January Transfer Window 2026

[bakeblade]

1) Will we really splash the cash if the playoffs are completely out the window?

2) What kind of player would be able to attract in a potential relegation battle?

We need to spend to stay up

 

[Snowflake]

We need a full back ones whose a natural defender I’d then move Seriki into the Ogbene role as he can both defend & attack . Also tall ball winning centre mid ( Souza replacement) Soumare isn’t that player & let’s see how Chong goes with the injury but he can play other midfield roles and a target man who can hold the ball up ( Moore replacement) .
In the likely event these would need to be loans I’d return the following to their parent clubs

Bindon
Barry
Soumare
Godfrey
Ogbene

I’d being looking to loan Cannon out to free up some wages for a replacement & if we hadn’t bought Matos & McGuinnes ..basically the recent recruitment has been dross

How can we simply send back those you don’t think are performing ? Surely it will need their parent club to agree.

 

[Nick Jansky]

How can we simply send back those you don’t think are performing ? Surely it will need their parent club to agree.

To be fair, if they aren’t getting minutes with us the loaning club would probably agree so they can send them somewhere where they will.

 

[Ndiayewillalwaysloveyou]

Liking the sound of this one…who’s he play for?

PM me bro

 

[John Street West Terrace]

How can we simply send back those you don’t think are performing ? Surely it will need their parent club to agree.

Depends on the terms of the loan agreements by both parties , loaning club will probably have a say in min number appearances , loaned to club ability to terminate loan poss with clauses

 

[Arcadia Blade]

I think we will go for Choudary for RB, I also think Soutter will come in as another CB, as for a big striker, I do like Coburn at Millwall as someone mentioned earlier, easy choice would be for us to go after Mcburnie (but i am not sure we will). if it was me and I had the money I would go for J. Sargent at Norwich. Just my thoughts.

 

[Keen Blade]

Need? Yes. There's surely not going to be any money though. We're staring at a £45m cliff edge. £55m if we go down

The cupboard is bare.
We borrow against future parachute instalments.
The money has already gone.
We aren't staring at a cliff edge.
We're staring at the cliff-side as we hurtle down it.
Sorry to disappoint.
But take comfort.
We've got Cannon & Matos.
They're our investments.
After 6 straight years of PL & Parachutes.
Ooh , and a field in Dore.
Only dem Blades could have achieved this remarkable result.
With all the £ that's come & gone.
Be interesting to see how we get on next season.
With a fraction of the income.

 

[Keen Blade]

We need to spend to stay up

Spending ?
Over the 6 years since 2019
Has put us here now.
What has spending ever done for us ?

Pound for pound , we must be the most incompetent club in the country.

We have a pile of boring , failing dross after spending countless millions.

And to think we were sniggering at the pigs all summer.

Joke club.

 

[ATL Recs]

Dont, you'll be called a bedwetter for suggesting transfers are needed!!!
All those that were called bedwetters were clearly proved right to be concerned... 8 games in...

Take all our league results since beating Coventry in April and based on 15 played compared to the first 15 last season we would still be in the bottom two

 

[UddersBlade]

I think we will go for Choudary for RB, I also think Soutter will come in as another CB, as for a big striker, I do like Coburn at Millwall as someone mentioned earlier, easy choice would be for us to go after Mcburnie (but i am not sure we will). if it was me and I had the money I would go for J. Sargent at Norwich. Just my thoughts.

Leicester City will not help anyone in the same division.

 

[UddersBlade]

The cupboard is bare.
We borrow against future parachute instalments.
The money has already gone.
We aren't staring at a cliff edge.
We're staring at the cliff-side as we hurtle down it.
Sorry to disappoint.
But take comfort.
We've got Cannon & Matos.
They're our investments.
After 6 straight years of PL & Parachutes.
Ooh , and a field in Dore.
Only dem Blades could have achieved this remarkable result.
With all the £ that's come & gone.
Be interesting to see how we get on next season.
With a fraction of the income.

Excellent post….. this is our legacy after earning circa £400 million from our Premier League years!!!! Yeah a few good things to the stadium…. But honestly gross mismanagement of funds to leave us almost skint going into 2026/27 season…….barring a miracle!

