The Cambridge United Post
Squad14 Aug 2028
A knee injury of the worst kind for Adam Webster
106 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Cambridge United lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Transfer targets14 Aug 2028
Cambridge United baulk at the price for Jacob Parsons
Wigan Athletic wanted more than $12.1M and the board would not go there. Walked away, for now, which in a transfer window means until somebody blinks.
Market14 Aug 2028
Cambridge United spend $2.2M to raise the standard
This is not cover and nobody is pretending it is. $2.2M has been paid because Gatlin O'Donkor is straightforwardly better than what was already here, and the club has decided to stop waiting.
Transfer targets14 Aug 2028
Thomas O'Connor due for a Cambridge United medical
Everything agreed with Wrexham, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Market14 Aug 2028
Mamadou Jobe has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Cambridge United they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Boardroom14 Aug 2028
Cambridge United go back to the board over Harley O'Grady-Macken
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $330.0K — a club that wants Harley O'Grady-Macken enough to be asked twice.
Transfer targets14 Aug 2028
Cambridge United make their move for Harley O'Grady-Macken
$290.0K on the table at Accrington Stanley. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Squad14 Aug 2028
A falling-out at Cambridge United
Liam Bennett and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Transfer targets14 Aug 2028
Door shut on Kieran Green
Cambridge United asked and AFC Wimbledon said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
In brief
- The dugout No hiding place for Marcus Forss
- Market Cambridge United promote Jack Davis from within
- Market One of our own: Michael Johnson joins the Cambridge United first team