Done Deals provides analysis and ratings for every signing in the EFL. The bulletin will be published Tuesday-Saturday mornings throughout the January Transfer Window. Contributors include: Ali Maxwell, George Elek, Sam Parry, Huw Davies, Riley Roberts, Matt Watts, Craig Bradley, Gab Sutton and Luke “LouOrns” McKenzie.
Huw Davies: Welcome to Done Deals. In case you missed yesterday’s bulletin, here’s a reminder of what we’re doing differently this time. Don’t worry – we’ve kept the player insight, transfer analysis and, on my insistence, the occasional laboured pun.
We’ll still cover every single EFL signing in January. But the following has changed:
The Headliner — Gab Sutton and Luke McKenzie join us to write up the day’s one bit of business that particularly caught their eye.
Impact Ratings — Instant impact is the watchword for so many January signings, and that’s what we’ll be measuring in our traffic light ratings system.
Publication days — Instead of Monday-Friday, these bulletins will run Tuesday-Saturday (two free, three paid; this one’s free).
And now, Luke ‘LouOrns’ McKenzie on the new Dane at Derby…
🟠 Oscar Fraulo (CM) - [Borussia Monchengladbach - Derby] - Undisclosed
When coming through the ranks as a hot prospect at FC Midtjylland, Fraulo was a diminutive holding midfielder with nice technical qualities. However, since his move to Germany and a two-year Eredivisie loan spell with FC Utrecht, he has grown into his body and become more of a box-to-box player, whose ball-carrying ability and quick touches in tight areas to evade pressure have become assets of his game. Derby have arguably lacked this kind of player since Harrison Armstrong’s 2024/25 loan ended.
