Leyton Orient fans wave red and white chequered flags (Photo by Sarah Bruntlett/EMPICS via Getty Images)
Leyton Orient are gearing up for League One football but before the season begins, they’ve got some important transfer business to get through.
Leyton Orient are yet to make a breakthrough on the transfer front while a fair few players will be moving on at the end of their contracts. It means Richie Wellens should have a busy few weeks ahead of him in the hunt for new additions and some potential additions have been linked over the course of June.
Of those linked, perhaps the one fans want to see come off the most is a return deal for Idris El Mizouni.
It was said at the start of the month that the O’s maintain an interest in their recent loan star but there’s some high-profile competition for his signature. Plymouth Argyle, Wycombe Wanderers and Aberdeen were also linked in the report, joining Derby County and Watford in pursuit of the Tunisian talent.
El Mizouni was a seriously popular figure and influential player last season but the interest in him could make a deal hard to strike.
In attack, Northern Irishman Conor McMenamin is reported to be a player on Leyton Orient’s radar too.
Again, there would be competition for his signature with Peterborough United, Stevenage and Northampton Town claimed to be admirers. He’s a player that looks ready to come and test himself in the EFL though after managing 13 goals and 12 assists in 34 games for Glentoran over the 2022/23 season.
Last but not least, another winger of interest to Orient is Liverpool prodigy Harvey Blair. The O’s are among those eyeing a possible loan move for the 19-year-old, with Portsmouth and Aberdeen also linked.
Interestingly though, it has been said that Pompey could shelve their interest for a year as they have reservations over whether or not he’s ready for League One football.
With rumours circulating, the hope will be that some new faces aren’t too far away from arriving.
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Young Ipswich Town defender Elkan Baggott played in a game he’ll never forget yesterday.
The 20-year-old earned his 16th cap for Indonesia in a 2-0 friendly defeat to Argentina.
A rested Lionel Messi may not have featured for the visitors, but a crowd of 56,000 in Jakarta got to see six players who featured in last December’s World Cup Final win against France.
Baggott played the full match as goals from Leandro Paredes and Cristian Romero either side of half-time proved the difference in a surprisingly competitive affair.
At the full-time whistle, Baggott asked Romero for his shirt and looked surprised when Romero requested his in return.
Indonesia’s South Korean coach Shin Tae-yong said the match was a confidence boost ahead of next year’s Asian Cup, while the country’s president, Joko Widodo, described their second-half performance as ‘extraordinary’.
“Argentina are ranked first and we’re 149th, but we only conceded two goals,” he said. “This is a big experience for us.”
Meanwhile, Nathan Broadhead won his fourth full international cap for Wales. Town’s forward came on as a late sub as the 10-man Dragons went down to a 2-0 defeat in Turkey last night.
Umit Nayir and Arda Güler scored the goals late on as Rob Page’s side suffered their second Euro 2024 qualifier in four days, Armenia having won 4-2 in Cardiff on Friday.
