2026 Transfer Window

[Jolly Red Giant]

Bohs are signing a type for sure! Was physicality a problem for you last season?

Yes - there was a bit of a soft underbelly

[Jolly Red Giant]

Can anyone explain what a 'multi-year deal' actually means or what ir could involve as I usually take it to be a player signs with a club for a fixed wage for a number of years with reviews for each year following!

The details of any contract won't be made public - (basic + bonuses + extension or cancellation clauses + option clauses, etc) - the multi-year simply means that the contract covers at least 2026 and 2027, but possibly could be longer. In the LOI most deals would be one or two year deals (with a possible extension clause) - that is why there is so much of a merry go round in the LOI. EPL is different - clubs tie players into longer term contracts are part of their manipulation of the PSR (what will become SCR and SSR from next season) - its part of the reason why there tends to be so few players moving when out of contract (which becomes much more noticable as you go down the divisions to the point where the National League and lower is very similar to the LOI).

[Nah Nah Nah Nah]

It means 99.9999999% of the time 2 years

[sessylU]

Reposting/quoting into the correct thread:

Derry not in talks with Sam Todd, so we can all assume he's definitely away to Bohs.
Chat of Ben Doherty following him, which would be strange. Always did the job for us, but maybe he's thinking he won't get as much game time next season, especially if McClean is coming in.

Yeah, another strange one. He's been great and definitely stepped up when he needed to. Suppose he has Fleming ahead of him. I wonder would his departure suggest that there is someone else lined up, McClean or otherwise.

I'm a bit uncomfortable with the quality that's leaving Derry. I suppose that's an inevitable part of upgrading your squad, though. You want better players, that letting go of good players to get better ones still means letting go of good players.