
Oxford United are gearing up for a second successive season in the Championship, having beaten the drop by four points in their first season back in the second tier last term.

The team fired Des Buckingham, who earned them promotion to the Championship, after a string of bad results in December, appointing Gary Rowett as the new manager. Rowett stabilised the situation, ensuring the U’s did not go back to League One, so he will now get a chance to improve the team as he wishes this transfer window.