.
     
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  12. Bantamsteve

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    Is a 3 in 22 scorer at this level and possibly injured really the answer to our problems
     
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  13. Bronco

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    It was with regards my reply to this post https://bantamtalk.com/index.php?threads/january-26-transfer-rumours.9647/page-150#post-1043524 where I said I'd prefer Charlie Webster, no more no less mate I realise Webster was a none starter and according to Gary Bowyer he's just had surgery on his ankle, so he won't be available for several weeks I wouldn't have thought.
     
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  14. TallinnBantam

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    I'm only presuming, that because he looks like Jon Stones, they think he can play like him. Get him sent over there in a cab ASAP before they realise they are wrong!
     
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  15. JonButterfield

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    Haha

    To be fair, nothing against the fella, but he's not got the quality and I can only assume Doncaster have one eye on another season in L2 where, to be fair, he's been getting promotions.
     
  16. Klaatu

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    Swap Sharp for Byrne.. at least we'll get a goal or 2 out of him.:D
     
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  17. BriggasBantam

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    Get Agent Byrne installed before the 31st, disrupt the Donny camp :cool:
     
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  18. Klaatu

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    Agent Byrne 0027, Licenced To Buzzkill.
     
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  19. Foghornleghorn

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    It would appear the club think so the deals still on apparently.
     

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