The new Championship campaign gets underway this week
The Championship season is just a week away and now we’ve ticked over in August, the final full month of the transfer window is in full swing.
Twenty-three of the league’s twenty-four clubs have all made signings, with only crisis club Sheffield Wednesday yet to bring anyone in this summer.
Despite their ongoing issues over their ban on buying players and paying loan fees, Hull City have been active with a flurry of new arrivals in the past few days. More are expected before the big kick-off at Coventry City next weekend.
As the season edges ever closer, here’s a look at what City’s rivals have been doing in the transfer market ahead of the new campaign kicking off next week….
Birmingham City
IN:
Phil Neumann (free from Hannover)
Taylor Gardner-Hickman (£1.5m from Bristol City)
Alfons Sampsted (£1.7m from Twente)
Bright Osayi-Samuel (free from Fenerbahce)
Demarai Gray (free from Al-Ettifaq)
Tommy Doyle (loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers)
James Beadle (loan from Brighton & Hove Albion)
Kyogo Furuhashi (undisclosed from Rennes)
Kanya Fujimoto (free from Gil Vicente)
Eiran Cashin (loan from Brighton & Hove Albion)
OUT:
Grant Hanley (free)
Myung-jae Lee (free)
Lukas Jutkiewicz (retired)
Ayumu Yokoyama (undisclosed, Genk)
Romelle Donovan (£3m, Brentford)
Emmanuel Longelo (undisclosed to Motherwell)
Bailey Peacock-Farrell (loan to Blackpool)
Alfie May (£1.2m to Huddersfield Town)
Emil Hanson (Blackpool, loan)
Blackburn Rovers
IN:
Dion de Neve (undisclosed from KV Kortrijk)
Sidnei Taveres (£2m from Moreirense)
Ryan Alebiosu (£500,000 from KV Kortrijk)
Sean McLoughlin (undisclosed from Hull City)
OUT:
Jack Vale (free)
Dilan Markanday (free)
Adam Forshaw (free)
Jalil Saadi (free)
Jordan Eastham (free)
Tyrhys Dolan (free)
Cauley Woodrow (end of loan from Luton Town)
Connor O’Riordan (loan to Doncaster Rovers)
Danny Batth (free to Derby County)
Andreas Weimann (free to Derby County)
Joe Rankin-Costello (undisclosed to Charlton Athletic)
Bristol City
IN:
Yu Hirakawa (undisclosed from Machida Zelvia)
Adam Randell (£750k from Plymouth Argyle)
Joe Lumley (free)
Emil Riis Jakobsen (free)
Radek Vitek (loan from Manchester United)
OUT:
Taylor Gardner-Hickman (£1.5m to Birmingham)
Stefan Bajic (free)
Kal Naismith (free)
Ayman Benarous (free)
Nahki Wells (free)
Ayman Benarous (free)
Taine Anderson (loan to Cheltenham)
Marcus McGuane (undisclosed to Huddersfield Town)
Charlton Athletic
IN:
Sonny Carey (free from Blackpool)
Thomas Kaminski (undisclosed from Luton Town)
Amari’i Bell (free)
Isaac Olaofe (undisclosed from Stockport County)
Reece Burke (undisclosed from Luton Town)
Joe Rankin-Costello (undisclosed from Blackburn Rovers)
Rob Apter (undisclosed from Blackpool)
Charlie Kelman (£3.5m from Queens Park Rangers)
OUT:
Thierry Small (free to Preston North End)
Chuks Aneke (out of contract)
Tennai Watson (out of contract)
Aaron Henry (out of contract)
Dean Bouzanis (out of contract)
Danny Hylton (retired)
Nathan Asiimwe (loan to AFC Wimbledon)
Coventry City
IN:
Miguel Angel Brau (free from Granada)
Kaine Kesler-Hayden (undisclosed from Aston Villa)
Carl Rushworth (loan from Brighton & Hove Albion)
OUT:
Jamie Paterson (free to Plymouth)
Jack Burroughs (free to Northampton)
