2025 Arrivals and Departures

**Neish** · 09/07/2025, 11:14 AM

Originally Posted by cl�irseach

https://finnharps.ie/harps-sign-mcgu...om-stoke-city/

Where does it mention loan Neish? Can you show us the bit where Harps announce a loan signing here?

It doesn't, now can you point me to where it says anything about a transfer?

**Neish** · 09/07/2025, 11:16 AM

Originally Posted by pineapple stu

It doesn't explicitly - though that in itself may be telling - but the wiki article I linked has it under transfers rather than loans.

you do realise wikipedia is not to be taken as 100% factually accurate?

**TVFBLOCKF** · 09/07/2025, 11:47 AM

Originally Posted by Neish

It doesn't, now can you point me to where it says anything about a transfer?

https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/spor...inness-9897607

**pineapple stu** · 09/07/2025, 12:05 PM

Originally Posted by Neish

you do realise wikipedia is not to be taken as 100% factually accurate?

It has a reputation for being very accurate generally.

Certainly if the choices are "It's a permanent deal because that's on wiki" and "It's a loan deal because the article mentions a previous loan to a different club in a different country", I'll go with the former

Originally Posted by TVFBLOCKF

https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/spor...inness-9897607

That article also says "Stoke have also sent 18-year-old centre-back Freddie Anderson out on loan to Ireland, where he will play for Cork City for the season" so I think we can take it the McGuinness move isn't a loan or it would have been called out too.

**De Town** · 09/07/2025, 12:17 PM

Originally Posted by Neish

It doesn't, now can you point me to where it says anything about a transfer?

What a really strange hill to die on!

**2 Year Contract** · 09/07/2025, 1:35 PM

Derry apparently close to agreeing a deal with English striker Dipo Akinyemi. Adding to Boyce, Mullen and Hoban already at the club in that position. Certainly looks like Hoban and or Mullen are on the way out

**nigel-harps1954** · 09/07/2025, 5:13 PM

Originally Posted by cl�irseach

https://finnharps.ie/harps-sign-mcgu...om-stoke-city/

Where does it mention loan Neish? Can you show us the bit where Harps announce a loan signing here?

It was originally due to be a permanent transfer, as I understand it, but due to some sort of contract issue with his Stoke release, it was eventually done as a loan.

**cl�irseach** · 09/07/2025, 6:30 PM

Originally Posted by De Town

What a really strange hill to die on!

Some folk take it as their job to defend their club online at all times, no matter what.

Harps unfortunately have a record over the past two and a bit years of, I'll be generous and say unclear, communication - clubs added to new signing's cvs for whom they were never registered, skipping over spells to a more impressive most recent club etc. It's not important stuff I suppose. The current 'misunderstanding' about the cost of the ground / what would be delivered with the previously announced target is a little more important.