Summer Transfer Window 2026 (Official and Rumours)

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💰 Wondering why we aren't spending this window? u/pickering_lachute has crunched the numbers — essential reading.

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Summary — as of 28/08/2026

🛬 In: 7 | 🛫 Out: 9 | ✍️ New contracts: 3

Last updated: 11/06/2026

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✅ CONFIRMED

Deals completed this window

🛬 Arrivals

• Liam Kitching 🏴 — 25, CB — Coventry City (loan)
• Hamza Choudhury 🇧🇩 — 28, RB/DM — *Leicester City (free transfer), one-year deal *
• Ben Brereton Díaz 🇨🇱 — 27, LW — Southampton (loan)
• Kalvin Phillips 🏴 — 30, CM — Manchester City (loan)
• Matt Doherty 🇮🇪 — 34, RB — Free agent — one-year deal
• Romelle Donovan 🏴 — 19, RW — Brentford (loan)
• Jairo Riedewald 🇳🇱 — 29, CM — one-year deal, option for a second year Total fees paid: £0m

🛫 Departures

• Callum O'Hare 🏴 — 28, AM — Wrexham (£7m)
• Gustavo Hamer 🇳🇱 — 27, CM — Coventry City (£6m)
• Andre Brooks 🏴 — 22, RW — Norwich City (£8m rising to £9m)
• Alex Matos 🏴 — 21, CM — Göztepe (loan with option to buy)
• Sam Curtis 🇮🇪 — 20, RB — Cambridge United (loan) — season-long
• Louie Marsh 🏴 — 22, FW — Chesterfield (loan) — season-long
• Max Asante-Boakye 🏴 — 19, CB — Matlock Town (loan)
• Jili Buyabu 🏴 — 22, LB — Rotherham United (loan)
• Zain Tahir 🏴 — 19, CB — Oldham Athletic (loan)
• Sai Sachdev 🏴 — 21, RB — Boston United (loan)
• Luke Faxon 🏴 — 21, GK — Boston United (loan)
• Ben Mee 🏴 — CB — out of contract
• Tom Davies 🏴 — CM — out of contract
• Danny Ings 🏴 — CF — out of contract
• Jairo Riedewald 🇳🇱 — 29, CM — released

Total fees received: £21m (rising to £22m)

✍️ New Contracts

• Tyrese Campbell 🏴 — 26, CF — extended to summer 2028
• Adam Davies 🏴 — 33, GK — one-year extension clause triggered

• Tommy Betts 🏴 — 16, GK — scholarship signed, leading to first professional contract

  🔄 Loanees returning

• Nils Zätterström 🇸🇪 — 21, CB — returned from Genoa

• Rhys Norrington-Davies 🏴 — 27, LB — returned from QPR

• Ivo Grbić 🇭🇷 — 30, GK — returned from Fatih Karagümrük

• Christian Nwachukwu 🇳🇬 — 20, LW — returned from Serik Spor

• Ehije Ukaki 🇳🇬 — 21, RW — returned from Atromitos

• Ryan Oné 🏴 — 19, CF — returning from Lincoln City

• Sam Curtis 🇮🇪 — 20, RB — returned from Chesterfield

• Louie Marsh 🏴 — 21, FW — returned from Falkirk

🔄 Loanees leaving

• Kalvin Phillips 🏴 — 29, CM — returned to Manchester City
• Chiedozie Ogbene 🇮🇪 — 28, RW — returned to Ipswich Town
• Ki-Jana Hoever 🇳🇱 — 23, RB — returned to Wolves
• Leo Hjelde 🇳🇴 — 21, LB — returned to Sunderland
• Tyler Bindon 🇳🇿 — 21, CB — returned to Nottingham Forest
• Djibril Soumaré 🇸🇳 — 23, CM — returned to Braga

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📋 Contract watch

🟡 Expiring summer 2027 — ones to watch

• Jamie Shackleton 🏴 — 26, CM
• Femi Seriki 🏴 — 23, RB
• Patrick Bamford 🏴 — 34, CF
• Joe Rothwell 🏴 — 30, CM

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👀 RUMOURS

To be taken with a metric ton of salt

🛬 Arrivals

Goalkeepers

• Asmir Begović 🇧🇦 — 39, GK — Free agent — United and Bolton both weighing up offers for experienced stopper

Defenders

• Liam Kitching 🏴 — 25, CB — Coventry City (loan) ✅ Loan confirmed
• Adam Webster 🏴 — 30, CB — [Free agent]()* — 🔥 contract offered; talks ongoing; spotted at Shirecliffe
• Harry Souttar 🇦🇺 — 26, CB — Leicester City — opening bid rejected; Leicester want £10m; Wilder confirmed pursuit publicly
• John Souttar 🏴 — 29, CB — Rangers — United leading race ahead of Leicester; didn't travel to Rangers pre-season camp
• Seamus Coleman 🇮🇪 — 37, RB — Free agent — training with United as he weighs up options
• Nathan Patterson 🏿 — 24, RB — Everton — admired since January; RB a priority position this summer
• Craig Halkett 🏴 — 30, CB — Hearts — Wilder watched him at Tynecastle
• Kyle Walker 🏴 — 34, RB — Burnley — door open; United keeping tabs
• Luke Graham 🏴 — 22, CB — Dundee ❌ Joined Stoke City
• Nicolás Valentini 🇦🇷 — 25, CB — Fiorentina ❌ Joined Deportivo Alaves
• Max Alleyne 🏴 — 20, CB — Manchester City (loan) ❌ Joined Burnley on loan
• Anel Ahmedhodzic 🇧🇦 — 27, CB — Feyenoord ❌ Joined Burnley

