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25/26 January Transfer Window (8 Viewers)

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RoboCCFC90

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  • Yesterday at 2:51 PM
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shmmeee said:
It’s been discussed a lot because he apparently signed pro terms last year with us yet seems to have been nicked for free? Als the offal still had him as a city player.

Have you got a link so I can update the contract thread? Not that I don’t believe you just how I do things.
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I thought under contract players could agree to go on trial at other clubs with the permission of the owning club, which in this case is Cov.

The link indicating McCallum signed a pro contract with City is below, if this is the one you are referring to.

https://www.ccfc.co.uk/news/2025/july/04/academy-graduates-agree-first-professional-contract/

I will try and find the item saw about McCallum at Chelsea, but that may take some time.
 
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shmmeee

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  • Yesterday at 2:57 PM
  • #1,122
RoboCCFC90 said:
I thought under contract players could agree to go on trial at other clubs with the permission of the owning club, which in this case is Cov.

The link indicating McCallum signed a pro contract with City is below, if this is the one you are referring to.

https://www.ccfc.co.uk/news/2025/july/04/academy-graduates-agree-first-professional-contract/

I will try and find the item saw about McCallum at Chelsea, but that may take some time.
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Yeah that’s all I could find that was official. Lots of youth sites saying he’s at Chelsea but I’ll be honest I don’t know how reliable any of them are. Hoping for something on either clubs official site that confirms where he is. Even just a match report.
 
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ptr

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  • Yesterday at 3:53 PM
  • #1,123
Not sure what’s happened with McCallum but Shepherd has signed a pro. Announced soon. Injured at the minute.
 
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SkyBlueDom26

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  • Yesterday at 4:53 PM
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Desperately need a cb in January, leaking far too many goals. It’s fucking embarrassing if we want to go up automatically
 
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ptr

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  • Yesterday at 5:01 PM
  • #1,125
SkyBlueDom26 said:
Desperately need a cb in January, leaking far too many goals. It’s fucking embarrassing if we want to go up automatically
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Not happening though.

We’ve got one sitting on our bench that we paid good money for.
 
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SkyBlueDom26

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  • Yesterday at 5:01 PM
  • #1,126
ptr said:
Not happening though.

We’ve got one sitting on our bench that we paid good money for.
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If a prem club wants Bobby and will pay 10 million plus they can have him, we can get better. Lati can also go
 
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ptr

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  • Yesterday at 5:04 PM
  • #1,127
SkyBlueDom26 said:
If a prem club wants Bobby and will pay 10 million plus they can have him, we can get better. Lati can also go
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Lati staying or going has nothing to do with it tbf. No Prem club is paying £10 million for Bobby Thomas and I think it’s dangerous to assume we could get better.
 
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Marty

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  • Yesterday at 5:23 PM
  • #1,128
Today proved we need a deeper squad, I wouldn't worry about only buying for the prem, we need to get there first.
 
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mrtrench

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  • Yesterday at 5:37 PM
  • #1,129
I'm listening to the phone in; some saying there's a conundrum about whether to buy to consolidate our Championship position or to buy for the Premiership.

I think this is irrelevant. We will buy the best players we can afford and who want to come here. Buying for a different league doesn't come into it.
 
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RoboCCFC90

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  • Yesterday at 6:30 PM
  • #1,130
shmmeee said:
Yeah that’s all I could find that was official. Lots of youth sites saying he’s at Chelsea but I’ll be honest I don’t know how reliable any of them are. Hoping for something on either clubs official site that confirms where he is. Even just a match report.
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Link below to the highlights from Chelsea, from about 1:44, you are looking at Chelsea’s number 12 which is McCallum.

 
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shmmeee

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  • Yesterday at 6:33 PM
  • #1,131
RoboCCFC90 said:
Link below to the highlights from Chelsea, from about 1:44, you are looking at Chelsea’s number 12 which is McCallum.

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Amazing. After all that work I shall… delete his line from the contracts thread.
 

Sky_Blue_Dreamer

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  • Yesterday at 6:35 PM
  • #1,132
shmmeee said:
Amazing. After all that work I shall… delete his line from the contracts thread.
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But he might still just be on trial and officially contracted to us.
 
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RoboCCFC90

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  • Yesterday at 6:40 PM
  • #1,133
Sky_Blue_Dreamer said:
But he might still just be on trial and officially contracted to us.
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This is likely to be the case, players can go on trial whilst contracted to another club, but it’s usually kids in truth.
 

shmmeee

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  • Yesterday at 6:50 PM
  • #1,134
Sky_Blue_Dreamer said:
But he might still just be on trial and officially contracted to us.
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:/ I shall remain actionless
 

skybluegod

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  • Yesterday at 6:57 PM
  • #1,135
Manneh medical booked.

Fee is bigger than I would expect. But heavily add on based. If deal isn't signed (at least behind closed doors) before Xmas, with the final details being worked out, then I expect it will collapse. Both sides confident it will be done though.
 
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Ccfcisparks

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  • Yesterday at 6:58 PM
  • #1,136
skybluegod said:
Manneh medical booked.

Fee is bigger than I would expect. But heavily add on based. If deal isn't signed (at least behind closed doors) before Xmas, with the final details being worked out, then I expect it will collapse. Both sides confident it will be done though.
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Interesting! Thanks for the info. Fee bigger than £5m?
 

