Championship transfers 2026: Every confirmed signing and sale in summer window

While World Cup fever has gripped the globe, the 2026 summer transfer window opened in the United Kingdom on June 15, and Championship clubs will be at the centre of many tussles between now and September 1.

Here, Sports Mole provides a comprehensive list of all the ins and outs from the English second tier so far.

Championship Summer 2026 — Confirmed Transfers

Last updated: 28 July 2026

Birmingham City

✔ 3 in✖ 3 outNet: -£2.5m

✔ Signings (3)

Jhon Solis (CM, from Girona, £6.5m)
Dael Fry (CB, from Middlesbrough, free)
James Beadle (GK, loan from Brighton)

✖ Departures (3)

Jonathan Panzo (CB, released)
Kai Wagner (LB, to Philadelphia Union, £3.0m)
Kyogo Furuhashi (CF, to LA Galaxy, £1.0m)

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Blackburn Rovers

✔ 1 in✖ 4 outNet: -£0.9m

✔ Signings (1)

Moussa Baradji (CM, from Yverdon Sport, £0.95m)

✖ Departures (4)

Sondre Tronstad (CM, released)
Ryan Hedges (RW, released)
Nathan Redmond (RW, released)
Aodhan Doherty (CB, loan to Falkirk)

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Bolton Wanderers

✔ 6 in✖ 6 outNet: -£0.2m

✔ Signings (6)

David Watson (CM, from Kilmarnock, free)
Luca Stephenson (RB, from Liverpool, £0.7m)
Ben Davies (CB, from Rangers, free)
Akin Famewo (CB, from Hull City, undisclosed)
Kyliane Dong (LW, loan from Augsburg)
Gaizka Larrazabal (RB, from Casa Pia, free)

✖ Departures (6)

Szabolcs Schon (LW, to ETO, £0.5m)
George Johnston (CB, released)
Jordi Osei-Tutu (RB, released)
Kyle Dempsey (CM, released)
Carlos Mendes (RW, released)
Richard Taylor (CB, loan to Bromley)

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Bristol City

✔ 8 in✖ 6 outNet: -£2.5m

✔ Signings (8)

Billy O'Neill (ST, from Bray Wanderers, undisclosed)
Brad Collins (GK, from Coventry City, free)
Sam Tickle (GK, from Wigan Athletic, undisclosed)
Gibson Yah (CM, from Volendam, undisclosed)
Sam Greenwood (CM, from Pogon Szczecin, undisclosed)
Jed Wallace (CM, from West Bromwich Albion, free)
Lisav Eissat (GK, from Maccabi Haifa, undisclosed)
Lorent Tolaj (ST, from Plymouth Argyle, £4.0m)

✖ Departures (6)

Sinclair Armstrong (ST, to Goztepe, £1.5m)
Sam Morsy (CM, released)
Mark Sykes (RM, to Millwall, free)
Harry Cornick (ST, released)
Josh Stokes (AM, loan to Reading)
Joe Lumley (GK, to Sheffield Wednesday, free)

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Burnley

✔ 2 in✖ 11 outNet: +£23.55m

✔ Signings (2)

Florentino (DM, from Benfica, £20.7m)
Lluc Castell (LW, from Espanyol, undisclosed)

✖ Departures (11)

Owen Dodgson (LB, to Stockport County, undisclosed)
Loum Tchaouna (LW, to Coventry City, £20m)
Martin Dubravka (GK, to Tottenham Hotspur, free)
Vaclav Hladky (GK, released)
Quilindschy Hartman (LB, loan to Espanyol)
Jaidon Anthony (LW, to Brentford, undisclosed)
Lesley Ugochukwu (CM, loan to Galatasaray, £3.0m fee)
Maxime Esteve (CB, to RB Leipzig, £21.25m)
Oluwaseun Adewumi (AM, loan to Hertha BSC)
Jack McEvilly (FW, to Tranmere Rovers, free)
Charlie Veevers (FW, to Tranmere Rovers, free)

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Cardiff City

✔ 1 in✖ 1 outNet: -£1.6m

✔ Signings (1)

Nathan Trott (GK, from Copenhagen, £1.6m)

✖ Departures (1)

Ryan Wintle (DM, to MK Dons, free)

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Charlton Athletic

✔ 4 in✖ 9 outNet: +£0.0m

✔ Signings (4)

