Grimsby sign Notts midfielder Reynolds on loanpublished at 18:26 BST
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Ryley Reynolds has made four senior appearances for Notts County
Grimsby Town have signed Notts County midfielder Ryley Reynolds on a season-long loan deal.
The 20-year-old spent last season on loan in National League North with Kidderminster Harriers and helped them win promotion to the fifth tier.
He could make his Mariners debut in Saturday's League Two season-opener against Exeter.
"He's an energetic, technically good midfielder who has the ability to play between the lines, create opportunities and get into goalscoring positions," boss Dave Artell told the club website., external
Stags goalkeeper Roberts signs new dealpublished at 15:56 BST
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Liam Roberts' former clubs include Walsall, Northampton Town and Middlesbrough
Mansfield Town goalkeeper Liam Roberts has signed a one-year contract extension to keep him with the Stags until the summer of 2028.
The 31-year-old joined the League One side after he was released by Millwall in July 2025 and featured 48 times across all competitions in his first season at One Call Stadium.
He collected Mansfield's players' player of the season and Stags Supporters' Association player of the season awards after keeping a total of 14 clean sheets during the campaign.
"Liam signing a new contract is a reward for a brilliant season and we wanted to secure him for a little while longer," Mansfield manager Nigel Clough told the club website., external
Forest beat Bayer Leverkusen - Glasner sees 'winning mentality'published at 08:25 BST 13 August
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Nottingham Forest boss Oliver Glasner says he was really pleased with the "winning mentality" that his players showed in the 2-1 friendly win against Bayer Leverkusen on Wednesday.
Winger Dan Ndoye gave the Reds the lead in the fifth minute, before the German side levelled through Patrik Schick.
The second-half was well-contested and moments before added time substitute Arnaud Kalimuendo headed home from Luca Netz's delivery to secure the win for Forest.
"It was a very good test for us," said Glasner. "Murillo got minutes, Callum Hudson-Odoi got minutes and what I was really pleased with was in the last 30 minutes of the second half, we really controlled the game.
"We created some good opportunities and played well. For me, the best thing I could see was that we wanted to win the game and showed the winning mentality."
The friendly was also Glasner's first game at The City Ground after joining the club earlier this summer.
"It was a great experience, I really enjoyed it," he added. "There were so many children here and they made it a fantastic atmosphere.
"I was getting goosebumps before the game and then I thought that it's just a friendly.
"There was so much passion and we really enjoyed it, so I want to say thank you for the support in this first game, but we still have a long way to go."
How do add-ons work in football transfers?published at 07:16 BST 13 August
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It is common practice these days for transfer fees to have performance-based add-ons. The theory is the selling club gains more if the player goes on to be extremely successful, while the buying club is to some extent protected financially if the transfer doesn't work out.
In some cases, the total value of add-ons is significant - Real Madrid could end up paying an extra £30m to Borussia Dortmund for Jude Bellingham depending on how successful he is over the course of his career in the Spanish capital, for example.
In others, like the potential £1.7m worth of add-ons Brighton's £29.78m signing of Greece Under-21 forward Charalampos Kostoulas, are less significant.
Clubs sometimes say add-ons are 'easily achievable' or 'difficult'.
Easier-to-achieve add-ons can include things like making a basic number of appearances, or scoring a certain amount of goals. Add-ons can also be attached to a team's success rather than the individual player's - a club may agree to an add-on requiring an extra payment if they qualify for Europe, for example.
Others can be more ambitious - tied to extreme levels of individual or collective success, like winning the Champions League or the Ballon d'Or.
An example of the difficulty add-ons can present when discussing valuations would be the claims made in the Portuguese media in 2022 that the first additional payment in Darwin Nunez's £64m-plus-add-ons move from Benfica to Liverpool was triggered by the Uruguayan making just 10 appearances.
Then Liverpool boss Arne Slot rejected speculation he had not started Nunez in some games because it would trigger an additional payment.
Whether Liverpool paid more for Nunez, or club captain Virgil van Dijk - for whom they paid a flat fee of £75m to Southampton in 2017 - cannot be determined without knowing exactly what add-ons were included in the Nunez deal, then figuring out which conditions he has and has not met.
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