Squad List / Transfers / Transfer Rumours (Summer 2026 Update) by BlueBoots 30 Jun 2024 13:40
Summer transfer window open as of 15/06/2026...below you will find:

* Squad
* Academy
* Players signed (with fees)
* Players sold / released (with fees)
* Player loan history
* Players returning from loans
* Transfer rumours (Players In)
* Transfer rumours (Players Out)

I continue to update the thread with any signings / sales and transfer rumours (all added to the OP, with latest transfer rumours at the end of this post) I only include rumours that Phil has confirmed on TWTD, rather than random rumours posted elsewhere online.

If I've missed anything, just let me know.

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SQUAD (27 Players):

(1) Alex Palmer (2028)
(27) David Button (2026)
(28) Christian Walton (2028)
(37) Kjell Scherpen (2030)

(2) Darnell Furlong (2028)

(3) Leif Davis (2028)
(42) Abdoul Ouattara (2031) [U21]

(6) Issa Diop (2030)
(26) Dara O'Shea (2029)

(4) Cedric Kipre (2028)
(24) Jacob Greaves (2029)

(5) Azor Matusiwa (2029)
(12) Florentino Luis (2031)
(14) Jack Taylor (2028)
(23) Sasa Lukic (2030)

(25) Exequiel Palacios (2030)
(30) Cameron Humphreys (2027)
(32) Marcelino Nunez (2029)

(7) Abdul Fatawu (2031)
(20) Kasey McAteer (2029)
(21) Chiedozie Ogbene (2028)

(8) Sindre Walle Egeli (2030) [U21]
(10) Julio Enciso (2031)
(33) Anis Mehmeti (2029)

(11) Jaden Philogene (2029)
(38) Daizen Maeda (2029)
(47) Jack Clarke (2029)

(19) Emersonn (2031)
(29) Chuba Akpom (2029)


(Year after name = Contract Expiry Date)
(Players in brackets [] are on loan)

PLAYERS OUT ON LOAN (2026/2027)

[(13) Cieran Slicker (2028) > Barnsley]
[(18) Ben Johnson (2028) > Stoke City]
[(23) Sammie Szmodics (2028) > Derby County]
[(31) Kayne van Oevelen (2031) > Valencia]
[(-) Ali Al-Hamadi (2028) > Sheffield Wednesday]
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ACADEMY

PLAYERS OUT ON LOAN (2026/2027)

[(-) Henry Gray (2027) > Wellington Phoenix]
[(-) Somto Boniface (2027) > Leyton Orient]
[(-) Fin Barbrook (2027) > Falkirk]
[(-) Steven Turner (2027) > Woking]

U21 Squad

(40) Charlie Compton (2028)
(43) Tudor Mendel-Idowu (2028)

Nico Valentine
Gerrard Buabo
Jokūbas Mažionis
Woody Williamson
Tom Taylor
Steven Turner
Josh Lewis (Brighton and Hove Albion)
Josh Pitts (Southampton)
Walker Shabazz-Edwards (Brightlingsea Regent)
Corbin Mthunzi (Brighton and Hove Albion)
Ashton Boswell
Leon Elliott
James Mauge
George Barrett (Walsall)
Oliver Wilkinson (Barnsley)
Ryan Doherty (Stevenage)
Nicholas Bilokapic (Peterborough United)
Luca Fletcher (Manchester City)
Frankie Runham (Chelsea)
Shakil Nicolaou (Spurs)
Darragh McCann (Glentoran)
Nelson Eze
Bobby Sains
Sid Eldred
Charlie Wood (Needham Market)


PLAYERS RELEASED

Leon Ayinde (Doncaster)
Ryan Carr (St. Mirren)
Afi Adebayo
Rio Oudnie-Morgan
Tyler Young
Abube Onuchukwu
Fraser Heard
Daniel Babb

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PLAYERS INCOMING (SUMMER 2026):

