Sheffield Wednesday's League One rivals 'interested' in winger as midfielder 'closing in' on exit

Sheffield Wednesday increased their number of summer signings to eight on Saturday with the addition of former loanee Joe Lumley. The goalkeeper, who had an emergency loan spell at Hillsborough last October, has returned to the club on a permanent deal from Bristol City, signing a two-year deal. Wednesday have been busy in the transfer window over the past week or so, bringing in four new faces since last Tuesday by recruiting Harry Gray, Barry Bannan, Louie Barry and Lumley. The quartet featured in Saturday’s pre-season opener against West Bromwich Albion. With just over a month to go until the 2026/27 campaign gets underway, Wednesday are determined to bring in more new faces as quickly as possible. The same can be said for many of their League One counterparts. With that said, here are some of the latest transfer rumours concerning the Owls’ League One rivals... Leicester City have ‘registered an interest’ in signing Brighton & Hove Albion winger Tommy Watson, according to a report by the Sunderland Echo. Watson joined Brighton from Sunderland in June last year and spent the second half of last season on loan at Millwall. The 20-year-old, who scored the winner in the 2025 Championship play-off final to help Sunderland pip Sheffield United to promotion at Wembley, struggled to make a telling impact at The Den, failing to score in 12 appearances. It is now reported that Brighton are ‘weighing up’ the next step in his development. With another loan move likely this coming season, Leicester have been credited with ‘registering an interest’ in the winger alongside Hull City, Derby County, West Bromwich Albion and West Ham United. With one Premier League club and three from the Championship in the mix, it remains to be seen how big a chance Leicester will have of securing his signature. A move to the Championship is described as the ‘most likely destination’. He has made ten appearances in his Brighton career so far, scoring one goal. Elsewhere at the King Power Stadium, midfielder Harry Winks is ‘closing in’ on an exit from Leicester, according to a report by talkSPORT. It is reported that the former Tottenham Hotspur man is set to join Italian club Cagliari in a surprise move. The midfielder is reportedly one of the highest earners at the King Power Stadium and the Foxes are keen to offload him this summer following relegation to League One. He was involved in a verbal altercation with Leicester supporters towards the end of last season following a 1-0 defeat at Portsmouth, and his relationship with them is frosty, to say the least. With just one year left on his contract, it is claimed he is now ‘expected’ to return to Italy and join Cagliari, who finished 14th in Serie A last season. Winks, 30, has played in Italy previously, spending the 2022/23 season on loan at Sampdoria. Cagliari are ‘pushing’ to get the deal over the line.