Garrett loaned to Tranmere https://x.com/Rovers/status/1885372478924767460

Whilst that is towards the top end of what Rovers pay in salary these days, its pretty basic by Championship standards. Given he was a player with Champions League experience, and given his initial appearances for Rovers before his deal was made permanent, it looked a decent bet when he was signed Edit - He scored 5 in 16 before signing permanently, which isn't bad at all for a wide player, https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2023/december/22/i-m-loving-my-football-again--says-siggy/

both Kargbo and Youan are right footed, and both have predominantly played on the left side (when they have been played wide rather than central) Kargbo -https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/augustus-kargbo/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/549791/plus/0?saison=&verein=&liga=&wettbewerb=&pos=&trainer_id= Youan - https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/elie-youan/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/465715/plus/0?saison=&verein=&liga=&wettbewerb=&pos=&trainer_id=

I just added to my previous reply as you typed this, apparently he turned down Premier League interest to sign a pro deal with Rovers Then got injured

Its the reason he is no longer at either Barcelona or Liverpool. Given how Finneran, Phillips etc acted, it is a shame that someone who seemingly showed Rovers a bit of loyalty despite Premier League interest has had his career interrupted by injuries As Zak’s scholarship deal with Blackburn was nearing its end, several premiership clubs registered their interest in signing him.In a surprising move, Zak showed loyalty to Blackburn and signed the first professional deal of his career. However, his time with Rovers’ under-23 team this season has been frustrating due to injuries and fitness, culminating in an unfortunate ACL injury in October

Nothing from the club that I can see but this (which may or may not be accurate) says he is out until late Feb

Personally, I would be seeing if Chesterfield would want Garrett on loan, They had a good experience with Markanday on loan from us, and they have the constantly injured Fleck as a midfield option, so he would surely get minutes there. Accrington as another option have given Batty minutes when he has been fit

Jackson so confident of Rovers doing next to no transfer business that he has gone off on a jolly until the QPR game next week

Surely they should be using at least £2.5M to pay the electric bill for the next few months? Silly short sighted Swansea

Just about the bold bit, I think most clubs do use this model now. Certainly the vast majority of Premier League teams, and over 75% of Championship teams have someone with a title which amounts to "Director of Football" or similar. I will grant that the manager/head coach of some of these teams have more say so than others, which is normally directly correlated with their prior level of success (ie Guardiola, Klopp etc were given more say so as they were "known quantities"). But even so, Man City, Liverpool Arsenal etc do have a "Director of Football"

Personally I think we will see more inertia this summer. Dolan, Sigurdsson, Forshaw & Hilton will leave at the end of their contracts, Hyam, Hedges, Markanday & probably even Vale will have their options taken up (in Vales case, probably just so a small fee/sell on can be obtained) We will probably extend Weimann and Batth for another year The likes of Batty & an injured Gilsenan will probably also be cheap enough for a new contract to be agreed The summer afterwards on the other hand will then see the following out of contract Travis, Tronstad, Brittain, Hyam, Batth, Weimann, Hedges, Markanday

Also worth noting that Barrow are currently 18th in the League 2 table, and Doncaster 2nd. having won 4 of their last 5. Also, I the guy going up against Duru was a highly rated kid on loan from Man Utd (Ethan Ennis), so he wasn't getting ripped apart by a League 2 "jobber", and it was always going to be one of his bigger tests this season. Hopefully he learns from it and can improve the defensive side of his game as the season progresses

Ah, but you are forgetting, Rovers always pay the full fee up front, everyone else will only be offering to them in installments, so they may have accepted the €4M 😉

International spots? I assume that you mean ESC slots? We currently have 3 out of a maximum of 4 (Toth, Ohashi, Mafoumb). We have to assume (*) that based on last season Sigurdsson now holds a standard work permit having been originally brought in on an ESC (He was eligible to convert from and ESC to a standard work permit over the summer) They are for if a player would not get approved for a work permit. Assuming the 2 are true (Mohamed seems fanciful to me), Mostafa Mohamed would qualify for a permit automatically so does not take up a slot. Kargbo, would take the 4th and final ESC place https://www.transferroom.com/gbe#calculator * although we probably shouldn't think that any level of incompetence is beyond Waggott, Venkys etc

Start this evening for Duru - lost 3-1

Ken Sema contract cancelled by mutual consent, can play wide and left back He is now available at a price Venkys & Waggott like.. free https://www.watfordfc.com/news/2025/january/29/official-king-ken-departs/ edit - Apparently he is off to Cyprus

Schrodinger's liquidity

Or someone told him off for actually saying something on his podcast etc earlier in the week, threatened to cut off his access even more maybe?

That wouldn't stop them, remember the equally silly excuse of "we only receive transfer fees in installments"? The happy clappers will buy it nonetheless, as we have seen previously

I beat you to it 😉

That was last season He was on Rovers bench last week when Pears was ill

Wharton isn't registered as he is injured, but Hilton is, so your number is correct, as are the rest of your assumptions

Leonard wasn't 21 when the season started, so isn't part of the 25 man squad

He had a groin injury, but hasn't played much since returning to their squad, no clue if its because he isn't fully fit, or the new manager doesn't fancy him