Chuba Akpom (Ajax - £7m)
Cedric Kipre (Stade Reims - £2.2m)
Emersonn (Toulouse - £24m + £2.6m add-ons + sell-on)
Kayne van Oevelen (Volendam - £3.4m + sell-on)
Abdul Fatawu (Leicester City - £20m + £3m add-ons)
Issa Diop (Fulham - £8.5m)
Daizen Maeda (Celtic - £8m + £2m add-ons)
Kjell Scherpen (Royale Union Saint-Gilloise - £8.5m + £2.6m add-ons)
Florentino Luis (Burnley - £16m + £3m add-ons)
Sasa Lukic (Fulham - £9m)
Abdoul Ouattara (Strasbourg - £17.1m + £4.3m add-ons)
Julio Enciso (Strasbourg - Up to £26.1m including add-ons)
Exequiel Palacios (Bayer Leverkusen - £19.2m + £4.3m add-ons + sell-on)

PLAYERS OUTGOING (SUMMER 2026):

Ashley Young (Retirement)
Conor Chaplin (Released)
Aro Muric (Sassuolo - £6.1m)
Conor Townsend (Released)
Elkan Baggott (Millwall - Up to £2.25m + 20% Sell-On)
Wes Burns (Leicester City - £75k)
Harry Clarke (Preston North End - Undisclosed)
George Hirst (Stoke City - £6m + £4m add-ons)

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PLAYERS INCOMING (WINTER 2026):

Anis Mehmeti (Bristol City - £3m)
Dan Neil (Loan - Sunderland)

PLAYERS OUTGOING (WINTER 2026):

None

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PLAYERS INCOMING (SUMMER 2025):

David Button (Free Transfer)
Cedric Kipre (Loan with option - Reims)
Azor Matusiwa (Rennes - £7.8m)
Ashley Young (Free Transfer)
Jens Cajuste (Loan with option - Napoli)
Chuba Akpom (Loan with option - Ajax)
Kasey McAteer (Leicester City - £11.5m + Add-ons)
Darnell Furlong (West Brom - £3.5m + £0.5m Add-ons)
Ivan Azon (Loan - Como)
Marcelino Nunez (Norwich City - £7.5m + £2.5m Add-ons)
Sindre Walle Egeli (FC Nordsjælland - £17.5m)

PLAYERS OUTGOING (SUMMER 2025):

Massimo Luongo (Millwall - Free Transfer)
Marcus Harness (Huddersfield Town - Free Transfer)
Harry Barbrook (Chelmsford City)
Liam Delap (Chelsea - £30m)
Cameron Burgess (Swansea City - Free Transfer)
Axel Tuanzebe (Burnley - Free Transfer)
Sam Morsy (Kuwait SC - Free Transfer)
Nathan Broadhead (Wrexham - £7.5m + £2.5m)
Omari Hutchinson (Nottingham Forest - £37.5m)
Luke Woolfenden (Coventry City - £4m)

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PLAYERS INCOMING (WINTER 2025):

Ben Godfrey (Atalanta - Loan)
Jaden Philogene (Aston Villa - £20m + £3m)
Julio Enciso (Brighton - Loan)
Alex Palmer (West Brom - £2m + Add-ons)

PLAYERS OUTGOING (WINTER 2025):

Janoi Donacien (Chesterfield - Free Transfer)
George Edmundson (Middlesboro - £600k + Add-ons)
Osman Foyo (AFC Wimbledon - Undisclosed)
Jesse Nwabueze (Bath City - Free Transfer)

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PLAYERS INCOMING (SUMMER 2024):

Omari Hutchinson (Chelsea - £18m + £2.5m + 25% Sell-On)
Ben Johnson (West Ham - Free Transfer)
Jacob Greaves (Hull City - £15m + £3m)
Liam Delap (Man City - £15m + £5m + 20% Sell-On)
Arijanet Muric (Burnley - £8m + £2m)
Conor Townsend (West Brom - £500k)
Sammie Szmodics (Blackburn - £9m + Add-ons)
Kalvin Phillips (Manchester City - Loan)
Jens Cajuste (Napoli - Loan + £10m Buy-Out on Premier League Survival)
Jack Clarke (Sunderland - £15m + £3m)
Dara O'Shea (Burnley - £12m + £3m)
Chiedozie Ogbene (Luton Town - £8m)

PLAYERS OUTGOING (SUMMER 2024):

Vaclav Hladky (Burnley - Free Transfer)
Nick Hayes (Barnet)
Corrie Ndaba (Kilmarnock)
Dominic Ball (Leyton Orient - Free Transfer)
Panutche Camara (Crawley Town - Free Transfer)
Idris El-Mizouni (Oxford United - £400k)
Sone Aluko (Retired From Playing - First Team Coach)
Kayden Jackson (Derby County - Free Transfer)
Gassan Ahadme (Charlton Athletic - £1m)
Freddie Ladapo (Huddersfield Town - Free Transfer)

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LOANEES RETURNED (2026):

Dan Neil, Jens Cajuste, Ivan Azon, Frankie Runham

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PLAYERS OUT ON LOAN (2025/2026)

[(2) H. Clarke (2026) > Charlton Athletic]
[(10) Chaplin (2026) > Portsmouth]
[(13) Slicker (2028) > Barnet]
[(16) Al-Hamadi (2028) > Luton Town]*
[(21) Ogbene (2028) > Sheffield United]
[(23) Szmodics (2028) > Derby County]
[(30) Humphreys (2026) > Huddersfield Town
[(49) Muric (2028) > Sassuolo]

* was to become permanent Summer 2026 (£3m Fee)

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LOANEES RETURNED (2025):

Ben Godfrey, Kalvin Phillips, Jens Cajuste, Julio Enciso

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PLAYERS OUT ON LOAN (2024/2025)

[Al-Hamadi > Loan to Stoke City]
[Baggott > Loan to Blackpool]
[H. Clarke > Loan to Sheffield United]
[Harness > Loan to Derby]
[Humphreys* > Loan to Wycombe]

[Ayinde* > Loan to Rochdale]
[Ayoola* > Loan to Lowestoft Town]
[Fin Barbrook* > Loan to Sutton United]
[Harry Barbrook* > Loan to Chelmsford City]
[Boatswain* > Loan to AFC Fylde]
[Boswell* > Loan to Felixstowe & Walton United]
[Carr* > Loan to Ebbsfleet]
[Davis* > Loan to St Albans City]
[Fleischer* > Loan to Heybridge Swifts]
[Gray* > Loan to Braintree Town]
[Iorpenda* > Loan to Brightlingsea Regent]
[Jambang* > Loan to Chatham Town]
[Mauge* > Loan to Bury Town]
[Mazionis* > Loan to Woking]
[O'Connor*> Loan to Farnborough]
[Okunowo*> Loan to Braintree Town]
[Valentine* > Loan to Chelmsford City]

COMPLETED LOANS:

[Edmundson > Loan to Middlesbrough]

[Agbaje* > Loan to Sutton United]
[Harry Barbrook* > Loan to Lowestoft Town]
[Binns* > Loan to Bishop's Stortford]
[Carr* > Loan to Gateshead]
[Foyo* > Loan to Chelmsford]
[Valentine* > Loan to Needham Market]
[Williamson* > Loan to Chelmsford City]

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LOANEES RETURNED (2024):

Brandon Williams, Lewis Travis, Jeremy Sarmiento, Omari Hutchinson, Kieffer Moore

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(*=Signed by another club after rumoured link became public)

SUMMER 2026 TRANSFER RUMOURS (IN):

GK:
(*Carl Rushworth - Coventry City)
Nick Pope (Newcastle United)
(*Radek Vitek - Middlesbrough)
Viktor Johansson (Stoke City)
Guillaume Restes (Toulouse)
Kjell Scherpen (Royale Union Saint-Gilloise)
Kayne van Oevelen (Volendam)

RB:
Abdoul Ouattara (Strasbourg)

LB:
Luca Pellegrini (Lazio)

CB:
Flavien Enzo Boyomo (Osasuna)
Moustapha Mbow (Paris FC)
CJ Egan-Riley (Marseille)
Roggerio Nyakossi (OH Leuven)
Lloyd Kelly (Juventus)
Alexsandro (Lille)
Issa Diop (Fulham)
Juma Bah (Manchester City)

DM:
Nelson Deossa (Real Betis)
Tim Iroegbunam (Everton)
Cesare Casadei (Torino)
(*Hidemasa Morita - Hull City)
Sasa Lukic (Fulham)
Florentino Luis (Burnley)
Exequiel Palacios (Bayer Leverkusen)

AM:
Femi Azeez (Millwall)
Ilan Kebbal (Paris FC)
Simon Adingra (Sunderland)
(*Anan Khalaili - Crystal Palace)
Abdul Fatawu (Leicester City)
Daizen Maeda (Celtic)
Julio Enciso (Strasbourg)
(*Dilane Bakwa - Lille)

9:
Joe Taylor (Huddersfield Town)
(*Callum Wilson - Brentford)
(*Jeff Ekhator - Juventus)
Karl Etta Eyong (Levante)
Emersonn (Toulouse)
(*Breel Embolo - Atlanta)
(*Carlos Espi - Real Madrid)
Ayase Ueda (Feyenoord)
Gabriel Jesus (Arsenal)
Zian Flemming (Burnley)
Tammy Abraham (Aston Villa)

SUMMER 2026 TRANSFER RUMOURS (OUT):

Jack Clarke (Sheffield United, Middlesbrough)
Aro Muric (Valencia)
Cameron Humphreys (Oxford United)
Jaden Philogene (Bologna, Besiktas, Roma, Benfica, Fiorentina)
Wes Burns (Sheffield Wednesday, Leicester City)
Harry Clarke (Bristol City, Stoke City)
Sammie Szmodics (Derby County, Birmingham City)
Chiedozie Ogbene (Derby County, Stoke City)
Jack Taylor (Birmingham City, Sheffield United, Derby County)
George Hirst (Stoke City)
Ali Al-Hamadi (Raków Częstochowa, Sheffield Wednesday)
Fin Barbrook (Falkirk)
Alex Palmer (Wrexham, Sunderland)
Kayne van Oevelen (Bolton Wanderers, Millwall, Wrexham, Middlesbrough, Valencia)
Ben Johnson (Stoke City)
Anis Mehmeti (Derby County, Wrexham, Sheffield United, Birmingham City)

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WINTER 2026 TRANSFER RUMOURS (IN):

CB:
John Egan (Hull City)

DM:
Ryan Doherty (Stevenage)
Tom Cairney (Fulham)
(*Dan Neil-Glasgow Rangers)

AM:
(*Kendry Paez -River Plate)
Anis Mehmeti (Bristol City)
Femi Azeez (Millwall)

9:
Patrick Bamford (Sheffield United)
(*Callum Wilson - Brentford)
(*Joel Piroe - West Ham United)
Sam Surridge (Nashville SC)

WINTER 2026 TRANSFER RUMOURS (OUT):

Aro Muric (Juventus)
Harry Clarke (Sheffield United, Charlton Athletic)
Fin Barbrook (Colchester United)
Cameron Humphreys (Wycombe Wanderers, Oxford United)
Jack Clarke (Sheffield United)
Sammie Szmodics (Derby County, Wrexham)

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SUMMER 2025 TRANSFER RUMOURS (IN):

CB:
Sebastian Caceres (Club América)
Stephen Mfuni (Manchester City)

RB:
(*Issa Kaboré-Wrexham)
Darnell Furlong (West Brom)

DM:
(*Josh Brownhill-Al Shahab)
(*Lewis Travis-Derby County)
Jens Cajuste (Napoli)
(*Lennon Miller-Udinese)
Marcel Ruiz (Deportivo Toluca)
(*Hayden Hackney-Everton)
(*Malick Yalcouye-Swansea (Loan))
(*James McConnell-Ajax)
Lewis Miley (Newcastle)
(*Jordan James-Leicester City)
Marcelino Nunez (Norwich City)

AM:
Sindre Walle Egeli (FC Nordsjælland)
Kasey McAteer (Leicester City)

9:
(*Marc Guiu-Sunderland (Loan))
(*Divin Mubama-Stoke City (Loan))
(*Patrick Agyemang-Derby County)
(*Oli McBurnie-Hull City)
Iván Azón (Como)
Chuba Akpom (Ajax)
(*Bailey Cadamarteri -Wrexham)

SUMMER 2025 TRANSFER RUMOURS (OUT):

Liam Delap (Chelsea)
Dara O'Shea (Burnley, Leeds Utd, Wolves)
Cameron Burgess (Valencia)
Axel Tuanzebe (Trabzonspor, Burnley)
Omari Hutchinson (Everton, Brentford, West Ham, Fulham, Borussia Dortmund, RB Leipzig, Nottingham Forest)
Arijanet Muric (Sassuolo, AS Monaco, Çaykur Rizespor)
Sam Morsy (Derby County, Kuwait SC)
Ali Al-Hamadi (Luton Town, Toulouse, Charlton, Cardiff)
Nathan Broadhead (Wrexham)
Leif Davis (Nottingham Forest)
Luke Woolfenden (Coventry City, Watford, Stoke City)
Chieo Ogbene (Sheffield United)
Conor Chaplin (Portsmouth)

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WINTER 2025 TRANSFER RUMOURS (IN):

DM:
Flynn Downes (Southampton)

AM:
(*Ben Doak-Bournemouth)

9:
(*Igor Jesus-Nottingham Forest)

WINTER 2025 TRANSFER RUMOURS (OUT):

Liam Delap (Juventus, Tottenham, Arsenal, Aston Villa, Chelsea, Man City, Man Utd, Liverpool, Newcastle)
Luke Woolfenden (Sheffield United, Inter Miami)
Harry Clarke (Sheffield Wednesday, Sheffield United)
Ali Al-Hamadi (West Brom, Stoke)
Cameron Burgess (Girona)
George Hirst (Burnley, Leeds)
Ben Johnson (Fulham)
Leif Davis (Nottingham Forest)

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SUMMER 2024 TRANSFER RUMOURS (IN):

GK:
(*Carl Rushworth-Hull(Loan))
(*Thomas Kaminski-Charlton Athletic)
Sofiane Karraoui (Rodez AF)

LB:
Jayden Oosterwolde (Fenerbahce)

CB:
(*Joe Rodon-Leeds)
(*Cedric Kipre-Reims)
Anel Ahmedhodžić

DM:
(*Flynn Downes-Southampton)
(*Jordan James-Rennes)
(*Oliver Skipp-Leicester City)
(*Tanner Tessmann-Lyon)
(*Steven Alzate-Hull City)

RW:
(*Reiss Nelson-Fulham(Loan))

LW:
(*Jaden Philogene-Aston Villa)
(*Wilson Odobert-Tottenham)
(*Alexis Saelemaekers-Roma(Loan))

9:
(*Steve Mounié-FC Augsburg)
(*Andrea Pinamonti-Genoa(Loan))
(*Armando Broja-Everton(Loan))
(*Odsonne Édouard-Leicester City(Loan))
(*Fotis Ioannidis-Sporting)
(*Kevin Denkey-Cincinnati)
Lyle Foster (Burnley)
(*Emmanuel Latte Lath-Atlanta United)

SUMMER 2024 TRANSFER RUMOURS (OUT):

Cieran Slicker (Loan)
Ali Al-Hamadi (Loan)

[Post edited 9 Jul 2025 22:26]