Billy Koumetio (CB, from Dundee, undisclosed)
Karlan Grant (CF, from West Bromwich Albion, free)
Danny McNamara (RB, from Millwall, free)
Millenic Alli (LW, from Luton Town, undisclosed)

✖ Departures (9)

Terry Taylor (DM, to Stevenage, free)
Ty Ewens-Findlay (CB, loan to Crawley Town)
Luke Berry (CM, released)
Ivan Mesik (CB, to Heracles Almelo, undisclosed)
Gassan Ahadme (CF, loan to Cambridge United)
Macaulay Gillesphey (CB, to Bradford, undisclosed)
Karoy Anderson (CM, to Blackpool, undisclosed)
Alex Mitchell (CB, to Plymouth, undisclosed)
Kaheim Dixon (RW, to Novi Pazar, undisclosed)

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Derby County

✔ 2 in✖ 5 outNet: -£6.0m

✔ Signings (2)

Bobby Clark (CM, from RB Salzburg, £6m)
Filip Bilbija (LW, from Paderborn, free)

✖ Departures (5)

Ben Osborn (CM, to Stockport County, free)
Danny Batth (CB, released)
Andreas Weimann (ST, released)
Callum Elder (LB, to Lincoln City, free)
Jake Rooney (CB, to Boston United, free)

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Lincoln City

✔ 2 in✖ 4 outNet: -£2.6m

✔ Signings (2)

Callum Elder (LB, from Derby County, free)
Andrei Coubis (CB, from Universitatea Cluj, £2.6m)

✖ Departures (4)

MJ Kamson Camera (CB, to Hearts, free)
Zach Jeacock (GK, loan to Northampton Town)
Erik Ring (LW, to Kilmarnock, undisclosed)
JJ McKiernan (CM, to Bromley, undisclosed)

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Middlesbrough

✔ 4 in✖ 8 outNet: +£3.3m

✔ Signings (4)

Jeremy Sarmiento (LW, from Brighton, £3.2m)
Myles Peart-Harris (LW, from Oxford United, free)
Kyle Joseph (ST, from Hull City, undisclosed)
Will Lankshear (CF, from Tottenham Hotspur, £10m)

✖ Departures (8)

Marcus Forss (ST, released)
Sam Silvera (LW, released)
Alex Gilbert (AM, released)
Darragh Lenihan (CB, released)
Jon McLaughlin (GK, released)
Dael Fry (CB, to Birmingham City, free)
Hayden Hackney (DM, to Everton, £16.5m)
Dan Barlaser (DM, to MK Dons, free)

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Millwall

✔ 5 in✖ 8 outNet: -£1.0m

✔ Signings (5)

Jenson Metcalfe (CM, from Bradford City, undisclosed)
Mark Sykes (CM, from Bristol City, free)
Mathis Servais (CM, from Mechelen, undisclosed)
Elkan Baggott (CB, from Ipswich Town, £1m)
Kyrell Lisbie (LW, from Peterborough United, undisclosed)

✖ Departures (8)

Danny McNamara (RB, to Charlton Athletic, free)
Barry Bannan (CM, to Sheffield Wednesday, undisclosed)
Wes Harding (CB, released)
Joe Bryan (LB, released)
Massimo Luongo (CM, released)
Macaulay Langstaff (ST, to Salford City, undisclosed)
Adam Mayor (LB, to Hibernian, undisclosed)
Billy Mitchell (DM, to Sheffield Wednesday, free)

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Norwich City

✔ 2 in✖ 7 outNet: +£0.0m

✔ Signings (2)

Bruno Alves (CB, loan from Cruzeiro)
Andre Brooks (CM, from Sheffield United, undisclosed)

✖ Departures (7)

Jeffrey Schlupp (LM, released)
Toyn Springett (RW, released)
Emiliano Marcondes (AM, released)
Shane Duffy (CB, released)
Daniel Barden (GK, released)
George Long (GK, to Southampton, free)
Louie Moulden (GK, loan to Accrington Stanley)

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Portsmouth

✔ 5 in✖ 6 outNet: -£5.7m

✔ Signings (5)

Odin Bailey (AM, from Stockport County, free)
Eoin Kenny (FW, from Dundalk, undisclosed)
Rocco Shein (CM, from Fredrikstad, £2.1m)
Marko Milovanovic (CM, from Almeria, £3.0m)
Daniel Bielica (GK, from NAC Breda, £0.55m)

