Falkirk defender Murray Wallace will return to his current club on loan for the remainder of the season whether he decides to join Town, Brighton or Huddersfield, the Bairns are reported to have confirmed.

All three clubs have agreed a fee of £300,000 plus add-ons with the Scottish League Division One side and are set to hold talks with the player.

Swansea, Charlton, Norwich and Newcastle are also understood to have been keeping tabs on the 19-year-old former Rangers trainee.

Meanwhile, boss Paul Jewell admits frustrations regarding the convoluted and slow nature of doing transfer business these days: “We’re against the clock now and I understand we need to bring players in to help the group we’ve got.

“I’m concerned, but it’s not like we’ve just decided last week that we need players. We’ve been trying really hard to bring people in, but transfers are so long and drawn out these days.

“They take up so much energy and, to be honest, include so much bull. I get really tired of it.”

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cromwellblue added 15:58 - Jan 26 Our type of deal. Shell out the cash and he plays for someone else
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4EverWatchingBlue added 16:04 - Jan 26 Sounds like a great deal tbh! Gets even more experience then becomes an even better player!! Just gotta hope he signs !!!
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corshamblue added 16:04 - Jan 26 Ok moaning about the state of the Transfer market but it's the same for all clubs, and dare I say it, there's plenty of movement elsewhere. I'm sorry for PJ in a way, but have no such sympathy for Cleggy. Get the players PJ asks for if you have the backing of ME. Simple I would have thought.
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RetroBlue added 16:05 - Jan 26 This is just bloody stupid. wtf has this Club come to eh that it cant even sign (without a drawn out hooha) a young kid from a 2nd tier Scottish side. We are a bloody joke of Club now!
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corshamblue added 16:06 - Jan 26 ahhhhhhhh hate this time of the year, especially when we're on off the drop (for now) Unward and upward I hope. COYB... [be positive . . . . aahhhhhhh]
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Ipswich24 added 16:08 - Jan 26 Retro Blue what are you on about? Everyone moans when targeting old hasbeens and now looking to get some young, hungry players in you moan about that. The deal is a good one in my book as long as we sign another centre half who is ready from next week
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Breedonblue added 16:10 - Jan 26 You may take our lives, but you'll never take our freedom!
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BlueArmy12 added 16:15 - Jan 26 i dont understand are we signing him them if he goes back to hometown
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4EverWatchingBlue added 16:17 - Jan 26 Agree with ipswich24. We needa sign for the future and that's what we have been wanting !! So don't moan.
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NoCanariesAllowed added 16:19 - Jan 26 RetroBlue - it's got nothing to do with Town not being capable of signing a Scottish Second Division kid. Evidently from what Falkirk are saying, he'll be going back to Scotland on loan regardless of who he joins.
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BlueArmy12 added 16:27 - Jan 26 what is the point of signing
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hampstead_blue added 16:31 - Jan 26 I like this planning for the future. It bodes well
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Keaneish added 16:32 - Jan 26 It comes back to the same points that have been raised on here before. If we're looking at the lower leagues and the Scottish leagues then of course there's going to be plenty of interest from other clubs, we're all ploughing the same field. Why aren't we looking in the lower European divisions? OK, granted we've had mixed success with foreign players over the years but I'm pretty sure it's easier to get a deal done, for less cash without running the risk of alerting all other clubs! On another note, Appleton appears resigned to losing 2 or 3 players from Pompey in his latest press interview just now. Do or die Clegg!!

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Rossm added 16:37 - Jan 26 Hampstead Blue, Its all very well planning for the future... but you actually have to action a plan for it to bode well, no sign of that at this club!
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jas0999 added 16:52 - Jan 26 Well, this player is the right age and if on a three and a half year deal, he could certainly be one for the future - but we need players NOW - not loaning them back. I have no sympathy for Clegg and although I feel sorry for any manager having to rely on the CEO, I also have no sympathy for PJ who mess up big time with his transfers and failure to address key positions in the Summer. We are now at 'panic' time again - with just 5 days of the transfer window left! PJ and Clegg out.

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Stewards_Enquiry added 17:07 - Jan 26 A SIGNING READY FOR OUR LEAGUE ONE CAMPAIGN !!!!
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PauloJulio added 17:09 - Jan 26 Another pointless signing and a waste of £300k
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Wallingford_Boy added 17:16 - Jan 26 BlueArmy12 - what is the point of signing a young/promising player?! Are you for real?! We hardly need him this season, so let him continue his development ready for us in the summer!
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Bluetone added 17:25 - Jan 26 “They take up so much energy and, to be honest, include so much bull. I get really tired of it.” Heat and kitchen comes to mind.
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shaunminx added 17:37 - Jan 26 We need defenders now before west ham coz if we don't get anyone in I fear a cricket score next Tuesday. Can see the point of looking to the future but surely now is more important at the mo.
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WarkyWonderLand added 17:47 - Jan 26 This is desperation stakes for jewell and this is his mess he has created. We sit here on a Thursday evening with 5 days of the window left and still no signings. If we are putting in decent offers for players who who dont want to come here that is a clear message to Evans. If jewell can't recruit then how can he retain his tenure.? We either have a manager who can attract new players, if not then we need someone who can and who can get more out of the current crop of players we have. Sick and tired of jewells excuses and what he said about Carson takes the p. Jewell doesn't know what to do or where next to turn and at the moment is like a kid in a sweet shop wanting everything but leaving with nothing. Leeds fans protested last week about Bates. It is getting to a point where people need to show what they think about both clegg and jewell. Having new players won't cover over his managerial deficiencies, he had Collins and Andrews don't forget and still couldn't win. He will take us down.

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Vexorg added 17:48 - Jan 26 Hope we can find another one named Gromit
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Shauny78 added 18:03 - Jan 26 panic buys just around the corner!!! i bet if we had Warnock in now they would sign..we are going nowhere fast!!
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Karlosfandangal added 18:31 - Jan 26 Agree with looking to the future, but we do need players now for today to get us away from the bottom of the Championship.
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Taricco_Fan added 18:31 - Jan 26 Pointless. We need reinforcing NOW!
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