Official Transfers Abroad 2021

[Olé Olé]

Talks on Twitter of Zach Elbouzedi to AIK in Sweden. Interesting move. https://twitter.com/KennysKids/status/1413239799155146755?s=19

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.irishexaminer.com/sport/soccer/arid-40333385.html%3ftype=amp

A bit more on Elbouzedi's move here. All the best to him on this one. Fair play.

[seanfhear]

Means he's gone from Premier to Championship to League One to League Two in successive seasons
He sure knows how to get out of a Division ( It’s a Joke )

[samhaydenjr]

Cork City's Ricardo Dinanga gets two-year deal at Coventry:https://www.the42.ie/ricardo-dinanga-coventry-cork-city-5490404-Jul2021/

Darragh O'Connor on his way to Motherwell: https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/soccer/arid-40333748.html?utm_campaign=40333385&utm_medium=readnow&utm_source=irishexaminer

[Olé Olé]

Not a bad move for O'Connor given that he had no senior UK experience under the belt i.e. a lower league loan. Hopefully that goes well. Ryan Sweeney at Dundee is another young centre half there.

[Demesne Lad]

Shane McLoughlin (24) after two and a half years and 81 appearances at AFC Wimbledon, was released and has signed for Morecambe, also in EFL 1. (BBC Sport, 13 July)

[Demesne Lad]

Former Ireland international Anthony Pilkington, 33, has signed a one-year deal with Fleetwood of EFL 1. (BBC Sport, 16 July)

[samhaydenjr]

Cillian Sheridan returns to Scotland, signing for Dundee, but he's joined by Ian Lawlor - while this is probably the last move of Sheridan's career, Lawlor is 26 and this could be a chance to get himself back on track" https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2021/0719/1236069-cillian-sheridan-returns-to-scotland-to-join-dundee/

[Demesne Lad]

Sheffield Utd interested in Conor Hourihane (30) as doubts are expressed over his pace and stamina at Premier League level. (Yorkshire Live, 20 July)

[seanfhear]

Sheffield Utd interested in Conor Hourihane (30) as doubts are expressed over his pace and stamina at Premier League level. (Yorkshire Live, 20 July)
It does seem to be a level beyond his abilities.

[pineapple stu]

Cillian Sheridan returns to Scotland, signing for Dundee, but he's joined by Ian Lawlor - while this is probably the last move of Sheridan's career, Lawlor is 26 and this could be a chance to get himself back on track" https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2021/0719/1236069-cillian-sheridan-returns-to-scotland-to-join-dundee/
That's an interesting one. It was always hard to tell his level while he was playing in Poland or Cyprus and so on. But Dundee I can place.

Wouldn't say it's his last move given how frequently he's been moving clubs lately - it's his fifth club in 2½ years.

[tetsujin1979]

Ethon Varian to Raith on loan until January: https://www.raithrovers.net/49099/ethon-varian.htm

[tetsujin1979]

31 transfers, five loan deals, eight new contracts, and three managerial appointments were completed in July for Irish players and coaches: http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/Blog?id=4310144131991244936

[Demesne Lad]

Padraig Amond (33, Newport County) has gone to Exeter City on a season-long loan. "......It was quite clear things weren’t going to happen for me at Newport..." Amond said (Wales Online, 10 Aug).

[pineapple stu]

Slightly unusual one given Newport and Exeter were only separated by three points last year.

I guess at that level, every penny is vital, and it may just be that one manager's ageing forward is another manager's experienced player.

[Olé Olé]

Courtney Duffus back in the football league with League One Morecambe. https://www.the42.ie/morecambe-sign-courtney-duffus-5526653-Aug2021/

[Olé Olé]

Corrie Ndaba has joined Salford City on loan for the season too, alongside Tyreik Wright.

[elatedscum]

Masterson goes on loan to Cambridge

[Demesne Lad]

Harry Arter (Notts Forest) goes on loan to Charlton (BBC Football)

[Demesne Lad]

Oisín McEntee (Newcastle Utd and Ireland U-21) going to Scottish Championship club Greenock Morton, on loan until the end of 2021/22.

[Demesne Lad]

Connor Ronan, who was doing well at Grasshopper Zurich until he broke a metatarsal in May, has been signed on loan by Jim Goodwin at St Mirren (Daily Record). Ronan hasn't played first team football at Wolves since 2017, but they extended his contract to 2024. Will his signing for the SPL club facilitate a move by Jamie McGrath?

[Demesne Lad]

Alex Gilbert (Brentford and Ireland u-21) goes on loan to Swindon Town (EFL 2) (Brentford FC website tonight).

[tetsujin1979]

17 transfers, 17 loans, and four new contracts signed by Ireland players in August 2021: http://irish-abroad.appspot.com/Blog?id=4146857906309572569

[Demesne Lad]

And Glenn Whelan signed up for a year by Joey Barton's Bristol Rovers (BBC Football)

[tetsujin1979]

Mark Connolly has signed for Dunfermline on loan until January as part of his recovery from a torn cruciate: https://www.dafc.co.uk/story.php?t=Mark_Connolly_signs_for_Dunfermline&ID=13360