Stickied League 1 Transfer Rumours/Confirmed Transfers 2024/25

[Kenneth E End]

Of course you have used the loan market to its full potential.....You have had players who would play meaningless football in your youth teams and B teams which would not be recognised in these games by other teams you then have collected several million pound of the back of the loan market.
Again no use bleating when you did the same with Joe Taylor with Lincoln.......You can insert a clause that said player cannot be re-called

I’m talking about inbounds not outbounds. I’m saying we probably could’ve / should’ve taken a chance on a few of these players we’ve turned down for this exact season. Last season it was Jeysuren Rak-Sakhi.

 

[Strawberry_Jam]

Luton having a meltdown over players leaving despite being cushioned by 70 mil over 2 years, and L1 having to put up with clubs like Birmingham and Wrexham over the last year. Where as our record transfer fee is still 165,000 from 2003. Now we are struggling to buy any striker, leaving us to resort to loans from champ clubs to cover the whole of our front line. Just how ridiculous and unequal has this league become?

 

[Kenneth E End]

Luton having a meltdown over players leaving despite being cushioned by 70 mil over 2 years, and L1 having to put up with clubs like Birmingham and Wrexham over the last year. Where as our record transfer fee is still 165,000 from 2003. Now we are struggling to buy any striker, leaving us to resort to loans from champ clubs to cover the whole of our front line. Just how ridiculous and unequal has this league become?

Respectfully, please don’t put Luton in the same league as Wrexham, Birmingham and Ipswich. Our owners haven’t put their hands in their pocket since Covid aside from any stadium work. It’s something that I’m increasingly frustrated about. We got £210M+ over 3 years yet proceeded to waste it. We didn’t want to be here in the first place - I didn’t want us to be one that unbalances everything!

 

[That Fat Centre Half]

Yeah it’s kind of the opposite to how described above. It’s more that the PL money HASNT really been used at all to improve the squad and despite being in profit from sales we still aren’t spending. We are the opposite of Birmingham and Wrexham in that sense that w probably could go and spend but are not doing so. I mean, we are losing out on players to Stockport who have had none of the kind of cash injection we have had over the last few seasons

And over and above that I don’t think people are that bothered about the spending or lack of, it’s always been obvious that the club would not go on a spree like those others mentioned. For me it’s more the kind of high handed manner the club is taking to communicate around the off field stuff than the selling of players itself, which everyone expected. Like pressuring journalists and dreadful club comms despite it being a supposed area of focus

 

[SF_]

We bid £3m for Kone, as if Wycombe were going to accept that in the current market.

 

[Millerbri]

ROTHERHAM United this afternoon made former Ajax youngster Ar'jany Martha their ninth new boy of the summer.
Manager Matt Hamshaw is really excited about the capture of the talented left wing-back who has come to AESSEAL New York Stadium on a three-year deal.
The Millers have paid an undisclosed fee to take the 21-year-old from Belgian side Beerschot.

Good to have two Dutch kids in the squad as its first time in England for both this lad and Denzil Hall, it should help them settle into the bright lights of downtown Rotherham.

MH said he wanted to get the age of the squad down, I just hope fans will show a little patience.

 

[denzel ecfc]

I see Burton are splashing the cash, signing Tyrece Shade from Eastleigh

 

[Kenneth E End]

Aside from failing transfers, we are well stocked now in all areas apart from LWB and up front. I don't think we need any more than that; perhaps a young third keeper?

What I expect / happen from here, now 2 days from the first game:

-Mark McGuinness will stay as he still gets up to fitness.
-Millenic Alli will also stay, but he'll get strong interest towards the end of the window and certainly in January.
-Marvelous Nakamba will go out on loan somewhere.
-Tahith Chong will probably sign for someone towards the end of the window in the Championship.
-Teden Mengi is out for weeks not months after he was hacked down in a friendly at Southend. I'd expect him to stay til at least Christmas.
-Lamine Fanne had interest in June, but think he will stay.
-Isaiah Jones has a stress fracture and will be out until maybe September / October at least.
-Christ Makosso will be one of the leading players in L1 this season.
-Tom Holmes will go out on loan probably within L1.
-Hakeem Odoffin is out for a non football related issue - no idea of a timeline.
-Joe Johnson is going to be out until 2026 after having an operation yesterday.
-Jayden Luker has just joined Notts County on loan for the season. Think that is a good move.
-Equally, Taylan Harris joined Tranmere on loan last week.
-Josh Phillips and Oli Lynch will probably stay for EFL Trophy games but go out in 2026. It feels a big season for Zack Nelson too.

 

[That Fat Centre Half]

Aside from failing transfers, we are well stocked now in all areas apart from LWB and up front. I don't think we need any more than that; perhaps a young third keeper?

What I expect / happen from here, now 2 days from the first game:

-Mark McGuinness will stay as he still gets up to fitness.
-Millenic Alli will also stay, but he'll get strong interest towards the end of the window and certainly in January.
-Marvelous Nakamba will go out on loan somewhere.
-Tahith Chong will probably sign for someone towards the end of the window in the Championship.
-Teden Mengi is out for weeks not months after he was hacked down in a friendly at Southend. I'd expect him to stay til at least Christmas.
-Lamine Fanne had interest in June, but think he will stay.
-Isaiah Jones has a stress fracture and will be out until maybe September / October at least.
-Christ Makosso will be one of the leading players in L1 this season.
-Tom Holmes will go out on loan probably within L1.
-Hakeem Odoffin is out for a non football related issue - no idea of a timeline.
-Joe Johnson is going to be out until 2026 after having an operation yesterday.
-Jayden Luker has just joined Notts County on loan for the season. Think that is a good move.
-Equally, Taylan Harris joined Tranmere on loan last week.
-Josh Phillips and Oli Lynch will probably stay for EFL Trophy games but go out in 2026. It feels a big season for Zack Nelson too.

I’d like a RWB. Not sure how long Jones will be out for with his back and Walters is pretty poor imo.

To be honest that’s a spot that might be good to get a quality loan in to tide us over for that reason. But I doubt it happens and we will probably just roll with Walters

 

[Kenneth E End]

I’d like a RWB. Not sure how long Jones will be out for with his back and Walters is pretty poor imo.

To be honest that’s a spot that might be good to get a quality loan in to tide us over for that reason. But I doubt it happens and we will probably just roll with Walters

Bloomfield has already said 2 in, 2 out. Presumably that is Nakamba and Doughty for Al-Hamadi (and Humphreys?)

 

[That Fat Centre Half]

There’s been not a breath of a rumour about Nakamba as far as I can tell. Don’t even know if he’s with us at the moment which is a bit strange. Hopefully we can move him on.

I can’t see Al-Hamadi, he’s been playing and scoring for Ipswich in pre-season and they are short of strikers themselves