Championship transfer round-up: Blackburn star refuses to play, Mikey Johnston update and Norwich target misses friendly

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EFL Analysis has a round-up of all of the latest transfer news in the Championship, including updates on Blackburn Rovers, Mikey Johnston and Norwich City.

The weeks are flying by as the countdown to the start of the Championship season continues.

Leicester City and Sheffield Wednesday are the only sides yet to do any business this summer – despite both needing huge overhauls.

Other clubs have been extremely busy and we predict it’ll be another wild Championship season once every team completes their spending spree.

So, without further ado, here is the latest transfer news from the second tier.

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Callum Brittain refuses to play for Blackburn Rovers amid transfer links

Blackburn Rovers defender Callum Brittain is attracting interest and they now seem resigned to losing him within the next month.

John Eustace is eyeing up a reunion with Brittain at Derby County while Middlesbrough have also registered their interest.

Amid the ongoing speculation, Blackburn were dealt a bombshell when manager Valerien Ismael revealed that Brittain refused to play for Rovers against Accrington Stanley last weekend.

Ismael says that they are working to get a solution to the problem but it seems that the former MK Dons and Barnsley man will have a new club and Blackburn will need a new right-back.

Mikey Johnston’s failed Flamengo move explained

Eyebrows were raised when news of Flamengo’s approach for West Brom winger Mikey Johnston were made public.

The former Celtic winger looked set to move to Brazil in a surprise £5m transfer, only for talks to break down.

All sorts of rumours began to do the rounds, from reports of an injury to protests from the club’s fanbase about signing Johnston.

Flamengo’s president has since explained why the deal broke down after he confirmed that he had vetoed the agreement following discussions with manager Filipe Luis, who had personally called Johnston to discuss how he would use him.

Pelle Mattsson looks set for Norwich City move after being left out of squad

Norwich have been one of the stars of the transfer window so far with the marquee addition being Mathias Kvistgaarden signing for the Canaries.

Liam Manning has aspirations of promotion this season and isn’t stopping his plans to improve the squad.

Their next target appears to be Silkeborg midfielder Pelle Mattsson after BILD claimed that Norwich had a £1.7m bid rejected.

Mattsson was then left out of Silkeborg’s squad for a friendly at the weekend, suggesting that the Canaries may have made a breakthrough in negotiations.