2025 Arrivals and Departures

**Nesta99** · 10/01/2025, 8:15 PM

Originally Posted by oriel

Just saying to a mate earlier today, we must try this almost going out of business lark again some time - great bunch of lads !

I don't think he will sign though, seems he has a few other offers. Not sure where mind.

It would be no surprise that he falls in to the being paid by someone else category. Its a strange and long term thing that instead of sponsoring the club directly that there are businesses in Dundalk that will only sponsor the wages of certain players, marquee players that the manaer doesnt necessarily want. Oriel who was the player and when, signed back to the club, manager regularly left him sitting in the stand (was it under Foster? maybe a scottish player?). Horgan's wages are supposedly being paid by a sponsor, and there are plenty of other examples over the years. It happens elswhere, Id say Keith Gillespie was the highest profile of all over the years. How it fits in to licencing would be interesting to see eg how its accounted for in the books, does it impact on who is the actual employer, does a company hand over sponsor money and the dictate how its spent etc. Very GLITW type stuff....

**oriel** · 10/01/2025, 8:26 PM

Originally Posted by Nesta99

It would be no surprise that he falls in to the being paid by someone else category. Its a strange and long term thing that instead of sponsoring the club directly that there are businesses in Dundalk that will only sponsor the wages of certain players, marquee players that the manaer doesnt necessarily want. Oriel who was the player and when, signed back to the club, manager regularly left him sitting in the stand (was it under Foster? maybe a scottish player?). Horgan's wages are supposedly being paid by a sponsor, and there are plenty of other examples over the years. It happens elswhere, Id say Keith Gillespie was the highest profile of all over the years. How it fits in to licencing would be interesting to see eg how its accounted for in the books, does it impact on who is the actual employer, does a company hand over sponsor money and the dictate how its spent etc. Very GLITW type stuff....

Some amount of turnover during Fozzy era, was it Alex Williams - who incidently ended up behind bars in Scot, or Michael McGowan, not sure, but also heard Horgan wages are covered by outside of DFC party.

**trevy** · 11/01/2025, 6:18 AM

Waterford signed 2 goalkeepers and a full back in the last week. Bradley Wade ex CorkCity and Stephen McMullen on loan from Fleetwood are the keepers.
Navajo Bakboord is the new right back and was with Heracles in the Netherlands. He came through Ajax academy and has been capped at underage level with Netherlands and senior level with Surinam.
He's an interesting signing and second player signed from Dutch football lately.

**A N Mouse** · 11/01/2025, 8:23 AM

Originally Posted by brendy_�ire

Always been a huge fan of Robbie Benson, and, taken in isolation, I'd be happy to have him. As pointed out though, it's starting to look like a old squad we're putting together.

Rumours of a few trialists tomorrow, including a Dutch lad and an Austrian. How exotic.
Though not sure how much you could judge anyone from playing in a half-frozen Finn Park in January.

Could we actually sign them though? Has something changed in terms of UK work permits? They based at English parent club? Or we now giving trials to underage internationals?

**Another Bohemia** · 11/01/2025, 8:59 AM

Originally Posted by A N Mouse

Could we actually sign them though? Has something changed in terms of UK work permits? They based at English parent club? Or we now giving trials to underage internationals?

Honestly if yous are giving trials to players who you can't get a work permit for then you have bigger problems than an aging squad. Are there any defined footballing structures on DCFC or is it very dependent on the manager to organise players and the like?

**2 Year Contract** · 11/01/2025, 9:43 AM

Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954

*Fully frozen.

Correct! Game not going ahead

**sbgawa** · 11/01/2025, 12:17 PM

Johny kenny on yhe bench for celtic today against ross county. Looking unlikely he will be coming back but some hope maybe he comes back until July maybe....

**Jack B** · 11/01/2025, 12:40 PM

Looks like Michael Noonan is off to Rovers from Pats, or at least until he then moves to Man City which seems to be the plan. Hasn't signed pro terms with us yet and apparently his family are big Rovers fans.

See that Derry have announced Whyte and Boyce. The former looks a good signing, though with Boyce I'm not sure I get the point given his age and injury record at a presumably high cost when you've already got Hoban and Mullan there as strikers. The Benson one is a bit of a head-scratcher also for me if it happens. Saw a lot of talk from Derry fans about how an overhaul of the squad was or at least should be on the cards but it just seems like they're continuing in the same vein they had been only with a different manager.

