Thomas Ross

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Marked for Thomas Ross

104 Edition

The Tranmere Rovers Gazette

24 Jul 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad24 Jul 2028

Thomas Ross damages knee ligaments — 19 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 19 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.

Market24 Jul 2028

Not going: Jevan Beattie stays at Tranmere Rovers

“I know what people will say. I know what I want, and it is here.” HNK Vukovar 1991 had the fee agreed and the shirt ready; they did not have the player, and now they will not.

Transfer targets24 Jul 2028

Tranmere Rovers agree $410.0K for Finley Taylor

The clubs have shaken hands with Blackburn Rovers; the player has not yet. Personal terms are next, and personal terms are where more deals die than anybody prints.

Squad24 Jul 2028

Real improvement from Lamin Sillah at Tranmere Rovers

Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Lamin Sillah is 22, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.

Transfer targets24 Jul 2028

Christian Sbaccanti is a medical away from Tranmere Rovers

The deal with AS Roma is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.

Squad24 Jul 2028

Tempers go at Tranmere Rovers

Luke McGee was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad24 Jul 2028

Late improvement for Charlie Whitaker

At 24 the improving is meant to be over, and it is not: 3 points better than a year ago. It happens to the ones who take the boring parts seriously.

Transfer targets24 Jul 2028

Tranmere Rovers rebuffed over Tomás Sosa

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Real Madrid have kept their man, and Tranmere Rovers go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Market24 Jul 2028

Connor Jennings is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Tranmere Rovers has been clear about where Connor Jennings stands, which is more than many ever get.

In brief

Back issues
103 Edition

The Tranmere Rovers Gazette

17 Jul 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

The terraces17 Jul 2028

The mood at Tranmere Rovers has turned into something else

Supporters who sing when it goes badly are supporters. Supporters who gather afterwards are a problem, and everybody inside the building knows which of the two this now is.

Boardroom17 Jul 2028

Pressure builds in the Tranmere Rovers boardroom

The directors have stopped offering the manager public warmth. In football that is usually the stage before the short statement.

Squad17 Jul 2028

A knee injury of the worst kind for Thomas Ross

27 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Tranmere Rovers lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Match17 Jul 2028

Tranmere Rovers are in real trouble now

Position 22, 43 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.

Squad17 Jul 2028

Real improvement from Ryan Battrum at Tranmere Rovers

Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Ryan Battrum is 22, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.

Squad17 Jul 2028

A muscle injury sidelines Luke McGee for 15 days

Nobody makes a documentary about a hamstring and everybody in the game fears one. Tranmere Rovers will be careful with the return date, because the second one is always worse than the first.

Transfer targets17 Jul 2028

Matteo Farronato due for a Tranmere Rovers medical

Everything agreed with Inter, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.

Squad17 Jul 2028

Luke McGee in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Tranmere Rovers this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Transfer targets17 Jul 2028

Tranmere Rovers rebuffed over Joshua Donovan

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Cardiff City have kept their man, and Tranmere Rovers go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

In brief

102 Edition

The Tranmere Rovers Gazette

10 Jul 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad10 Jul 2028

Thomas Ross damages knee ligaments — 34 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 34 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.

Market10 Jul 2028

Jevan Beattie agrees terms with Bloemfontein Celtic

The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Tranmere Rovers people have started saying his name in the past tense.

Market10 Jul 2028

Lewis Warrington hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Tranmere Rovers can pretend not to have heard.

Transfer targets10 Jul 2028

Finley Taylor is a medical away from Tranmere Rovers

The deal with Blackburn Rovers is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.

Squad10 Jul 2028

A falling-out at Tranmere Rovers

Luke McGee and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Transfer targets10 Jul 2028

Racing Genk tell Tranmere Rovers: Cameron Byrne-Hughes 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.

Squad10 Jul 2028

Words at Tranmere Rovers training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Lewis Warrington is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Transfer targets10 Jul 2028

A loan move for Tomás Sosa is in the works

Tranmere Rovers have made the call to Real Madrid. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.

The dugout10 Jul 2028

No hiding place for Makoto Kikushima

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Makoto Kikushima, and the manager let it.

In brief

101 Edition

The Tranmere Rovers Gazette

3 Jul 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad3 Jul 2028

A knee injury of the worst kind for Thomas Ross

41 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Tranmere Rovers lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Boardroom3 Jul 2028

Tranmere Rovers spell it out for the manager

The board’s statement ran to three sentences and one of them mentioned results. the manager has managed long enough to translate: win soon, or the next statement is shorter.

Boardroom3 Jul 2028

The Tranmere Rovers board call everybody in

Nothing has been announced and everybody understands what it means. A board that summons the whole football department on a Tuesday morning is a board that has stopped believing the problem will fix itself.

Transfer targets3 Jul 2028

Jordan Wright due for a Tranmere Rovers medical

Everything agreed with Newport County, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.

Squad3 Jul 2028

Words exchanged at Tranmere Rovers

Luke McGee and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Squad3 Jul 2028

Words at Tranmere Rovers training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Josh Nichols is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Transfer targets3 Jul 2028

AS Roma tell Tranmere Rovers: Christian Sbaccanti 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.

Market3 Jul 2028

Bloemfontein Celtic expected to open talks for Jevan Beattie

Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Tranmere Rovers will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.

The dugout3 Jul 2028

The manager makes an example of Joe Ironside

“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.

In brief

100 Edition

The Tranmere Rovers Gazette

26 Jun 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match24 Jun 2028

Chastening afternoon for Tranmere Rovers

A 0‑4 beating by Grimsby Town was the sort of result that empties a stadium long before the final whistle.

Match26 Jun 2028

Tranmere Rovers finish in position 22

43 points, and the season has a number on it. Whatever it felt like from the inside, this is what it will look like in a book.

Match24 Jun 2028

7 matches without a win for Tranmere Rovers

The run now stands at 7, and the questions being asked around Tranmere Rovers are no longer polite ones.

Transfer targets26 Jun 2028

Tranmere Rovers agree $470.0K for Finley Taylor

The clubs have shaken hands with Blackburn Rovers; the player has not yet. Personal terms are next, and personal terms are where more deals die than anybody prints.

Market26 Jun 2028

Thomas Ross asks to leave Tranmere Rovers

“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.

Market26 Jun 2028

Eyes on Jevan Beattie again

The phone has started ringing about Jevan Beattie again, and this time the name on the line is Bloemfontein Celtic. Tranmere Rovers are listening politely and promising nothing.

Squad26 Jun 2028

Josh Nichols is the real thing at 21

A season average of 7.17 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. Tranmere Rovers know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.

Squad26 Jun 2028

Tempers go at Tranmere Rovers

Luke McGee was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad26 Jun 2028

Words at Tranmere Rovers training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Josh Nichols is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

In brief