Loan Watch

In a surprise move, Sarah Mayling, Villa's leading WSL appearance maker, having played 83 times in the competition since re-joining the club in July 2021, has been sent out on loan for the remainder of the 2025-26 season.

A complete waste of six months in a career that has already been interrupted far too often, nine games, pretty much every one a defeat, no goals, no assists, in fact nothing to show for it but a nasty injury that's put Barry's development on time-lapse again.

Sil Swinkels has swapped Exeter City for Chesterfield after being recalled early from his season-long loan in Devon.

Aidan Borland has signed on loan with League Two side Swindon Town for the remainder of the 2025-26 season, joining fellow Academy star Finley Munroe, who has already proved a key component of Swindon's Season.

Rumours abound that Leon Bailey's loan move to AS Roma will be cut short after one assist in ten appearances, nine as substitute in an injury hit spell in Serie A for the Jamaican winger.

Ewan Simpson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 27 Dec: makes his first Scottish League One start for Hamilton Academical since August 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 in their 1-4 defeat to Queen of the South 🕒 6 | ✅ 4 | 🔁 2 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 0 |

Oliwier Zych 🇵🇱 18 Dec: plays his fourth Europa Conference League for Raków Częstochowa 🇵🇱, keeping another clean sheet in their 1-0 win over Omonia Nicosia 🇨🇾 🕒 13 | ✅ 13 | 🔁 0 | ⛔ 5 | 🥅 10 | 🇺 15 |

Kosta Nedeljkovic 🇷🇸 makes his third start for RB Leipzig 🇩🇪 in their 1-3 Bundesliga defeat to Union Berlin. 🚑 🕒 5 | ✅ 3 | 🔁 2 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 5 |

Sil Swinkels 🇳🇱 arrives as a 60th-minute substitute for Exeter City 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 in their EFL Trophy 0-4 second round defeat to Luton before coming on as an 81st-minute substitute in their 4-0 FA Cup second round win over Wycombe. 🚑 🕒 9 | ✅ 6 | 🔁 3 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 2 |

Leon Bailey 🇯🇲 contributes his first assist for AS Roma 🇮🇹 as a 78th-minute substitute in the 2-1 Europa League win over Midtjylland before coming on as an 80th-minute substitute in their 0-1 Serie A defeat to Napoli. 🕒 7 | ✅ 1 | 🔁 6 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 1 | 🇺 0 |

Lewis Dobbin 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 assists for Preston North End 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 in their 1-2 Championship defeat to Blackburn. 🕒 13 | ✅ 10 | 🔁 3 | ⚽ 3 | 🔥 6 | 🇺 1 |

Sil Swinkels 🇳🇱 plays the second half for Exeter City 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 in their EFL Trophy win at Newport County having started the previous fixture against Arsenal u21s. 🚑 🕒 7 | ✅ 6 | 🔁 1 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 1 |

Josh Feeney 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 scores his first goal for Huddersfield Town 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 in their 3-1 EFL Trophy victory over Mansfield before playing the full 90 in their League One victory over Plymouth. 🕒 13 | ✅ 11 | 🔁 2 | ⚽ 1 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 2 |

Lewis Dobbin 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 scores for Preston North End 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 in their Championship win over Southampton. 🕒 10 | ✅ 8 | 🔁 2 | ⚽ 3 | 🔥 2 | 🇺 1 |

Thierry Katsukunya 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 makes his full debut for Real Unión 🇪🇸 in their 1-0 Segunda Federación - Gr. II victory over SD Eibar 🇪🇸 🕒 2 | ✅ 1 | 🔁 1 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 4 |

Triston Rowe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 scores his first goal for FC Annecy 🇫🇷 the winner against Clermont Foot in Ligue 2. 🕒 5 | ✅ 3 | 🔁 2 | ⚽ 1 | 🔥 1 | 🇺 0 |

Sam Lewis 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 plays the full 90 in Oxford City's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 National League North draw with Chorley. 🕒 10 | ✅ 10 | 🔁 0 | ⛔ 1 | 🥅 21 | 🇺 0 |

Enzo Barrenechea 🇦🇷 plays the full 90 of Benfica's 🇵🇹 Liga draw with Porto after doing the same in the 0-1 Champions League defeat to Chelsea. 🕒 13 | ✅ 13 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 1 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 0 |

Joe Gauci 🇦🇺 keeps his second clean sheet on his fifth start for Port Vale 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 in their 2-0 League One win over Barnsley. 🕒 5 | ✅ 5 | 🔁 0 | ⛔ 2 | 🥅 3 | 🇺 2 |

Triston Rowe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 (pictured) contributes his first assist for FC Annecy 🇫🇷 on his first start in their 3-1 win at Grenoble. 🕒 2 | ✅ 1 | 🔁 1 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 1 | 🇺 0 |