The January 2026 Transfer Window Thread - Now Closed!

[IAN05]

Concern with this, if we are unable to pay any fee now or very minimal then we are very close to the limit financially.
If this is not the case then we could easily have paid a low fee to get the move permanent with a promise of X amount in the summer and so on.

The only advantage to his parent club to loan now for little or nothing is that we pay more then come the summer.

This money that has been discussed incoming in the summer better be factual with these long contracts and fees being spread over the length of them. It has a feeling of boom or bust to it all.

Do you think it’s “change the fortunes of club entirely” kind of money?

It would have to be commercial revenue though wouldn't it ?

It's the only real way of increasing spend in line with the regulations isn't it ?

 

[magicdaps10]

That’s exactly what a loan with an option to buy is

Being close to the financial threshold or as close to have to do this given other outlays in the summer is a gamble.
Let's hope this money is coming in this summer

 

[magicdaps10]

It would have to be commercial revenue though wouldn't it ?

It's the only real way of increasing spend in line with the regulations isn't it ?

Yes
And
You can also put in player sales....1 or 2 players have the potential to make some decent money in in the summer.

 

[IAN05]

Being close to the financial threshold or as close to have to do this given other outlays in the summer is a gamble.
Let's hope this money is coming in this summer

It's not a gamble if factored into next seasons budget though is it ?

These types of deals are very common place

 

[Flash]

Being close to the financial threshold or as close to have to do this given other outlays in the summer is a gamble.
Let's hope this money is coming in this summer

Extra money might not need to come in though, we will have rolled over 6 months in the 3 year expenditure window.

 

[magicdaps10]

It's not a gamble if factored into next seasons budget though is it ?

These types of deals are very common place

No.
We have signed a good number of players this way with transfer fees cut into next year's budget and a few years potentially after that.
Players signed need to produce or we sell for atleast what we paid for them if they don't produce.
It's risky but a financial income would soften the potential for any failure or increase the pot for potential success.

 

[WentToSchoolWith]

In terms of proven pedigree, Walta has to be our best signing of the Champ era? He might be an absolutely crocked lump of shite, but his stats from last season and international caps imply that he's an absolute coup

 

[magicdaps10]

Extra money might not need to come in though, we will have rolled over 6 months in the 3 year expenditure window.

It might not but it might be needed also.
Extra will certainly help to progress or even as a safety net.......let's hope it's the former.

 

[magicdaps10]

In terms of proven pedigree, Walta has to be our best signing of the Champ era? He might be an absolutely crocked lump of shite, but his stats from last season and international caps imply that he's an absolute coup

His potential looks very high also.

 

[Treehuggerjack]

In terms of proven pedigree, Walta has to be our best signing of the Champ era? He might be an absolutely crocked lump of shite, but his stats from last season and international caps imply that he's an absolute coup

Really hope he turns out to be as good as his stats!

 

[sit_down_jack]

It would have to be commercial revenue though wouldn't it ?

It's the only real way of increasing spend in line with the regulations isn't it ?

I believe so, looking at Wrexham, they probably have some of the biggest revenue numbers in the league and have spent big since making it to the Championship. They were recently linked to Cherif for £12M who also had interest from Palace (I don’t know if Wrexham interest was just paper talk though).

Gorringe has said that we have deals and opportunities open to us that are worth quite a bit more than we are currently bringing in through revenue so perhaps we’ll be spending more in future windows?

 

[magicdaps10]

I believe so, looking at Wrexham, they probably have some of the biggest revenue numbers in the league and have spent big since making it to the Championship. They were recently linked to Cherif for £12M who also had interest from Palace (I don’t know if Wrexham interest was just paper talk though).

Gorringe has said that we have deals and opportunities open to us that are worth quite a bit more than we are currently bringing in through revenue so perhaps we’ll be spending more in future windows?

I would suspect they will if these deals are forthcoming.
One thing you can't knock these owners for is being pro active with signing players.

 

[sit_down_jack]

What worries me more than spending on transfer fees is the wages. So easy for numbers to get silly, especially when clubs are desperate to sign a player. We know all too well from our PL era, how wages can climb and leave you selling off everything in sight.

 

[IAN05]

I believe so, looking at Wrexham, they probably have some of the biggest revenue numbers in the league and have spent big since making it to the Championship. They were recently linked to Cherif for £12M who also had interest from Palace (I don’t know if Wrexham interest was just paper talk though).

Gorringe has said that we have deals and opportunities open to us that are worth quite a bit more than we are currently bringing in through revenue so perhaps we’ll be spending more in future windows?

Yeah, I think Wrexham had something like £17.5m more commercial revenue than us.

 

[Longlostjack]

Yeah, I think Wrexham had something like £17.5m more commercial revenue than us.

Sorry to be negative but I genuinely couldn’t give a toss about what Wrexham have, do or don’t do.