How the Championship has changed while we’ve been sloshing in L1 - we get promoted, spend over £10m on fees, but the other two promoted clubs will have comfortably spent far more than us.
Can't compare us to those 2 crackpot clubs though IMO, both are bankrolled by media and glamour as much as actual money
Yeah I agree they’re on another level to us in that way, but I don’t think they’ll be the last clubs promoted from L1 who spend that kind of money in the Championship.
Could see Stockport spending big when they get promoted.
How the Championship has changed while we’ve been sloshing in L1 - we get promoted, spend over £10m on fees, but the other two promoted clubs will have comfortably spent far more than us.
Can't compare us to those 2 crackpot clubs though IMO, both are bankrolled by media and glamour as much as actual money
Yeah I think the three the year before were probably more representative of what most spend.
How the Championship has changed while we’ve been sloshing in L1 - we get promoted, spend over £10m on fees, but the other two promoted clubs will have comfortably spent far more than us.
To be fair, their spending isn't normal. Last season the 3 promoted sides probably spent less than we have.
Middlesbrough agree to take Norwegian midfielder and Football Manager wonder kid Sverre Nypan on loan from Man City. City have just paid £12m for him from Rosenberg.
Transfers in as of end of 17 August 2025: 160 by 23 Teams (League One, 16 August 2024 - 226 signings by 23 Teams, Charlton with 7) Most signings: Hull (12) Least signings: 1 Team (0)
Teams with 9+ signings: 9 Teams with 7+ signings: 11 Teams with 5+ signings: 19 Teams with 3+ signings: 21
Blackburn: 6 Dion De Neve - KV Kortrijk (Undisclosed) Sidnei Taveres - Moreirense (Undisclosed) Ryan Alebiosu - KV Kortrijk (Undisclosed) Sean McLoughlin - Hull (Undisclosed) Lewis Miller - Hibernian (Undisclosed) Aexl Henriksson - GAIS (Undisclosed)
Bristol City: 4 Adam Randell - Plymouth (Undisclosed) Joe Lumley - Southampton (Free) Emil Riis Jakobsen - Preston (Free) Radek Vitek - Loan (Manchester United)
Charlton: 9 Sonny Carey - Blackpool (Free) Thomas Kaminski - Luton (Undisclosed) Tanto Olaofe - Stockport (Undisclosed) Amari'i Bell - Luton (Free) Reece Burke - Luton (Undisclosed) Joe Rankin-Costello - Blackburn (Undisclosed) Rob Apter - Blackpool (Undisclosed) Charlie Kelman - QPR (Undisclosed) Harvey Knibbs - Reading (Undisclosed)
Coventry: 3 Miguel Angel Brau - Granada (Free) Kaine Kesler-Hayden - Aston Villa (Undisclosed) Carl Rushworth - Brighton (Loan)
Derby: 10 Carlton Morris - Luton (Undisclosed) Andreas Weimann - Blackburn (Free) Danny Batth - Blackburn (Free) Richard O'Donnell - Blackpool (Free) Patrick Agyemang - Charlotte FC (Undisclosed) Owen Beck - Liverpool (Loan) David Ozoh - Crystal Palace (Loan) Rhian Brewster - Sheffield United (Free) Bobby Clark - RB Salzburg (Loan) Dion Sanderson - Birmingham (Loan)
Hull: 12 Gustavo Puerta - Bayer Leverkusen (Free) Reda Laalaoui - Fath Union Sport (Undisclosed) Dillon Phillips - Rotherham (Free) Semi Ajayi - West Brom (Free) Akin Famewo - Sheffield Wednesday (Free) Joel Ndala - Manchester City (Loan) John Lundstram - Trabzonspor (Loan) Enis Destan - Trabzonspor (Free) Oli McBurnie - Las Plamas (Free) Joe Gelhardt - Leeds (Loan) David Akintola - Caykur Rizespor (Loan) Brandon Williams - N/A (Free)
