James Beadle, Sheffield Wednesday revelation emerges - These 3 EFL clubs ft Southampton must pounce | OneFootball

The 20-year-old goalkeeper will be available for loan again this summer.

James Beadle isn't likely to return to Sheffield Wednesday for a third loan spell with the club, which could open the door for other Championship sides to temporarily sign the young shot-stopper.

Beadle is going to be made available for loan this summer by his parent club, Brighton & Hove Albion, however, Wednesday, the club that he has spent the last two seasons with, are not likely to be the 20-year-old's next destination, according to The Star.

They added that other second-tier outfits are expected to be in the mix to sign Beadle this summer, who started 38 times for the Owls before being replaced by Northern Irish international Pierce Charles towards the end of the campaign.

His levels tailed off a bit towards the end of his time at Hillsborough, but the evidence shown before that, in his first stint with the club, and the half-season before that which he was with Oxford United, certainly shows the vast talent that is at Beadle's fingertips - talent that one of these three Championship clubs would benefit from next season.

Southampton

Southampton's chairman, Dragan Solak, is expecting to earn a lot of money this summer from selling their best talents. One of the expected departees is Aaron Ramsdale, who has caught the eye of a number of Premier League clubs ahead of this summer.

Who their first-choice goalkeeper will be next season will be heavily dictated by who they appoint to be their next first-team boss - it has been five weeks since Ivan Juric was sacked following the Saints' official relegation back to the Championship.

Beadle, at just 20, would provide the next manager/head coach with experience at the level, as well as an ability with his feet that has become a pre-requisite for Southampton's keepers in recent seasons.

Preston North End

Like the Saints, Preston North End are expected to lose their first-choice goalkeeper to a Premier League club this summer. Freddie Woodman, who was injured for the latter part of the 2024/25 campaign and is set to be out of contract in the coming weeks, has been linked with a move to Manchester United.

It's unlikely that 34-year-old David Cornell will hold his spot in Paul Heckingbottom's preferred XI next season, leaving a potential spot open for Beadle.

While Preston will hope that they aren't involved in a relegation battle next season, like they were this time around, six-foot-seven Beadle is well adept at playing under that sort of pressure as he was between the sticks for Wednesday's miraculous relegation fightback two seasons ago.

Queens Park Rangers

The departure of Marti Cifuentes, for all intents and purposes, will throw a spanner into Queens Park Rangers' summer planning.

It would have had the Spaniard in mind, but now that he is very unlikely to coach the squad again, the futures of many of his signings from last summer will also be up in the air.

Paul Nardi - one of those Cifuentes acquisitions - didn't have a standout season in his first go in the Championship. It's not hard to see a world in which QPR will need to scout a new glovesman this summer. Beadle should certainly be on that list.