✖ Departures (6)

Andre Dozzell (CM, to DC United, free)
Jordan Archer (GK, released)
Reuben Swann (CM, released)
Harry Clout (AM, released)
Toby Steward (GK, loan to St Johnstone)
Makenzie Kirk (ST, loan to Barnsley)

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Preston North End

✔ 3 in✖ 7 outNet: +£0.0m

✔ Signings (3)

Lee Nicholls (GK, from Huddersfield Town, undisclosed)
Alfie Devine (AM, from Tottenham Hotspur, undisclosed)
Jusef Erabi (ST, loan from Genk)

✖ Departures (7)

Jack Walton (GK, to Dundee United, undisclosed)
Jamal Lewis (LB, released)
Will Keane (ST, released)
Noah Mawene (DM, released)
Robbie Brady (LM, released)
James Pradic (GK, released)
Michael Smith (ST, to Mansfield Town, free)

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Queens Park Rangers

✔ 4 in✖ 7 outNet: +£1.53m

✔ Signings (4)

Boy Kemper (LB, from NAC Breda, undisclosed)
Calum Ward (GK, from Motherwell, undisclosed)
Pierce Charles (GK, loan from Manchester City)
Tariq Lamptey (RB, from Fiorentina, free)

✖ Departures (7)

Paul Nardi (GK, to AJ Auxerre, free)
Joe Walsh (GK, loan to Wigan Athletic)
Isaac Hayden (DM, released)
Steve Cook (CB, to Wycombe Wanderers, free)
Ben Hamer (GK, released)
Zan Celar (ST, to Basel, £1.28m)
Murphy Cooper (GK, to Plymouth Argyle, £0.25m)

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Sheffield United

✔ 2 in✖ 9 outNet: +£0.0m

✔ Signings (2)

Romelle Donovan (ST, loan from Brentford)
Matt Doherty (RB, from Wolverhampton Wanderers, free)

✖ Departures (9)

Zain Tahir (CB, loan to Oldham Athletic)
Tom Davies (CM, released)
Alex Matos (CM, loan to Goztepe)
Luke Faxon (GK, loan to Boston United)
Jairo Riedewald (DM, released)
Danny Ings (ST, released)
Ben Mee (CB, retired)
Andre Brooks (CM, to Norwich City, undisclosed)
Mihail Polendakov (RB, loan to Ludogorets)

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Southampton

✔ 3 in✖ 8 outNet: -£15.8m

✔ Signings (3)

Daniel Peretz (GK, from Bayern Munich, £6.9m)
Cyle Larin (ST, from Mallorca, undisclosed)
Lewis Dobbin (LW, from Aston Villa, £8.9m)

✖ Departures (8)

Charlie Taylor (LB, to Derby County, free)
Will Smallbone (CM, released)
Jamie Jones (GK, released)
Alex McCarthy (GK, to Leicester City, free)
Joe Aribo (CM, released)
Oriol Romeu (DM, to Avispa Fukuoka, free)
Ross Stewart (ST, released)
Ollie Wright (GK, loan to Gillingham)

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Stoke City

✔ 6 in✖ 5 outNet: -£16.8m

✔ Signings (6)

Milan Smit (ST, from Go Ahead Eagles, £4.8m)
Luke Graham (CB, from Dundee, £2m)
Josh Griffiths (GK, from West Bromwich Albion, undisclosed)
Djibril Soumare (DM, from SC Braga, undisclosed)
Ethan Galbraith (CM, from Swansea City, £10m)
Svante Ingelsson (CM, from Sheffield Wednesday, undisclosed)

✖ Departures (5)

Lewis Baker (CM, to Bursaspor, free)
Steven N'Zonzi (DM, released)
Nikola Jojic (ST, released)
Nathan Lowe (CF, loan to Hibernian)
True Grant (FW, loan to Halifax Town)

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Swansea City

✔ 5 in✖ 3 outNet: -£3.4m

✔ Signings (5)

Leo Walta (AM, from Sirius, £2.9m)
Moussa Yeo (RW, from Red Bull Salzburg, undisclosed)
Stephen Welsh (CB, from Celtic, undisclosed)
Elijah Just (AM, from Motherwell, £5.0m)
Joseph Opoku (LW, from Zulte Waregem, £5.5m)

✖ Departures (3)

