The Rotherham United Courier
Squad23 Aug 2027
The knee: Charles Bell out for 25 days
25 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Rotherham United lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Market23 Aug 2027
Jayden Bogle is a Rotherham United player
The fee is $12.5M, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Leeds United drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.
Market23 Aug 2027
Rotherham United say no — this time
The offer from Birmingham for Gleyfer Medina was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Transfer targets23 Aug 2027
No thanks: Joe Adams rejects the move
Rotherham United had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Wigan Athletic, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.
Squad23 Aug 2027
A falling-out at Rotherham United
Hugo Magallanes and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Boardroom23 Aug 2027
Graduation day at Rotherham United
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
The dugout23 Aug 2027
The manager makes an example of Conor Hazard
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Market23 Aug 2027
Jonathan Matthews steps up from the Rotherham United academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Jonathan Matthews has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market23 Aug 2027
Christopher Bailey steps up from the Rotherham United academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Christopher Bailey has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
In brief
- Match A bad afternoon for Rotherham United against Blackpool
- The dugout The manager’s verdict
- Transfer targets Rotherham United try to borrow Kian Harratt