Kelman

[Dono77]

Shame he's not contracted for another year, not sure he's good enough for the champ but he has proved he can do it in league 1. I would imagine a fee clubs down there would have paid good money for him in the summer. Now they are getting him for free.

Not great business for us but hey ho.....

[SheepRanger]

One goal every three games at L1 level is hardly the stuff that gets you at shot in the championship. If we brought him back he'd be in fourth place behind Frey, Kolli & Lloyd fighting for one striking role.

I'm glad he's doing well and getting regular football, but I'd be amazed if we offered him a new contract to be part of our first team squad next season.

[FurtiveFox]

Would be no point for us or him. We play with one striker meaning he would be scratching around for sub minutes in the main. Needs regular football which he is now getting. Wish him luck in finding a decent League 1 club next season so he can hopefully continue to develop.

[SheepRanger]

Shame he's not contracted for another year, not sure he's good enough for the champ but he has proved he can do it in league 1. I would imagine a fee clubs down there would have paid good money for him in the summer. Now they are getting him for free.

Not great business for us but hey ho.....

Do L1 teams have the money to buy players on transfer fees these days? There aren't many championship club that pay fees these days?

Dunno?

[Dono77]

Do L1 teams have the money to buy players on transfer fees these days? There aren't many championship club that pay fees these days?

Dunno?

Brum spanked 10m on stansfield so it can be done. Granted that won't happen again but just goes to show that the bigger clubs will still throw money at someone. Scoring against Wrexham last night probably puts him on their radar if they don't go up.

Depending on who goes down from champ could mean he gets a move there and gets a good contract out of it.

[222lepo]

Shame he's not contracted for another year, not sure he's good enough for the champ but he has proved he can do it in league 1. I would imagine a fee clubs down there would have paid good money for him in the summer. Now they are getting him for free.

Not great business for us but hey ho.....

I listened on the W12 podcast this week they talked about Kelman dont remember if he has one year left or at least we have an option for one year more.

[Abseits]

I listened on the W12 podcast this week they talked about Kelman dont remember if he has one year left or at least we have an option for one year more.

I cannot see the logic of loaning him out for last year of his contract - it's daft and pointless. The only possible reason I can think of is this:

We told him he had no future here and wanted to release him or let him move on a freebie. He refused, and demanded to see out the final year of his contract. Ended up loaned to Os who may or may not be paying his full wages.

That sounds pretty crummy, but it needn't be - it could be amicably done and all sides are happy. It does assume he's out of contract this summer though.

Obviously if he has another year on his contract with us his Os form might mean we can ask a moderate fee for him this summer. But, as Sheep says above, a dozen third tier goals is nothing to crow about and no guarantee of quality. Think Connor Washington and that guy we bought off Charlton (forget his name)... we spunked a good few £mil on that pair based in their L1 antics.

[SheepRanger]

Transfermarkt states his contract is up at the end of this season. There is nothing there about an option, which i have seen for other players on that platform, but we keep things close these days.

As Abs stated, I think he was loaned out in the last year because he wasnt in our plans. His goalscoring is no Ivan Toney to knock Frey, Kolli & Lloyd off the fight for one lead striker in our formation.

He'll be away in the summer, but like Smyth, we can look at him again when he'll be free agent again in three years time when he'll still only be 26yrs and coming into his peak.

Thats my guessing on the matter..