Sky Blue Goblin

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  • Yesterday at 6:59 PM
  • #1,137
skybluegod said:
Manneh medical booked.

Fee is bigger than I would expect. But heavily add on based. If deal isn't signed (at least behind closed doors) before Xmas, with the final details being worked out, then I expect it will collapse. Both sides confident it will be done though.
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Great news, doubt we’d book the medical if both sides weren’t confident we can get it sorted.

Hopefully first of a couple. As we found out tonight, this window may be vital for us
 

Saddlebrains

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  • Yesterday at 8:33 PM
  • #1,138
Who the fucks Manneh?
 
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RoboCCFC90

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  • Yesterday at 8:35 PM
  • #1,139
Saddlebrains said:
Who the fucks Manneh?
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https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/abdoulie-manneh/profil/spieler/1229808
 

AFCCOVENTRY

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  • Yesterday at 8:44 PM
  • #1,140
Still going to stand by this but if we’re going to see this season out with autos we need 4-5 more players.
 
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Martw

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  • Yesterday at 8:51 PM
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A friend of a friend of a friend and on and on - said earlier today that the Manneh deal was all but done and two more were coming in as well. I’ll leave it there as vague as it is
 
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ptr

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  • Yesterday at 8:52 PM
  • #1,142
Martw said:
A friend of a friend of a friend and on and on - said earlier today that the Manneh deal was all but done and two more were coming in as well. I’ll leave it there as vague as it is
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Martw

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  • Yesterday at 8:53 PM
  • #1,143
skybluegod said:
Manneh medical booked.

Fee is bigger than I would expect. But heavily add on based. If deal isn't signed (at least behind closed doors) before Xmas, with the final details being worked out, then I expect it will collapse. Both sides confident it will be done though.
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Have you heard about any others ?
 

AFCCOVENTRY

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  • Yesterday at 9:10 PM
  • #1,144
Very humble guy. Frank likes a humble one.

 

edgy

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  • Yesterday at 9:21 PM
  • #1,145
Saddlebrains said:
Who the fucks Manneh?
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Stone Roses bassist. RIP.
 

Flying Fokker

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  • Yesterday at 9:30 PM
  • #1,146
AFCCOVENTRY said:
Very humble guy. Frank likes a humble one.

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He lets the ball do the talking.
 

SkyBlue_Bear83

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  • Yesterday at 9:59 PM
  • #1,147
We need a minimum of three for me, two wide players and another midfielder who can come in a hit the ground running
 

Razzle Dazzle Dean Gordon

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  • Yesterday at 10:21 PM
  • #1,148
Ccfcisparks said:
Interesting! Thanks for the info. Fee bigger than £5m?
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Aren't there some reports out there describing it as being a record transfer for us? That would be surprising considering the league we are bringing him in from but gives an idea it might be way north of 5m
 
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SBT

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  • Yesterday at 11:37 PM
  • #1,149
AFCCOVENTRY said:
Still going to stand by this but if we’re going to see this season out with autos we need 4-5 more players.
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This place completely loses its head after a defeat. We are nine points clear of third with almost half the season gone, that’s because our squad is already very good. The idea that we can forget about promotion unless the squad grows by >20% is delusional.
 
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skybluegod

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  • Yesterday at 11:38 PM
  • #1,150
Ccfcisparks said:
Interesting! Thanks for the info. Fee bigger than £5m?
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No that's about the bang on figure.
 

skybluegod

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  • Yesterday at 11:39 PM
  • #1,151
Martw said:
Have you heard about any others ?
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I know we have a pair lined up for the u21's from Ireland but nothing more for the first team that I am aware of.
 
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SBT

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  • Yesterday at 11:44 PM
  • #1,152
mrtrench said:
I'm listening to the phone in; some saying there's a conundrum about whether to buy to consolidate our Championship position or to buy for the Premiership.

I think this is irrelevant. We will buy the best players we can afford and who want to come here. Buying for a different league doesn't come into it.
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If the likelihood of you playing in a different division next season is >90% than you’d be a fool not to factor it into your transfer business.

Stacking the squad with Championship-quality depth pieces that would then become unwanted dead weight six months later would be terrible business and would leave us hamstrung in the summer. We could do with an extra option out wide/up front, but it’s almost like people have forgotten this squad has already dealt with major injuries this season and is currently running away with the league regardless.
 

shmmeee

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  • Yesterday at 11:50 PM
  • #1,153
SBT said:
If the likelihood of you playing in a different division next season is >90% than you’d be a fool not to factor it into your transfer business.

Stacking the squad with Championship-quality depth pieces that would then become unwanted dead weight six months later would be terrible business and would leave us hamstrung in the summer. We could do with an extra option out wide/up front, but it’s almost like people have forgotten this squad has already dealt with major injuries this season and is currently running away with the league regardless.
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£4m to a PL team is not much and you are likely to be able to cash in a load of your championship players anyway. You never aim to buy dead weight. Ideally we should be buying better than what we’ve got. Otherwise you end up with Woolfenden and KKH. Or you go after someone U23 with potential to grow even if that’s the season you come back down or a loan out. You keep talking like we’ve won the league and we really haven’t. People have been saying injuries will bite us and they’ve bitten us twice now. Win the league first. Worry about the PL when we’ve got there. Even a written off £10m is worth it to secure ten times that.
 
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