Hatters boss is working hard on making ‘one or two’ new signings
Hatters boss Rob Edwards is looking to add ‘one or two’ new signings to his squad, hopefully in time for next weekend’s final pre-season friendly of the campaign at home to La Liga side Celta Vigo.
The Luton chief has managed to bolster his squad twice in the summer transfer window to date, bringing in former Brentford and Oxford United midfielder Shandon Baptiste on a free, plus ex-Arsenal youngster Reuell Walters as well. Both players started the 2-2 draw against Scottish Premier League side Dundee United on Friday night, Baptiste playing 56 minutes until he was replaced by long-serving midfielder Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu.
Walters had the opening hour, playing a huge part in Town drawing level during the first half, when released by Zack Nelson, he was felled in the area for a penalty that Jordan Clark tucked home. However, they are the only two new faces that Edwards has brought in so far, and with Reece Burke, Jacob Brown, Mads Andersen, Amari’i Bell and Marvelous Nakamba yet to get any minutes in pre-season, plus a calf injury sidelining Daiki Hashioka, Edwards is eying new players to give him further options going into the Championship opener against Burnley in just over a fortnight.
Discussing the match at Tannadice with the club’s official website, he said: “Overall, it was a good night for us. It’s good there were no injuries as it’s really obvious that we don’t want any more. We’ve got some key players to come back that are making good progress and we’re working really hard on getting one or two in in this next week or so.”
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These 2 Luton Town players will exit Kenilworth Road in 2025 if circumstances don’t change
- Luton Town aims for Premier League promotion in 2024/25 after falling short last season in their bid for survival.
- Only two new additions so far, focus on transfer window may shift to contract extensions soon.
- Veteran players James Shea and Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu may exit if contract negotiations don’t change.
Luton Town will hope that at the end of the 2024/25 season, they will be celebrating promotion back to the Premier League.
The Hatters put up a good fight in the 2023/24 campaign, but they just fell short of keeping their Premier League status.
That means they are now back in the Championship, and Rob Edwards will hope he can guide the team back to the promised land at the first time of asking.
Luton have been fairly quiet in this transfer window so far, with just two new additions joining the club, Reuell Walters and Shandon Baptiste, arriving on a free transfer.
Edwards and co. will probably be focusing on more arrivals, as there is still a month to go in the transfer window. But focus may soon have to start turning to contract extensions as well, as the club has players in the final year of their deals.
With that said, here we have looked at the two Luton players who will exit Kenilworth Road in 2025 if nothing changes, as per Transfermarkt…
James Shea
James Shea has been at the club since July 2017, when he joined the Hatters from AFC Wimbledon on a free transfer.
The goalkeeper started his career at Arsenal and spent several years there, with most of them seeing him be shipped out on loan to other clubs.
Shea left the Gunners in 2013 and moved into non-league football, where he stayed until 2014, when he joined Wimbledon.
After impressing at Wimbledon, Shea earned a move to Luton, and while he had to be patient in his early spell at the club, he soon became the club’s number one in the 2018/19 campaign.
