NON Wednesday transfer thread 24/25

[Owling_Wolf]

1 hour ago, Reesh said:

Reece James signs a two year deal at Rotherham 

Just congratulated my old, Rovrum supporting mate from my old mountain gang. Told him the background, as much as I know. 

[Reesh]

15 minutes ago, Owling_Wolf said:

Just congratulated my old, Rovrum supporting mate from my old mountain gang. Told him the background, as much as I know. 

Broke back?

 

 

I apologise in advance

Edited May 22, 2024 by Reesh

[Owling_Wolf]

4 minutes ago, Reesh said:

Broke back?

 

 

I apologise in advance

Felt like it on multiple ascents, back when!

Never watched that: no real idea whst it's about. 

[Reesh]

[HoylandOwl]

9 minutes ago, Reesh said:

He comes across as a proper gent does Reece James, never moaned, just got on with it despite not playing much. 
Refreshing really in one sense

[Andyben]

If I'm Jim Ratcliffe, after appointing Allegri, I'm going balls deep in signing Scalveni and Koopmainers from Atalanta.

Zirkzee, Joao Neves and Branthwaite as well.

Rashford and Bruno Fernandes to raise some cash and free up wages.

 

[Tylluan]

Evans is spending like he's in Greggs. 

Clarke-Harris 10k a week

Joe Rafferty, from Portsmouth, 9k

Shaun McWilliams, from Northampton, 9k

Reece James, matched his Wednesday wage of roughly 8k

And he's not done yet. He's attracting a lot of free agents by offering large wages. 

[Southy_SWFC]

4 hours ago, Tylluan said:

Evans is spending like he's in Greggs. 

Clarke-Harris 10k a week

Joe Rafferty, from Portsmouth, 9k

Shaun McWilliams, from Northampton, 9k

Reece James, matched his Wednesday wage of roughly 8k

And he's not done yet. He's attracting a lot of free agents by offering large wages. 

I think it's called a gravitational pull in this case. 

[bradowl]

10 hours ago, Tylluan said:

Evans is spending like he's in Greggs. 

Clarke-Harris 10k a week

Joe Rafferty, from Portsmouth, 9k

Shaun McWilliams, from Northampton, 9k

Reece James, matched his Wednesday wage of roughly 8k

And he's not done yet. He's attracting a lot of free agents by offering large wages. 

If it goes pear shaped and they are not pushing for promotion next season fans could be back out with begging buckets in a year or two.

Toy town fans quickly disappear when they are not doing well, they were giving attendances out of 10 and 11,000 last season when it was clear that some season ticket holders had packed in going and they were probably around 7 or 8,000 in stadium. 

They will have gone back to being Leeds or Liverpool fans again. 

[TheExile]

Rotherham seem on course to make a good challenge for top 2 again. Although by the end of the window there may be some good competition there. The point that jumps out is they are taking a Darren Moore approach of signing experienced players who are stand out in L1 but fairly average in the championship and sometimes fairly ineffective so it’s the same cycle but more expensive. They’d have been better building something longer term there and I’d have felt the same if we had gone down too.

[Reesh]

16 minutes ago, TheExile said:

Rotherham seem on course to make a good challenge for top 2 again. Although by the end of the window there may be some good competition there. The point that jumps out is they are taking a Darren Moore approach of signing experienced players who are stand out in L1 but fairly average in the championship and sometimes fairly ineffective so it’s the same cycle but more expensive. They’d have been better building something longer term there and I’d have felt the same if we had gone down too.

Tough division though, Brum, Bolton and Huddersfield will fancy their chances.

[TheExile]

2 hours ago, Reesh said:

Tough division though, Brum, Bolton and Huddersfield will fancy their chances.

Yeah true, possibly Charlton too. They have opted to mix it with these which is fair enough short term but I guess even if they are successful they have a lot to do in the championship on a smaller wage budget than we had. Unless big steve gets them over performing at least 

[Owling_Wolf]

2 hours ago, TheExile said:

Yeah true, possibly Charlton too. They have opted to mix it with these which is fair enough short term but I guess even if they are successful they have a lot to do in the championship on a smaller wage budget than we had. Unless big steve gets them over performing at least 

Big Steve?  🤮

[TheExile]

20 minutes ago, Owling_Wolf said:

Big Steve?  🤮

He’s rancid to be fair 

[Tylluan]

Lincoln should be in the mix for a playoff place next season. 

[Canterburyowl]

Ashley Fletcher and Adam Reach released from Watford and WBA, shame 🤣

[Owling_Wolf]

22 minutes ago, Canterburyowl said:

Ashley Fletcher and Adam Reach released from Watford and WBA, shame 🤣

Could they...

 

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[Otto_Man]

24 minutes ago, Owling_Wolf said:

Could they...

 

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Reach is one of a miniscule number of players who managed to look worse at Hillsborough than Fletcher last season

[Owling_Wolf]

3 hours ago, Otto_Man said:

Reach is one of a miniscule number of players who managed to look worse at Hillsborough than Fletcher last season

In contrast to that Fletcher, Reach scored some of the most magnificent goals for us that I've seen.  

