George Harmon

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2 Oct 2027
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Process

Marked for George Harmon

54 Edition

The Cheltenham Town Courier

9 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

George Harmon asks to leave Cheltenham Town

“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.

Transfer targets

Cheltenham Town make their move for Jonathan Varane

$1.6M on the table at Queens Park Rangers. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.

Transfer targets

Cheltenham Town baulk at the price for Darlin Yongwa

Norwich City wanted more than $2.0M and the board would not go there. Walked away, for now, which in a transfer window means until somebody blinks.

Squad

Tempers go at Cheltenham Town

Makenzie Kirk 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.

Transfer targets

Door shut on Jack Cooper-Love

Cheltenham Town asked and Burton Albion said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

The dugout

Kamarl Grant back under a manager who knows him

The new man at Cheltenham Town has worked with Kamarl Grant before and it went well. He arrives with a view of the player already formed, which is worth more than any pre-season.

The dugout

No hiding place for Andrei Artean

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

Market

Still no ink between Cheltenham Town and James Bolton

“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Cheltenham Town, another week without a signature from James Bolton.

Squad

Cheltenham Town are still strangers to each other

10 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.

In brief

Back issues
48 Edition

The Cheltenham Town Courier

28 Jun 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Transfer targets

Cheltenham Town make their move for Junior Tchamadeu

$3.3M 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.

Transfer targets

No deal for Hidde ter Avest at that price

Cheltenham Town offered $1.4M; Oxford United said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.

Market

Hazeem Bakre is a Cheltenham Town player

The fee is $380.0K, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Middlesbrough drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.

Squad

A falling-out at Cheltenham Town

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

Squad

A move Mateo Gastaldi would have made for nothing

There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Mateo Gastaldi is living that version at Cheltenham Town, and it tends to show in the first month.

Squad

George Harmon stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” George Harmon and Cheltenham Town agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

The dugout

Kamarl Grant back under a manager who knows him

The new man at Cheltenham Town has worked with Kamarl Grant before and it went well. He arrives with a view of the player already formed, which is worth more than any pre-season.

Transfer targets

Cheltenham Town ask about Jayden Nelson

A loan enquiry to Bolton Wanderers: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.

Transfer targets

Cheltenham Town ask about Tomoki Iwata

A loan enquiry to Birmingham: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.

In brief