Huddersfield message board thinks they are close to signing Marc Leonard too.
Honestly, I'm not convinced we'd need him if Rankin-Costello is viewed as a central midfielder, we now need someone more like Knibbs or DKD, an attacking midfielder that also plays up front, and possibly a more defensive minded midfielder as cover for Coventry.
According to Richard Cawley, Alfie May doesn’t want to go to Huddersfield.
Seems like he did after all.
The very rare Cawley bad call
Was it a bad call ?
"Alfie May doesn't want to go to Huddersfield" could well be true but being a professional footballer you often end up going where you are wanted and leave when told you will struggle to get any game time. Player who are stubborn train with the Under 21 if it totally breaks down.
Professional football is a tough business when you fall out of favour.
Alfie will sing the praises of Huddersfield and their ambition and say he fancied the challenge/project at Huddersfield.
When his agent said it's a 3 year deal Alfie said maybe I do want to go to Huddersfield as that is excellent for a 32 year old.
Jayden Stockley told me he wouldn't go back up north again but when his career imploded at CAFC he went to Fleetwood. Now at Port Vale and back in League 1 but not down south !
If Leonard is available i wouldn't mind us going for him. He'd surely prefer to play in the championship and is also a player who if he did well would have a decent sell on value.
Huddersfield message board thinks they are close to signing Marc Leonard too.
Honestly, I'm not convinced we'd need him if Rankin-Costello is viewed as a central midfielder, we now need someone more like Knibbs or DKD, an attacking midfielder that also plays up front, and possibly a more defensive minded midfielder as cover for Coventry.
Knibbs, Fukada and another DM then I’d see our business as done.
If we went for a loan with an option to buy then surely his contract cant be up in Jan?
6 month loan and then no fee ?? - maybe he has fallen out with the manager like Rashford at Utd. and he is trying to force a move to the mighty Charlton
“Kyoto Sanga defender Shinnosuke Fukuda receives overseas offer — English Championship side Charlton Athletic interested in loan deal, but Kyoto reportedly rejects it
It appears that J1 League club Kyoto Sanga F.C. defender Shinnosuke Fukuda has received an offer from an overseas club. On the 21st, the British outlet Daily Mail reported the news.
The 24-year-old Fukuda developed in the youth system of J2 side Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo and went on to play for powerhouse Meiji University. He joined Kyoto in the 2023 season and appeared in 34 league matches last season. This season, he has played in 17 league matches (as of Matchday 24), serving as a key part of Kyoto’s back line as the club sits in 4th place.
Amid this, English Championship club Charlton Athletic FC has reportedly moved to acquire him, according to Daily Mail.
According to the outlet, Charlton submitted an offer to Kyoto, but it was rejected. The club, managed by Nathan Jones, is said to have proposed a loan deal with a purchase option, but Kyoto is reportedly only willing to consider a full permanent transfer.
Kyoto is also said to have set Fukuda’s release clause at around 160 million yen (~$1 million USD), and it remains unclear whether Charlton will return with a new offer.”
And some top comment responses:
1. “I think it’s good that they’re sticking to a policy of only accepting a full transfer. Personally, I’m in favor of players heading to Europe more and more, but J.League clubs have their own circumstances to consider. When a key or promising player leaves, they have to fill that gap with reinforcements. Even if they promote someone from the youth system, there are still development costs to think about in the medium term. Even if the offer is just 100 to 200 million yen, if there’s room for negotiation, I think the club should negotiate properly.”
2. “Fukuda is one of Sanga’s key players, so it’s understandable that they wouldn’t want to let him go on loan.
If it were a full transfer and Fukuda himself strongly wanted the move, it would be harder for the club to hold him back.
Loan deals tend to benefit the receiving club too much, so I also felt uneasy about it when it happened with Kawasaki.
(Of course, I still support them though.)”
3. “If even Shinnosuke leaves now, it’s going to be tough…
We’ve somehow managed to stay near the top, but watching the match against Fukuoka yesterday, it’s clear things are rough.
Hard to believe we’re still in the top spots and yet getting picked apart by overseas clubs like this…”
4. “At this point, there’s no way you can expect to get a regular starter on loan — not someone who’s already established, not just a 20-year-old prospect.
If you really want them, it’s time to pay a proper transfer fee and sign them outright.
That just shows how far things have come — players taken from the J.League are actually going abroad and performing well now.”
5. “It’s a pleasantly surprising development that even clubs promoted from the third to the second division are trying to sign young Japanese players.
Maybe in reality it’s the agents pushing them, but still — the fact that there’s interest and actual offers being made shows that Japanese football is being valued more highly.”
Can fully understand why Charlton would want a loan with an option to buy because it’s a big big gamble on getting someone from so far away. He could settle easily or miss home too much. The fee quoted is a lot of money to gamble on potential alone when put up against the potential pitfalls. I’m putting this one 30/70
Can fully understand why Charlton would want a loan with an option to buy because it’s a big big gamble on getting someone from so far away. He could settle easily or miss home too much. The fee quoted is a lot of money to gamble on potential alone when put up against the potential pitfalls. I’m putting this one 30/70
Can equally understand why they’d not want that though if he is a key player for them. I think we’d tell someone to do one if they came in for one of our key players as a loan.
