{"id":323590,"date":"2025-08-06T22:08:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T22:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/323590\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T22:08:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T22:08:13","slug":"irish-league-football-northern-ireland-striker-dale-taylors-move-from-nottingham-forest-to-blackpool-set-to-hand-linfield-a-financial-boost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/323590\/","title":{"rendered":"Irish League football: Northern Ireland striker Dale Taylor’s move from Nottingham Forest to Blackpool set to hand Linfield a financial boost"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 21-year-old is on the move from Nottingham Forest in a deal worth more than \u00a31million.<\/p>\n

Linfield will also net a financial boost after Taylor joined Forest from the Blues as a teenager in 2020.<\/p>\n

He spent the 2024\/25 campaign on loan at League One outfit Wigan Athletic from Forest, scoring 10 goals and providing seven assists in 42 appearances.<\/p>\n

The striker claimed both the Players\u2019 Player of the Year and Player of the Year prizes, becoming the first loan signing since Chelsea\u2019s Reece James (2018\/19) to achieve the feat.<\/p>\n

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Taylor will be hoping the move helps him add to his nine senior caps for Northern Ireland after making his debut against Lithuania in 2021.<\/p>\n

His international comrade Jamie Donley has joined Championship club Stoke City on loan.<\/p>\n

The 20-year-old Tottenham Hotspur forward was hot property following an impressive loan stint in League One with Leyton Orient in the 2024\/25 term.<\/p>\n

He scored eight goals and provided 10 assists as the O\u2019s made the Play-Off Final.<\/p>\n

Although several Championship sides were keen on his signature, Stoke got the deal over the line.<\/p>\n

Donley said: \u201cI had a few teams after me, but I decided on Stoke when the gaffer (Mark Robins) called while I was away on tour with Spurs.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe way he wants to play, both in terms of attacking and defending, definitely suits me.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve heard a lot about the coaching staff and how the manager improves young players.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can see that in the history he\u2019s had in working with different teams.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m very much a team player, Stoke City fans can know I\u2019ll work really hard whether that\u2019s defensively or making options to receive the ball to play forward.<\/p>\n

\u201cI enjoyed a really positive loan last year, I know about the pressure of men\u2019s football now and how people look to you to contribute in games.<\/p>\n

\u201cI took to that pressure well and I want to carry that on here at Stoke City.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the Sports Direct Premiership, Crusaders have signed defender Odhran McCart following his departure from Ards.<\/p>\n

Glenavon have made goalkeeper Tadhg Ryan available for transfer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 21-year-old is on the move from Nottingham Forest in a deal worth more than \u00a31million. Linfield will…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":323591,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5011],"tags":[29309,1144,8538,8541,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-323590","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-northern-ireland","8":"tag-linfield-fc","9":"tag-northern-ireland","10":"tag-northern-ireland-football-team","11":"tag-sports-direct-premiership","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114984105128855449","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=323590"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323590\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/323591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=323590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=323590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=323590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}