Fabio Tavares (free to Burton Albion)
Ryan Howley (free)
Cian Tyler (free)
Derby County
IN:
Carlton Morris (undisclosed from Luton Town)
Danny Batth (free from Blackburn Rovers)
Andreas Weimann (free from Blackburn Rovers)
Richard O’Donnell (free from Blackpool)
Patrick Agyemang (£6m from Charlotte FC)
Owen Beck (loan from Liverpool)
David Ozoh (loan from Crystal Palace)
Rhian Brewster (free from Sheffield United)
OUT:
Nathaniel Mendez-Laing (free to MK Dons)
Kemar Roofe (free)
Tyrese Fornah (free)
Tom Barkhuizen (free to Barrow)
Sonny Bradley (free to Lincoln City)
Erik Pieters (free)
Jeff Hendrick (free)
Conor Washington (free)
Rohan Luthra (free)
Daniel Cox (loan to Walsall)
Hull City
IN:
Reda Laalaoui (undisclosed from Fath Union Sport)
Dillon Phillips (free from Rotherham United)
Semi Ajayi (free from West Bromwich Albion)
Joel Ndala (loan from Manchester City)
Akin Famewo (free from Sheffield Wednesday)
John Lundstram (loan from Trabzonspor)
OUT:
Nordin Amrabat (free to Wydad)
Dogukan Sinik (free)
Joao Pedro (free)
Brandon Fleming (free)
Callum Jones (free)
Xavier Simons (undisclosed to Bolton Wanderers)
Thimothee Lo-Tutala (loan to Doncaster Rovers)
Jake Leake (Loan to Oldham Athletic)
Anthony Racioppi (undisclosed to Sion)
Andy Smith (undisclosed fee, Gillingham)
Matty Jacob (loan to Reading)
Marvin Mehlem (undisclosed to Arminia Bielefeld)
Sean McLoughlin (undisclosed to Blackburn Rovers)
Alfie Jones (undisclosed to Middlesbrough)
Mason Burstow (loan to Bolton Wanderers)
Ipswich Town
IN:
David Button (free from Reading)
Azor Matusiwa (£10m from Rennes)
Cedric Kipre (loan from Reims)
Ashley Young (free from Everton)
OUT:
Liam Delap (Chelsea, £30m)
Marcus Harness (free to Huddersfield Town)
Sam Morsy (free to Kuwait SC)
Cameron Burgess (free to Swansea City)
Axel Tuanzebe (free to Burnley)
Massimo Luongo (free)
Jokubas Mazionis (loan to Cheltenham Town)
Leicester City
IN:
Asmir Begovic (free from Everton)
OUT:
Daniel Iversen (free to Preston North End)
Danny Ward (free to Wrexham)
Jamie Vardy (free)
Brad Young (Free to Bristol Rovers)
Thomas Wilson-Brown (loan to Swindon Town)
Middlesbrough
IN:
Alfie Jones (undisclosed from Hull City)
Abdoulaye Kante (undisclosed from Troyes)
OUT:
Anfernee Dijksteel (free)
George Gitau (free)
Zach Hemming (undisclosed to Chesterfield)
Josh Coburn (£5m to Millwall)
Jonathan Howson (released)
Millwall
IN:
Josh Coburn (£5m from Middlesbrough)
Max Crocombe (free)
Zak Sturge (undisclosed from Chelsea)
Massimo Luongo (undisclosed from Ipswich Town)
Steven Benda (loan from Fulham)
Alfie Doughty (undisclosed from Luton Town)
OUT:
Zian Flemming (£7m to Burnley)
George Honeyman (free to Blackpool)
Aaron Connolly (free to Leyton Orient)
Murray Wallace (free to Huddersfield)
Duncan Watmore (free)
Shaun Hutchinson (free)
George Saville (free to Luton Town)
Liam Roberts (free to Mansfield Town)
Dillon Addai (free to Bromley)
Norwich City
IN:
Jacob Wright (£2.3m, Man City)
Daniel Grimshaw (undisclosed, Plymouth Argyle)
Harry Darling (free, Swansea City)
Louie Moulden (free, Crystal Palace)
Jakov Medic (undisclosed, Ajax)
Vladan Kovacevic (undisclosed, Sporting Lisbon)
Mathias Kvistgaarden (£6.9m, Brondby)
Jeffrey Schlupp (Free, Crystal Palace)
Papa Amadou Diallo (£4.3m, Metz)
Mirko Topic (Familicao, undisclosed)
