January 2026 transfer window

ManYoo had a massive head start on being a brand. They’re still getting fat from that.. but as the profile of the league has grown overseas, youngsters have been picking from a wider range of teams… cos success counts for a lot. ManYoo haven’t been champions for over a decade and haven’t been the dominant force for a lot longer. The glory hunters who latched on to Chelsea and Citeh as kids are now consumers, and, of course, players.

So yeah.. they’re probably not as big a deal to people who’ve not grown up with them being what they were.

They apparently pay very high wages. That suggests they are competing for players with their wallets.. not their status. Murillo can do better and he probably will. He probably wants Spain, but Liverpool and Chelsea are more likely to rock up with the money to make ot happen.

Links with Josh Sargaent from Norwich. Not seen much of him but he has a tatty haircut.

This is the report that says we are still working on a list?

Dyche must really have hated Kalimuendo.

I had really thought we had someone to come in before tomorrow's game.

I should've known that's not how we operate, but having one available striker at the club just seems odd (Taiwo is not a footballer, let alone a striker).

If we’re recruiting via the tatty haircut method then we’ll soon have Ingo & Tricky playing up front.

Would Sargeant be a major signing?

Guehi heading to Man City for £20m. How much did it cost Palace to be stubborn in the summer? And Glasner is leaving anyway.

Steve Parish playing 4d chess though.

That was my thought. They'd have got £60m+ last summer.

Edit: seems it was only going to be £35m. So actually, £15m for the extra 4-5 months isn't that bad really, given how well they and he performed during that time.

And it's probably kept them up, whereas selling Guehi and then Glasner resigning last summer could well have spelt relegation. Looks like Mateta probably leaves too, so it's a rebuild for them in the summer.

Does increase the chances of Murillo to Liverpool, of course.

Something...something...several hundred million spent in 12 months....something....something...115 charges...

Anyway, have Citeh got any spares now? Not sure I fancy Khusanov but how about a cheeky loan for the Kate Bush song Marmoushka?

Not sure Marmoush would have any more joy trying to win a barrage of hopeful crosses against centre halves 6 inches taller than him than Jesus does.

I do feel for Brennan.
Although given Glasner apparently told Parish in October and Brennan and Glasner had a chat before he joined, presumably Brennan knew.

Toronto FC have already bid $18M for him. He's apparently desperate to get in the reckoning for USMNT this summer, not sure where the best place to do that is.

Not our bench, one would think.