**sbgawa** · 11/01/2025, 12:47 PM

Noonan is a great signing for us, surprised to see him leaving Pats though

**sbgawa** · 11/01/2025, 1:05 PM

Kenny misses a sitter from 3 yards....might be back yet

**Nesta99** · 11/01/2025, 1:09 PM

Originally Posted by oriel

Some amount of turnover during Fozzy era, was it Alex Williams - who incidently ended up behind bars in Scot, or Michael McGowan, not sure, but also heard Horgan wages are covered by outside of DFC party.

McGowan it was! Probably the bizzarest player situation ever at Dundalk which considering we flew an injured Iain Ferguson in weekly just for matchnights to sit in the stand it says plenty!

**Nesta99** · 11/01/2025, 1:16 PM

Originally Posted by Another Bohemia

Honestly if yous are giving trials to players who you can't get a work permit for then you have bigger problems than an aging squad. Are there any defined footballing structures on DCFC or is it very dependent on the manager to organise players and the like?

If they were to live in Donegal, fixed abode with name on a long term house lease etc. Could they train/play ie work in Derry under the CTA. Is there a loophole as Id know a few EU people that live in Dundalk but work in Newry and they'd not have been here when EU nationals resident in the UK had a bunch of paperwork to fill, pre Brexit resident in Ireland etc.

**Another Bohemia** · 11/01/2025, 1:24 PM

Originally Posted by Nesta99

If they were to live in Donegal, fixed abode with name on a long term house lease etc. Could they train/play ie work in Derry under the CTA. Is there a loophole as Id know a few EU people that live in Dundalk but work in Newry and they'd not have been here when EU nationals resident in the UK had a bunch of paperwork to fill, pre Brexit resident in Ireland etc.

No idea but if it was as simple as that I have no idea why Higgins was complaining last season

**placid casual** · 11/01/2025, 1:59 PM

Great bit of business if Rovers can this done .
His family are staunch Rovers.
Hopefully it can make up for us letting Sam Curtis go the other way.
https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/...-41551825.html

**DCSIL** · 11/01/2025, 2:37 PM

Liam Boyce in the door at Derry on a 2 year deal subject to the Ballybofey accounts association reading the contract first

**EalingGreen** · 11/01/2025, 3:20 PM

Originally Posted by Jack B

See that Derry have announced Whyte and Boyce. The former looks a good signing, though with Boyce I'm not sure I get the point given his age and injury record at a presumably high cost when you've already got Hoban and Mullan there as strikers.

Assuming he settles (only left Pompey for family reasons), GW can rip up the LOI, since he's English Championship standard.

As for Boyce, normally I'd be inclined to agree (esp re injury), except that Hearts fans are saying that since he came into the team recently in place of Shankland, he's been excellent. And since he never had any pace, his age need not be a problem.

And if Shane Ferguson still has some fuel left in the tank (unsure), he should be a good signing for the LOI, for a season or two at least.

**2 Year Contract** · 11/01/2025, 3:29 PM

Looks like Michael Noonan has done a reverse Sam Curtis and gone from Pats to rovers before he signed his first pro deal. Saw something on Twitter linking Pats to Conor Carty, would make sense as a third option up top with Noonan gone.

https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/...-41551825.html

**Nesta99** · 11/01/2025, 3:33 PM

Lynch hasnt done a whole lot wrong as a manaer albeit there is still time, so as long as the squad has some balance to it! I didnt like the P6 indication that players over 27 were not to be significant targets for Dundalk when some players like Gaffney were well in to their 30s and could be a top target and that age isnt everything if a particular type of player including leadership stuff, is needed.

**TonyD** · 11/01/2025, 4:41 PM

Originally Posted by 2 Year Contract

Looks like Michael Noonan has done a reverse Sam Curtis and gone from Pats to rovers before he signed his first pro deal. Saw something on Twitter linking Pats to Conor Carty, would make sense as a third option up top with Noonan gone.

https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/...-41551825.html

Would be happy enough to take Conor Carthy back. In the mid to longer term it might even be preferable to keeping Noonan, who seems set to go to the UK sooner rather than later.