The Tranmere Rovers Gazette
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Tranmere Rovers make their move for Lamine Cissé
$6.0M on the table at Stoke City. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Joe Ironside signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Joe Ironside and Tranmere Rovers agree another 2 years.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on Kyle Joseph
Tranmere Rovers asked and Middlesbrough said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market10 Aug 2026
Christopher Johnson steps up from the Tranmere Rovers academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Christopher Johnson 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Steven Martin steps up from the Tranmere Rovers academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Steven Martin 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Robert Morris joins the Tranmere Rovers first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Robert Morris is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Samuel Dixon steps up from the Tranmere Rovers academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Samuel Dixon 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
No place for Edson Júnior in the new shape
He is not being dropped. There is simply nowhere in the formation Tranmere Rovers are playing to put a man who does what he does, which is a harder thing to be told than any team sheet.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Tranmere Rovers
Sam Finley 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.
In brief
- Transfer targets Tranmere Rovers try to borrow Gabriel Otegbayo
- Squad Too much change too quickly at Tranmere Rovers
- The dugout Joe Ironside knocks on the manager's door