Ring the Bell! It's time to open the January transfer window.

[ale]

Anthony Gordon for £40m? A forward short after the Wood loan and it is fair to say it not a like for like replacement.

[Toby Gymshorts]

Going for the lucrative Princess Di lookalike angle.

[caja-dglh]

40 million quid next big thing wingers are *precisely* who Newcastle should be buying.

[ale]

40 million quid next big thing wingers are *precisely* who Newcastle should be buying.

It not a position we exactly short on. Almiron Willock & Saint Maximin are the natural options but jolinton has played wide for a large part of the season & Isak is again available and spending fair amount of game time there. In the meantime Callum Wilson is the only recognised striker/centre forward/ target man however much that particular position is now described.

[caja-dglh]

British young talented wingers are the favorite way to spaff new-found wealth. Originally found only native to Southampton and Middlesbrough, they seem have spread across the country over decades.

[Satchmo Distel]

Maybe the idea is to stick him out on loan for a season or three?

[3 Colours Red]

Haven't they just signed an Australian kid to fulfill the "perpetual loanee until he's about 26, then they sell him to whoever" role?

[Discordant Resonance]

Almost five months after joining Stockport, and literally not kicking a ball in anger yet, Daniel Okwute gets a loan move until March to NPL side Warrington Rylands - presumably if he impresses there, he'll move up to some echelon of the National League until the end of the season.

[Snake Plissken]

Obafemi finally confirmed as a loan with option to buy in the summer. From £10mn to £3mn to loan - got to be something finances based.

I'd post the announcement tweet but it's got James Fucking Corden in it.

[Simon G]

Cheltenham are apparently set to sign Aidan Keena from Sligo Rovers.

The thoughts of the Irish contingent on here would be very much appreciated.

[Discordant Resonance]

He was last season's League of Ireland top scorer, with 18 goals, and he'll be well able for the physicality of League One. Also, our Scottish posters got a brief taste of his talents when Sligo dumped Motherwell out of the Conference League. LoI fans will be keen to learn the fee - interesting that your previous record was £50k!

[Simon G]

£70k is what I'm hearing.

[elguapo4]

Cheltenham are apparently set to sign Aidan Keena from Sligo Rovers.

The thoughts of the Irish contingent on here would be very much appreciated.

League of Ireland players have taken to the third division like a fish to water this season, so I can't imagine Keena being any different. It's going to hurt Sligo Rovers badly though , this close to the start of the season.

Btw,Grant Horton started today for Bohs in his second loan spell.

[Ray de Galles]

You ever get the feeling they’re over-complicating these things…

https://twitter.com/BurnleyOfficial/status/1618300188724187136

Indeed, is the pretext for this one solely the fact he signed from a Welsh club? ;

https://twitter.com/burnleyofficial/status/1619636479034265601?s=46&t=zLDaxfA3ouW3UNAYbnfJ5A

[Snake Plissken]

No clue.

[JM Footzee]

I think they're going meta. There's no particular reason to use Gavin and Stacey, beyond the fact there's an overly elaborate sequence and it contains Gavin/Obafemi's comment about how long they've taken to prepare it, which is presumably what opposition fans ask.

[scratchmonkey]

Weston McKennie to Leeds for around a mill for a loan with a potential 33m move at the end of the season. From what I've seen of Leeds this season, they badly needed another CM as Roca has been wildly inconsistent (and often just bad) and McKennie-Adams should be a very solid partnership if/when they play together.

[Snake Plissken]

Some rumours of Birmingham having a fire
sale at the deadline.

[Sean of the Shed]

Is there ever a season where Birmingham don't go to shit midway through it?

[beak]

With Jonjo Shelvey only two appearances away from an automatic contract extension, it seems Nottingham Forest are swooping in to take him off NUFC's hands and wage bill.

One more veteran of our last Championship season on the way out, another symbol of the remarkably slow turnover of players during the Ashley era on his way out (if I hadn't just checked I wouldn't have believed he's been here seven years). Maybe we can talk them into taking Matt Ritchie, Karl Darlow, Isaac Hayden, Ciaran Clark, Jeff Hendrick, and Paul Dummett as well?

Won't be missed, by me anyway. Even if he could manage to stay free of injury, and if he could get his form and fitness up to snuff (which, to be fair, had improved under Howe), he's just hugely unsuited to playing any sort of pressing game, and now that we've got two centre halves who can pass the ball there's very little he's got to offer.

[Snake Plissken]

Hendrick is at Reading, isn't he?

Edit: Oh, it's a loan.

[Nocturnal Submission]

Some rumours of Birmingham having a fire
sale at the deadline.

What!!!

[RobW]

Reported that Fleetwood are spending £250k on signing Jack Marriott from Posh. I said that it must be nice to have kind of money available but then I saw this reported

https://twitter.com/FootballLeagueW/status/1620047968002019330

Crikey. Heard that an offer from FGR was refused last month (not sure whether by player or club). Just hope if it's true he sticks around longer than Jamie Robson and makes a good impression.

[Simon G]

It was player that turned down FGR - along with former Cheltenham loanee Jake Doyle-Hayes.

[Incandenza]

https://twitter.com/david_ornstein/status/1620031605472636928