January 2026 Transfer Thread

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January 2026 Transfer Thread

Post by bristolhammerfc »

Please fill your boots

Transfer Posts in other threads will be off topic

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bristolhammerfc wrote: Thu Oct 09, 2025 1:30 pm Please fill your boots

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MAGUIRE

MAGUIRE IS WHAT WE NEED
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Adama Traore and Ruben Neves are two players I expect us to target. Both Nuno favourites, with 6 months left on their contract. Neves is also a Mendes client.

But the greatest need, of course, is at CB and striker.

With Macaulay gone and Hahn seemingly going, our already tiny transfer committee looks virtually non-existent. Think we might have one more data guy - Dylan something? But ultimately unless we bring someone else in, it looks like signings will be entirely at the whim of Sullivan and Nuno.
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I suspect there is less money available than what is needed to upgrade this squad to a reasonable level but surely the priorities must be a decent main striker, at least one, but preferably two, strong central defenders, a competent defensive midfielder, and someone with a bit of imagination and creativity to provide the strike force with ammunition.

So only around £120 million give or take.

The loan market it is then.
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JHON DURAN
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PLAYERS. We need PLAYERS. PLAYERS are what we need in order to avoid OBLIVION.

PLAYERS.

CBs and STs, please and thank you.
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I can hear a certain fan of Spoons and The Carpenters licking his lips!
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The obvious, and lazy suggestion, would be Chris Wood.

34 in December. Will fit very nicely with our 33 year old German and 34 year old substitute.
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Chris Woods would be the sort of short term fix nonsense that I would fully expect Sullivan to be interested in. Might score a few goals to help keep us up, but he won’t be cheap, and he wouldn’t come here unless it was decent money and a 2-3 year contract. We’d end up with yet another old striker, whose legs have gone.

DJU is who we need. DJU. 9 goals and 3 assists in 10 matches for Meteorland and not 22 until June.

DJU.
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Sell Todibo.

Sign Milenkovic.
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SullySpecial wrote: Thu Oct 09, 2025 2:39 pm Chris Woods would be the sort of short term fix nonsense that I would fully expect Sullivan to be interested in. Might score a few goals to help keep us up, but he won’t be cheap, and he wouldn’t come here unless it was decent money and a 2-3 year contract. We’d end up with yet another old striker, whose legs have gone.

DJU is who we need. DJU. 9 goals and 3 assists in 10 matches for Meteorland and not 22 until June.

DJU.
If woods turns up it’ll be because Nuno wants him here
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Endrick Brazilian forward at Real Madrid being regularly linked.
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Early days but at the moment I’m trying to work out whether or not I give a damn about what happens this window.

It’s the crushing inevitability that whatever happens won’t be good enough and won’t prevent us being in exactly the same position a window or two down the road.

Maybe when we get new owners I can get excited again.
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Big Lump = Igor Thiago


Smaller Lump - Endrick ....Jhon Duran


Cheap As Chips - Chris Woods
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A strong gobby centre half, who is a leader.
A striker that can run and hit the net.
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MooresTheHero wrote: Thu Oct 09, 2025 2:52 pm A strong gobby centre half, who is a leader.
A striker that can run and hit the net.
:crest:
This and this.

Anything less and it's Canon Football League Division 2 for us.
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Striker striker striker striker striker striker striker
And 2 new Cbs :newthumb:
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Billy Bonds boots wrote: Thu Oct 09, 2025 2:56 pm Striker striker striker striker striker striker striker
And 2 new Cbs :newthumb:
Only 1 CB for me

Killman is a good player he just needs a no nonsense player next to him

Maigure
Prime zouma
Dawson when we signed him

Those 3 commanders of the box would form an excellent partnership with kilman
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