January 2026 Transfer Window

[2stars]

The Clarkson one I find most disappointing- never fully recreated the impact he had in the loan spell- very talented player and can argue whether we didn’t properly utilise him or his standards dropped, just wasn’t consistent enough, but sorry it didn’t work out in the end

feel with the right manager he could have been a cracking player for us and sure the club saw him as an investment that would bring in large sum after a couple of years 

 

[The.Moog]

11 minutes ago, Panda said:

A "significant fee" paid apparently 

Can’t say I’m too fussed. Clearly talented but affa lightweight physically and I’d say mentally too.

Maybe wasn’t always used the way which suited him best tbf, but he’s not got a regular game in this utterly honking team, so that says a lot.

All the best though min, but probs best all round this one…

[2stars]

6 minutes ago, Kowalski said:

We are a fucking shambles of a club. Gutted Clarkson’s gone and wish him all the best. 
 

Lutz out!

Not sure Lutz can be blamed for this one- wanted away in summer and when it didn’t happen he was frozen out- long before Lutz arrived 

with no idea who is coming in, guess Clarkson just wants a fresh challenge where he is likely to play every week

can’t blame the lad and wish him all the best

 

[tlg1903]

4 minutes ago, 2stars said:

The Clarkson one I find most disappointing- never fully recreated the impact he had in the loan spell- very talented player and can argue whether we didn’t properly utilise him or his standards dropped, just wasn’t consistent enough, but sorry it didn’t work out in the end

feel with the right manager he could have been a cracking player for us and sure the club saw him as an investment that would bring in large sum after a couple of years 

 

nailed it

[tlg1903]

So we now have Shinnie, Nilsen, Armstrong, Aremu, Geiger, Cameron and Palaversa for the central midfield positions.  Suspect the club will be trying  to move Palaversa also

[2stars]

3 minutes ago, tlg1903 said:

So we now have Shinnie, Nilsen, Armstrong, Aremu, Geiger, Cameron and Palaversa for the central midfield positions.  Suspect the club will be trying  to move Palaversa also

Rumours that he may be going to a league where window is open longer- Croatia? 

[Kowalski]

8 minutes ago, 2stars said:

Not sure Lutz can be blamed for this one- wanted away in summer and when it didn’t happen he was frozen out- long before Lutz arrived 

with no idea who is coming in, guess Clarkson just wants a fresh challenge where he is likely to play every week

can’t blame the lad and wish him all the best

 

Happy with the results, style of play and recruitment since Lutz arrived?

Looks like we’re going down the hoof ball route by getting rid of anyone close to being a baller. 

With a decent holding midfielder (such as Geiger hopefully) and we could have built the team round Clarkson. 

[tlg1903]

Just now, 2stars said:

Rumours that he may be going to a league where window is open longer- Croatia? 

would seem a good choice for him

[Kowalski]

9 minutes ago, tlg1903 said:

So we now have Shinnie, Nilsen, Armstrong, Aremu, Geiger, Cameron and Palaversa for the central midfield positions.  Suspect the club will be trying  to move Palaversa also

So three mid 30s, two loans until end of season, plus one we’ve not seen for months and likely to exit, which leaves one actual long term signing in Aremu. 

[tlg1903]

1 minute ago, Kowalski said:

Happy with the results, style of play and recruitment since Lutz arrived?

Looks like we’re going down the hoof ball route by getting rid of anyone close to being a baller. 

With a decent holding midfielder (such as Geiger hopefully) and we could have built the team round Clarkson. 

Geiger doesn't look like a holding midfielder from the little I've seen. Far more a B2B, in your face cm but time will tell on that.  He also hasn't played for 6 months so I'm not exactly xpecting miracles from him straight away.  A lot will depend on how fit he has kept himself but he didn't look to be carryin pork in his RTV interview.

[2stars]

2 minutes ago, Kowalski said:

Happy with the results, style of play and recruitment since Lutz arrived?

Looks like we’re going down the hoof ball route by getting rid of anyone close to being a baller. 

With a decent holding midfielder (such as Geiger hopefully) and we could have built the team round Clarkson. 