Norwich: 11 Jacob Wright - Manchester City (£2.3m) Dan Grimshaw - Plymouth (Undisclosed) Harry Darling - Swansea (Free) Louie Moulden - Crystal Palace (Free) Jakov Medic - Ajax (Undisclosed) Vladan Kovacevic - Sporting Lisbon (Undisclosed) Mathias Kvistgaarden - Brondby (£6.9m) Papa Amadou Diallo - Metz (£4.3m) Jeffrey Schlupp - Crystal Palace (Free) Mirko Topic - Familicao (Undisclosed) Jovon Makama - Lincoln City (Undisclosed)
Oxford: 5 Brian De Keersmaecker - Heracles (Undisclosed) Brodie Spencer - Huddersfield (Undisclosed) Luke Harris - Fulham (Loan) Nik Prelec - Cagliari (Loan) Will Lankshear - Tottenham (Loan)
Portsmouth: 6 Adrian Segecic - Sydney FC (Undisclosed) John Swift - West Brom (Free) Luke LeRoux - IFK Varnamo (Undisclosed) Mark Koznovszky - MTK Budapest (Undisclosed) Florian Bianchini - Swansea (Loan) Yang Min-Hyeok - Tottenham (Loan)
Preston: 10 Jordan Thompson - Stoke (Free) Pol Valentin - Sheffield Wednesday (Free) Thierry Small - Charlton (Free) Daniel Iversen - Leicester (Free) Daniel Jebbison - Bournemouth (Loan) Odel Offiah - Brighton (Undisclosed) Michael Smith - Sheffield Wednesday (Free) Jack Walton - Luton (Undisclosed) Andrija Vukcevic - Juarez (Free) Alfie Devine - Tottenham (Loan)
QPR: 7 Karamoko Dembele - Brest (Undisclosed) Amadou Mbengue - Reading (Free) Kealey Adamson - Macarthur (Undisclosed) Kwame Poku - Peterborough (Undisclosed) *Tylon Smith - Stellenbosch FC (Undisclosed) Rumarn Burrell - Burton (Undisclosed) Richard Kone - Wycombe (Undisclosed)
Sheffield Utd: 5 Ehije Ukaki - Botev Plovdiv (Undisclosed) Tyler Bindon - Nottingham Forest (Loan) Louie Barry - Aston Villa (Loan) Anton Polendakov - Septemvri Sofia (Free) Djibril Soumare - Braga (Loan)
Stoke: 9 Sorba Thomas - Huddersfield (Undisclosed) Maksym Talovierov - Plymouth (Undisclosed) Divin Mubama - Manchester City (Loan) Aaron Cresswell - West Ham (Free) Ashley Phillips - Tottenham (Loan) Robert Bozenik - Boavista (Free) Jamie Donley - Tottenham (Loan) Steven Nzonzi - Sepahan (Free) Lamine Cisse - SC Bastia (Undisclosed)
Swansea: 7 Cameron Burgess - Ipswich (Free) Ricardo Santos - Bolton (Free) Bobby Wales - Kilmarnock (Undisclosed) Zeidane Inoussa - BK Hacken (Undisclosed) Ethan Galbraith - Leyton Orient (Undisclosed) Kaelan Casey - West Ham (Loan) Malick Yalcouye - Brighton (Loan)
Watford: 10 Hector Kyprianou - Peterborough (Free) Nathan Baxter - Bolton (Free) Marc Bola - Samsunpor (Free) James Abankwah - Udinese (Loan) Vivaldo Semedo - Udinese (Undisclosed) Othmane Maamaa - Montpellier (Undisclosed) Luca Kjerrumgaard - Udinese (Loan) Nestroy Irankunda - Bayern Munich (Undisclosed) Caleb Wiley - Chelsea (Loan) Max Alleyne - Manchester City (Loan)
West Brom: 6 Nat Phillips - Liverpool (Undisclosed) Jack Bray - Harrogate (Undisclosed) Aune Heggebo - SK Brann (Undisclosed) George Campbell - Montreal (Undisclosed) Krystian Bielik - Birmingham (Undisclosed) Toby Collyer - Manchester United (Loan)
Wrexham: 9 Ryan Hardie - Plymouth (Undisclosed) Danny Ward - Leicester (Free) Liberato Cacace - Empoli (Undisclosed) George Thomason - Bolton (Undisclosed) Josh Windass - Sheffield Wednesday (Free) Lewis O'Brien - Nottingham Forest (Undisclosed) Conor Coady - Leicester (Undisclosed) Kieffer Moore - Sheffield United (Undisclosed) Nathan Broadhead - Ipswich (Undisclosed)
*Over 18, but initially will be in the development squad
Latest Not the Top 20 podcast pretty damning of some Wrexham summer transfers.
