The Milton Keynes Dons Herald
Squad3 Aug 2026
The knee: Alex Gilbey out for 109 days
109 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Milton Keynes Dons lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Samuel Silvera signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Samuel Silvera and Milton Keynes Dons agree another 4 years.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Milton Keynes Dons
Will Dennis 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.
Market3 Aug 2026
Talks stall between Milton Keynes Dons and Sam Nombe
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
Milton Keynes Dons ask about Adama Bojang
A loan enquiry to Stade de Reims: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
Milton Keynes Dons ask about Baylee Dipepa
A loan enquiry to Southampton: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.
Squad3 Aug 2026
5 new faces, and Milton Keynes Dons are still learning each other
A squad rebuilt inside one window pays for it in a currency nobody budgets for. The football is not worse than the sum of the players; it is worse than the sum of the players who have played together before.
The dugout3 Aug 2026
Aaron Collins knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Milton Keynes Dons, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market3 Aug 2026
The clock runs on Curtis Nelson's contract
24 months left and silence from upstairs — no offer, no talks, nothing for his people to answer. Clubs that let a calendar do their negotiating usually end up negotiating with the calendar.
In brief
- Market Ryan Wintle leaves for nothing
- Market Phoenix Scholtz leaves for nothing