January 2026 Transfer Window

[RicoS321]

27 minutes ago, BigAl said:

Apparently we are looking at minimal transfer business in the January window 

Just a midfielder will do. Hopefully there will be plenty of movement out the door.

[BigAl]

Just now, RicoS321 said:

Just a midfielder will do. Hopefully there will be plenty of movement out the door.

Plenty of deadwood to be trimmed and whilst not exactly contributing at present, failure to replace some of those that could leave might cause us an issue in terms of numbers if we were to get a spare of injuries 

[RicoS321]

13 minutes ago, BigAl said:

Plenty of deadwood to be trimmed and whilst not exactly contributing at present, failure to replace some of those that could leave might cause us an issue in terms of numbers if we were to get a spare of injuries 

That's true. If both Lazetic and Nisbet get injured, we'll rue the day we let Yengi and Ambrose go. 

[OrlandoDon]

50 minutes ago, BigAl said:

Apparently we are looking at minimal transfer business in the January window 

Perhaps it’s simply relative. Summer was 12 or 13 I think. 2-3 perhaps? I think 4 is the minimum. CM, a winger, a forward, and possibly a central defender. Would like a left back if frame isn’t ready for minutes.

would like to see  vinnie, yengi, Ambrose, nilsen gone, milanovic or belalovic, kjarten, and gyamfi out on loan.

[OrlandoDon]

Jumped the gun after reluctantly reading the daily record notes of the AGM. Sounds like we may lose/get rid of players and existing squad players pick up their minutes. Plus sounds like some are now ready for mins.

If that’s the case wouldn’t mind seeing Marshall and kjarten getting the very limited minutes of clarkson/palaversa/sivert, plus a legit cm signed. Not saying we should get rid of clarkson, but sounds like he’s going. With Armstrong aouchiche Polvara shinnie and a legit cm signed, plus Marshall and kjarten, that’s certainly plenty of cm’s. 
wouldn’t mind milanovic going on loan and belalovic getting his minutes. Give a loan to gyamfi) or sell) and his minutes to frame, with shinnie and Jensen capable short term left back options until we sign a legit one.

[tlg1903]

2 hours ago, RicoS321 said:

He's not as good as Clarkson. He's not as good as Ramadani was. We could probably pick up similar or better for half that. His work rate can't be faulted, which is helping him a lot. He was gash in the last home game, but still put in a decent shift. He has a ceiling, because he's not particularly physical and he isn't a brilliant reader of the game. I could see him taking the Ramadani route, but we're very unlikely to be getting an uplift on the £1.5M. I'd say it would be a very high risk signing. 

I don't disagree with your final sentence but I'd also say how about we give him a chance to settle into what is clearly going to be his new position and let's call it at the end of the season?   I would agree Clarkie can pick a better pass but Aouchiche is technically a better player to my eye. He also looks a confidence player and I'm really interested to see how does in the next few games.  One thing is for sure going by his celebrations with the fans, he fucking loves it. 

[Panda]

3 hours ago, RicoS321 said:

He's not as good as Clarkson. He's not as good as Ramadani was. We could probably pick up similar or better for half that.

We didn't bring the guy on just to he a stop gap for a year. 

We're either expecting more from him (and I do think the jury is still out on him), or we think he fits into the team well, and the amount of games he is playing suggests we do.

[Panda]

Jimmy Thelin on the transfer window:-

“We have a clear idea of what we want to do – as little as possible, but strengthen the squad.”

It will be “super-good impact” they target in January.

He adds: “We have a good squad, but we need to adjust some parts.”

[Panda]

2 hours ago, Panda said:

We didn't bring the guy on just to he a stop gap for a year. 

This should say "We didn't bring the guy in just to be a stop gap for a year."

Apologies to anyone affected.

I am again asking for this forum to employ a proofreader.

[Elgindon]

8 hours ago, tlg1903 said:

I think they paid a bit over 2 mill for him but 1.5 is the agreed fee we have with them should we wish to make the transfer permanent.

I like him, but would be uncomfortable paying anything over half that

[TheDonbytheDee]

55 minutes ago, Elgindon said:

I like him, but would be uncomfortable paying anything over half that

Agreed. £1.5million is really big money for us. If we keeps on improving and becomes an integral part of the team between now and the cup win in May, then it might be worth parting with that sort of cash.

[RicoS321]

7 hours ago, tlg1903 said:

I don't disagree with your final sentence but I'd also say how about we give him a chance to settle into what is clearly going to be his new position and let's call it at the end of the season?   I would agree Clarkie can pick a better pass but Aouchiche is technically a better player to my eye. He also looks a confidence player and I'm really interested to see how does in the next few games.  One thing is for sure going by his celebrations with the fans, he fucking loves it. 

Obviously we have to give him a chance and call it at the end of the season, but it would make for a poor forum not to give opinion prior to that.

I don't think he is technically a better player than Clarkson, he's a little bit more athletic. This should have been the season we challenged Clarkson to up his yardage in games and become more of an all rounder, which he's shown plenty of signs that he's capable and willing. That needed game time, which Thelin is no longer willing to give. If we can't turn a player like Clarkson into at least a £1.5M player, then I have my doubts we're going to get more out of Aouchiche. Realistically, we'd need to be getting £3M return to make the wages outlay worth it. I just don't think that there is a £3M player (Lewis Ferguson, basically) there. He's not got the physical attributes to make it an obvious buy for, say, an Italian club. He'd be the type of punt Lecce took on Ramadani, which would land us <£2M, covering the cost of purchase and additional wages probably. 

The only reasons I could see is taking up the offer is if we've suddenly decided to up our spending more generally, or we've already had agreement to buy for £2M from another club, and we're basically using our leverage in the agreed fee. 

None of this is criticism of the player himself, just the high cost of his signing. Our player trading model shouldn't really be being used for this type of signing. It defies logic a bit.