EFL Transfer Bulletin #25 – Middlesbrough make a statement, Lincoln make a record signing and Wrexham make more headlines

The latest done deals in the EFL, and in focus: Craig Bradley on Boro’s cockle-warming transfer breakthroughs

A dozen more transfers to get your teeth into, including one premium Premier League loanee who’s got Craig Bradley excited…

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Boro’s cockle-warming transfer breakthroughs

Craig Bradley

In summer, I shared one of my coldest pre-season takes with the NTT20 Squad. At the time, I was underwhelmed by Middlesbrough’s managerial appointment, lukewarm on the make-up of their squad and concerned for their prospects this season, especially if Rav van den Berg and Hayden Hackney were both to leave. Only one of them – RVB – has gone. And when the facts change, I’m happy to change with them.

What has shifted my mind? Put simply: the signings. Alfie Jones provided necessary defensive depth, Abdoulaye Kanté looks more for the future than the now; neither moved the needle. But then came Callum Brittain. For me, he’s one of the best attacking right-backs in the Championship. Then Sontje Hansen, a player I’ve long touted for a move out of the Eredivisie. And now 18-year-old Norwegian Sverre Nypan, one of the most prodigious footballing talents in the world, joins on a season-long loan from Manchester City. Things have hotted up.

Sverre Nypan (CM) - [Manchester City - Middlesbrough] - Loan