OUT:
Jonathan Rowe (£14m to Marseille)
Vicente Reyes (Peterborough, loan)
Angus Gunn (free)
Jacob Lungi Sorensen (free to Brann)
Onel Hernandez (free)
Archie Mair (free)
Lewis Shipley (Undisclosed, Barrow)
Borja Sainz (£14.3m to Porto)
Oxford United
IN:
Brian De Keersmaecker (Undisclosed from Heracles)
Brodie Spencer (undisclosed from Huddersfield Town)
Luke Harris (loan from Fulham)
Nik Prelec (loan from Cagliari)
OUT:
Max Woltman (free)
Idris El Mizouni (undisclosed to Leyton Orient)
Joe Bennett (free)
Josh McEachran (free)
Stuart Findlay (loan)
Ruben Rodrigues (Undisclosed to EC Vitoria)
Will Goodwin (loan to Colchester United)
Jordan Thorniley (loan to Northampton Town)
Portsmouth
IN:
Adrian Segecic (undisclosed, Sydney FC)
John Swift (free, West Brom)
Mark Kosznovszky (undisclosed, MTK Budapest)
Luke Le Roux (undisclosed, IFK Varnamo)
Florian Bianchini (Swansea City, loan)
OUT:
Christian Saydee (undisclosed fee to Wigan Athletic)
Kusini Yengi (free to Aberdeen)
Paddy Lane (Reading, undisclosed)
Cohen Bramall (free to Luton Town)
Alexander Milosevic (free)
Anthony Scully (free)
Tom Lowery (free)
Toby Steward (loan to St Johnstone)
Ryley Towler (undisclosed to Lincoln City)
Preston North End
IN:
Daniel Iversen (free from Leicester City)
Jordan Thompson (free from Stoke City)
Pol Valentin (free from Sheffield Wednesday)
Thierry Small (free from Charlton Athletic)
Daniel Jebbison (loan from Bournemouth)
Odel Offiah (undisclosed from Brighton & Hove Albion)
Michael Smith (free from Sheffield Wednesday)
Jack Walton (undisclosed from Luton Town)
Andrija Vukcevic (free transfer)
OUT:
Layton Stewart (free to FC Thun)
Emil Riis (free to Bristol City)
Freddie Woodman (free to Liverpool)
Ryan Ledson (free to Huddersfield)
Kian Best (free to Chesea U21)
Patrick Bauer (free)
Kian Taylor (free)
Jack Whatmough (undisclosed to Huddersfield Town)
Kaedyn Kamara (loan to Cork City)
Ched Evans (free to Fleetwood Town)
QPR
IN:
Karamoko Dembele (£2.5 from Brest)
Amadou Mbengue (free)
Kealey Adamson (undisclosed from Macarthur FC)
Kwame Poku (undisclosed from Peterborough)
OUT:
Kenneth Paal (free)
Murphy Cooper (loan to Barnsley)
Nathan Shepperd (free to The New Saints)
Lucas Andersen (free)
Hevertton Santos (loan to Gil Vicente)
Morgan Fox (free)
Jack Colback (free)
Charlie Kelman (£3.5m to Charlton Athletic)
Morgan Fox (loan to Wigan Athletic)
Sheffield United
IN:
Ehije Success Ukaki (undisclosed from Botev Plovdiv)
Tyler Bindon (loan from Nottingham Forest)
Louie Barry (loan from Aston Villa)
Mihail Polendakov (undisclosed from Septemvri Sofia)
OUT:
Vinicius Souza (£13m to Wolfsburg)
Rhian Brewster (free)
Billy Blacker (loan to Tranmere Rovers)
Miguel Freckleton (undisclosed to St Mirren)
Antwoine Hackford (free to AFC Wimbledon)
Sheffield Wednesday
IN:
No new signings
OUT:
Akin Famewo (free to Hull City)
Ryo Hatsuse (free)
Pol Valentin (free)
Mallik Wilks (free)
Michael Ihiekwe (free)
Marvin Johnson (free)
Ben Hamer (free)
Stuart Armstrong (free)
Anthony Musaba (undisclosed to Samsunspor)
Djeidi Gassama (£2m to Rangers)
Josh Windass (free)
Callum Paterson (free)
Michael Smith (free)
Caelan Cadamarteri (undisclosed to Manchester City)
Southampton
IN:
Joshua Quarshie (£3.5m from Hoffenheim)
Damion Downs (£6.9m from Cologne)
OUT:
Jan Bednarek (£6.5m to Porto)
