One of our summer 2025 arrivals, Beryly Lubala came with a lot of Football League experience after Wycombe Wanderers let him go. On the face of it, being released by one of our fellow League One sides doesn’t say a huge amount. But you have to then remember how the Chairboys had a very good 2024-5 campaign. And Lubala had stiff competition for game time from the highly-prized Richard Kone.

In all, Lubala netted 10 times in 35 outings for the Chairboys during a season where they made a real impression on the promotion battle. Being let go is very much part of the game, however, and it is what it is. All we need to worry about is that we went in and picked up a forward with a real presence up top. And that was needed, given our 2024-5 season saw us struggle for goals. Not that we want to invite pressure!

Beryly Lubala: Before Boro’

Lubala’s time at Adams Park came after a bit of a meander through the League. He started his career in Leicester; the locale in which he was raised after being born in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The forward turned pro while at Birmingham City, but things started to take shape in his career at Crawley Town. Blackpool then swooped in to sign him for an undisclosed fee in 2020.

The move to the seaside didn’t exactly go to plan. Most of his game time with them came out on loan. And, in 2023, Lubala moved on to Burton Albion. His time at the Pirelli was decent enough; the forward opting to reject a new deal there, however, to sign for Wycombe.