January Transfer Window 2026

[Nymzee]

I like Strand Larsen but Jesus wept that's a lot of money.

 

[davids]

If we were smart and building for the season after next, he would be my number one target.

Fit to play in March allegedly.

 

[Brett Angell Delight]

They wouldn’t be selling him for £20m in the summer though.

Fair, that's probably an outdated assumption on my part. If we coughed up ~£40m for a young talent in Dibling, then an older striker who has yet to prove himself in terms of goals is probably more a £30m punt. Still, I wouldn't expect anyone to be paying anywhere near £50m in the Summer.

They just saw what Palace were getting for Mateta and added a little January Desperation Tax.

 

[Vaughan]

Our scouts watched him at the U17 World Cup.

is that a brexit thing, ie because of brexit english clubs cannot sign the irish lads till they turn 18

i imagined he would be going to united or liverpool or someone like that

 

[Noisy noise annoys]

"Better than Dwight" isn't enough to warrant what he'd cost in wages though. It's all immaterial, like, as I think he wants to stay down south doesn't he?

Agreed, was playing devils advocate tbh

 

[Fonzy]

I like Strand Larsen but Jesus wept that's a lot of money.

Makes Barry look very smart now

 

[Bob Elstone]

Marteta - big roasting lump
Larsen - one goal all season

All absolute rubbish.

 

[Cameron Manning]

Joe Thomas will be getting his tough questions ready for Moyes at his press conference. Like why wasn’t Asnou brought on at wing back, why was Armstrong played out of position, what was the game plan in the first half. Why is the home form so bad, are you concerned with the fans constantly booing at home. Why do you keep starting McNeil.

I think it will more on the lines of “ Do you prefer coffee or tea?”

 

[MikeH72]

Fair, that's probably an outdated assumption on my part. If we coughed up ~£40m for a young talent in Dibling, then an older striker who has yet to prove himself in terms of goals is probably more a £30m punt. Still, I wouldn't expect anyone to be paying anywhere near £50m in the Summer.

They just saw what Palace were getting for Mateta and added a little January Desperation Tax.

Well this is a perfect example, we paid £40m for a teenager who’d essentially done nothing, from a team that had just been relegated. Strand Larsen would’ve gone for at least that amount as a centre forward who already had a double figure season behind him in the Premier League. There’s no less value in January than there is in the summer window, it’s a lazy excuse for the recruitment team to not bother doing anything for 10 months of the year.

 

[DualityNSNO]

i imagined he would be going to united or liverpool or someone like that

Why would he, to not play for 2-3 years and get released? Hoffenheim actually usually play the players they buy.

 

[ToffeeTim]

When people say there is no value in Jan, this is exactly what they're talking about. I would have been up for us taking a ~£20m flyer at this lad in the Summer when they've gone down, but a team sells their main striker and is desperate to replace him and all of a sudden they're coughing up £50m??

They'd want that kind of money whenever they sell him, be it now or in July.

We just need to be far better at finding players before they reach Premier league level. There is value available in both windows if you are able to scout properly and then develop players. I dont think we do either particularly well.

 

[Paul Rideout]

Marteta - big roasting lump
Larsen - one goal all season

All absolute rubbish.

Our fan base are desperate though, because we see that our forward isn’t scoring loads & so the easy (and incorrect) solution is buying another one … but the issue is that we don’t support our striker enough/have runners that break the lines and go beyond the forward enough/vary how we get the ball into him enough/put a good cross in often enough.

 

[Cameron Manning]

Penalty to Liverpool?

Yes it’s on confirmed by VAR !

 

[Vaughan]

Why would he, to not play for 2-3 years and get released? Hoffenheim actually usually play the players they buy.

i agree, just these clubs farm these players

 

[Swartzy]

Not at 50mil

Yeah that is silly money, I thought they were talking around 35m.

I cant hold this season against him, but I suppose it will play a factor in people's minds.