There is a quality Italian-Albanian keeper with LoI experience that would be available, He is show stopper but covid made it hard to settle in Dundalk. He be a super keeper to replace Mannus, tall, command his area and is a shot stopper. A perfect long term match for Rovers if they could sort a few weakness.Originally Posted by placid casual
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Atakayi is a winger rather than a striker for what it's worth in regards to his stats, so it's not as eyebrow-raising in that sense. Looked a handful when he came on Friday but we'll see how it plays out, not often you pay a fee for a player in this league so that combined with replacing Burns will heap expectation on him.
Shame for Sligo to lose McGinty but it really did only feel like a matter of time.
Well I suppose it's more that he was struggling to get his game in the Finnish top flight and dropped down to the second tier on loan last season.
Though wiki suggests he was booted out on loan because of "attitude problems", so I guess if that can be fixed (and sometimes a change of scenery will do it), maybe there's a decent player underneath.
McGinty out of contract in November so hardly going to get a fortune for him. He’s owes us nothing. McNicholas is a good replacement.
Im always interested in how these moves come about also as some of them are fantastically random.
The Atakayi to Pats move is less so though. Our assistant manager Jon Daly was assistant of TPS last season, the team that Atakayi was on loan with. Daly mentioned he also knew him from as far back as his time in Scotland, presumably he would’ve faced him when managing Hearts U20s against Rangers. With that in mind he does seem to be more of a known entity to the coaching staff so that hopefully bodes well although in the past Pat Cregg did play with Martin Rennie and somehow managed to convince the club to pay a transfer fee for him despite being one of the worst players I’ve seen play football. Early doors but Serge looked like he could be a danger for teams based on his debut. Looking forward to seeing more of him
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Paaatrick's Agletic
Como have finally announced Liam Kerrigan. Contract until June 2025, great deal for him!
Paaatrick's Agletic
Not quite LOI but Aaron McEneff left Hearts for Australia, really expected him to show more in Scottish football
I think Dundalk were sniffing after him in early 2020, which probably saw an improved contract offered for him to stay, almost sure they went back again in 2021 but of course P6 knew all about LOI football and got Abbi instead, even typing those words gives me nightmares, what an absolute fraud he was.
Would surprise me if McGinty had a release clause for a small fig to ensure he got a move, seems a good few players doing this these days to speed up a UK move.
#DundalkFC - First Irish club to win an away game in Europe (1963), only Irish club to win a game / points in Europa League Group Stage (2016).
Don’t believe he had a low release fee in his contract
Wonder whether Hearts will bemoan a McEneff shaped hole in their side? A player that should be tracked by LoI clubs as with his ability Oz wont be a long term and content destination.
Blackpool put in a 200k bid for Andy Lyons,decent money for a player only there for half a season ….
Irish by birth ,Harps by the grace of god.
Or crap money for a LWB who has scored 7 goals this season and been man of the match several times........
I hope we say no.
I Suppose I was comparing it to the fees that other players are going for but I take your point….
Irish by birth ,Harps by the grace of god.
https://www.transfermarkt.us/league-...wettbewerb/GB3
We get well more than the average by the looks of it.......the average being "free transfer" or about 3k if you want the average from what was actually spent. MK Dons have spent more than others and all on LoI players.
Not sure if that site is completely accurate mind you.
You'd wonder where it gets its info from in an era when every transfer seems to be "Undisclosed" (because clubs don't want rival clubs to know how much cash they've just made on a transfer, and so how much is available for the replacement)
Not sure but it seems reasonably accurate for the LoI ones I think? Although even those you wouldn't know. I've heard one thing from fans of the selling clubs and another from elsewhere in most cases.
Wets finger sticks in the air and ponders for a moment................200k
Not sure they ever used him properly. Hearts fans seem to either think he wasn't up to the standard or that he didn't fit the system and wasn't really given enough game time. Liked for his effort and a few important goals but they aren't too disappointed to see him gone. When I watched they were using him as an attacking midfielder and even on the right. He's a box to box midfielder so maybe he never got a chance to show what he was about. Either way, I'm just happy he isn't coming home to sign for Derry...
We've been saying the same thing about Roy O'Donovan since 2015.
Would the club let him go for €200,000 when there is a real chance now of group stage football after today’s draw. Obviously you are stronger with him than without him.
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