Every Championship transfer so far in January as league rivals land Coventry City summer target
It’s just over a week since the winter transfer window opened for Championship clubs and Coventry City fans continue to be keen to hear what business Frank Lampard is going to do to strengthen his squad.
A number of the Sky Blues rivals have already been proactive in the market. Portsmouth weren’t expected to make any signings until the middle of the month, but last week they secured the loan signing of centre-back Rob Atkinson from Bristol City. The 26-year-old hadn’t played competitive football for the Robins for almost two-years, but he was thrown straight in for his debut against Sunderland at the Stadium of Light on Sunday (January 5).
The busiest team in the Championship so far is Burnley, who have signed two players. Peruvian international right-back Oliver Sonne – who was strongly linked with Coventry in the summer – joined on a four-and-a-half-deal from Silkeborg on December 31. Two days later, Ashley Barnes returned to Turf Moor after his contract at Norwich City was cancelled by mutual consent. The Canaries replaced Barnes by signing Lewis Dobbin on loan from Aston Villa after his loan at West Brom was cancelled.
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Elsewhere, Lewis Gibson was sold by Plymouth Argyle to Preston North End, despite the Pilgrims not having a permanent manager to make that decision. They did break their transfer record though to sign Michael Baidoo for an undisclosed club-record fee from Elfsborg.
Another team to break their transfer record this month is Oxford United, who have signed Ole Romeny from FC Utrecht. He had scored twice in 13 games in the Dutch top-flight this season, and his arrival meant that Will Goodwin would depart the Kassam Stadium and join Wigan Athletic for the remainder of the campaign.
The 2025 winter transfer window officially closes on Monday February 3 at 11pm UK time, leaving clubs plenty of time to get some deals done. With that in mind, here’s a look at every deal done in the Championship so far this January.
EFL Championship transfer tracker: Every deal from 2024/25 January window so far.
Blackburn Rovers
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Bristol City
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Out: Rob Atkinson - Portsmouth (loan)
Burnley
In: Oliver Sonne (Silkeborg IF), Ashley Barnes - Norwich City (free transfer)
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Cardiff City
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Out: Malachi Fagan-Walcott - York City (undisclosed)
Coventry City
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Out: TBC Kai Andrews - Motherwell (loan)
Derby County
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Hull City
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Out: Marvin Mehlem - SC Paderborn (loan)
Leeds United
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Luton Town
In: Christ Makosso - RWDM (undisclosed fee)
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Middlesbrough
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Millwall
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Norwich City
In: Lewis Dobbin - Aston Villa (loan)
Out: Ashley Barnes - Burnley (free transfer), Christian Fassnacht (Young Boys)
Oxford United
In: Ole Romeny - FC Utrecht (undisclosed)
Out: Will Goodwin - Wigan Athletic (loan)
Plymouth Argyle
In: Michael Baidoo - Elfsborg (undisclosed)
Out: Lewis Gibson - Preston North End (undisclosed), Andre Gray (unattached)
Portsmouth
In: Rob Atkinson - Bristol City (loan)
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Preston North End
In: Lewis Gibson (Plymouth Argyle)
Out: Layton Stewart - FC Thun (loan), Kacper Pasiek - Altrincham (loan)
QPR
In: Ronnie Edwards - Southampton (loan)
Sheffield United
Out: Ismaila Coulibaly - LASK (free transfer)
Sheffield Wednesday
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Stoke City
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Sunderland
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Swansea City
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Watford
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West Brom
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