Goalkeeper Mark Halstead joined us on a free transfer from Blackpool today. He had a moderately-successful loan spell earlier in the season, and his manager was willing to let him go on a conditional deal whereby we pay Blackpool a portion of any future transfer fee.
I’m delighted to have the young keeper on board. He’s already a good player, and he’s looking at several years of development ahead of him. I won’t rush him into the first team; he’ll have to win his place. But we’re now in good shape between the sticks.
I took the opportunity to start shopping Joe Anyon around. I’ve been very disappointed by Anyon this season, but he has a good reputation. Now that we have Halstead on a permanent deal, I thought I might try to cash in on that reputation. I expect it’ll take a while—at the very least we’re likely to face little to no interest until Anyon resumes full training (after injury) in a couple of weeks. But I have some hope that I’ll manage to offload the goalkeeper for a decent price before the transfer window closes at the end of the month.
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