Van Oevelen Loan Move Delayed
Tuesday, 18th Aug 2026 23:04

Keeper Kayne van Oevelen’s season-long loan move to Valencia has been delayed until Monday, according to a Spanish report.

With the deal agreed, the Dutchman was set to travel to Valencia to finalise his switch on Wednesday, however, according to Tribuna Deportiva, the 23-year-old will now fly out on Monday, Town having wanted to keep him for the weekend due to an injury to another keeper.

Alex Palmer has been sidelined with a sore elbow during the latter stages of pre-season, while Christian Walton has only just returned from his foot problem.

Valencia were keen on recruiting Van Oevelen on a permanent basis prior to his move to Town from Volendam last month but, despite having agreed personal terms, had been unable to settle on a fee with the Eredivisie side.

When Van Oevelen signed for the Blues for £3.4 million, penning a five-year deal, Town had been looking to send him out on loan for the season to a Championship club.

That plan was put on hold when Walton suffered his foot injury in training, but the former Brighton man was with the squad in Germany last week and was on the bench for the friendly victory at Union Berlin on Saturday, although is almost certainly short on sharpness.

It seems likely Van Oevelen will be on the subs bench when the Blues host Sunderland in their opening Premier League fixture on Saturday with fellow Dutchman Kjell Scherpen starting between the sticks.

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Karlosfandangal added 23:23 - Aug 18 Hopefully have a recall clause in his loan just incase a situation like this happens at some point in the season
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chripswich added 02:10 - Aug 19 Sneaking suspicion scherpen hasn’t covered himself in glory pre-season and GON wants to see what happens Saturday before letting Van Oevelen go.
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Tampa_Florida_Blue added 02:35 - Aug 19 I dont want this loan to happen. I feel we need him pushing for the #1 shirt If he do go, he needs to have a 1 week recall.
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Jazzy71 added 05:16 - Aug 19 Tampa Florida blue, any loan recall can't be activated until the January transfer window, so no chance of suddenly recalling him. I don't like the idea but he needs to play. I do think we need another keeper here , Pope would be good seeing as no-one else seems interested in him
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Dissboyitfc added 07:12 - Aug 19 Yes as jazzy has stated couldn’t get him back before January! I don’t want the Muric situation again. This guy so far sounds a better option than sherpen, early days though, needs a couple of match winning games and everyone will love sherpen!
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muccletonjoe added 07:24 - Aug 19 We have 4 goalkeepers and cant seem to decide what to do with any of them.
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Swoody added 08:06 - Aug 19 This board is bonkers. it seems that some have already decided that Scherpen after a couple of frirendly's is no good but on one half of football and a couple of decent passes Van Oevelen should be the number one!
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algarvefan added 08:27 - Aug 19 Walton should start Saturday if Scherpen is not fit......actually I think he should start anyway.
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Bazza8564 added 08:31 - Aug 19

If we have invested in this guy to be long term back up to Scherpen, I don't see why we don't just get on with that now and VO can play cup games.
Walton is OOC next summer anyway, surely a fee for him and Palmer now would make more sense with the two long term plan with the dutch boys already in place.

Loaning him out exposes us to an unfit Walton if Scherpen picks up an injury. Makes no sense to me at all this.....

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Tedray added 09:04 - Aug 19 Good news - try and delay it for a month if practical to see how the tall man shapes up in goal - have a funny feeling that Valencia will be difficult to budge if they are allowed to get their hands on KVO even on a loan This is dangerous........
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blues1 added 09:08 - Aug 19 Chripswich. No, he is going. Deal is done.Its just that Palmer is injured, so need him for the weekend. As the story clearly states.
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BobbyBell added 09:24 - Aug 19

We are no longer a club that has to sell players to balance the books but we still need to increase the clubs wealth if we wants to stay in the Premier league and improve.
One of the best ways is to buy younger players who have the potential to become much more valuable. For them to get regular football we have to loan them out.
Our club is owned by investors who want us to invest and build the stock value of our club. Just think what ME sold the club for and what it's value is now.
This club is now superbly run and the managers have been backed full tilt. Premier league stability is the aim and as MA has said we have the money available but there are FA rules which we must adhere to.

Nutkins_Return added 10:22 - Aug 19 Pretty sure you can only have a Jan recall. You can't have a week recAll like some want
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BlueHennee added 10:31 - Aug 19

CW is a good shot stopper, yes, but his distribution was slow & often poor. And as for using his feet….I spent a lot of last season very uncomfortable! I know it was the style to play out from the back but I’m afraid we were not that great at it! PL needs quick distribution, especially from opposition corners. KVO has shown an eye for a pass so far. CW does not deserve to be in goal for sentimental reasons. I think the 2 new Dutch lads should be fighting it out. If we are gonna compete against the big boys we need some good counter attacks and that starts from the goalie.

vegboxman added 11:40 - Aug 19

I feel we should have kept Kayne van Oevelen for this season at least. By all accounts, many in his home country who have seen both play reckon he is a better keeper than Scherpen, that was certainly the case in the 3-0 home win against Rayo Vallecano where they played 45 minutes each. Van Oevelen looked confident and his distribution was excellent. By contrast Scherpen looked hesitant and a little unsure.

Why could we have gone with Scherpen, van Oevelen and Walton as the three keepers?

Ferguson added 16:43 - Aug 19 Keep him here. He's a good 'un.
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musicman added 22:41 - Aug 20 Personally think we will still get Pope. Go really well with Jesus, and had we kept Bishop and Chaplin we would have had a God Squad.
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