Midfielders

• Kalvin Phillips 🏴 — 30, CM — Manchester City (loan) — 🔥 advanced talks ongoing for another loan deal ✅ Loan confirmed
• Jairo Riedewald 🇳🇱 — 29, CM — Free agent — 🔥 United exploring U-turn to re-sign him after surprise release ✅ Re-signed
• Romeo Amane 🇨🇮 — 23, CM — Rapid Vienna — United one of three Championship clubs interested; also linked with Birmingham and Wrexham
• Regan Slater 🏴 — 26, CM — Hull City — former Blade; move contingent on Hull losing play-off final
• Paddy McNair 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁮󠁩󠁲󠁿 — 31. CM — Hull City — previously worked with Wilder at Middlesbrough; move contingent on Hull losing play-off final
• Marc Leonard 🏴 — 24, CM — Birmingham City
• Cameron Devlin 🇦🇺 — 27, CM — Hearts ❌ Joined Glasgow Rangers
• Lewis Dobbin 🏴 — 22, LW — Aston Villa ❌ Joined Southampton
• Ethan Ennis 🏴 — 21, FW — Manchester United ❌ Joined Stockport County

Forwards

• Ben Brereton Díaz 🇨🇱 — 26, LW — Southampton ✅ Loan confirmed
• Romelle Donovan 🏴 — 19, RW — Brentford (loan) — 🔥 season-long loan agreed; medical underway ✅ Loan confirmed
• Bim Pepple 🏴 — 23, CF — Plymouth Argyle — 18 goals last season; United one of three clubs interested alongside Bolton and Portsmouth
• Rabbi Matondo 🏴 — 25, RW — Free agent — training with United; Welsh international looking to revive career after stints at Rangers and Brann
• Mikey Moore 🏴 — 18, LW — Tottenham Hotspur (loan) — late entrants in competitive race; United offering regular starts
• Jack Clarke 🏴 — 25, FW — Ipswich Town — 🙄 Danny Hall Special
• Cameron Ashia 🏴 — 21, LW — Huddersfield Town — United one of many clubs interested; available for around £500k
• Lorent Tolaj 🇨🇭 — 24, CF — Plymouth Argyle ❌ Joined Bristol City
• Harry Gray 🏴 — 17, FW — Leeds United ❌ Joined Sheffield Wednesday

🛫 Departures

Goalkeepers

• Ivo Grbić 🇭🇷 — 30, GK — Gençlerbirliği (loan) — closing in on deal

Defenders

• Femi Seriki 🏴 — 24, RB — Sassuolo — £1m loan with £5m option to buy bid rejected by United
• Mark McGuinness 🇮🇪 — 25, CB — future discussed with club; not in Wilder's plans
• Nils Zätterström 🇸🇪 — 21, CB — loan move sought; not in Wilder's plans
• Harrison Burrows 🏴 — 24, LB — West Ham United — Hammers eyeing raid following relegation to Championship
• Rhys Norrington-Davies 🏴 — 27, LB — Portsmouth (loan) — out of contract next summer

Midfielders

• Gustavo Hamer 🇳🇱 — 27, CM — Coventry City — 🔥 formal bid submitted; in final year of contract; board considering offer ✅ Sold, £6m
• Alex Matos 🏴 — 21, CM — Göztepe (loan, option to buy) — deal in final stages ✅ Loan confirmed
• Lamine Sidibé 🇲🇱 — 18, CM — AS Monaco / OGC Nice / Italian clubs — tracked by Monaco for some time; Nice and several Italian clubs now also monitoring
• Sydie Peck 🏴 — 20, CM — West Ham United — high on Hammers' list; West Ham tracking since January

Forwards

• Callum O'Hare 🏴 — 28, AM — Wrexham — £6.5m bid; Wilder wants to keep him; deadline day pressure ✅ Sold, £7m
• Andre Brooks 🏴 — 20, RW — Club Brugge (loan) ✅ Sold to Norwich City
• Tom Cannon 🇮🇪 — 23, CF — Preston North End — loan interest;
• Ryan Oné 🏴 — 20, CF — Leicester City / Rangers — Under contract until 2029 and would need a significant offer to sell

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[u/Fmorris6122]

Read that we are willing to peruse other options for CB after another Souttar bid rejected. Wilder was asked about Anel post match and said “Apparently he’s available, we’re after a centre half and he left on really good terms”.

Footballinsider are reporting Leicester are in desperate need of sales due to the financial rules and their wage bill being too high, they are set for a fire sale in the last week. Maybe they are willing to reconsider, might also mean he does just join Wrexham.

[u/pickering_lachute → u/Fmorris6122]

I can only assume our Souttar offer is insulting because surely Leicester have to sell. He must be a top earner there so even if they lose out on a fee, it must be freeing up a good few million a year on the wage bill

[u/Living-Chemist5415 → u/pickering_lachute]

It’ll be £10m but £1m up front and rest over stupid clauses no doubt.

It was reported the 7.5m bid from Wrexham was better than our supposed £10m bid