Hampus Silverholt
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It’s becoming a bit of a tradition for me to plan to have a quiet January transfer window, only for the complete opposite to happen…
I was more than happy with the loan signing of Morgan Rogers from Bournemouth - which includes an option to buy for £375,000 that I will almost certainly be taking up in the summer.
And I also managed to get Jordan Rossiter for £50,000 from Aberdeen to bolster my midfield options and conclude my January business… or so I thought!
That was because Norwich came in with a £2m bid for our youngster Ger Corr.
He’s a bright prospect but I just thought that £2m was too good to turn down. Only time will tell if that’s the right decision but I can’t see him becoming a top player in the future.
The transfer happened so late in the window that I spent a while scrambling around for a replacement.
But I happened to find the perfect one in Freddie Davidson from Spurs, who were happy for us to contribute £0 to his wages.
It turns out that was for a reason…
I somehow failed to realise that Davidson is recovering from a broken leg so won’t be available for another month at least!
To be honest our attacking depth is more than adequate even without him and that proved to be the case in January as our only losses were in the FA Cup and EFL Trophy.
We got two big wins against Portsmouth and Sheffield Wednesday - the latter of which was a top of the table clash where Freddie Draper scored a hattrick.
And we were also beaten 2-0 by Everton in the FA Cup 3rd Round - in all honesty it could’ve been about 8 as they absolutely battered us!
But those results in League One mean we’re 10 points clear and have lost just once in 31 matches!
With not too much of the season remaining, surely we’re going to win yet another league at our new club?
Also, something completely unrelated to all of the above is that Jurgen Klopp is Brentford manager.
A bit of a strange one I must admit…
I was more than happy with the loan signing of Morgan Rogers from Bournemouth - which includes an option to buy for £375,000 that I will almost certainly be taking up in the summer.
And I also managed to get Jordan Rossiter for £50,000 from Aberdeen to bolster my midfield options and conclude my January business… or so I thought!
That was because Norwich came in with a £2m bid for our youngster Ger Corr.
He’s a bright prospect but I just thought that £2m was too good to turn down. Only time will tell if that’s the right decision but I can’t see him becoming a top player in the future.
The transfer happened so late in the window that I spent a while scrambling around for a replacement.
But I happened to find the perfect one in Freddie Davidson from Spurs, who were happy for us to contribute £0 to his wages.
It turns out that was for a reason…
I somehow failed to realise that Davidson is recovering from a broken leg so won’t be available for another month at least!
To be honest our attacking depth is more than adequate even without him and that proved to be the case in January as our only losses were in the FA Cup and EFL Trophy.
We got two big wins against Portsmouth and Sheffield Wednesday - the latter of which was a top of the table clash where Freddie Draper scored a hattrick.
And we were also beaten 2-0 by Everton in the FA Cup 3rd Round - in all honesty it could’ve been about 8 as they absolutely battered us!
But those results in League One mean we’re 10 points clear and have lost just once in 31 matches!
With not too much of the season remaining, surely we’re going to win yet another league at our new club?
Also, something completely unrelated to all of the above is that Jurgen Klopp is Brentford manager.
A bit of a strange one I must admit…