I've never seen the guy play, no idea if he suits what we need, had never heard of him until this morning and i've no idea if he even speaks English, so all i will say is pay Kyoto what they want and get the deal done!!
This Fukuda player really excites me and from the stats we've seen, he will really fit our team. A player that I believe NJ can coach in to a real great RWB. Fast, moves well and can shoot with both foot outside of the box. Hoping we just pull the trigger and sign him.
I didn't expect us to be looking outside the UK for signings this summer, that felt like something for next summer if we stayed up and looked to push on. But there's something really exciting about an interesting rumour like Fukuda
That post from the Japanese journo that Scoham posted earlier makes him sound like the perfect RWB for how Nathan wants to play , of course anyone like that is going to need to time to adapt but something feels different about how this transfer window is being handled for the first time in years it feels like we've got sensible joined up thinking and an ownership that is more than happy to back the manager.
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Was it a bad call ?
"Alfie May doesn't want to go to Huddersfield" could well be true but being a professional footballer you often end up going where you are wanted and leave when told you will struggle to get any game time. Player who are stubborn train with the Under 21 if it totally breaks down.
Professional football is a tough business when you fall out of favour.
Alfie will sing the praises of Huddersfield and their ambition and say he fancied the challenge/project at Huddersfield.
When his agent said it's a 3 year deal Alfie said maybe I do want to go to Huddersfield as that is excellent for a 32 year old.
Jayden Stockley told me he wouldn't go back up north again but when his career imploded at CAFC he went to Fleetwood. Now at Port Vale and back in League 1 but not down south !
Huddersfield to Doncaster is 30 miles as the crow flies but about 45 miles by car so Alfie is getting nearer.
“Kyoto Sanga defender Shinnosuke Fukuda receives overseas offer — English Championship side Charlton Athletic interested in loan deal, but Kyoto reportedly rejects it
It appears that J1 League club Kyoto Sanga F.C. defender Shinnosuke Fukuda has received an offer from an overseas club. On the 21st, the British outlet Daily Mail reported the news.
The 24-year-old Fukuda developed in the youth system of J2 side Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo and went on to play for powerhouse Meiji University. He joined Kyoto in the 2023 season and appeared in 34 league matches last season. This season, he has played in 17 league matches (as of Matchday 24), serving as a key part of Kyoto’s back line as the club sits in 4th place.
Amid this, English Championship club Charlton Athletic FC has reportedly moved to acquire him, according to Daily Mail.
According to the outlet, Charlton submitted an offer to Kyoto, but it was rejected. The club, managed by Nathan Jones, is said to have proposed a loan deal with a purchase option, but Kyoto is reportedly only willing to consider a full permanent transfer.
Kyoto is also said to have set Fukuda’s release clause at around 160 million yen (~$1 million USD), and it remains unclear whether Charlton will return with a new offer.”
1. “I think it’s good that they’re sticking to a policy of only accepting a full transfer. Personally, I’m in favor of players heading to Europe more and more, but J.League clubs have their own circumstances to consider. When a key or promising player leaves, they have to fill that gap with reinforcements. Even if they promote someone from the youth system, there are still development costs to think about in the medium term. Even if the offer is just 100 to 200 million yen, if there’s room for negotiation, I think the club should negotiate properly.”
2. “Fukuda is one of Sanga’s key players, so it’s understandable that they wouldn’t want to let him go on loan.
If it were a full transfer and Fukuda himself strongly wanted the move, it would be harder for the club to hold him back.
Loan deals tend to benefit the receiving club too much, so I also felt uneasy about it when it happened with Kawasaki.
(Of course, I still support them though.)”
3. “If even Shinnosuke leaves now, it’s going to be tough…
We’ve somehow managed to stay near the top, but watching the match against Fukuoka yesterday, it’s clear things are rough.
Hard to believe we’re still in the top spots and yet getting picked apart by overseas clubs like this…”
4. “At this point, there’s no way you can expect to get a regular starter on loan — not someone who’s already established, not just a 20-year-old prospect.
If you really want them, it’s time to pay a proper transfer fee and sign them outright.
That just shows how far things have come — players taken from the J.League are actually going abroad and performing well now.”
5. “It’s a pleasantly surprising development that even clubs promoted from the third to the second division are trying to sign young Japanese players.
Maybe in reality it’s the agents pushing them, but still — the fact that there’s interest and actual offers being made shows that Japanese football is being valued more highly.”
That may mean that we miss out on some players, such as Galbraith, Offiah and maybe Knibbs, because we'll only pay what we feel is the right price.
It may also mean that we don't get any EPL loans until very late or not at all.
But it also means that we stick to our budget and not ger turned over.
Not every fan will be happy with that and they will say "pay whatever it takes" but that doesn't appear to be what Charlton call sustainable.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/FVVp_If0T2Y
:-)
That post from the Japanese journo that Scoham posted earlier makes him sound like the perfect RWB for how Nathan wants to play , of course anyone like that is going to need to time to adapt but something feels different about how this transfer window is being handled for the first time in years it feels like we've got sensible joined up thinking and an ownership that is more than happy to back the manager.