2026/27 Ins & Outs Discussion

[Mccus28]

9 minutes ago, Stuwell2 said:

Whit, they’re eating your dinner? I know we don’t pay a lot but ffs I’d have thought it would be enough for them to feed themselves. 

Touche 🤣

[wellfan]

That’s Watt away. 

[wellsince75]

18 minutes ago, wellfan said:

That’s Watt away. 

He was brilliant last season wasn’t he . 
 

wish him all the very best and continue to hope to see more quality like him come through the door .

[MelvinBragg]

38 minutes ago, wellfan said:

That’s Watt away. 

Where are we seeing this confirmed?

[joewarkfanclub]

€2m is a decent fee I guess.

Be interested to see what the "signing bonus" is? Never heard of that before.

Hopefully we now have more players incoming.

[Kmcalpin]

Signing on fee for the player?

[Toxteth O'Grady]

Elijah Just now being linked with Swansea

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-transfer-news/elijah-just-targeted-swansea-transfer-37442652

[Spiderpig]

14 hours ago, Stuwell2 said:

Whit, they’re eating your dinner? I know we don’t pay a lot but ffs I’d have thought it would be enough for them to feed themselves. 

Very good, have you considered stepping up for the role of forum funny guy, GrizzlyG is considering retirement or if not he should..

[parko66]

Aston also away

Aston Oxborough joins Dunfermline Athletic - Motherwell Football Club

 

[wellfan]

4 minutes ago, parko66 said:

Aston also away

Aston Oxborough joins Dunfermline Athletic - Motherwell Football Club

That’s a good move for Ox. He was never going to get a sniff here again, so I’m genuinely pleased for him.

[scoojy]

1 hour ago, Toxteth O'Grady said:

Elijah Just now being linked with Swansea

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-transfer-news/elijah-just-targeted-swansea-transfer-37442652

Apparently West Ham are in the mix too

 

ps this is, at the very least, 4th hand news so Chinese whispers may be in play

[weeyin]

1 hour ago, wellfan said:

That’s a good move for Ox. He was never going to get a sniff here again, so I’m genuinely pleased for him.

Likewise. Unfortunate for him that we changed a style that didn't suit, but he was a good fit at Dunfermline and the fans liked him too.

Did better than us in the cup, too.

[AllyMax]

13 hours ago, MelvinBragg said:

Where are we seeing this confirmed?

I'm not seeing it anywhere official (or unofficial for that matter)

[Kmcalpin]

Ox's move to East End Park has been in the offing for some weeks now. It was certainly held up by Ward's departure to QPR and perhaps by AJ's arrival. Quite rightly we wanted to hang onto him until a replacement, Paulsen, was brought in. Leaks from the Dunfermline end not ours. Given Ox had 2 years left on his contract I would expect a tidy fee, but not earthshattering.  Dunfermline seem awash with cash. 

[weeyin]

8 minutes ago, AllyMax said:

I'm not seeing it anywhere official (or unofficial for that matter)

The Record today sill reporting "Samsunspor are confident of sealing a £1.7 million move for Elliot Watt over the coming days." - so nothing official to report at this point. It's a sad day when you can't believe 12 year olds on Twitter.

(Of course he will likely be leaving us, but like most of our deals the details will not be posted on Facebook).

[MelvinBragg]

1 minute ago, Kmcalpin said:

Ox's move to East End Park has been in the offing for some weeks now. It was certainly held up by Ward's departure to QPR and perhaps by AJ's arrival. Quite rightly we wanted to hang onto him until a replacement, Paulsen, was brought in. Leaks from the Dunfermline end not ours. Given Ox had 2 years left on his contract I would expect a tidy fee, but not earthshattering.  Dunfermline seem awash with cash. 

Fee would certainly help cover a couple of signing on fees for new guys, I'd imagine, which will help balance books a bit...

[Spiderpig]

1 minute ago, Kmcalpin said:

Ox's move to East End Park has been in the offing for some weeks now. It was certainly held up by Ward's departure to QPR and perhaps by AJ's arrival. Quite rightly we wanted to hang onto him until a replacement, Paulsen, was brought in. Leaks from the Dunfermline end not ours. Given Ox had 2 years left on his contract I would expect a tidy fee, but not earthshattering.  Dunfermline seem awash with cash. 

They would no doubt  have received a decent wedge of cash for getting to the Scottish cup final, in gate receipts, prize money etc

[Kmcalpin]

For the sake of argument lets say the Ox was on £2K per week. If the Pars bought out his contract you'd be looking at £400K. I'm not saying we got anywhere near that sum but its likely we cut our losses to reduce our wage bill, and showed Dunfermline some generosity by giving them a bargain.   

[mfc]

Best thing for all parties that ox moved on and we will have got a decent wage off the books,good luck too him. 

[mio]

Good big keeper, we’ve had so many worse than him who were our No1s. Good luck to him. Just hope Paulsen is the business.

Looking forward to see a few newbies tonight. 

 

[texanwellfan]

2 hours ago, scoojy said:

Apparently West Ham are in the mix too

 

ps this is, at the very least, 4th hand news so Chinese whispers may be in play

West Ham would be a great move for him. Fans would love him

[grizzlyg]

19 hours ago, Mccus28 said:

Im currently sitting having dinner at a local hotel and all 4 of Motherwell's new signings are also having said dinner!!!!!!!! 

 

Moorman is a bit of a unit

Said must be raging they were all eating his meal 🤪🤪

[FirParkCornerExile]

2 hours ago, Kmcalpin said:

For the sake of argument lets say the Ox was on £2K per week. If the Pars bought out his contract you'd be looking at £400K. I'm not saying we got anywhere near that sum but its likely we cut our losses to reduce our wage bill, and showed Dunfermline some generosity by giving them a bargain.   

Dunfermline cant afford that kind of money, they lost just under £2 million in their last accounts to May 2025 and are borderline broke. I reckon it will be sub £100,000

[weeyin]

4 minutes ago, FirParkCornerExile said:

Dunfermline cant afford that kind of money, they lost just under £2 million in their last accounts to May 2025 and are borderline broke. I reckon it will be sub £100,000

True, but they are another club recently acquired by American owners with shares in multiple clubs and a penchant for data driven management. So they have a few more quid to spend than in previous years.

Having said that, I agree a fee of sub 100k is quite likely. Freeing up Ox's wages without having to buy out his contract is a good situation for both parties, and receiving a fee makes it a good deal.