Luca Connell

Defensive Midfielder - Barnsley
31 Aug 2026
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Marked for Luca Connell

3 Edition

The Barnsley Gazette

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Match15 Aug 2026

Barnsley run riot against AFC Wimbledon

3‑0, and the margin flattered nobody — it could have carried another goal or two without complaint. Afternoons like this are why people keep coming.

Player ratings17 Aug 2026

No sign of nerves from Jonathan Bland at 20 — 7.73

The hardest thing about being 20 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Jonathan Bland did not need any: 7.73, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.

Transfer targets17 Aug 2026

Barnsley rebuffed over Shea Charles

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Southampton have kept their man, and Barnsley go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Transfer targets17 Aug 2026

Barnsley bid $1.8M for Charlie Webster

The offer went to Burton Albion 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.

Player ratings17 Aug 2026

Up for the corner, and Luca Connell delivers — 7.61

Centre-halves are allowed forward twice a season and are judged on what they do when they get there. Luca Connell scored, was marked 7.61, and got back before anybody noticed he had gone.

Player ratings17 Aug 2026

Up for the corner, and Patrick Kelly delivers — 7.37

Centre-halves are allowed forward twice a season and are judged on what they do when they get there. Patrick Kelly scored, was marked 7.37, and got back before anybody noticed he had gone.

Boardroom17 Aug 2026

Barnsley go back to the board over Charlie Webster

The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $1.9M — a club that wants Charlie Webster enough to be asked twice.

Transfer targets17 Aug 2026

Barnsley bid $320.0K for Dante Cassanova

The offer went to Tottenham 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.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Words exchanged at Barnsley

Jack Robinson 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

Back issues
1 Edition

The Barnsley Gazette

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad3 Aug 2026

A move Layton Stewart 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. Layton Stewart is living that version at Barnsley, and it tends to show in the first month.

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.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Eoghan O'Connell signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Eoghan O'Connell commits to Barnsley for another 3 years.

Transfer targets3 Aug 2026

Barnsley rebuffed over Ismaël Konaté

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Juventus have kept their man, and Barnsley go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Squad3 Aug 2026

8 new faces, and Barnsley 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.

Transfer targets3 Aug 2026

A loan move for Yael Trepy is in the works

Barnsley have made the call to Cagliari. 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

Barnsley try to borrow Jofre Torrents

Ajax have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.

Market3 Aug 2026

Still no ink between Barnsley and Harry Smith

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

Market3 Aug 2026

The clock runs on Luca Connell's contract

49 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