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Villa Loan Watch w/e 18 January


The Dutch Quitter scores on debut for AS Roma, hopefully he's happy now.


Donyell scores the opener on debut, hopefully the Dutch quitter is happy now as Roma run out 2-0 winners.
Donyell scores the opener on debut, hopefully the Dutch quitter is happy now as Roma run out 2-0 winners.


Tuesday, 13 January


Josh Feeney 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿


Huddersfield Town 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 scheduled to play Rotherham United 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 in the EFL Trophy. Josh starts! His first start in eight and plays the full 90 as Huddersfield win through to the 4th Round.


2025-26 Huddersfield Town 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

1 Jul 2025 to 30 Jun 2026

League One

🕒 17 | ✅ 14 | 🔁 3 | ⚽ 1 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 3 |


Zépiqueno Redmond 🇳🇱


Huddersfield Town 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 scheduled to play Rotherham United 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 in the EFL Trophy however Zép will play no part after being recalled early from his loan having suffered an injury hit spell in Yorkshire, last featuring as a 70th minute substitute in Town's 0-0 draw with Burton in September. Zép had scored his first for the club in the previous game, coming on in the 76th minute of Huddersfield's defeat to Bradford and scoring a consolation four minutes later.


Villa intend to loan Zép elsewhere until the end of the season however, a recurrence of his on-loan injury requires rehabilitation at Bodymoor.


2025-26 Huddersfield Town 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

1 Sep 2025 to 14 Jan 2026

League One 🕒 3 | ✅ 1 | 🔁 2 | ⚽ 1 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 0 |


Zép's Huddersfield goal, fox in the box

Finley Munroe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿


Swindon Town 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 scheduled to play Luton Town 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 in the EFL Trophy.

Finley's not in the squad after being recalled from his loan by Villa, with rumours of an impending £350k move to Championship Boro in the offing.

Finley had delivered seven goal involvements in 23 games for Swindon leading boss Ian Holloway to exclaim:


"I don't think I've had as good a full-back potentially in my lifetime, wherever I've been."

Finley Munroe:

What a club. I know it was short, but I’ve loved every second of it. I want to thank my teammates for making me feel welcome from the minute I arrived. I’ve made friends that will last a lifetime. To the fans, your support and chanting my name is something I’ll never forget.

Finley leaves Villa for promotion chasing Championship side Middlesbrough in a £350k deal with a 30% sell on clause.


2025-26 Swindon Town 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

15 Jul 2025 to 12 Jan 2026

League Two 🕒 23 | ✅ 22 | 🔁 1 | ⚽ 2 | 🔥 5 | 🇺 0 |



Aidan Borland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿


Swindon Town 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 scheduled to play Luton Town 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 in the EFL Trophy and after the weekend postponement of their League Two fixture, Aidan could be in line for his squad debut. Aidan starts! His first ever in first-team football. Congratulations Aidan!

Aidan plays the full 90 as Swindon win to reach the 4th Round. But will the result and match be expunged after Swindon make an error on their team sheet as a player, not registered for the game, comes on as a second-half sub, delaying the match for 8 minutes?


2026 Swindon Town 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

3 Jan 2026 to 30 Jun 2026

League Two 🕒 1 | ✅ 1 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 0 |



Joe Gauci 🇦🇺 


Port Vale 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 scheduled to play Bolton Wanderers 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 in the EFL Trophy.

Joe is rested ahead of the weekend's crucial League One fixture.


"Every player wants to play.

"I haven't been in the team for a month or so which, for any player, is difficult. I hope it continues and I can build some momentum.
"It's been really good since the gaffer's come in.
"The messaging has been clear.
"As a group, we're looking at this as a clean slate. - a change of management style, of tactics.
"I don't want to say it's a completely fresh start because it's not, but we know what the job is ahead of us.
"We're all 100% committed to getting us to safety and keeping us in League One. Results are the most important thing for us now."

Joe puts the boot in on the departed dopey Darren Moore.


2025-26 Port Vale 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

11 Aug 2025 to 31 May 2026

League One

🕒 13 | ✅ 13 | 🔁 0 | ⛔ 5 | 🥅 13 | 🇺 6 |



Leon Bailey 🇯🇲


AS Roma 🇮🇹 scheduled to play Torino 🇮🇹 in the Coppa Italia.

Bailey starts! Villa's tough love works, and Bailey's named in the starting line-up for the first time since October and only the second time overall.

Leon contributes an assist - only his second in eleven games - straight after half time for Roma's equaliser. Bailey plays 80 minutes as Roma are beaten 3-2 and out of the Cup.


2025-26 AS Roma 🇮🇹

20 Aug 2025 to 30 Jun 2026

Serie A 🕒 11 | ✅ 2 | 🔁 9 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 2 | 🇺 1 |


Bailey sets up Hermoso for the equaliser


Ashton McWilliams 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿


Morecambe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 scheduled to play Kidderminster Harriers 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 in the FA Trophy, and newly loaned Ashton could be in line for his squad debut. He does! Ashton starts on the bench for Morecambe.

