Dan McDonnell
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first heard Jan 2026
last heard 14 Sep
Dan McDonnell’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Director of football, John Martin, um, and that definitely there was uh developments going on there.
I think he was changing agent, which was which was ongoing.
And a culmination of factors meant that no deal happened in January.
But it created the very real scenario that when we got to the summer, um the feeling was he would go for a smaller fee then.
But obviously clubs are then clubs then find out he's in the last six months of his contract.
Realize, well, I think rovers were looking to sell 'em this summer.
I think there was conversations about selling them this summer.
Um, but obviously clubs do their homework and they realise, well, if there's no rush unless you're desperate to sign them now, and maybe sign them to stop someone else from getting them now.
I think it's probably gone a bit quieter on noon and maybe hasn't had an amazing year.
That you know, there is there was interest from good clubs, IX, for example, definitely.
But people are happy to wait and the player can also decide.
He's under no obligation to accept anything So
Yeah, it's funny, like it or just it wasn't worth jumping at that time.
The the logic over getting a better deal moving on a free is an interesting one because that's you can argue that's n there's the there's different versions of that.
That could be old world thinking, like Mason Million and Audrey Funer are getting paid really big money in relative terms because there was a big fee associated with them and they were under contract.
And but if you get to a stage where it's a real debate, like and you've seen that as a lot of
free agents in football now who hold on.
to s you know to let their I think Jason Knight may be in that situation this year.
Maybe let your contract run then you might get a fee, et cetera, et cetera.
But I don't know.
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