Said massively over paid for Broadhead (we all know that anyway) and cant see why they would pay £7m and up to £10m.
Also baffled by Ward being there no.1 and that he's already been at fault for goals this season, which they believe Okonkwo would have saved.
I think everyone could see the Broadhead 10m fee was way over the top, at best currently a 5m player.
What was also very surprising was clearly they had doubts over their first choice keeper but instead of spending a couple of million on a decent challenger they decided on Leicester 3rd choice keeper on a free and made him number 1.
Any promoted club in particular needs a decent keeper as a priority.
I think Wrexham will score goals but look all over the place at the back.
Ipswich bring in £47m in 2 days, with the sales of Broadhead and Hutchinson.
You imagine they'll be doing a lot of business in the next 2 weeks.
They would have spent a lot of money getting from L1 to the PL. One season in the PL will have increased outgoings, probably considerably. They’ve now lost that PL money bar the parachute payments. If I had to take a guess, I suspect player sales might be funding previous expenditure commitments not new ones.
I presumed he'd retired, haven't heard about him for several years.
I never understood how he played so many games for both Arsenal and Liverpool. Decent premiership player but no more. Probably a case of right time right place. Even at his peak wouldn’t stand a chance of getting in either of those teams now.
I presumed he'd retired, haven't heard about him for several years.
I never understood how he played so many games for both Arsenal and Liverpool. Decent premiership player but no more. Probably a case of right time right place. Even at his peak wouldn’t stand a chance of getting in either of those teams now.
Arsenal getting about £30m for him from Liverpool was very good business.
I presumed he'd retired, haven't heard about him for several years.
I never understood how he played so many games for both Arsenal and Liverpool. Decent premiership player but no more. Probably a case of right time right place. Even at his peak wouldn’t stand a chance of getting in either of those teams now.
Arsenal getting about £30m for him from Liverpool was very good business.
Liverpool would argue his contributions to winning the PL and CL represented good business too. He suffered from being a utility player and not being good enough to nail down one position, that and injuries
Wrexham being linked with Callum Doyle from Man City for £8m.
Doyle is another good Championship player plenty of experience and young enough to grow with them, left footed from memory, but again at £8m they are over-paying, and he's not going to be a difference maker IMO.
It's going to be hard to make them seem like the plucky underdogs again next season on the doc when they are throwing around £30m+
Wrexham being linked with Callum Doyle from Man City for £8m.
Doyle is another good Championship player plenty of experience and young enough to grow with them, left footed from memory, but again at £8m they are over-paying, and he's not going to be a difference maker IMO.
It's going to be hard to make them seem like the plucky underdogs again next season on the doc when they are throwing around £30m+
People have been raving about their 'fairytale' rise up through the leagues even though they had a league one wage bill in the National league and league two.
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Although I'm not sure what they spent!!
