Leeds United set to make 'approach' for Championship star as Millwall boss makes 'big blow' admission

Championship clubs are now ramping up their preparations for the new season, with the more competitive pre-season friendlies now beginning for most clubs. Millwall and QPR took on Gillingham on Saturday, while the Hoops take on Tottenham next week.

As both clubs continue their preparations and look to add more new signings, we have rounded up the latest transfer news from the rest of the Championship. Take a look below.

Leeds eye Bogle

Leeds United are reportedly interested in a move for Sheffield United star Jayden Bogle this summer. The Whites have already snapped up Joe Rodon to strengthen their back line, and according to the Telegraph’s Mike McGrath, they will now now pursue a deal for full-back Bogle.

Bogle was set to see his contract at Bramall Lane expire this summer, but the club moved to trigger their 12 month extension option. He is now tied down to another year, but that still makes him a gettable player for rival clubs. The Blades won’t want to sell Bogle to a rival club, but they need to raise money this season if they want to wrap up a significant number of additions.

Burnley set to lose keeper

Burnley look set to lose their starting goalkeeper in Arijanet Muric. It looks as though the stopped will be heading back to the Premier League with Ipswich Town, and on a deal worth a significant amount of cash.

According to Alan Nixon via his Patreon, Ipswich are preparing to announce a deal worth as much as £8million upfront to land Muric, with Kieran McKenna wasting no time strengthing his squad in a bid to step up to the Premier League. the Tractor Boys have already spent a club-record £20million on former loan star Omari Hutchinson this summer.

Harris on new signings

Millwall boss Neil Harris has been speaking about new signing Lukas Jensen and other captures. He told Southwark News: “For different reasons we’ve been looking to recruit different players in different positions. I was delighted with Macaulay at the start of the week followed by Japhet who I know has been a hugely popular signing in the changing room and he will be with the fanbase as well.

“And then obviously Lukas coming in just in response to the goalkeeping situation with us losing Matija [Sarkic], which was a big blow. It was a position we need to fill and we need to have three goalkeepers that are competitive this year.  Connal’s in the building but he’s injured and Lukas comes in to really boost the ranks. We think he’s a really promising goalkeeper and has huge potential moving forward.”

Speaking about recruitment in general, Harris added: “Similar process to the fact that we obviously look at past performances over the course of one, two and three seasons in particular. We look at value and potential as another avenue. We look at the stats and then Marsh is hugely instrumental with his eye and his thought-process. Once we’ve done all that, then we talk about references from all the people who have worked with him [including] goalkeeping coaches and players he’s shared the changing room with. The recruitment process isn’t a lot different.”