Josh Thomas (ST, to Fleetwood Town, free)
Ricardo Santos (CB, to Sheffield Wednesday, undisclosed)
Ethan Galbraith (CM, to Stoke City, £10m)

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Watford

✔ 3 in✖ 9 outNet: +£1.3m

✔ Signings (3)

Omar Traore (RB, from Udinese, undisclosed)
Iker Bravo (CF, from Udinese, undisclosed)
Luca Kjerrumgaard (CF, from Udinese, undisclosed)

✖ Departures (9)

Nampalys Mendy (DM, released)
Jorge Hurtado (CF, loan to Deportes Tolima)
Pierre Dwomoh (CM, released)
Myles Roberts (GK, released)
Tom Ince (RW, to Tranmere Rovers, free)
Nathan Baxter (GK, to Leyton Orient, undisclosed)
Giorgi Chakvetadze (CM, to Udinese, undisclosed)
Vivaldo Semedo (ST, loan to Alverca)
Tom Dele-Bashiru (DM, to Aris Thessaloniki, £1.3m)

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West Bromwich Albion

✔ 4 in✖ 7 outNet: -£4.0m

✔ Signings (4)

Barney Stewart (ST, from Falkirk, undisclosed)
Jimmy-Jay Morgan (ST, from Chelsea, £4m)
Matt Ingram (GK, from Oxford United, undisclosed)
Conor Townsend (LB, from Ipswich Town, free)

✖ Departures (7)

Jed Wallace (RW, to Bristol City, free)
Daryl Dike (ST, to Orlando City, free)
Joe Wildsmith (GK, released)
Josh Griffiths (GK, to Stoke City, undisclosed)
Akeel Higgins (CF, to Wigan Athletic, undisclosed)
Jed Wallace (CM, to Bristol City, free)
Karlan Grant (CF, to Charlton Athletic, free)

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West Ham United

✔ 1 in✖ 7 outNet: +£145.0m

✔ Signings (1)

Keiber Lamadrid (LW, from Deportivo La Guaira, undisclosed)

✖ Departures (7)

Lukasz Fabianski (GK, released)
Callum Wilson (ST, to Brentford, free)
Adama Traore (RW, released)
Krisztian Hegyi (GK, to Sparta Prague, free)
Mateus Fernandes (CM, to Tottenham Hotspur, £85m)
Mason Terry (GK, loan to Port Vale)
Crysencio Summerville (LW, to Al-Hilal, up to £60m)

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Wolverhampton Wanderers

✔ 4 in✖ 4 outNet: +£23.8m

✔ Signings (4)

Ladislav Krejci (CB, from Girona, £6.5m)
Raul Jimenez (ST, from Fulham, free)
Kieran Trippier (RB, from Newcastle United, free)
Rafiki Said (LW, from Standard Liege, £7.7m)

✖ Departures (4)

Matt Doherty (RB, to Sheffield United, free)
James Storer (GK, to Plymouth Argyle, free)
Alfie Pond (CB, to Chesterfield, undisclosed)
Joao Gomes (CM, to Aston Villa, £38m)

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Wrexham

✔ 0 in✖ 9 outNet: +£0.0m

✔ Signings (0)

No confirmed signings yet

✖ Departures (9)

Jay Rodriguez (ST, released)
Thomas O'Connor (CB, to Peterborough United, free)
Andy Cannon (CM, to Fleetwood, free)
Callum Edwards (RW, released)
Tom Kelly (CM, released)
Max Purvis (CB, released)
Reuben Egan (GK, released)
Paul Mullin (ST, released)
Mo Faal (ST, loan to Port Vale)

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Biggest deals of the 2026 Championship summer transfer window

Following West Ham United's relegation from the Premier League, rumours swirled surrounding one player in particular - Portuguese midfielder Mateus Fernandes.

The former Southampton starlet was a standout performer in an otherwise dismal campaign for the Irons, earning his stars as a number six, number eight and number 10 at the London Stadium.

Manchester United and Arsenal took a serious interest in Fernandes, but Tottenham Hotspur made their move and completed an £85m deal.

Fernandes's former Irons teammate Jarrod Bowen was facing an uncertain future, but he is set to remain with the Hammers for at least another season.

A handful of transactions have already gone through, including Southampton's permanent signing of goalkeeper Daniel Peretz, and the arrival of South American midfielder Jhon Solis at Birmingham City.