Transfer Rumours January 2026 Transfer Thread…

Was a little bit of tongue in cheek. But I didn't need 10 games to work out if Michael Dawson was quality. Took 10 minutes.

 

Omur was good in a good team though. He just isn’t a player who will carry you through those bad moments, relied on others to platform him. Matazo looked very good in a terrible team. Just because there is a situation where it’s applicable doesn’t mean it’s true

 

He was well proven before he arrived

 

Completely forgot about Omur. Doesn’t look like he’s up to much in Turkey, although getting plenty of minutes on the pitch.

He’s another I think would flourish in this team, really quick and sharp thinking and quick feet, could see him doing pretty well in the fast counter attacks.

 

I think Ömür would do okay as a number 10 or right-winger in this system but he’s not starting ahead of Gelhardt or Belloumi. He’s also reportedly on £35,000-a-week. He was eager and I can’t fault his attitude but he lacked physicality and wasn’t particularly quick either. He also didn’t contribute enough in terms of goals and assists and Gelhardt has shown important that is. You can have talent but Gelhardt has backed it up with good numbers and Ömür just didn’t.

 

He'd be playing central so you’d be looking at him instead of Crooks or Palmer. One of those is on the naughty step and the other hasn’t really got going this season. We’d be a stronger team with Omur in it and I’m sure the goals and assists would have come. He put plenty of balls on a plate that first half season if our players could have hit a boat in a bay with a bouncing bomb he could easily have been in double figures with assists, that wasn’t on him.

The Walter era tells us nothing at all, might as well discard that.

 

And maybe they had an off day and he was full of confidence. It's a sample of one. Let's see.

 

Surprising given Dawsons debut game was awful for us against villa.

 

zambrano started again and scored

maribor were 2-0 up when zambrano was subbed off in the 73rd minute
and then they conceded 3 goals

son of robert koren came on for the other team

 

With our limited ability to recruit if we are bringing in anything other then a defensive midfielder or defenders then our board are still clueless.

 

I think we need a box to box style midfielder most.

 

I think we could do to lean on Acun's Turkish links and see whether any of the Super Lig clubs have an unwanted overseas player who they need to ship out. Maybe they'll have a talented attacking player who is not necessarily athletic or ready for the physical demands of the English game, but is neat and tidy and available on loan for just a few dozen grand a week. Doesn't need to be an out-and-out striker, winger or midfielder; if he can just do a bit of all three that'll be fine, we'll be able to squeeze him in somewhere I'm sure. When that sort of quality is available you have to take it.

 

Jakirovic wants a 10 and a back up keeper. Seems a bit mad to me.

 

Taking a tangent from this, Lincoln is turning in man of the match performances for Portuguese top flight newbies Alverca, a phoenix club part owned by Vinicius Junior. I felt he was underused by Selles.

 

Sorry we’ve had them they’ve been weak , small and we’ve got two now , Slater and Amir. We need a reasonably tall strong defensive one with a reasonable skill level like Boro and Coventry have .

 

What was the outcome with the Moroccan lad that was in limbo with puerta?

 

Reda Laalaoui signed for KVC Westerlo in the Belgium League. They are owned by Acun's Turkish mate. Per Transfermarkt, Reda hasn't played a 1st team game for them, though he is the 1st team squad per the Westerlo website - he has been allocated the No 12 shirt.

 

The keeper bit I can understand.... where the heck they found the other back up from god only knows.,.. binned off by Rotherham.. surely he has a 10 in Geldhart unless he seems him more as an 8. when Millar Belloumi and Mcb are fit, thats his position...?... maybe he's expecting a call to say he's off..?

 

We have one in Crooks Spring, but he's not being utilised there...

 

Who’s the midfielder from rangers that Nixon says we want ?