Ashton remains on the bench as Morecambe are beaten 6-2.


2026 Morecambe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

12 Jan 2026 to 30 Jun 2026

National League 🕒 0 | ✅ 0 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 1 |




Wednesday, 14 January


Kosta Nedeljkovic 🇷🇸


RB Leipzig 🇩🇪 to play Freiburg 🇩🇪 in the Bundesliga Kosta's an unused sub in Leipzig's 2-0 win.


2025-26 RB Leipzig 🇩🇪

14 Jul 2025 to 30 Jun 2026

Bundesliga

🕒 6 | ✅ 4 | 🔁 2 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 6 |




Friday, 16 January


Samuel Iling-Junior 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿


West Bromwich Albion 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 scheduled to play Middlesbrough 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 in the Championship as SIJ will be hoping for a new lease of life under Albion's new boss Eric "Who" Ramsay. Particularly loving the Baggies pretending they always wanted him.

SIJ starts for Albion against Finley Munroe's Boro and plays the full 90' but good ol' Eric oversees a 3-2 home defeat for this new charges.


2025-26 West Bromwich Albion 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

1 Sep 2025 to 30 Jun 2026

Championship 🕒 18 | ✅ 11 | 🔁 7 | ⚽ 1 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 2 |



Triston Rowe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿


FC Annecy 🇫🇷 scheduled to play SC Amiens 🇫🇷 in Ligue 2 Triston starts as Annecy run out 2-0 winners.


2025-26 FC Annecy 🇫🇷

2 Sep 2025 to 30 June 2026

Lique 2

🕒 14 | ✅ 11 | 🔁 3 | ⚽ 1 | 🔥 1 | 🇺 0 |





Saturday, 17 January


Sil Swinkels 🇳🇱


Chesterfield 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 to play Bromley 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 in League Two.

Sil starts, plays the full 90 and keeps a clean sheet in Chesterfield's 0-0 draw.

2026 Chesterfield 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

4 Jan 2026 to 30 Jun 2026

League Two 🕒 2 | ✅ 2 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 0 |



Ewan Simpson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿


Hamilton Academical 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 scheduled to play Peterhead in Scottish League One Ewan starts and plays 66 minutes as the Hammies win in the 93rd minute.


2025-26 Hamilton Academical 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

23 Aug 2025 to 30 Jun 2026

Scottish League One 🕒 7 | ✅ 5 | 🔁 2 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 0 |



Josh Feeney 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿


Huddersfield Town 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 scheduled to play Burton Albion 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 in League One. Josh on the bench, a strange move from Lee Grant and predictably a Feeney-less Huddersfield are well beaten with Seb Revan coming on for the hosts who won 3-1. To the surprise of no one, Grant is sacked after full-time.


2025-26 Huddersfield Town 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

1 Jul 2025 to 30 Jun 2026

League One 🕒 17 | ✅ 14 | 🔁 3 | ⚽ 1 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 4 |



Ashton McWilliams 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿


Morecambe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 scheduled to play Scunthorpe United 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 in the National League.

Ashton starts on the bench again but comes on as an 83rd minute subsitute to make his first team debut in Morecambe's 2-2 home draw.


2026 Morecambe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

12 Jan 2026 to 30 Jun 2026

National League 🕒 1 | ✅ 0 | 🔁 1 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 1 |



Sam Lewis 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿


Oxford City 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 scheduled to play Macclesfield 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 in National League North Sam starts for City but concedes three as City are well beaten at FA Cup giant kilers Macclesfield.


2025 Oxford City 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

1 Aug 2025 to 30 Nov 2025

National League North

🕒 15 | ✅ 15 | 🔁 0 | ⛔ 3 | 🥅 25 | 🇺 0 | 2026 Oxford City 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

10 Jan 2026 to 7 Feb 2026

National League North

🕒 2 | ✅ 2 | 🔁 0 | ⛔ 0 | 🥅 5 | 🇺 0 |




Max Lott 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿


Stratford Town 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 scheduled to play Needham Market 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 in Southern League - Premier Central Max starts on the bench but comes on after 68 minutes however he can do nothing to dtop Stratford losing 1-0 on the road.


2025-26 Stratford Town 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

1 Nov 2025 to 31 Jan 2026

Southern League Premier Division Central

🕒 12 | ✅ 2 | 🔁 10 | ⚽ 2 | 🔥 1 | 🇺 0 |



Tommi O'Reilly 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿


Crewe Alexandra 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 scheduled to play Kerr Smith's former side 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Barrow 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 in League Two

Tommi starts and his stellar season continues as he scores the opener in Crewe's 3-1 win before being substituted off on 78 minutes. It's Tommi's fifth goal of the season.


