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× BARNSLEY captain Alex Mowatt is ‘holding off’ on signing a new contract until the summer – but staying at Oakwell is his ‘number one option’ insists chief executive Dane Murphy.  The much-admired midfielder’s contract expires at the end of the season, with the Reds offering him a new deal last month. Mowatt has been a regular presence in central midfield for the last three seasons, playing 141 games and scoring 16 goals since signing from Leeds United four years ago.  Murphy told the Chronicle: “It’s well-documented we have spoken to Alex and his represe...

× Barnsley are trying to recruit a striker and, possibly, a wing-back but Valerien Ismael admits it is ‘very, very difficult’ to get deals done in the final days of the ‘ugly’ January transfer window.   The deadline for transfers is 11pm on Monday, and the head coach says the Reds face a ‘fight’ until then, while he is confident of keeping hold of stars players such as captain Alex Mowatt.   Barnsley’s wing-backs Callum Brittain and Callum Styles have been two of their best players this season but Styles is naturally a midfielder while the back-ups are Clar...

  Doug O'Kane analyses yesterday's FA Cup win over Norwich City.  BEST FA CUP RUN IN EIGHT YEARS   This fourth round FA Cup tie could have b...

× Barnsley are searching for a new striker in the final ten days of the January transfer window.  Winger Luke Thomas was loaned to Ipswich Town this week, meaning the Reds are hoping to bring in some more depth for their front three in Valerien Ismael’s 3-4-3 formation. The Reds are understood to have made a bid for Wigan Athletic's teenage forward Kyle Joseph.  Head coach Ismael told the Chronicle: “I said to the club that, if we let Luke go, we have to get a new striker. We have to find someone before the transfer window is closed and that is our purpose now.” 

× Barnsley will play as strong a team as possible in their FA Cup fourth round game at home to Championship leaders Norwich City tomorrow from 3pm, says head coach Valerien Ismael. The Reds have lost their three league matches so far in 2021, including at Norwich on January 2, leaving them 11th in the Championship – eight points off the top six and 14 clear of the bottom three. Both Barnsley and the Canaries – who beat another Championship side Coventry City 2-0 in the third round – could have been tempted to make changes to their usual league line-ups. Whereas Barnsl...