 

[JD88]

Would be hoping we send all 5 loans back and there's at least 5 more I would be wanting us to sell. However that's a huge turn around in players, would probably mean the best January transfer window of all time, and therefore highly unlikely. It really is a mess and that summer transfer window was a disgrace.
Wouldn't be surprised at all if they go back for Choudray and McBurnie.

 

[ancientblade]

We never do early anything. It's all so pedestrian, everything recycled around the edge of the box, attacking players on their heels, almost hands on hips, waiting for SOMETHING and giving ample time for the opposition defence to organise and set. We so rarely attack the opposition final 3rd at pace and ask questions. Unless we change the system, I don't think it really matters how many we have up front.

best post ive seen for ages and spot on but would still like us to play 2 strikers your right though our play is so slow and the number of sloppy passes back to the opposition is unforgiveable for proffesional footballers on very good money a lot of the focus has been on selles and wilder but boy do these players need to wake up and give our fans something to shout about

 

[Blacksea]

Wilder best start on it now while he's got 2 weeks to do it,and get it cleared by the owners well before Christmas.

 

[ckpe147]

Take all our league results since beating Coventry in April and based on 15 played compared to the first 15 last season we would still be in the bottom two

So even more reason to have been concerned with the the way business was conducted in the summer.

Yet those of us who were concerned were tarnished as bedwetters. I think we were more realists.

 

[Bell4]

I really hope some of the season loans have break clauses in them without financial penalty. Wilder obviously doesn’t rate some of them with good reason.

They have

We can send them back in Jan as long as they don’t trigger more than a 3/10 mark from Deadbat before then .

Fact

 

[54yrblade]

That Heckingbottom lad seems to be doing well

 

[Davalon]

That Heckingbottom lad seems to be doing well

Easy to say with hindsight and it felt like a change was maybe needed, but we'd have been better off keeping him.

 

[ChipButtyBlade]

Wilders January wishlist document has been posted to the owners..boyscout Bettis is passing it on.

 

[Keen Blade]

Wilders January wishlist document has been posted to the owners..boyscout Bettis is passing it on.

Posted ?
Aren't we even using a fax machine ?

We better grab dem pigeons and start training em for transatlantic flying

 

[Keen Blade]

Wilders January wishlist document has been posted to the owners..boyscout Bettis is passing it on

Thinking about it , Bettis has been the only constant in the last 6 years since we hit the PL.

 

[54yrblade]

Easy to say with hindsight and it felt like a change was maybe needed, but we'd have been better off keeping him.

Who knows, he might be 'repairing his relationship with the owners' as we speak .....

 

[Blademan89]

Outs / Send back
Bindon
Godfrey
Barry
Soumare
A.Davies
Cannon (if can get a fee)
Shackleton (if can negotiate mutual consent)
Send on loan
Cannon (if no fee)
Marsh
One
Zätterström
Ukaki
Brooks

INs
Selech
Esse/Watson
Lewis Cook (if hed come on loan)
Scarlett (if can pull it off)
Dunne (depending on price)
New back up GK to push Cooper

 

[Keen Blade]

I wonder what it feels like to have £400m pass through your hands and have nothing but a bit of bobbar to show for it ?

 

[Keen Blade]

Outs / Send back
Bindon
Godfrey
Barry
Soumare
A.Davies
Cannon (if can get a fee)
Shackleton (if can negotiate mutual consent)
Send on loan
Cannon (if no fee)
Marsh
One
Zätterström
Ukaki
Brooks

INs
Selech
Esse/Watson
Lewis Cook (if hed come on loan)
Scarlett (if can pull it off)
Dunne (depending on price)
New back up GK to push Cooper

Who in their right mind is going to take a Cannon that won't fire ?

 

[Davalon]

Who in their right mind is going to take a Cannon that won't fire ?

PNE wanted him and I wouldn't be surprised to see him do better elsewhere

 

[ancientblade]

yes cannon has been a major dissapointment but our slow laborious build up play hasnt helped him one bit we get it out wide and 95% of the time just turn back inside and go backwards its negative and boring football and wilder has to sort this out otherwise we could be heading for league 1 with the snorters

 

[ATL Recs]

So even more reason to have been concerned with the the way business was conducted in the summer.

Yet those of us who were concerned were tarnished as bedwetters. I think we were more realists.

Exactly they made a complete mess of a great opportunity - manager recruitment -why did they offer ( no interview process ) the job to a successful failure then the complete farce of recruitment when stats from the previous season clearly showed where the failings were