The Walsall Chronicle
Market17 Jun 2030
Dajaune Brown has said yes to Valencia
The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Walsall have lost him in all but the paperwork.
Market17 Jun 2030
Néstor Caicedo asks to leave Walsall
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market17 Jun 2030
Doncaster Rovers come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Walsall did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Market17 Jun 2030
Newcastle United join the queue for Alex Iwobi
Add another name to the list: Newcastle United have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Alex Iwobi. The answer from Walsall has not changed — yet.
Squad17 Jun 2030
Néstor Caicedo 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.
Boardroom17 Jun 2030
Walsall agree a free transfer for Fabio Rodrigues Nallet
Nothing happens for months and then he simply arrives, at no cost, having signed a pre-contract while still turning out for somebody else. It is the least dramatic way to sign a footballer and frequently the shrewdest.
Transfer targets17 Jun 2030
Brentford tell Walsall: Riley McGree is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Squad17 Jun 2030
A falling-out at Walsall
Dajaune Brown and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad17 Jun 2030
A muscle injury and 14 days out for William Etheridge
The most common injury in the game and the most rushed back from. Walsall will quote 14 days and will be careful with it, because the second one is always worse than the first.
In brief
- Transfer targets Walsall ask about Matthew Litherland
- The dugout Gustavo Sangaré asks for a word with the manager
- The dugout Juan David Martínez gets picked when it counts