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Probably wrong but the only place I could see him going is Belgium , but even then the wages might be an issue. A Loan might be doable I guess. But remember Celtic already mucked him about when Mechelen wanted him back for this season. To our benefit. Celtic have one CB injured long term and let two youngsters for the same position leave because they could not get in ahead of Scales and Trusty. Which speaks volumes about Celtic's recruitment under Rodgers. No inside info, just a feeling, but I think they have recalled him to be a starter.....at least until Carter Vickers returns. And as others have said, why should Welsh take a wage cut to facilitate a permanent transfer to the likes of Aberdeen or us?

Unless they truly do want him to be a starter, it feels like Celtic might just be testing the waters in Jan.

No worries, I may also have read it wrong 😁 I'd agree I think fee wise we could afford him but there it goes South.

My point was that we could afford the fee but the wages ruled us out. Sorry if that was not clear.

I can't believe for a minute we would have matched Celtic 10 grand a week and also don't believe the player would cut himself off from 18mths on 10 grand a week to join us on a permanent move.

I'm not really talking about "No thanks". More a case of saying "I'll sign in the summer".

What you say is true but sadly we know that very few players in Scotland will turn down the chance to go to either Celtic or Rangers. Maybe also Aberdeen and Hearts. Whether it works out for them or not is not really a consideration. They will usually get chances somewhere elsewhere if that is the case. That's just life up here. We are not the only club that faces that challenge. In fact even those clubs I listed face the exact same issue when England or Europe come calling. If any of those four are prepared to offer a 3 or 4 year contract at upwards of £10k a week (which is what Welsh is on) then it would take a very brave and confident player to say "no thanks". John McGinn is the only one I can think of and in his case I think it was more Hibs than the player that refused the move to Celtic. And what if a player stays put and his form dips or he suffers a serious injury? That might be his only chance of financial security gone. Or if a club deny a move and the player downs tools or disrupts the dressing room? Declan Gallagher springs to mind....allegedly. If Motherwell receive a fair offer and a player wants to go then he will be gone.

Lets forget this loan nonsense from rival yes rival clubs in the same league it's time to get a permanent adding value to our club instead of adding value to other rival club. I am sure Jens will have some gem lined up anyway as more than likely probably knew this was coming. Best of luck to Mr Welsh And Mr Balmer hope his loan move to Bristol Rovers works out.

Kofi Balmer's exit confirmed by the club.

I think the likelihood is he'll be out the door. Where he goes remains to be seen but it'd be a sore one if he ended up in the north east.

Transforming is great, but it's January and we need someone who can be an instant starter. Players we need to develop and integrate are projects for the summer. I know it's not easy, but I"d be more interested in signing someone on a permanent basis.

If that is case its strange as you would think they would want him our team v Hearts and rangers

Gutted to see Welsh go, he’s been one of the best loan signings we’ve ever had at the club. But he’s a loan and it never looked like he’d be permanent unfortunately. I did wonder about this when oneill came back. rumour is we may get the Rangers boy Nsiala til the end of the season. Looks to be a footballing centre half, young and mobile. Could be a good one too for Jens to transform.

https://www.motherwellfc.co.uk/2026/01/12/stephen-welsh-returns-to-celtic/

This is just the negatives of loaning players from the same league maybe it's time to invest in another center back that will do the job for us as well as the striker we desperately need for the title run in!It's time for the Well to get the big bollocks out and keep the momentum going cause the way I see it invest the now and those investments will reap rewards. In Jens we trust!

Gave this some more thought walking the mutts, and wonder if you wouldn`t put it past them to take Welsh back to try and weaken us as a competitor. Not saying we`re going to win the league, but we`ll see how much game time Welsh gets at the Piggery.

It would seem that Ross County haven't yet put tickets on sale for their support yet. Odd.

So, as it stands, we're probably looking to bring in a minimum of a striker, left back and central defender. If we lose players to other clubs and/or long term injuries are confirmed that may rise to at least 4 if we include a midfielder too. As for outgoings, questionmarks over Halliday, Oxborough, and maybe Osong. Balmer seems to be as good as away. That leaves long term absentees Robinson, Stuparevic and Nicholson to be accounted for. A busy and exciting 19 days in prospect then. Short term, from P & B, it seems that SOD will be fine.

Whenever I've praised him to Celtic supporters they stare blankly back, as if they can't believe it. I don't understand how they can be so blinkered (even for OF fans). Maybe when O'Neill and Maloney saw him playing in the Hibs game at FP the penny dropped and the interim manager wants him to shore up a weak defence.

SOD and Paul McGinn played CB's against Ceptic and it was probable our best performance of the season. So I don't think we should get too hung up on Welsh leaving. While he fitted well into the system., I felt his one weakness was in the air. Noticeable in the last two games against St Mirren and Hibs.

Celtic don’t deserve Welsh. The disdain they’ve shown towards him is ridiculous, and he’ll be a huge loss for us.

Has there been any “official” confirmation on this. All I’ve seen are a few facebook/X posts saying it’s happened.

To have got to the half way stage only having lost 3 games and with the best defensive record in the league and the leagues top scorer, is quite remarkable. You could argue that it could'a/should'a been even better seems mad. I think we would all have signed off on 4th place and European Football before a ball was kicked. Id settle for that and a Scottish Cup win! 😉😉😉

Oh bugger. Just saw this on Facebook. Will be missed, that`s for sure. I`m told when the second goal went in against Celtic, he was jumping up and down in the main stand. Anyway, we move on - as we always do.

You know what is bad though? He’ll have inside track on our training and tactics. Do they sign an NDA in football? [emoji2960] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk