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FOOTBALL - Coventry City one of 12 clubs yet to make new signing as first stage of summer transfer window closes

Aaron Sutcliffe 11th Jun, 2025 Updated: 11th Jun, 2025   0

THE first summer transfer window for Championship clubs has closed with Coventry City one of 12 teams yet to make a new signing.

The Sky Blues opted not to sign any players in the first transfer window of the summer which opened for a 10-day period due to the upcoming FIFA Club World Cup.

The summer window opens again on Monday, June 16 until Monday, September 1.

Coventry were one of 13 second tier clubs not to sign any new players with just 25 transfers completed in the division.

Below is a rundown of all of the deals done by Championship clubs in the transfer window so far.

Birmingham City

In: Taylor Gardner-Hickman (Bristol City, £1.5m), Phil Neumann (Hannover 96, free transfer)




Out: Grant Hanley (released), Lee Myung-Jae (releassed), Lukas Jutkiewicz (retired)

Blackburn Rovers

In: Dion De Neve (KV Kortrijk, undisclosed)


Out: Dilan Markanday (released), Jack Vale (released),  Zak Gilsenan (released), Tom Bloxham (released)

Bristol City

In: Yu Hirakawa (Machida Zelvia, undisclosed)

Out: Taylor Gardner-Hickman (Birmingham City, £1.5m), Seb Palmer-Houlden (Gillingham, undisclosed), Kal Naismith (Luton Town, free transfer), Stefan Bajic (released), Ayman Benarous (released)

Charlton Athletic

In: Sonny Carey (Blackpool, free transfer)

Out: Thierry Small (Preston North End, free transfer), Chuks Aneke (released), Dean Bouzanis (released), Aaron Henry (released), Tennai Watson (released), Danny Hylton (retired)

Coventry City

In: N/A

Out: Jamie Paterson (Plymouth Argyle, free transfer), Jack Burroughs (Northampton Town, free transfer), Fabio Tavares (Burton Albion, free transfer), Ryan Howley (released), Cian Tyler (released)

Derby County

In: N/A

Out: Nathaniel Mendez-Laing (Milton Keynes Dons, free transfer), Tom Barkhuizen (released), Sonny Bradley (released), Tyrese Fornah (released), Jeff Hendrick (released), Rohan Luthra (released), Erik Pieters (released), Kemar Roofe (released), Conor Washington (released)

Hull City

In:  Gustavo Puerta (Bayer Leverkusen, £1.5m)

Out: Nordin Amrabat (Wydad Casablanca, free transfer), Brandon Fleming (released), Callum Jones (released), Dogukan Sinik (released)

Ipswich Town

In: N/A

Out: Liam Delap (Chelsea, £30m), Marcus Harness (Huddersfield Town, free transfer), Massimo Luongo (released)

Leicester City

In: N/A

Out: Daniel Iversen (Preston North End, free transfer), Jamie Vardy (released), Danny Ward (released), Arjan Raikhy (released)

Middlesbrough

In: N/A

Out: Jonny Howson (released), Anfernee Dijksteel (released)

Millwall

In: N/A

Out: Zian Flemming (Burnley, £7m), Aaron Connolly (released), Shaun Hutchinson (released), Liam Roberts (released), George Saville (released), Murray Wallace (released), Duncan Watmore (released)

Norwich City

In: Jacob Wright (Manchester City, £2.3m), Daniel Grimshaw (Plymouth Argyle, £600k)

Out: Jonathan Rowe (Marseille, £14m), Angus Gunn (released), Onel Hernandez (released), Jacob Sorensen (released), Jonathan Tomkinson (released), Archie Mair (released), Lewis Shipley (released)

Oxford United

In: N/A

Out: Josh McEachran (released), Joe Bennett (released), Max Woltman (released)

Portsmouth

In: N/A

Out: Kusini Yengi (Aberdeen, free transfer), Cohen Bramall (released), Tom Lowery (released), Anthony Scully (released), Alexander Milosevic (released)

Preston North End

In: Daniel Iversen (Leicester City, free transfer), Jordan Thompson (Stoke City, free transfer), Pol Valentin (Sheffield Wednesday, free transfer), Thierry Small (Charlton Athletic, free transfer)

Out: Layton Stewart (FC Thun, undisclosed), Ryan Ledson (Huddersfield Town, free transfer), Emil Riis Jakobsen (released), Freddie Woodman (released), Patrick Bauer (released), Kian Best (released), Kian Taylor (released)

Queens Park Rangers

In: N/A

Out: Kenneth Paal (released)

Sheffield United

In: Ehije Ukaki (Botev Plovdiv, undisclosed)

Out: Harry Boyes (released)

Sheffield Wednesday

In: N/A

Out: Pol Valentin (Preston North End, free transfer), Michael Ihiekwe (Blackpool, free transfer), Sam Reed (Altrincham, free transfer), Stuart Armstrong (released), Ben Hamer (released), Ryo Hatsuse (released), Marvin Johnson (released), Mallik Wilks (released), Joey Phuthi (released)

Southampton

In: Joshua Quarshie (Hoffenheim, undisclosed)

Out: Sam Amo-Ameyaw (Strasbourg, undisclosed), Adam Lallana (released), Joe Lumley (released), Kyle Walker-Peters (released), Derrick Abu (released), Lewis Payne (released)

Stoke City

In: Sorba Thomas (Huddersfield Town, undisclosed)

Out: Jordan Thompson (Preston North End, free transfer), Lynden Gooch (released), Michael Rose (released), Enda Stevens (released)

Swansea City

In: Zeidane Inoussa (BK Hacken, undisclosed), Bobby Wales (Kilmarnock, undisclosed), Ricardo Santos (Bolton Wanderers, free transfer)

Out: Kyle Naughton (released), Cyrus Christie (released), Kristian Pedersen (released), Jon McLaughlin (released), Maliq Cadogan (released), Joe Allen (retired)

Watford

In: Nathan Baxter (Bolton Wanderers, free transfer), Marc Bola (Samsunspor, free transfer), Hector Kyprianou (Peterborough United, free transfer)

Out: Angelo Ogbonna (released), Aidan Coyne (released), Luigi Gaspar (released)

West Bromwich Albion

In: N/A

Out: Semi Ajayi (released), Grady Diangana (released), John Swift (released), Reece Hall (released), Fenton Heard (released), Josh Shaw (released)

Wrexham

In: N/A

Out: Sam Dalby (Bolton Wanderers, free transfer), Steven Fletcher (released), Mark Howard (released), Jordan Davies (released), Josh Adam (released), Brad Foster (released)

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