Michael Golding joins permanently - Official

[Nick]

I just wondered if anybody has watched him play this year and if he’s nowhere near the grade but under contract should he not be out on loan to a League 2 club?

[Sol thewall Bamba]

PSR fiddle if you haven't realised yet.

[brookfox]

32 minutes ago, Sol thewall Bamba said:

PSR fiddle if you haven't realised yet.

It was pretty clear to anyone who's seen him play! It’s a great example of a well intentioned rule being bent and abused by those who can, in this case Chelsea who used it to build an entire business model on essentially trafficking young footballers. Is he good enough, would he have made it at Chelsea… who knows. But I bet he never dreamt of moving to the East Mids as an 18yr old.

[ALC Fox]

There was a recent game I saw the highlights of (can't remember who against) where he looked good in possession and made a fine run forward centrally, got into a good position outside the area with a pass on that could've put a teammate in but instead he shot and missed.

 

Based on that one instance alone (because I've seen barely anything of him) he looks to have some of the raw ingredients in an attacking sense but lacks composure and decision-making.

 

As I say, it was one moment and he could normally be better or worse than that 

[Les-TA-Jon]

1 hour ago, Pliskin said:

Absolutely not. I’ve said it many, many times. He is nowhere near good enough for this level of football. 
 

It was nothing more than a PSR exchange, Chelsea binned off a player they knew wouldn’t make it and got £8m for him. 

We paid £8m for Golding!?

[brookfox]

Thought it was widely reported as £4-5m. Almost the same amount Chelsea overpaid for KDH 🤔

 

He just looks slightly awkward when I’ve seen him. Almost like a toddler who has had a growth spurt and isn’t quite used to the new size he is. That said, I hope he does make a career out the game either here or elsewhere.

[Pliskin]

8 minutes ago, Les-TA-Jon said:

We paid £8m for Golding!?

Wasn’t it about £8m after the add ons and what not. £5m transfer fee with agents fee’s and so on. 

 

[Muzzy_no7]

Pretty sure we paid exactly 1 year of KDH’s Chelsea PSR value for him. 

[Chelmofox]

I know the go to phrase is 'PSR fiddle', but, you do need to look at the net impact of what has happened.

 

Chelsea got a player they could use, although undoubtedly played less than if he was in our squad. The player developed himself during that year and played in a team that won trophies. Player was moved to Everton and is now playing at the best standard he has of his career.  

 

We ended up with a player that was worse than those we already had in our academy, who hasn't developed at all and likely got in the way of other prospects in our academy.  We have to continue to deal with the player, who ceiling is likely L2. 

 

And we are going to get done for PSR anyway, and Chelsea won't.

[Pliskin]

2 minutes ago, Chelmofox said:

I know the go to phrase is 'PSR fiddle', but, you do need to look at the net impact of what has happened.

 

Chelsea got a player they could use, although undoubtedly played less than if he was in our squad. The player developed himself during that year and played in a team that won trophies. Player was moved to Everton and is now playing at the best standard he has of his career.  

 

We ended up with a player that was worse than those we already had in our academy, who hasn't developed at all and likely got in the way of other prospects in our academy.  We have to continue to deal with the player, who ceiling is likely L2. 

 

And we are going to get done for PSR anyway, and Chelsea won't.

Exactly this. 

[JimJams]

Give him to Fuchs.

[ParkerPen]

Just now, JimJams said:

Give him to Fuchs.

what's Fuchs done to upset us ?

[moore_94]

When we signed him he was highly rated at Chelsea and was regularly moving up through the England youth teams and was captain at under 17 level

 

19 now and seemingly it just isn’t working for him in our under 21s and is being outshone by other players younger than him

 

Not sure we would be able to get him a loan in League One/Two, but even half a season at top end of National League level might help him finally kick on a bit

[Leeds Fox]

5 hours ago, Sol thewall Bamba said:

PSR fiddle if you haven't realised yet.

 
What gives you that impression 

[Aleksz]

Regardless of whether it was done for PSR, he came here quite highly rated by Chelsea and the FA. One that yes hasn’t kicked on, but has also been mismanaged. Should have been out on loan to at least league 2 by now. 

