Official Summer Rumour & Transfer Thread

[POGGYWELL]

Barnsley have been priced out of a move for MK Dons defender Jack Tucker, according to journalist Alan Nixon.

[SBRed48]

Barnsley have been priced out of a move for MK Dons defender Jack Tucker, according to journalist Alan Nixon.

Well that's a reyt Tucker of a response from MKD.

What's wrong with our money ? The same £20K bid as this got us Barry Cotter. MKD can stick it Tuckers.

[GRASS SOD]

Mkdons want what they value him
and don't sell to first carrot dangled in front of them like we do

[POGGYWELL]

Darren Witcoop
@DarrenOWitcoop

AFC Wimbledon want in excess of £1.2m for Iraq striker Ali Al-Hamadi due to sizeable sell-on clause owed to his old club Wycombe. Barnsley remain keen despite seeing an opening bid rejected while Rotherham are monitoring developments. #AFCW #wwfc #barnsleyfc #rufc #afcwimbledon
10:29 AM · Aug 22, 2023

[Shadrack the Red]

Mkdons want what they value him
and don't sell to first carrot dangled in front of them like we do

I actually thought we turned down a bid of £2.5 million for Kitchen from Coventry & put a £ 2 million price on Styles & have held firm , I am hoping these price rejections are actually showing that we have altered & don"t accept the first carrot , although how anyone actually knows what we have accepted when the fee is usually announced as undisclosed anyway .

[SBRed48]

I actually thought we turned down a bid of £2.5 million for Kitchen from Coventry & put a £ 2 million price on Styles & have held firm , I am hoping these price rejections are actually showing that we have altered & don"t accept the first carrot , although how anyone actually knows what we have accepted when the fee is usually announced as undisclosed anyway .

No one can claim to know the truth as you say Shads but O'Kane in the Chronicle reported a £2.5 mill bid from Coventry for Kitching was turned down, Football League World reporting £3 mill. Early rumours had it at £3.5 mill.

O'Kane also confirmed Styles has a release clause amount in his contract and he understands it to be £2mill. If a buying club meets that and Styles agrees personal terms there is bugger all Barnsley can do abart it. It seems no one has bid £2mill yet or Styles didn't fancy the move to wherever.

[Shadrack the Red]

No one can claim to know the truth as you say Shads but O'Kane in the Chronicle reported a £2.5 mill bid from Coventry for Kitching was turned down, Football League World reporting £3 mill. Early rumours had it at £3.5 mill.

O'Kane also confirmed Styles has a release clause amount in his contract and he understands it to be £2mill. If a buying club meets that and Styles agrees personal terms there is bugger all Barnsley can do abart it. It seems no one has bid £2mill yet or Styles didn't fancy the move to wherever.

Exactly, you are confirming SB the point I am making, it seems we are trying to hang out for better brass ,although turning down the alleged offers for Kitching appears to have affected his form unless it is coincidence , regarding Styles , the valuation of Styles has not been met with Gary Rowett confirming earlier in the summer that Millwall would like him back at the Den but obviously not at £2million ,however unhappy players can cost you on the pitch, but at the end of the day it is the old saying that a player is only worth what a buyer is willing to pay & to be honest I have a degree of sympathy with clubs on this one because if the club sells the usual cry from the fans is that we have sold the player on the cheap but on the other side of the coin if a player is clearly not playing to his best then the fans demand he be moved on which is not always that easy.

[SBRed48]

Exactly, you are confirming SB the point I am making, it seems we are trying to hang out for better brass ,although turning down the alleged offers for Kitching appears to have affected his form unless it is coincidence , regarding Styles , the valuation of Styles has not been met with Gary Rowett confirming earlier in the summer that Millwall would like him back at the Den but obviously not at £2million ,however unhappy players can cost you on the pitch, but at the end of the day it is the old saying that a player is only worth what a buyer is willing to pay & to be honest I have a degree of sympathy with clubs on this one because if the club sells the usual cry from the fans is that we have sold the player on the cheap but on the other side of the coin if a player is clearly not playing to his best then the fans demand he be moved on which is not always that easy.

A professional footballer, paid by his club, should perform well irrespective of background speculation. Andersen was a good example of this.

Last season didn't work out as Styles hoped when he negotiated his new contract with the release clause in it. Believing the hype surrounding him he had hoped to take the Championship by storm and, as an established Hungarian international, have clubs swarming round at the end of his Millwall loan period. Unfortunately average form and a three month lay off due to injury, has meant his plans didn't work out and he faces the prospect of the Third Division at Barnsley. He should still put in 100% however which doesn't appear to be the case.

[Shadrack the Red]

A professional footballer, paid by his club, should perform well irrespective of background speculation. Andersen was a good example of this.

Last season didn't work out as Styles hoped when he negotiated his new contract with the release clause in it. Believing the hype surrounding him he had hoped to take the Championship by storm and, as an established Hungarian international, have clubs swarming round at the end of his Millwall loan period. Unfortunately average form and a three month lay off due to injury, has meant his plans didn't work out and he faces the prospect of the Third Division at Barnsley. He should still put in 100% however which doesn't appear to be the case.

I actually think Styles has been one of our better players this season & i have not seen or read anything about his expectations but at the end of the day you are right if no one comes in for him then he will be plying his trade in the third division but the original point was about the club accepting any old bid for our players where I am suggesting that there might have been a change of direction on this policy citing Styles & Kitchen as examples & it is a lot of our fans who seem to think that kitchen"s form has dipped since the transfer speculation from Coventry , I am not saying he has downed tools but it certainly seems to have affected him in some way or other .

[SBRed48]

Today could be the day to announce a big U-turn in recruitment policy. Gone are the days of fishing for non league transfer free agents.

It could be some youths with basic IT skills messing about on X Twitter in the school holidays of course but the face and arms of Sam Nombe, £1million plus star of Exeter, have appeared in the No 10 Barnsley shirt belonging to Benson, ready to be unveiled to Barnsley fans. The Tweet was quickly deleted but the secret could have leaked for a short while, which would be a marketing spoiler for the media team.

The signing of Nombe, who has hit a purple patch in his career scoring 15 goals last season for Exeter, means this swoop would be a massive coup to launch Ahmad's change of direction. Speculation is rife as to how this will be funded and which player(s) are about to leave. Some have even suggested he has been brought in to cover the sale of Devante Cole but that is, of course, pure speculation.

Welcome Sam (if it's true of course).