Football Daily | Raheem Sterling and Harvey Elliott: will the forgotten footballers find pastures new?

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Remember that golden summer of strikers? Alexander Isak, the former hottest property in football. Get well soon, Alex. That all boiled down to a crazy last day of deal sheets, add-ons, release clauses, buy-backs, loans with options to buy, medicals and AI-generated InstaChat memes. Such halcyon days are unlikely to be repeated in this bleak midwinter. January, barring Manchester City snaffling Antoine Semenyo and Marc Guéhi, has been quiet. On Tuesday, the window will almost certainly creak shut rather than slam. At many Premier League clubs, a window has barely been open at all, making for a stagnant market.

The kerfuffle about the Blackpool FC stadium hotel puts me in mind of a Jimmy Greaves classic. When Chelsea’s Matthew Harding stand was opened Jimmy maintained that the architects had made a major mistake. The stand was facing the pitch. Very droll from a great character” – Paul Allen.

Perhaps a word for Barry Bannan, a bona fide Sheffield Wednesday legend, leaving the field in tears at Bristol City. I doubt there is a player more loved at any football club than Baz, but his desire to leave after 477 games is understandable given the shambles the team has become. If he is indeed off to Millwall (where he is undergoing a medical – Football Daily Transfer News Ed), is it too much for the football gods to grant him one last shot at reaching the promised land of the Premier League?” – Chris Goater. Continue reading...