[HoylandOwl]

Rotherham sign centre back, Sean Raggett, who just left Portsmouth after expiry of his contract. 

[TheExile]

Another old player at Rotherham not good enough for the Championship. Round they go 

[owl71]

On 23/05/2024 at 19:22, Owling_Wolf said:

Could they...

 

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Keep singing Fletcher’s praises to Blades supporting acquaintances and who knows…

[lobster]

Fire sale at Leeds - according to MCguire they owe £190 mill in old transfer fee payments -look out for points deductions

[Tylluan]

Leeds problem is two fold. The players they can make money on, apart from Archie Gray, are probably the same players they owe money for. Then there's the wages. The likes of Dan James, Ampadu, Kamara, etc are on silly money so shifting them means them taking large cuts

[lobster]

Wage bill of £146 million and they still went down - madness

[Otto_Man]

What's crazier is that if every player took a 50% reduction on relegation they still have a wage bill of £70+m in the championship.

Edited May 27, 2024 by Otto_Man

[lobster]

Looks as though Leeds gambled on going straight back up - A number of high earners were loaned out rather than being sold now looks as they are going to have to be sold at a knockdown price

[Reesh]

Ex Owl Jacob Butterfield

 

 

[Andyben]

Whynyou noncing ex players wives again. Not learnt your lesson after Antonio 

[Reesh]

19 minutes ago, Andyben said:

Whynyou noncing ex players wives again. Not learnt your lesson after Antonio 

Who you mixing me up with? Geoff?

 

Ps I found that posted by a scunny fan on X

[HoylandOwl]

Fisayo Dele Bashiru, linked with a move to Serie A again. 

[bradowl]

57 minutes ago, HoylandOwl said:

Fisayo Dele Bashiru, linked with a move to Serie A again. 

A fee of £6M being reported. 😲

[Owling_Wolf]

3 hours ago, HoylandOwl said:

Fisayo Dele Bashiru, linked with a move to Serie A again. 

 

2 hours ago, bradowl said:

A fee of £6M being reported. 😲

Why?

[Reesh]

1 minute ago, Owling_Wolf said:

 

Why?

Cos he's had a decent season in Turkey by all accounts

[HoylandOwl]

Bloody farmers league 

[HoylandOwl]

Chey Dunkley joins Chesterfield 

[Reesh]

Conor Hourihane back at Barnsley

[Owling_Wolf]

On 06/06/2024 at 22:30, HoylandOwl said:

Chey Dunkley joins Chesterfield 

If he's like he was for us that'll be a right signing for them in Lg2. 

[HoylandOwl]

Josh Knight formerly of Peterborough, is a Hannover 96 player 

[Reesh]

Lloyd Kelly joins Newcastle on a free from Bournemouth 

Edited June 12, 2024 by Reesh

[HoylandOwl]

Alex Hunt is a minster man

[HoylandOwl]

Dele Bashiru nearing £6m lazio move…

https://www.thestar.co.uk/sport/football/sheffield-wednesday/ex-owl-nearing-multi-million-serie-a-switch-a-year-after-leaving-sheffield-wednesday-4668676

Think I saw summat about Fabrizio Romano or whatever he’s called tweeting about it too

[Tank_Owl2,0]

1 hour ago, HoylandOwl said:

Dele Bashiru nearing £6m lazio move…

https://www.thestar.co.uk/sport/football/sheffield-wednesday/ex-owl-nearing-multi-million-serie-a-switch-a-year-after-leaving-sheffield-wednesday-4668676

Think I saw summat about Fabrizio Romano or whatever he’s called tweeting about it too

We all know why the stir iS reporting on that transfer. 

[HoylandOwl]

The Blunts want Joe Worrall according to Alan Nixon. But won't make a move until their takeover is sealed.

[Tylluan]

Worrall's on about £35k a week and wants as close to it as he can get. Forest want £4m for him but realistically just want him off the books, for whatever they can get, before the 30th June as that's their next FFP deadline and they're £20m short 

[HoylandOwl]

Anyone remember Ayo Obileye?

The former Wednesday youngster, has signed for Cangzhou Mighty Lions in China….

[EastCraigsOwl]

Left the Livi Lions for the other lot.

[Tylluan]

Jack Harrison has gone back on loan to Everton after triggering a clause in his contract that said he could leave for top flight football if Leeds didn't get promoted. 

So basically he cost Leeds £13m but his contract says he only plays PL football for them. His contract runs out in 2028.

That's not just having your pants pulled down, it's lubing up and putting a big welcome sign above your arse

[HoylandOwl]

Billy the pig back at Donny,

1 yr deal. 

[bradowl]

31 minutes ago, Tylluan said:

Jack Harrison has gone back on loan to Everton after triggering a clause in his contract that said he could leave for top flight football if Leeds didn't get promoted. 

So basically he cost Leeds £13m but his contract says he only plays PL football for them. His contract runs out in 2028.

That's not just having your pants pulled down, it's lubing up and putting a big welcome sign above your arse

Everton are also trying to sign former pig Ndiaye from Marseille. He wants to return to English football apparently.