09 Aug 2026 22:17:26
Reading that we're trying to sign villa right back kosta nedeljkovic, happy to sight him for few but it may need to be a loan with option.
09 Aug 2026 23:18:56
Hope it is a loan with an option, had a couple of lay offs last season with injuries, only manages 7 games when out on loan.
10 Aug 2026 00:06:16
No, no, no, no, we do not need another 20 year old project player on loan, it's mental.
10 Aug 2026 00:24:24
7 games at Leipzig and 11 caps for Serbia at 20yo shows he must have something, although injuries would be a concern, but it seemed just a couple of minor 2 week absences.
Ryan, I would only be against it if there was no chance of us signing him permanently. If we could agree a fee as part of the deal then it would make sense.
10 Aug 2026 00:58:11
All of our loans should have the option to buy.
What's ironic is we've got a decent hit rate for players who don't have an option like Moore, Cerny and Sima. Can we just swap that list for our permanent buy list.
10 Aug 2026 02:28:01
Don't know anything about him, but we could do worse than just shop here in Scotland. A few pretty decent RBs up here, Jayden Richardson at St Mirren, Felix Passlack at Hibs, Jordi Altena at Hearts, Tom Sparrow at Motherwell, who are all at a decent level of fitness and play well in our league.
No carry on with visas or loan fees, just grab one for a realistic fee, upset the rival fans and get these positions we have trouble with sorted out. While we're at it, take in Maswanhise or Said and offer a couple of years to Gogic for defensive cover.
10 Aug 2026 06:20:05
Passlack was dreadful against Gassama yesterday.
10 Aug 2026 07:26:53
How would he be a project player? What is a project player? And how many project players have we signed? Think 'project player' is one of the new buzz phrases.
10 Aug 2026 07:27:09
A few good rbs up here, but you then name Passlack & Altena in that lol. Both absolutely awful and Altena in particular isn't even wanted by Hearts fans.
Nedeljkovic would be an excellent signing, people will call him a project player due to his age, but the only negatives to him are his injury problems last season.
10 Aug 2026 07:43:28
CF5, he has a similar profile to Drago for me.
Seems like a great signing.
I'd go with loan with obligation/option. So the fee is set.
I don't know much about him other than a quick read, but he seems a good profile.
We get him Penrice and Driouech this week would be good.
Still need an experienced cb with real quality.
Personal out, I like Porteous but if not, then I'd make moves for Smalling.
We need a creative left centre mid.
If we get Driouech I'd keep Curtis as back up to him this season, sell Gassama.
We need a starting right wide player too.
And we probably need a striker, if Chermiti injury isn't too bad we should sell.
10 Aug 2026 08:37:47
Not for me. Would rather more experience in the team.
10 Aug 2026 08:54:05
Stevie why would you want scum who desecrated the war memorial off fallen hero's
10 Aug 2026 09:12:27
We don't probably need a striker, we definitely need a striker. At this moment, our strikers are terrible. Shanks runs like he's wearing concrete wellies and Chermiti plays with his slippers on and can't be arsed.
10 Aug 2026 09:30:24
Loan with option/obligation
What if we get a loan with option?
Both clubs happy, but the player doesn't like Scotland, the obligation would surely be worthless, or is there compensation of any sort?
10 Aug 2026 09:56:30
See people on here past couple of years advocating for Porteous. John is 100% correct the guy is a bag he should never be considered.
10 Aug 2026 10:31:51
Tend to agree with Stevie apart from the Porteous bit. I'm sure we have all done stupid things when we were young lads, but that kind of allegation would tell you everything you need to know about him if true (not saying either way, as I don't want to be sued lol!).
10 Aug 2026 11:24:18
He never will, Big Slim. His club are wanting £8m. I honestly thought it was £800k and they'd added an extra 0 by mistake.
10 Aug 2026 13:44:40
John, I'm basing on 2 things:
1. his football ability/talent. He is an outstanding centre back these days. Really really good player and exactly what we need.
2. he is also Scots trained and fills a space in squad that we can always struggle to fill.
1 is the reason, and 2 is a bonus.
As Dado says, look at his value. He's an incredibly good centre back. I don't get involved in that other stuff as I don't know the facts.