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·18 July 2025
Huddersfield Town and Kevin Nagle urged to make "marquee signing"

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·18 July 2025
FLW's Huddersfield Town fan pundit has revealed what transfer demand he would send to owner Kevin Nagle.
This article is part of Football League World's 'Terrace Talk' series, which provides personal opinions from our FLW Fan Pundits regarding the latest breaking news, teams, players, managers, potential signings and more...
After a disappointing first season back in League One, Huddersfield Town will be aiming to challenge for promotion next season under new manager Lee Grant.
Huddersfield made the controversial decision to part company with manager Michael Duff in March at a time when they were sitting just outside the play-off places, and they eventually finished 10th in the table under caretaker Jon Worthington after losing all of their final six games of the season.
After a lengthy search for Duff's permanent replacement, the Terriers appointed Lee Grant as their new boss in May, with the 42-year-old leaving his role as a coach at Ipswich Town to take up his first senior managerial position at the Accu Stadium.
Grant has certainly been given strong backing in the transfer market by owner Kevin Nagle so far, with Owen Goodman, Lynden Gooch, Joe Low, Sean Roughan, Josh Feeney, Jack Whatmough, Murray Wallace, Ryan Ledson and Marcus Harness all arriving during what has been an incredibly busy start to the window for Town.
There have also been a number of departures, with Huddersfield selling defender Brodie Spencer and winger Sorba Thomas to Oxford United and Stoke City respectively, while the likes of Ollie Turton, Matty Pearson, Tom Lees, Josh Ruffels, Jonathan Hogg, Josh Koroma and Danny Ward have been released at the end of their contracts.
When asked what transfer demand he would send to the club's owner, FLW's Huddersfield Town fan pundit Graeme Rayner insisted that he has been pleased with the club's summer business so far, but he urged Nagle to spend big on a statement signing before the end of the window.
"One transfer demand I would make is for us to bring in a marquee signing, in terms of a big name or an exciting name to really be the cherry on the cake for this transfer window," Graeme told FLW.
"I think we've had a good transfer window so far, we've brought in nine players, seven permanently and two on loan.
"I think all of them are an improvement on what we had, and the squad is in a better position, but what we're lacking is a bit of a talismanic kind of player, ideally a midfielder who can boss play.
"In our most recent glory days, we had Aaron Mooy, who is the best player I've ever seen in a Huddersfield Town shirt, and he was able to really dominate the midfield and orchestrate things.
"More recently, we had Lewis O'Brien, who, in a different way, was able to really impact the game from midfield, but I don't think any of our current players are able to do that.
"We could go out and spend around £2 million - £3 million, which I think is not total fantasy land with this chairman and the way the window has gone and the money we've brought in with the sales of Sorba Thomas and Brodie Spencer, as well as the wages we've got off the books with all the players that have gone.
"If we were to spend that, I would say let's go out and get someone who can play in the number eight or 10 role and really pull the strings in midfield, that's what I would really love to see."
There is no doubt that Huddersfield have significantly improved their squad this summer, and after their eye-catching transfer business, they are widely tipped to be one of the front-runners for promotion in League One next season.
However, as Graeme said, the Terriers are perhaps in need of one marquee signing to bolster their midfield, and it looked as though they were set to land that player after they made an ambitious £2.5 million bid for Leyton Orient midfielder Ethan Galbraith last month.
After scoring six goals and providing eight assists in 51 appearances last season to help the O's reach the play-off final, Galbraith would have been a quality addition for Town and the final piece of the puzzle they are currently missing, but he instead joined Championship side Swansea City.
However, while Huddersfield will have been disappointed to miss out on Galbraith, the fact they submitted such a sizeable bid for the midfielder suggests that Nagle is willing to spend big, and it would be no surprise to see them launch further audacious transfer moves over the coming months.