You imagine they'll be doing a lot of business in the next 2 weeks.
Hull sign ex Man United LB Brandon Williams on a one year deal
Most signings: Hull (12)
Least signings: 1 Team (0)
Teams with 9+ signings: 9
Teams with 7+ signings: 11
Teams with 5+ signings: 19
Teams with 3+ signings: 21
Fee paid/Undisclosed: 75
Free: 49
Loan: 36
Birmingham: 10
Alfons Sampsted - FC Twente (Undisclosed)
Phil Neumann - Hannover (Free)
James Beadle - Brighton (Loan)
Tommy Doyle - Wolves (Loan)
Demarai Gray - Al-Ettifaq (Undisclosed)
Bright Osayi-Samuel - Fenerbahce (Free)
Kyogo Furuhashi - Rennes (Undisclosed)
Kanya Fujimoto - Gil Vicente (Free)
Eiran Cashin - Brighton (Loan)
Marvin Duksch - Werder Bremen (Undisclosed)
Blackburn: 6
Dion De Neve - KV Kortrijk (Undisclosed)
Sidnei Taveres - Moreirense (Undisclosed)
Ryan Alebiosu - KV Kortrijk (Undisclosed)
Sean McLoughlin - Hull (Undisclosed)
Lewis Miller - Hibernian (Undisclosed)
Aexl Henriksson - GAIS (Undisclosed)
Bristol City: 4
Adam Randell - Plymouth (Undisclosed)
Joe Lumley - Southampton (Free)
Emil Riis Jakobsen - Preston (Free)
Radek Vitek - Loan (Manchester United)
Charlton: 9
Sonny Carey - Blackpool (Free)
Thomas Kaminski - Luton (Undisclosed)
Tanto Olaofe - Stockport (Undisclosed)
Amari'i Bell - Luton (Free)
Reece Burke - Luton (Undisclosed)
Joe Rankin-Costello - Blackburn (Undisclosed)
Rob Apter - Blackpool (Undisclosed)
Charlie Kelman - QPR (Undisclosed)
Harvey Knibbs - Reading (Undisclosed)
Coventry: 3
Miguel Angel Brau - Granada (Free)
Kaine Kesler-Hayden - Aston Villa (Undisclosed)
Carl Rushworth - Brighton (Loan)
Derby: 10
Carlton Morris - Luton (Undisclosed)
Andreas Weimann - Blackburn (Free)
Danny Batth - Blackburn (Free)
Richard O'Donnell - Blackpool (Free)
Patrick Agyemang - Charlotte FC (Undisclosed)
Owen Beck - Liverpool (Loan)
David Ozoh - Crystal Palace (Loan)
Rhian Brewster - Sheffield United (Free)
Bobby Clark - RB Salzburg (Loan)
Dion Sanderson - Birmingham (Loan)
Hull: 12
Gustavo Puerta - Bayer Leverkusen (Free)
Reda Laalaoui - Fath Union Sport (Undisclosed)
Dillon Phillips - Rotherham (Free)
Semi Ajayi - West Brom (Free)
Akin Famewo - Sheffield Wednesday (Free)
Joel Ndala - Manchester City (Loan)
John Lundstram - Trabzonspor (Loan)
Enis Destan - Trabzonspor (Free)
Oli McBurnie - Las Plamas (Free)
Joe Gelhardt - Leeds (Loan)
David Akintola - Caykur Rizespor (Loan)
Brandon Williams - N/A (Free)
Ipswich: 6
David Button - Reading (Free)
Cedric Kipre - Reims (Loan)
Azor Matusiwa - Rennes (Undisclosed)
Ashley Young - Everton (Free)
Jens Cajuste - Napoli (Loan)
Chupa Akpom - Ajax (Loan)
Leicester: 1
Asmir Begovic - Everton (Free)
Middlesbrough: 6
*Owen Foster - Hull (Free)
*Archie Baptiste - Tottenham (Free)
Alfie Jones - Hull (Undisclosed)
Abdoulaye Kante - Troyes (Undisclosed)
Callum Brittain - Blackburn (Undisclosed)
Sontje Hansen - NEC (Undisclosed)
Millwall: 6
Max Crocombe - Burton (Free)
Josh Coburn - Middlesbrough (Undisclosed)
Zak Sturge - Chelsea (Undisclosed)
Massimo Luongo - Ipswich (Free)
Steven Benda - Fulham (Loan)
Alfie Doughty - Luton (Undisclosed)
Norwich: 11
Jacob Wright - Manchester City (£2.3m)
Dan Grimshaw - Plymouth (Undisclosed)
Harry Darling - Swansea (Free)
Louie Moulden - Crystal Palace (Free)
Jakov Medic - Ajax (Undisclosed)
Vladan Kovacevic - Sporting Lisbon (Undisclosed)
Mathias Kvistgaarden - Brondby (£6.9m)
Papa Amadou Diallo - Metz (£4.3m)
Jeffrey Schlupp - Crystal Palace (Free)
Mirko Topic - Familicao (Undisclosed)
Jovon Makama - Lincoln City (Undisclosed)
Oxford: 5
Brian De Keersmaecker - Heracles (Undisclosed)
