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January Transfer Window 2026

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Tommy Mulgrew

Tommy Mulgrew

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21 hours ago, S-Clarke said:

We'll have L1 quality players before you know it.

Hmmmmm.  
Now let me see.  
I think you might be behind the times, S-Clarke.  
SR is ahead of the curve: we’ve been recruiting (with some notable exceptions) for league 1 for a few years now.  Such foresight.

Holmes_and_Watson

Holmes_and_Watson

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6 hours ago, trousers said:

I think I may have solved our striker problem for the rest of the season... 

 

Great to see him still going. I saw one of his earliest games for Norwich. Which is odd, because I'm definitely the same age, while he's now 50.

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Green

Green

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9 hours ago, OldNick said:

With the position we are in,we are going to be back last Jan where nobody wants to come to us if we are in a relegation fight!!!

We managed to sign someone on loan that couldn’t get into or improve the worst team in the league. Ridiculous. 

OldNick

OldNick

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16 hours ago, Green said:

We managed to sign someone on loan that couldn’t get into or improve the worst team in the league. Ridiculous. 

Well we'll see , I cant recall who that was, must have been a top PL player asit didnt improve our results

chivvy

chivvy

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Left sided centre back and defensive midfielder and a targetman striker..

The missing left footed centre back has been an issue for ages.

Sell a few including arma or archer.

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Willo of Whiteley

Willo of Whiteley

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5 hours ago, chivvy said:

Left sided centre back and defensive midfielder and a targetman striker..

The missing left footed centre back has been an issue for ages.

Sell a few including arma or archer.

Got to disagree with selling Adam Armstrong, why sell someone that is very good at this level?

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chivvy

chivvy

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1 hour ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

Got to disagree with selling Adam Armstrong, why sell someone that is very good at this level?

Wouldn't swop him for a more clinical goalscoring targetman that doesn't need a dozen chances to score? 

Saint_clark

Saint_clark

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Looking at the league below for a potential goalscorer within out budget, there's a young 20 year old called D. Ballard who is joint 2nd top scorer in the league, could be a good one to come in and get on the end of some chances whilst having plenty of time ahead of him to develop.

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The Wyvern

The Wyvern

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Does anyone actually expect us to pick up a decent quality striker in January? Would be a tough ask even for a very well run club if we’re sitting well down the Championship table.

Would there be any point doing it? Could well be adrift of the play offs by then. 
 

Best option would be a loan for a Premier League striker who needs the game time, there must be a few who would tick that box. 

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Gloucester Saint

Gloucester Saint

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5 hours ago, Saint_clark said:

Looking at the league below for a potential goalscorer within out budget, there's a young 20 year old called D. Ballard who is joint 2nd top scorer in the league, could be a good one to come in and get on the end of some chances whilst having plenty of time ahead of him to develop.

Not the type of player they are lacking though, not had a really proper hold up target man since Pelle. Adams did a decent job of it alongside Ings, struggled more as a primary goal scorer but that’s on the club for being twats. Something they’ve specialised in over several years. 

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Gloucester Saint

Gloucester Saint

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13 hours ago, chivvy said:

Left sided centre back and defensive midfielder and a targetman striker..

The missing left footed centre back has been an issue for ages.

Sell a few including arma or archer.

Wood and THB, if the latter’s attitude is right, will be fine at CB. Don’t think we need a CDM if the 5 ATB nonsense is ditched. Keeper and target man are the absolute must sort outs, Ramsdale ain’t returning so buy the #1 for the next 3 years in the Champ who keeps up this season. That’s not either of the current two 🤡. Stewart is out of contract and surely even these morons won’t offer a new one, much harder to fill so more likely to be a loan in.

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Willo of Whiteley

Willo of Whiteley

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7 hours ago, chivvy said:

Wouldn't swop him for a more clinical goalscoring targetman that doesn't need a dozen chances to score? 

Nope, you’d swap him for the most ineffective striker therefore keeping your striking options as strong as possible

Saint_clark

Saint_clark

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2 hours ago, The Wyvern said:

Does anyone actually expect us to pick up a decent quality striker in January? Would be a tough ask even for a very well run club if we’re sitting well down the Championship table.

Would there be any point doing it? Could well be adrift of the play offs by then. 
 

Best option would be a loan for a Premier League striker who needs the game time, there must be a few who would tick that box. 

Awoniyi is still frozen out at Forest, could be available for a loan to buy deal.

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sfc4prem

sfc4prem

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20 minutes ago, Saint_clark said:

Awoniyi is still frozen out at Forest, could be available for a loan to buy deal.

Would solve our problems up front.

 

What about our proclivity to gift teams goals at the back?

chivvy

chivvy

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Tolu Arokodare wolves.