Samuel Amo-Ameyaw (£5.9m to Strasbourg)
Kamaldeen Sulemana (£18m to Atalanta BC)
Adli Mohamed (undisclosed to Al-Nasr)
Paul Onuachu (undisclosed to Trabzonspor)
Kyle Walker-Peters (free to West Ham United)
Joe Lumley (free to Bristol City)
Adam Lallana (retired)
Juan Larios (loan to Cultural y Deportivo Leonesa)
Ollie Wright (loan to Accrington Stanley)
Aaron Ramsdale (loan to Newcastle United)
Stoke City
IN:
Sorba Thomas (undisclosed from Huddersfield Town)
Divin Mubama (loan from Manchester City)
Maksym Talovierov (£1.7m from Plymouth Argyle)
Aaron Cresswell (free from West Ham)
Ashley Phillips (loan from Tottenham Hotspur)
Robert Bozenik (free from Boavista)
OUT:
Jordan Thompson (free to Preston North End)
Lynden Gooch (free to Huddersfield)
Michael Rose (free)
Enda Stevens (free)
Niall Ennis (undisclosed to Blackpool)
Tommy Simkin (loan to Leyton Orient)
Wouter Burger (£4.3m to Hoffenheim)
Emre Tezgel (loan to Crewe Alexandra)
Nathan Lowe (loan to Stockport County)
Swansea City
IN:
Zeidane Inoussa (£5m from Hacken)
Bobby Wales (£300k from Kilmarnock)
Ethan Galbraith (undisclosed from Leyton Orient)
Cameron Burgess (free)
Ricardo Santos (free)
OUT:
Joe Allen (retired)
Florian Bianchini (Portsmouth, loan)
Kristian Pedersen (free)
Cyrus Christie (free)
Jon McLaughlin (free)
Kyle Naughton (free)
Nathan Tjoe-A-On (free)
Harry Darling (free to Norwich City)
Ben Hughes (free to Cambridge United)
Mykola Kuharevich (undisclosed to Slovan Bratislava)
Nathan Broome (free to Bolton Wanderers)
Ben Lloyd (loan to Newport County)
Watford
IN:
Hector Kyprianou (free from Peterborough)
Marc Bola (free from Samsunspor)
Nathan Baxter (free from Bolton Wanderers)
James Abankwah (loan from Udinese)
Vivaldo Semedo (undisclosed from Udinese)
Othmane Maamma (undisclosed from Montpellier HSC)
Luca Kjerrumgaard (loan from Udinese)
Nestory Irankunda (undisclosed from Bayern Munich)
Caleb Wiley (loan from Chelsea)
OUT:
Angelo Ogbonna (free)
Francisco Sierralta (£1.5m to Auxerre)
Michael Adu-Poku (loan to Barrow)
Myles Roberts (loan to Walsall)
Mileta Rajovic (£2.6m to Legia Warsaw)
Jorge Hurtado (loan to Millionaires)
Antonio Tikvic (undisclosed to Preussen Munster)
West Brom
IN:
Nat Phillips (undisclosed, Liverpool)
Aune Heggebo (undisclosed, SK Brann)
George Campbell (undisclosed, CF Montreal)
OUT:
Grady Diangana (free)
John Swift (free to Portsmouth)
Semi Ajayi (free to Hull City)
Mason Holgate (end of loan from Everton)
Ted Cann (free to Rotherham)
Ronnie Hollingshead (free)
Archie Kirton (free)
Matt Richards (free)
Sam Beedie (free)
Fran Cherchi (free)
Eseosa Sule (loan to Motherwell)
Wrexham
IN:
Ryan Hardie (£700,000 from Plymouth Argyle)
Danny Ward (free from Leicester City)
Liberato Cacace (£2.2m from Empoli)
George Thomason (£1.2m from Bolton Wanderers)
Josh Windass (free from Sheffield Wednesday)
Lewis O’Brien (undisclosed from Nottingham Forest)
Conor Coady (£2m from Leicester City)
OUT:
Sam Dalby (free to Bolton)
Jordan Davies (released)
Steven Fletcher (released)
Mark Howard (released)
Liam Hall (released)
Bradley Foster (free to Ross County)
Josh Adam (released)
Paul Mullin (loan to Wigan Athletic)
Will Boyle (Free to Shrewsbury)
Luke McNicholas (Undisclosed to Forest Green)
Luke Bolton (free to Mansfield Town)
(Data correct as of 2/8/25)