Not at all- and he might be as big a charlatan, if not the biggest one as the others in our set up- just don’t think this one is on him

Jury very much out for me on Lutz 

[tlg1903]

1 minute ago, Kowalski said:

So three mid 30s, two loans until end of season, plus one we’ve not seen for months and likely to exit, which leaves one actual long term signing in Aremu. 

yeah that's about the size of it.  what could go worng?

[BigAl]

Just home from being out on the piss in Glasgow 

Catching up on matters

Kind of feel I have missed sweet fuck all

Looks like time to move on to Summer '26 window,assuming we haven't gone out of business before that 

[2stars]

6 minutes ago, Kowalski said:

Happy with the results, style of play and recruitment since Lutz arrived?

on the recruitment, as others mentioned earlier, moving the choices from manager to DoF without checks being done is asking for trouble

genuinely hope the 2 midfielders that have worked with Lutz before are decent and upgrade but apart from them not playing regularly, when was the last time he actually watched them play ?

no difference to Thelin taking in Karllson Nilsen Jensen 

[Panda]

14 minutes ago, Kowalski said:

Happy with the results, style of play and recruitment since Lutz arrived?

Holding Lutz responsible for everything is a weird flex. Considering he's been busy with recruitment and interviews, I don't think he's spent a great deal of time on the training ground or picking the team.

14 minutes ago, Kowalski said:

 

 

11 minutes ago, Kowalski said:

So three mid 30s, two loans until end of season, plus one we’ve not seen for months and likely to exit, which leaves one actual long term signing in Aremu. 

There is an option to buy Geiger. And if we're talking long term, there is also Kjartansson, Marshall and a summer transfer window.

[BigAl]

Take it Watson hasn't signed the pre contract yet 

[tlg1903]

Just now, 2stars said:

on the recruitment, as others mentioned earlier, moving the choices from manager to DoF without checks being done is asking for trouble

genuinely hope the 2 midfielders that have worked with Lutz before are decent and upgrade but apart from them not playing regularly, when was the last time he actually watched them play ?

no difference to Thelin taking in Karllson Nilsen Jensen 

Lutz worked a lot on tv doing co-comms with Derek Rae so will likely have seen some of them 2bf.  On the face of it Geiger is a player who should be out of our range, even on loan let alone with an option, if you ask me though.

[tlg1903]

1 minute ago, BigAl said:

Take it Watson hasn't signed the pre contract yet 

Not yet 

[Kowalski]

4 minutes ago, Panda said:

Holding Lutz responsible for everything is a weird flex. Considering he's been busy with recruitment and interviews, I don't think he's spent a great deal of time on the training ground or picking the team  

Not to mention sitting on the bench during matches as well. 

[BigAl]

2 minutes ago, tlg1903 said:

Not yet 

Maybe I should nip up the road to Killie and convince him to get it done  

[manc_don]

47 minutes ago, Kowalski said:

We are a fucking shambles of a club. Gutted Clarkson’s gone and wish him all the best. 
 

Lutz out!

Really should have built a team around him. But we've fucked everything up over the last season and a bit.

[Jute]

17 minutes ago, Panda said:

Holding Lutz responsible for everything is a weird flex. Considering he's been busy with recruitment and interviews, I don't think he's spent a great deal of time on the training ground or picking the team.

 

There is an option to buy Geiger. And if we're talking long term, there is also Kjartansson, Marshall and a summer transfer window.

Marshall’s contract expires in June and he is now free to talk to other teams. I suspect we will not see him in an Aberdeen shirt now.

[BigAl]

3 minutes ago, Jute said:

Marshall’s contract expires in June and he is now free to talk to other teams. I suspect we will not see him in an Aberdeen shirt now.

Not saying he would be good enough but would have liked to have seen him given a chance at some point 

[RicoS321]

Sad to see Clarkson go, a complete failure by the club in that regard. I'm guessing that the writing has been on the wall with him for weeks though, and the signing of Cameron probably confirmed it. From that perspective, I'm a little glad he's gone, because another 6 months of his obvious talent sitting on our bench while we train up a Hun would have been unbearable! 

Cameron probably the only one there who could fulfil the deep lying role that Clarkson performed now though. It's so often the car that you eventually (potentially) get the players in the door to compliment a player just as he's leaving, and the two new midfielders look to do just that. Oh well.

[BigAl]

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