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BBC News
3 days ago
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Bloomfield keeping 'open mind' on future signings
Luton Town boss Matt Bloomfield has said he is still "keeping an open mind" about new signings, despite a busy transfer Hatters have made eight summer signings so far, including Nahki Wells and Hakeen asked if there would be any more arrivals or departures ahead of their League One campaign - Bloomfield told BBC 3CR: "Who knows?"He added: "The window not closing [until September 1] is both a blessing and a curse, because we can bring people in, should we see fit, but you're a sitting duck for others to take the players you want to keep."After Luton's relegation to League One, Bloomfield has gone about restructuring the squad, with seven players also leaving."I thank Gary [Sweet, the Luton CEO,] and the board for their backing. We are still keeping an open mind, because, should we lose anyone else, we've got to have plans in place. "We're still searching for the last one or two, if they're right. If they're not, we won't [sign them].Bloomfield also confirmed, after a pre-season 0-0 draw with Spurs, that Alfie Doughty's absence was the "right one for the football club" after he picked up a knock. The wing-back has been linked with a move to added that Teden Mengi will miss a "little period of time" with an unspecified injury, with Bloomfield unsure of the severity of issue, while fellow defender Joe Johnson will also be out "for a period of time" with a hamstring injury.
BBC News
6 days ago
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'I had a lot more to give' - Wells on Robins exit
Forward Nahki Wells said he felt he had "more to give" at Bristol City after leaving the club having not been offered a new contract this 35-year-old, who has since signed for Luton in League One, said that he left the Robins after five and a half years with no scored 48 goals in 237 games for the club but was out of contract this summer."There's a conveyer belt and there's an expiration date for everyone at a football club, I just felt mine was a bit premature," Wells told BBC Radio Bristol."I felt like I still had a lot more to give, I still felt I was an important figure on and off the pitch."It's just one of those things that we look back and we be forever grateful for everything."No animosity and no malice, just happy I got that opportunity because now I look back at it as a huge part of my life as person." Wells had been in talks with the club over a new contract and former manager Liam Manning had expressed his desire to keep scored 10 goals in 2024-25 as the club reached the play-offs for the first time in 17 years, where they were ultimately beaten 6-0 on aggregate by Sheffield Bermuda international said, other than a conversation the morning after the defeat by the Blades, he had no contact with the club until his departure was if he believed he would still be a Robin if Manning, now in charge at Norwich, had stayed Wells said "for sure"."These things do happen in football [when] there's a change of manager," Wells said. "It doesn't matter [who made the decision] in the grand scheme of things it was just time to move on in their opinion and we dust our hands off, we say thank you and we move on."
BBC News
6 days ago
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'Collective benchmark' for success at Luton
New Luton signing Nahki Wells said there is a "collective benchmark" within the club to secure promotion back to the 35-year-old forward signed for the Hatters earlier this month after not being offered a new contract at Bristol City."There's no denying that there's some disappointment that's hanging over the club because of the huge success they had a few years ago, for it to then turn into real tough times with the back to back relegations," Wells told BBC Radio Bristol."Since coming into the football club there's still a real element of excitement to maybe have a different perspective going into the season as favourites."Last season they had that as well but, in more historical cases, the club hasn't had that demand that they should go on to get promotion."This season I can feel that's our collective benchmark to go on and have success."Wells said the move to Luton after five and a half years with the Robins was a "big change" for him."But [it's] familiar territory in terms of preparing for a new chapter, a new start. I'm excited for what's ahead."
BBC News
10-07-2025
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Luton sign Wells, Odoffin and Lonwijk
Luton Town have signed striker Nahki Wells and defender Hakeem Odoffin on free transfers ahead of the new League One the Hatters have also brought in centre-back Nigel Lonwijk on a season-long loan from Premier League side Wolverhampton 35, left Bristol City after scoring 10 goals in 43 games last season, while Odoffin, Rotherham's player of the season in 2024-25, turned down a new deal offered by the South Yorkshire were relegated from the Championship in May and begin the new campaign at home to AFC Wimbledon on Friday 1 August (kick-off 20:00 BST). Wells comes to Kenilworth Road after five-and-a-years at Ashton Gate, where he was a member of the squad who reached the Championship play-offs last season before losing to Sheffield United over two legs in the is a Bermuda international and has scored 174 goals in English football, with Luton boss Matt Bloomfield saying: "He's someone with extreme know-how and a real desire to still go and score goals, a real desire to go and achieve something and a real desire to be a part of what we are building."Odoffin, 27, left Rotherham in May after four years in South Yorkshire and Bloomfield said: "Hakeem is a real leader and someone I've been aware of for a number of years. He is someone who we feel can have the personality and character to have a real impact for us."Lonwijk's loan deal could become permanent if "certain criteria" are met and he is reunited with Bloomfield, who he previously worked with during a loan spell at Wycombe Wanderers in 2024. The 22-year-old Dutchman was previously on loan at Plymouth Argyle when they won the League One title in 2022-23, and has also had loan spells at Fortuna Sittard, Grasshopper and Huddersfield Town.
BBC News
01-07-2025
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Bristol City sign forward Riis after Preston exit
Bristol City have signed forward Emil Riis Jakobsen on a three-year deal following his departure from Preston. The 27-year-old scored 46 goals in 186 games for Preston during his five years at the club and was out of contract at Deepdale this began his career in his home country Denmark for Superliga side Randers."It is no secret how in demand Emil was, and we are very pleased to have secured his signature," said technical director Brian Tinnion, external."He provides us with extra fire-power and is very experienced in the Championship and we cannot wait to see him in action." The Robins have prioritised bringing in a forward this summer, with Riis now joining Sinclair Armstrong and Fally Mayulu - who spent most of last season on loan - in their front line following Nahki Wells' departure."It is a club which has the right ambitions for me, so I am very happy to be here and hopefully I can be a part of the dream to go to the next level," Riis said."I want to score goals and help the team in that way."
