The Barnsley Gazette
Squad3 Aug 2026
Connor O'Riordan 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 Barnsley this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
Luton Town tell Barnsley: Devante Cole 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.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Luca Connell stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Luca Connell and Barnsley agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
A loan move for Julio Soler is in the works
Barnsley have made the call to Bournemouth. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
A loan move for Afonso Patrão is in the works
Barnsley have made the call to Westerlo. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Barnsley are still strangers to each other
6 new signings in one window. Every one may be an upgrade and the side can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild the verdicts never mention.
Market3 Aug 2026
Experience through the door at Barnsley
Cameron Lancaster arrives at 34 with nothing left to prove and plenty left to pass on. Legs are a young man's currency; knowing where to stand never ages.
Market3 Aug 2026
Lee Gregory brings the grey hairs Barnsley lacked
At 38, he has seen every situation this season can produce, twice. The legs will be managed; the head is the purchase.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Josh Earl takes the armband
It is a strip of cloth and it decides nothing on a Saturday. It still tells the dressing room exactly whose opinion the manager values, which is the whole point of it.
In brief
- Market The clock runs on Luca Connell's contract
- Market Barnsley and Leo Farrell are talking past each other
- The dugout Reyes Cleary asks for a word with the manager