Bristol City secured their first new face of the summer this week with Matty James arriving on a free transfer, the sight of which would have been a mixture of pleasure and relief for Nigel Pearson.
The Robins manager likes to get his business done early in order to integrate new players into the squad for pre-season and ensure maximum attention is given on preparing for the campaign ahead rather than making last-minute additions.
In what has been an uncertain and unpredictable transfer market due to the impact of Covid-19, nine Championship clubs are yet to do any business this summer, admittedly with Blackburn under a transfer embargo and managerial uncertainty around Fulham, West Brom and Bournemouth.
But some clubs have been quick out the blocks with newly-promoted Blackpool adding seven players, Luton Town six new players and Bristol City's Severnside neighbours Cardiff also signing six - admittedly, with three for their academy - including Jai Semenyo, brother of Antoine, from Mangotsfield United.
Correct at the time of publishing, here are the transfers confirmed in the Championship so far in terms of incomings, with each player's previous club signalled in the brackets ...
Barnsley
Devante Cole (Motherwell, striker, free)
Daniel Jinadu (West Ham, goalkeeper, free)
Birmingham City
Chuks Aneke (Charlton, striker, free)
Jordan Graham (Gillingham, winger, free)
Ryan Woods (Stoke City, midfielder, free)
Blackburn Rovers
None so far with Blackburn under an EFL transfer embargo
Blackpool
Josh Bowler (Everton, winger, free transfer)
Sonny Carey (King's Lynn Town, midfielder, undisclosed)
Oliver Casey (Leeds United, centre-back, undisclosed)
Callum Connolly (Everton, centre-back, free transfer)
Daniel Grimshaw (Manchester City, goalkeeper, free transfer)
Reece James (Doncaster Rovers, left-back, free transfer)
Shayne Lavery (Linfield, striker, free transfer)
Bournemouth
None
Bristol City
Matty James (Leicester City, midfielder, free transfer)
Cardiff City
James Collins (Luton Town, striker, free transfer)
James Connolly (Blackburn Rovers, centre-back, free transfer)
Rohan Luthra (Crystal Palace, goalkeeper, free transfer)
Mark McGuinness (Arsenal, centre-back, undisclosed)
Jai Semenyo (Mangotsfield United, right-back, free transfer)
Ryan Wintle (Crewe Alexandra, midfielder, free transfer)
Coventry City
None
Derby County
Courtney Clarke (Whyteleafe, midfielder, undisclosed)
Luke Plange (Arsenal, striker, free transfer)
Fulham
None
Huddersfield Town
Lee Nicholls (MK Dons, goalkeeper, free transfer)
Matty Pearson (Luton Town, centre-back, free transfer)
Jordan Rhodes (Sheffield Wednesday, striker, free transfer)
Josh Ruffels (Oxford United, left-back, free transfer)
Ollie Turton (Blackpool, right-back, free transfer)
Hull City
Andy Cannon (Portsmouth, midfielder, free transfer)
George Moncur (Luton Town, midfielder, free transfer)
Randall Williams (Exeter City, winger, free transfer)
Luton Town
Reece Burke (Hull City, centre-back, free transfer)
Allan Campbell (Motherwell, striker, free transfer)
Amari'i Bell (Blackburn Rovers, left-back, free transfer)
Cameron Jerome (MK Dons, striker, free transfer)
Henri Lansbury (Bristol City, midfielder, free transfer)
Carlos Mendes Gomes (Morecambe, winger, undisclosed)
Middlesbrough
Joe Lumley (QPR, goalkeeper, free transfer)
Jeremie Sivi (Onside Football Academy, right-back, free transfer)
Josh Wells (Lowestoft, defender, undisclosed)
Millwall
George Long (Hull City, goalkeeper, free transfer)
Scott Malone (Derby County, left-back, free transfer)
Nottingham Forest
None
Peterborough United
None
Preston North End
Izzy Brown (Chelsea, midfielder, free transfer)
Liam Lindsay (Stoke City, centre-back, undisclosed)
Sepp van den Berg (Liverpool, centre-back, loan)
Queens Park Rangers
Charlie Austin (West Brom, striker, free transfer)
Andre Dozzell (Ipswich, midfielder, undisclosed)
Sam Field (West Brom, midfielder, undisclosed)
Alfie Lloyd (Yeovil Town, striker, undisclosed)
Jordy de Wijs (Hull City, centre-back, undisclosed)
Reading
None
Sheffield United
None
Stoke City
Ben Wilmot (Stoke City, centre-back, undisclosed)
Swansea City
Kyle Joseph (Wigan Athletic, striker, undisclosed)
West Bromwich Albion
None
