David James moves to Bristol City

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bristol_city/8866521.stm

 

Quite surprised by that. Quite a coup for City. Unlucky Septic 

 

Mark hughes is Fulham's new manager. Think that is a more than decent appointment. Hopefully he can build on Roy's success and ensure they retain a few of their key players from last season.

On 02/07/2025 at 15:46, BigAl said:

Shankland crawls back to Tinkcastle and accepts new contract.

So what were these wonderful offers he turned down elsewhere 😂

That should have seen them spunk a fair few of Blooms £'s on him and stops them spending it on someone decent 

 

 

It would be too funny if he got injured in the first league cup match and was out for ages after all that. 

BBC reporting Hearts to sell Penrice to AEK Athens. Explains them signing Harry Milne from Thistle.

Also being reported Celtic are selling Khun to Como for £16m plus. 

Still nothing suggesting £10m for Ambrose to replace lukaku at Napoli?

7 hours ago, Jute said:

BBC reporting Hearts to sell Penrice to AEK Athens. Explains them signing Harry Milne from Thistle.

Probably their most valuable player and a few quotes of £2 million.

Not a bad fee I suppose for someone that was playing for Livingston the season before last.

59 minutes ago, BigAl said:

Probably their most valuable player and a few quotes of £2 million.

Not a bad fee I suppose for someone that was playing for Livingston the season before last.

Do they get some development fee for him? Pretty good move and weakens hearts, which is no bad thing. Look forward to seeing McInnes spend it all on Stevie may. 

57 minutes ago, BigAl said:

Probably their most valuable player and a few quotes of £2 million.

Not a bad fee I suppose for someone that was playing for Livingston the season before last.

Good fee as you say. 
 

Third Scottish player that has gone abroad in last few days. Looks like our league is now one attracting attention of European clubs which will help our player trading model but also makes it more difficult for us to recruit in Scotland if more clubs with deeper pockets are looking at what’s available in Scotland. Was hard enough when we were just competing with England. 
 

 

9 minutes ago, manc_don said:

Do they get some development fee for him? Pretty good move and weakens hearts, which is no bad thing. Look forward to seeing McInnes spend it all on Stevie may. 

They have been weakened but not sure by much as they signed Harry Milne who is a decent premier league standard player. 
 

Unfortunately Deek missed out on May as he has signed for Livingston. 

Pray for @OrlandoDon.

Mikey Johnston is off to Flamenco in Brazil for £5m allegedly 😉

1 hour ago, BigAl said:

Pray for @OrlandoDon.

Mikey Johnston is off to Flamenco in Brazil for £5m allegedly 😉

So, that’s quite a move! Although maybe it’s one of those signings where they immediately send him out on loan, to us.

9 minutes ago, OrlandoDon said:

So, that’s quite a move! Although maybe it’s one of those signings where they immediately send him out on loan, to us.

Loving how you've turned that into positivity 

One day maybe 😉

Niall McGinn signs for Peterhead. 

16 minutes ago, Stewart said:

Niall McGinn signs for Peterhead. 

He must be about 40 by now 😲

Didn't realise he had played for Morton last season. Thought he was still in Northern Ireland

Hibs have allegedly broken their record transfer fee paid for Thibaut Klidje from Luzern 

2 hours ago, BigAl said:

Hibs have allegedly broken their record transfer fee paid for Thibaut Klidje from Luzern 

Sounds impressive until you realise the record transfer fee was £700k in 2007

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Hibs' previous transfer record was the purchase of Ecuadorian defender Ulises de La Cruz back in 2007, for a fee of around £700,000.

 

Edited July 13, 20251 yr by OxfordDon

53 minutes ago, OxfordDon said:

Sounds impressive until you realise the record transfer fee was £700k in 2007

 

Thought they paid more than that for the boy Vente who was shite but some how they managed to sell on at a profit  🤔

18 hours ago, BigAl said:

Hibs have allegedly broken their record transfer fee paid for Thibaut Klidje from Luzern 

Just had a look at this boy's stats

Twenty one goals in FIVE years.

A record fee seems a lot for someone with a track record like that 🤔

1 hour ago, BigAl said:

Just had a look at this boy's stats

Twenty one goals in FIVE years.

A record fee seems a lot for someone with a track record like that 🤔

Aye one or two of the spoonburners in my work are questioning that as well. 

Scott McKenna to Dinamo Zagreb.

Fair play to him, certainly not afraid to move out of his comfort zone.

4 hours ago, Jute said:

Aye one or two of the spoonburners in my work are questioning that as well. 

Reeks of a Hernandez situation doesn’t it?

4 hours ago, BigAl said:

Scott McKenna to Dinamo Zagreb.

Fair play to him, certainly not afraid to move out of his comfort zone.

Fair play indeed. There’ll be some epic games to be involved with over there, and some decent sunshine 😎

Luka Modric aged 39 signs for AC Milan on a twelve month contract with the option of a further year

10 minutes ago, BigAl said:

Luka Modric aged 39 signs for AC Milan on a twelve month contract with the option of a further year

Great player and as long as his minutes are managed he will do a job for AC Milan. 

On 05/07/2025 at 17:13, Stewart said:

Niall McGinn signs for Peterhead. 

Apologies if discussed elsewhere on the site, but it appears as if McGinn's move back to the North East is two-fold.

Playing for Peterhead but also appears to have a gig with AFC as U17 coach.