The January 2026 Transfer Window Thread - Now Closed!

[IAN05]

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

That's fair enough mate .

Fact remains though that due to this they have much more wriggle room financially than us

 

[sit_down_jack]

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

It’s nuts, what has happened to them in 5 years. Whatever else we may say or think, you can’t fault the commitment from McElhenney and Reynolds.

 

[Magic_Michu]

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.

Gorringe stated in that podcast he did that the sponsorship deals they were negotiating dwarfed any deals the club have ever done before; even bigger than the Premier League days.

 

[Magic_Michu]

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

No idea… I wouldn’t imagine so.

I think there’s just some very lucrative sponsorship deals in the pipeline.

 

[IAN05]

Gorringe stated in that podcast he did that the sponsorship deals they were negotiating dwarfed any deals the club have ever done before; even bigger than the Premier League days.

Absolutly, having Modric, Snoop and Martha Stewart is a major game changer for us

 

[Dr. Winston]

The fact that we've been sailing close to the wind in terms of FFP is not new information. Most clubs are I'd imagine.

A doubling of our last reported figures would be an additional £8m coming in, which would be roughly where we were in the Prem, inflation not taken into account.

 

[Swans Jack]

Any idea whom this large investment from?
It's been a curiosity dangled by Gorringe publicly so it looks to be a goer or otherwise he is a very silly boy to be mentioning it if it's not a cert.

Not sure who or if we are getting another investment, but big sponsor in the summer (Gorringe Said) and Snoop has hinted in recent interview. I am no expert but as many have said and what Gorringe has mentioned in his interview that having a large sponsor will help with getting bigger signings as it doesn't play into the PSR rules.

 

[LeonWasTheDogs]

It’s nuts, what has happened to them in 5 years. Whatever else we may say or think, you can’t fault the commitment from McElhenney and Reynolds.

And it’s not just pumping money in, because you can’t do that unless you get a model that increase income that then allows you to spend on the squad. They’re getting it right off the pitch foremost. We’re kind of pissing around in that area dabbling with celebs but are miles behind.

 

[magicdaps10]

Not sure who or if we are getting another investment, but big sponsor in the summer (Gorringe Said) and Snoop has hinted in recent interview. I am no expert but as many have said and what Gorringe has mentioned in his interview that having a large sponsor will help with getting bigger signings as it doesn't play into the PSR rules.

It's going to be an interesting summer and I believe a better foundation player wise to build on even if we do sell players like Vipotnik and Galbraith....dare I say it even both.
As tough as I am on things(I prefer the word realistic) then even I can see the positives and encouraging foundation going into next season.

 

[sit_down_jack]

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

Was saying this to someone the other day, we don’t usually sign players who have good goal scoring records, even in the Swedish/Dutch leagues.

Vipotnik had done well for Maribor and got 10 in France for Bordeaux but we only got him due to their collapse.

Feels like a shift from our normal type of signing, this one is potential but also comes with a good record.

 

[Cooperman]

And it’s not just pumping money in, because you can’t do that unless you get a model that increase income that then allows you to spend on the squad. They’re getting it right off the pitch foremost. We’re kind of pissing around in that area dabbling with celebs but are miles behind.

It’s more appropriate to say that we are laying the foundations, and this takes a little time. We’re certainly doing more than dabbling; our next shirt sponsor is going to confirm this.

 

[magicdaps10]

It’s more appropriate to say that we are laying the foundations, and this takes a little time. We’re certainly doing more than dabbling; our next shirt sponsor is going to confirm this.

Are you guessing at the shirt sponsor or do you know?

 

[Flash]

And it’s not just pumping money in, because you can’t do that unless you get a model that increase income that then allows you to spend on the squad. They’re getting it right off the pitch foremost. We’re kind of pissing around in that area dabbling with celebs but are miles behind.

It’s not useful to compare ourselves to Wrexham. They’re a unique case and any team will find it hard to replicate what they’ve done. We’re making good steady progress to becoming a better team. And if you told me 18 months ago the trajectory we’d be on I’d have bitten your hand off.

 

[Flash]

Are you guessing at the shirt sponsor or do you know?

Joe’s Ice cream the snoop dog mural has been the clue hidden in plain sight

 

[Dr. Winston]

I don't think anyone is likely to replicate what Wrexham have done unless an even bigger star than Ryan Reynolds buys into a club. "Taylor Swift is a Jack" maybe.

For good or bad RR and Rob McElheny spotted an opportunity and they have exploited it extremely well. Reynolds is a savvy marketer but I've always thought that RM is the brains of the operation.