[Chelmofox]

39 minutes ago, Aleksz said:

Regardless of whether it was done for PSR, he came here quite highly rated by Chelsea and the FA. One that yes hasn’t kicked on, but has also been mismanaged. Should have been out on loan to at least league 2 by now. 

Chelsea 'highly rate' the player they are happy to dispose of in a PSR fiddle, but turns out not to be that good after all. I dont think he is good enough to get a L2 loan.

[Ryy]

Sell Winks, Recall Braybrooke and use him, loan Newport Golding. Simple 

[gurru991]

48 minutes ago, Ryy said:

Sell Winks, Recall Braybrooke and use him, loan Newport Golding. Simple 

I just do see any club buying Winks.  Wages too high & he's free in six months.

[Stadt]

7 hours ago, Chelmofox said:

I know the go to phrase is 'PSR fiddle', but, you do need to look at the net impact of what has happened.

 

Chelsea got a player they could use, although undoubtedly played less than if he was in our squad. The player developed himself during that year and played in a team that won trophies. Player was moved to Everton and is now playing at the best standard he has of his career.  

 

We ended up with a player that was worse than those we already had in our academy, who hasn't developed at all and likely got in the way of other prospects in our academy.  We have to continue to deal with the player, who ceiling is likely L2. 

 

And we are going to get done for PSR anyway, and Chelsea won't.

Because they've been far smarter and their owner/executives actually give a shit. We deserve all the shit thrown at us out of stupidity.

 

We've had PSR/FFP issues following us around for years and only thought to fight it legally (expensively too). We had a PSR swap foisted upon us by Chelsea and never thought to do it ourselves - really dumb. Newcastle, Forest and Villa all did it to make more headroom and were happy to engage in these swaps so the options were out there.

 

We break the rules in the most stupid and supine ways, like not submitting our accounts on time, like thinking we'd been in Europe twice so we always would be (???), like spending almost £50m on Skipp, Ayew and Okoli...

[adejo92]

Shame all this comes at the expense of the lads career.

 

[Plastik Man]

3 hours ago, JimJams said:

Give him to Fuchs.

Not Fuchs given 

[FoxFossil]

1 hour ago, Ryy said:

Sell Winks, Recall Braybrooke and use him, loan Newport Golding. Simple 

How about, recall Braybrooke and loan Winks, ideally to Newport.

[MPH]

1 hour ago, Ryy said:

Sell Winks, Recall Braybrooke and use him, loan Newport Golding. Simple 

 

why do people think because he is shining in league 2, that he can lead a charge up the  championship?

 

what has he done for us so far to suggest that?

 

if anything, loan him to a league 1 side second half of the season and take a look at him next year..

 

 

Newport are bottom of league two and lost to a national league team  3-0 in the FA cup at the weekend. Sammy got taken off in the 44th minute, it says..

Edited 8 December 2025 by MPH

[DezFox]

8 hours ago, brookfox said:

Thought it was widely reported as £4-5m. Almost the same amount Chelsea overpaid for KDH 🤔

 

He just looks slightly awkward when I’ve seen him. Almost like a toddler who has had a growth spurt and isn’t quite used to the new size he is. That said, I hope he does make a career out the game either here or elsewhere.

Chelsea didn’t overpay. We are seeing that now and we also knew at the time. 

[honeybradger]

37 minutes ago, MPH said:

 

why do people think because he is shining in league 2, that he can lead a charge up the  championship?

 

what has he done for us so far to suggest that?

 

if anything, loan him to a league 1 side second half of the season and take a look at him next year..

 

 

Newport are bottom of league two and lost to a national league team  3-0 in the FA cup at the weekend. Sammy got taken off in the 44th minute, it says..

Taken off at half time because they were already 2-0 down and wanted to save their best player for the league. Braybrooke was the only Newport player who played well in that game as usual.

 

 

Before his injury he was out performing Rico Lewis and Adam Wharton whilst on the same pitch for the England youth teams. He might not ever get back on the same career trajectory as those two but with him regaining his confidence a player of his talent could be able to skip a level and make the leap from league 2 to championship.