Massive Nigerian .. scored goals in belgium..what could possibly go wrong ..    tongue firmly in cheek .

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Saint Fan CaM

Saint Fan CaM

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1 hour ago, Saint_clark said:

Awoniyi is still frozen out at Forest, could be available for a loan to buy deal.

 

19 minutes ago, chivvy said:

Tolu Arokodare wolves.

Massive Nigerian .. scored goals in belgium..what could possibly go wrong ..    tongue firmly in cheek .

I’d go for both of them, that way if one is a dud there’s a fall back option. Sell Archer, Stephens, Aribo, Edozie and loan out Downs to fund it.

skintsaint

skintsaint

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1 hour ago, Saint_clark said:

Awoniyi is still frozen out at Forest, could be available for a loan to buy deal.

1 league goal in 2 seasons, sounds about our sort of signing. 

Be nice to buy someone in form.

Gloucester Saint

Gloucester Saint

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1 hour ago, skintsaint said:

1 league goal in 2 seasons, sounds about our sort of signing. 

Be nice to buy someone in form.

It would but that’ll be from League 1. He’s higher grade than that but a risk when they haven’t played much. But beggars can’t be choosers. 

rooney

rooney

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9 hours ago, The Wyvern said:

Does anyone actually expect us to pick up a decent quality striker in January? Would be a tough ask even for a very well run club if we’re sitting well down the Championship table.

Would there be any point doing it? Could well be adrift of the play offs by then. 
 

Best option would be a loan for a Premier League striker who needs the game time, there must be a few who would tick that box. 

We picked up Rickie Lambert in January and we were in the Third Division then. What a player he turned out to be .Is there another Rickie out there somewhere?

egg

egg

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7 hours ago, skintsaint said:

1 league goal in 2 seasons, sounds about our sort of signing. 

Be nice to buy someone in form.

Crazy that people would turn their noses up at Awoniyi, not that he'd drop to our level anyway. 

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Turkish

Turkish

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55 minutes ago, rooney said:

We picked up Rickie Lambert in January and we were in the Third Division then. What a player he turned out to be .Is there another Rickie out there somewhere?

no we didn't we signed him in the summer and he made his debut in the league cup game the following week

We signed Fonte in the January, along with Puncheon and Lee Barnard, think we also got a couple of loans in.

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rooney

rooney

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12 hours ago, Turkish said:

no we didn't we signed him in the summer and he made his debut in the league cup game the following week

We signed Fonte in the January, along with Puncheon and Lee Barnard, think we also got a couple of loans in.

Ah yes, I remember it well.  £1m I think it was and Bristol Rovers thought they turned us over.

Hawkswood

Hawkswood

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21 hours ago, Saint Fan CaM said:

 

I’d go for both of them, that way if one is a dud there’s a fall back option. Sell Archer, Stephens, Aribo, Edozie and loan out Downs to fund it.

Im really no expert but isn't it really tough to sell players in the jan market. Most are loans aren't they ? Gonna be really tough to get fees for those lot.

Dusic

Dusic

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22 hours ago, skintsaint said:

1 league goal in 2 seasons, sounds about our sort of signing. 

Be nice to buy someone in form.

Haaland would be good, although didn't score in his last outing. Ekitike probably available once Isak starts firing but not sure he has the grit/steel/championship experience that we need.

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skintsaint

skintsaint

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32 minutes ago, Dusic said:

Haaland would be good, although didn't score in his last outing. Ekitike probably available once Isak starts firing but not sure he has the grit/steel/championship experience that we need.

Hilarious. Keep it up 😅

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Saint Fan CaM

Saint Fan CaM

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3 hours ago, Hawkswood said:

Im really no expert but isn't it really tough to sell players in the jan market. Most are loans aren't they ? Gonna be really tough to get fees for those lot.

You’re absolutely right of course, however loan to buy deals could be used. Spors needs to start earning his salary and get some tough deals done…not just the ‘easy’ ones, after all he’s supposedly the SME on that part of the business.

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Turkish

Turkish

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4 hours ago, Hawkswood said:

Im really no expert but isn't it really tough to sell players in the jan market. Most are loans aren't they ? Gonna be really tough to get fees for those lot.

Excuse me

image.jpeg.9cf7e93f75b46cad529837bd9df97232.jpegSouthampton forward Guido Carrillo

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Turkish

Turkish

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26 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said:

We are able to buy dross relatively easily in Jan, but struggle to shift it

Yeo other clubs don’t seem interested to have any bother selling their dross to us. There must be a couple of other clubs out there like us that we can see coming

disconnect

disconnect

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5 hours ago, AlexLaw76 said:

We are able to buy dross relatively easily in Jan, but struggle to shift it

Maybe we show some ambition and put a £10 million bid in for Ross Stewart in Jan?

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