Summer 2025 Transfer Window

[OrlandoDon]

26 minutes ago, RicoS321 said:

Like the sound of the lad. However, we do need to be looking at someone who can run up and down all day, and it's very unlikely to be an 18 year old. 

Why not? We have two old guys, Clarkson, palaversa, and polvara. Youth in midfield was desperately needed, especially since Milne is a defender.

[Jute]

Transfer market site suggests Kjartansson is defensive midfielder who has also played at right back. Likes a yellow card by look of stats. 
 

Guessing Findlay Marshall will be another of young players looking to move on soon. 

[OrlandoDon]

3 minutes ago, Jute said:

Transfer market site suggests Kjartansson is defensive midfielder who has also played at right back. Likes a yellow card by look of stats. 
 

Guessing Findlay Marshall will be another of young players looking to move on soon. 

According to his interview he was a forward and a winger until a coach moved him into the no 6 holding mid role.

[RicoS321]

9 hours ago, OrlandoDon said:

Why not? We have two old guys, Clarkson, palaversa, and polvara. Youth in midfield was desperately needed, especially since Milne is a defender.

I would class Clarkson, Palaversa and Polvara as relative youth at 23, 25 and 25 (the latter two having long spells of injury). In the last six months, Clarkson has finally reached the stage where he can do the miles, and for ninety minutes. Age isn't the issue at all though. I'm suggesting that it's unlikely that an 18 year old will have developed physically to the extent that they can cover the 10-13km in the top flight that were looking for. Not once or twice, but every week. That's what Ferguson is now doing in Italy, but wasn't with us, as an example. It's telling that he's described as a holding midfielder, and that's absolutely fine, and an area in which he can get minutes probably. It just means that we still need another midfielder in the door for the first eleven, which is a box to box midfielder. That's also fine, I know that we're not going to get all our signings in order of priority.