The Notts County Courier
The dugout6 Aug 2029
Spencer Sutton keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Notts County may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Market6 Aug 2029
Only the photograph left for Pedro Blanco
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Pedro Blanco will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Notts County the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Market6 Aug 2029
Alexandre Nkono puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Notts County, and it is not being withdrawn.
Boardroom6 Aug 2029
Samir Gasanov signs for Gillingham while still at Notts County
The rules permit it and it stings anyway. Samir Gasanov has agreed terms with Gillingham for the summer, and until then he pulls on this shirt as a player who has already chosen his next one.
Squad6 Aug 2029
The step up is real for Jorge Castro
At 18 he is doing things this season that he could not do last season, and doing them every week. Form comes and goes; this has stayed long enough to be called something else.
Transfer targets6 Aug 2029
Door shut on Adriel Walker
Notts County asked and Bromley said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market6 Aug 2029
Fulham expected to open talks for Matthew Dennis
Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Notts County will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.
Squad6 Aug 2029
Kaine Kesler Hayden falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Squad6 Aug 2029
A late step up for Artem Yamangulov
At 26 the improving is meant to be over. It is not: 4 points better than the mark taken at the start of the year, which is the sort of thing that happens to players who take the boring parts of the job seriously.
In brief
- Squad A falling-out at Notts County
- Transfer targets A loan move for Ruben Loftus-Cheek is in the works
- Transfer targets Notts County try to borrow Charlie Setford