Brodie Spencer - Huddersfield (Undisclosed)
Luke Harris - Fulham (Loan)
Nik Prelec - Cagliari (Loan)
Will Lankshear - Tottenham (Loan)
Portsmouth: 6
Adrian Segecic - Sydney FC (Undisclosed)
John Swift - West Brom (Free)
Luke LeRoux - IFK Varnamo (Undisclosed)
Mark Koznovszky - MTK Budapest (Undisclosed)
Florian Bianchini - Swansea (Loan)
Yang Min-Hyeok - Tottenham (Loan)
Preston: 10
Jordan Thompson - Stoke (Free)
Pol Valentin - Sheffield Wednesday (Free)
Thierry Small - Charlton (Free)
Daniel Iversen - Leicester (Free)
Daniel Jebbison - Bournemouth (Loan)
Odel Offiah - Brighton (Undisclosed)
Michael Smith - Sheffield Wednesday (Free)
Jack Walton - Luton (Undisclosed)
Andrija Vukcevic - Juarez (Free)
Alfie Devine - Tottenham (Loan)
QPR: 7
Karamoko Dembele - Brest (Undisclosed)
Amadou Mbengue - Reading (Free)
Kealey Adamson - Macarthur (Undisclosed)
Kwame Poku - Peterborough (Undisclosed)
*Tylon Smith - Stellenbosch FC (Undisclosed)
Rumarn Burrell - Burton (Undisclosed)
Richard Kone - Wycombe (Undisclosed)
Sheffield Utd: 5
Ehije Ukaki - Botev Plovdiv (Undisclosed)
Tyler Bindon - Nottingham Forest (Loan)
Louie Barry - Aston Villa (Loan)
Anton Polendakov - Septemvri Sofia (Free)
Djibril Soumare - Braga (Loan)
Sheffield Wednesday: N/A
Southampton: 2
Joshua Quarshie - Hoffenheim (£3.5m)
Damion Downs - FC Koln (£7m)
Stoke: 9
Sorba Thomas - Huddersfield (Undisclosed)
Maksym Talovierov - Plymouth (Undisclosed)
Divin Mubama - Manchester City (Loan)
Aaron Cresswell - West Ham (Free)
Ashley Phillips - Tottenham (Loan)
Robert Bozenik - Boavista (Free)
Jamie Donley - Tottenham (Loan)
Steven Nzonzi - Sepahan (Free)
Lamine Cisse - SC Bastia (Undisclosed)
Swansea: 7
Cameron Burgess - Ipswich (Free)
Ricardo Santos - Bolton (Free)
Bobby Wales - Kilmarnock (Undisclosed)
Zeidane Inoussa - BK Hacken (Undisclosed)
Ethan Galbraith - Leyton Orient (Undisclosed)
Kaelan Casey - West Ham (Loan)
Malick Yalcouye - Brighton (Loan)
Watford: 10
Hector Kyprianou - Peterborough (Free)
Nathan Baxter - Bolton (Free)
Marc Bola - Samsunpor (Free)
James Abankwah - Udinese (Loan)
Vivaldo Semedo - Udinese (Undisclosed)
Othmane Maamaa - Montpellier (Undisclosed)
Luca Kjerrumgaard - Udinese (Loan)
Nestroy Irankunda - Bayern Munich (Undisclosed)
Caleb Wiley - Chelsea (Loan)
Max Alleyne - Manchester City (Loan)
West Brom: 6
Nat Phillips - Liverpool (Undisclosed)
Jack Bray - Harrogate (Undisclosed)
Aune Heggebo - SK Brann (Undisclosed)
George Campbell - Montreal (Undisclosed)
Krystian Bielik - Birmingham (Undisclosed)
Toby Collyer - Manchester United (Loan)
Wrexham: 9
Ryan Hardie - Plymouth (Undisclosed)
Danny Ward - Leicester (Free)
Liberato Cacace - Empoli (Undisclosed)
George Thomason - Bolton (Undisclosed)
Josh Windass - Sheffield Wednesday (Free)
Lewis O'Brien - Nottingham Forest (Undisclosed)
Conor Coady - Leicester (Undisclosed)
Kieffer Moore - Sheffield United (Undisclosed)
Nathan Broadhead - Ipswich (Undisclosed)
*Over 18, but initially will be in the development squad
Any promoted club in particular needs a decent keeper as a priority.
I think Wrexham will score goals but look all over the place at the back.
They would have spent a lot of money getting from L1 to the PL. One season in the PL will have increased outgoings, probably considerably. They’ve now lost that PL money bar the parachute payments. If I had to take a guess, I suspect player sales might be funding previous expenditure commitments not new ones.
It's going to be hard to make them seem like the plucky underdogs again next season on the doc when they are throwing around £30m+