2025-26 Crewe Alexandra 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

15 Jul 2025 to 30 Jun 2026

League Two

🕒 29 | ✅ 28 | 🔁 1 | ⚽ 5 | 🔥 9 | 🇺 0 |


Tommi puts Crewe ahead on 13'


Aidan Borland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿


Swindon Town 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 scheduled to play Salford City 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 in League Two

Aidan's on the bench but comes on as a 64th minute substitute with Swindon trailing 2-1 at home, eventually losing 3-2.


2026 Swindon Town 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

3 Jan 2026 to 30 Jun 2026

League Two

🕒 2 | ✅ 1 | 🔁 1 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 0 |



Joe Gauci 🇦🇺 


Port Vale 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 scheduled to play Mansfield Town 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 in League One

Joe's on the bench, perhaps Darren Moore wasn't so bad after all.

Vale are hammered 3-0 at Mansfield, maybe Joe will get a chance now.


2025-26 Port Vale 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

11 Aug 2025 to 31 May 2026

League One

🕒 13 | ✅ 13 | 🔁 0 | ⛔ 5 | 🥅 13 | 🇺 6 |



Lewis Dobbin 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿


Preston North End 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 scheduled to play Derby County 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 in the Championship Lewis starts, collects a booking on 66 minutes and is subbed off on 79' with the scores at 0-0 before Preston eventualy succumb to Derby and lose 1-0 at home.


2025-26 Preston North End 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

22 Aug 2025 to 31 May 2026

Championship 🕒 22 | ✅ 18 | 🔁 4 | ⚽ 6 | 🔥 7 | 🇺 1 |



Kane Taylor 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿


Oldham Athletic 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 scheduled to play Cheltenham Town 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 in League Two.

Kane's in the squad for the first time but remain an unused sub as Oldham come from behind to beat Cheltenham 2-1.


2026 Oldham Athletic 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

13 Jan 2026 to 30 Jun 2026

League Two

🕒 0 | ✅ 0 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 1 |



Thierry Katsukunya 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿


Real Unión 🇪🇸 scheduled to play CD Basconia 🇪🇸 in the 2da Federación.

Thierry starts on the bench again and doesn't make it off it in Unión's 2-1 defeat.


2025-26 Real Unión Club 🇪🇸

1 Sep 2025 to 30 Jun 2026

Segunda Federación - Grupo II

🕒 6 | ✅ 4 | 🔁 2 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 10 |



Kosta Nedeljkovic 🇷🇸


RB Leipzig 🇩🇪 to play Bayern Munich 🇩🇪 in the Bundesliga.

Kosta's on the subs bench and remians there watching on as Leipzig are battered 5-1 at home.


2025-26 RB Leipzig 🇩🇪

14 Jul 2025 to 30 Jun 2026

Bundesliga 🕒 6 | ✅ 4 | 🔁 2 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 6 |



Enzo Barrenechea 🇦🇷


Benfica 🇵🇹 scheduled to play Rio Ave 🇵🇹 in Liga

Enzo starts on the bench and remains there, presumably still recovering from his shoulder injury. Either that or Jose Mourinho is manager... oh.


2025-26 Benfica 🇵🇹

18 Jul 2025 to 30 Jun 2026

Liga Portugal

🕒 28 | ✅ 28 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 1 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 2 |




Sunday, 18 January


Yasin Özcan 🇹🇷


RSC Anderlecht 🇧🇪 scheduled to play Gent 🇧🇪 in the Pro League Yasin comes on as a half-time sub with Anderlecht 2-1 ahead but they eventually lose 4-2, conceding on 81', 84' and 90'+4. Ouch. Oh and Ludwig Augustinsson lasts six minutes before going off injured.


2025-26 RSC Anderlecht 🇧🇪

2 Aug 2025 to 30 Jun 2026

Pro League

🕒 5 | ✅ 1 | 🔁 4 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 11 |



Leon Bailey 🇯🇲


AS Roma 🇮🇹 scheduled to play Torino 🇮🇹 in Serie A

There's no place in the squad for Bailey despite his midweek assist.


2025-26 AS Roma 🇮🇹

20 Aug 2025 to 30 Jun 2026

Serie A 🕒 11 | ✅ 2 | 🔁 9 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 2 | 🇺 1 |



Donyell Malen 🇳🇱


AS Roma 🇮🇹 scheduled to play Torino 🇮🇹 in Serie A Donyell scores the opener on debut, hopefully the Dutch quitter is happy now as Roma run out 2-0 winners.


2026 AS Roma 🇮🇹

14 Jan 2026 to 30 Jun 2026

Serie A

🕒 1 | ✅ 1 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 1 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 0 |





Not Scheduled to Play | 1 |


Oliwier Zych 🇵🇱


Raków Częstochowa 🇵🇱 not scheduled to play until 30 January


2025-26 Raków Częstochowa 🇵🇱

14 Jul 25 to 30 Jun 26

PKO BP Ekstraklasa

🕒 13 | ✅ 13 | 🔁 0 | ⛔ 5 | 🥅 10 | 🇺 15 |















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