United’s reigning Championship player of the year is poised to complete a permanent switch to Premier League side West Ham as the standout transfer amid a flurry of big moves over the last couple of days. From nowhere, Swansea City completed a deal to sign Slovenia’s Euro 2024 international striker Zan Vipotnik from Bordeaux amid the French club’s sad bankruptcy troubles.
A major cross-Championship move has seen striker Brandon Thomas-Asante depart West Brom for Coventry City whilst Blackburn Rovers completed a quickfire double swoop in signing Danny Batth and Andy Weimann. But the departure of Summerville will mark one of the biggest Championship deals of the summer which has also seen Archie Gray depart the Whites for Tottenham Hotspur for £40m.
As deals continue to develop, the betting markets for next season’s Championship are continually evolving and a new verdict has now been delivered on next season’s predicted final standings. Here, in reverse order, is how the bookies now see next season’s table unfolding based on the very latest odds.
19. 6th: Coventry City (play-offs)
Title odds: 16-1 (with 14 firms).Relegation odds: 16-1. Photo: Dan Mullan
20. 5th: Sheffield United (play-offs)
Title odds: 16-1 (with four firms, shorter with others).Relegation odds: 20-1. Photo: OLI SCARFF
21. 4th: Middlesbrough (play-offs)
Title odds: 14-1.Relegation odds: 25-1. Photo: Mike Hewitt
22. 3rd: Luton Town (play-offs)
Title odds: 12-1.Relegation odds: 25-1. Photo: David Rogers
23. 2nd: Burnley (automatic promotion as runners-up)
Title odds: 8-1.Relegation odds: 33-1. Photo: Carl Markham
24. 1st: Leeds United (promoted as champions)
Title odds: 7-2 (With eight firms, drifted ever so slightly but still strong favourites).Relegation odds: 66-1. Photo: Richard Sellers