That *was* the January Window

[bluebruce]

3 minutes ago, Torgeir said:

I highly doubt we’ve paid anything to CSKA. 

Maybe, maybe not. But it didn't benefit them to give him to us permanently now, but does benefit us, so if they were sensible they'd have insisted on a token fee. I mean surely it's worth 50k to us to free up a loan spot if we think we might want to name more than 5 loanees on a matchday. Unless there's some special exemption for precontracts to take effect immediately if the player's registration has been suspended due to the Ukraine war.

[islander200]

Broughton said they are going to retire Wharton's shirt number 

[RoverDom]

Can we even physically make payments to Russian clubs? I thought that was the whole point of him having been on loan for the past two seasons? 

[jones_rover]

1 minute ago, bluebruce said:

Maybe, maybe not. But it didn't benefit them to give him to us permanently now, but does benefit us, so if they were sensible they'd have insisted on a token fee. I mean surely it's worth 50k to us to free up a loan spot if we think we might want to name more than 5 loanees on a matchday. Unless there's some special exemption for precontracts to take effect immediately if the player's registration has been suspended due to the Ukraine war.

I think the point is that we can't send any funds to Russia at present!

[Paul Mellelieu]

Just now, islander200 said:

Broughton said they are going to retire Wharton's shirt number 

If true, ridiculous.

[bluebruce]

1 hour ago, callumrovers said:

Duncan McGuire’s mum has started following Rovers on Twitter 👍

How do you know it's his mum? Same surname and following MLS as well as us, so probably related to him, but could be wife, sister, cousin...?

[bluebruce]

Just now, jones_rover said:

I think the point is that we can't send any funds to Russia at present!

Good point, totally forgot about that! I'd still expect CSKA to refuse to free his registration up then, as a bit of a 'fuck you' to the West for taking a player off them due to the war. Doesn't hinder them to keep hold, unless they're somehow still obliged to pay him in some way meanwhile, which I can't imagine since they have no right to use him. Anyway this is getting a bit off piste now I suppose.

[simongarnerisgod]

i hope mcguire is more brian mcbride and less cobi jones😁

not watched the  mls for ages,it was north west counties standards when i used to tune in a few years ago,though there have always been some useful usa players,i.e john harkes,brian mcbride,landon donavon,christian pulisic etc

[rovers11]

Nat Phillips chooses Cardiff and Sheff W have gazumped our bid for the US guy. 

The clock is ticking and it feels like a familiar script to previous Jan windows. 

[alex l]

13 minutes ago, Paul Mellelieu said:

Is his mum following the Owls?

Doesn't look like it. Following official Rovers account and 2 Rovers news accounts. 

[wilsdenrover]

21 minutes ago, Torgeir said:

I highly doubt we’ve paid anything to CSKA. 

The Russia ruling doesn’t allow a player to be transferred ‘against’ payment’.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

51 minutes ago, alex l said:

Putting aside that he isn't flavour of the month, Wahlstedt clearly evidences this isn't the case. Pulled out of a move to Brondby when we came in. 

Brondby’s lucky day ?

[Wing Wizard Windy Miller]

It matters not what we gave to spend on transfers.  Our wage structure is so low, we won't attract any permanent talent above league 1. 

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

13 minutes ago, Paul Mellelieu said:

If true, ridiculous.

Ridiculous doesn’t sum it up. We’re really making ourselves look foolish.

[BlackburnEnd75]

17 minutes ago, islander200 said:

Broughton said they are going to retire Wharton's shirt number 

Is this a joke?

If it is, its great trolling because its really wound me up.

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[islander200]

4 minutes ago, BlackburnEnd75 said:

Is this a joke?

If it is its great trolling because its really wound me up.

Not sure just seen someone say it on one of the comments on Facebook 

[LeftWinger]

Gutted that Wharton is going and no doubt we won't spend much of the money....but it won't harm us in the short term. We win more games when he doesn't play as he's still not great defensively. 

[Beanie01289]

19 minutes ago, bluebruce said:

How do you know it's his mum? Same surname and following MLS as well as us, so probably related to him, but could be wife, sister, cousin...?

Well his mum is called Tara tbf.

[RoversClitheroe]

2 minutes ago, LeftWinger said:

Gutted that Wharton is going and no doubt we won't spend much of the money....but it won't harm us in the short term. We win more games when he doesn't play as he's still not great defensively. 

These stats are so dumb 😭

Gallagher worth £20m and Wharton worth £2m according to these

[PeteJD13]

1 hour ago, Miller11 said:

That’s not how transfers work in a lot of our fans heads. As soon as a club from a higher division/level comes in you are duty bound to arbitrarily find an example of a player of a similar profile that went for a similar amount and proclaim it a fair price. The selling team should in no way consider the impact of losing the player on the teams performance. The purpose of a football club is to develop and improve players for others these days, apparently.

I can think of a few who’ll be delighted at this, then get back to begging for an u21 pl loan so they can use wyscout to make them seem like messi, I think it’s a from Wigan thing 

[B16Rover]

4 hours ago, B16Rover said:

I feel I can say this categorically but neither of the Wharton boys will be motivated just by the money of premier league clubs - one look at their haircuts tells you that! 

 

Massive shame we've (to my gut) heavily pressured a 19 year old local lad out the door.  Be feeling even worse when the FB groups parade it as a Bellingham style outgoing rather than the penny pinch it actually is 

 Called it 

[roversfan99]

Jerry Yates starts for Swansea tonight.

[neophox]

Astonishing to wait for an player who is in Mexico and try and get a deal with two days to go... lunatic

[yankfan]

21 minutes ago, wilsdenrover said:

The Russia ruling doesn’t allow a player to be transferred ‘against’ payment’.

So he’s a loan until summer then? 

[bluebruce]

16 minutes ago, BlackburnEnd75 said:

Is this a joke?

If it is, its great trolling because its really wound me up.

I'm highly confident it's a joke, yes. The player hasn't even moved yet, why would the DoF have done an interview saying we're retiring his shirt already? I also can't find any trace of it online.