The Oldham Athletic Chronicle
Transfer targets18 Aug 2031
Fee done, terms next for Luka Bentt
Oldham Athletic and Preston have settled on $3.8M. The rest belongs to the player and his agent, and a supporter who has watched one of these before knows not to buy the shirt yet.
Market18 Aug 2031
Frankie McMahon-Brown 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 The request is on a desk at Oldham Athletic, and it is not being withdrawn.
Transfer targets18 Aug 2031
Oldham Athletic bid $1.9M for Saša Lukić
The offer went to Aston Villa this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.
Transfer targets18 Aug 2031
Oldham Athletic bid $710.0K for Freddy Bernal
The offer went to Chelsea this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.
Transfer targets18 Aug 2031
No thanks: Michael Wood rejects the move
Oldham Athletic had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at West Ham United, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.
Boardroom18 Aug 2031
12 academy graduates step up at Oldham Athletic
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Market18 Aug 2031
Samuel Mitchell attracts admirers
The name of Samuel Mitchell has come up in conversations Oldham Athletic were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Squad18 Aug 2031
Words at Oldham Athletic training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Thiago Domínguez 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.
Market18 Aug 2031
One of our own: Jonathan Moore joins the Oldham Athletic first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Jonathan Moore is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Paul Barnes joins the Oldham Athletic first team
- The dugout No hiding place for Kane Drummond
- Squad Time is catching up with Keivan Ghaedamini