Polish defender linked to EFL Championship - QPR and Stoke City must be on alert | OneFootball

Polish left-back Filip Luberecki has been linked with a move to the Championship this summer

The 2025/26 Championship season is finally over, but the work never stops, as clubs across the English football pyramid prepare for the summer transfer window.

With just the play-offs awaiting to see who the third and final team to be promoted to the top-flight will be, the rest of the division will be turning their focus on the summer window.

The transfer rumour mill is beginning to swirl, with interesting links emerging across the division, with the latest being that of Polish left-back Filip Luberecki, with Pete O'Rourke reporting via X that numerous clubs across the Championship are interested in the 21-year-old.

The Polish youth international, currently playing his football in his native country for top-flight side Motor Lublin, has not been linked to any specific club in the English second tier, with it just being merely speculation as to who may be interested at this point.

Queens Park Rangers and Stoke City could be two clubs targeting Filip Luburecki this summer

Two clubs that may be looking to sign Luberecki this summer are Queens Park Rangers and Stoke City.

QPR have struggled in the left-back position this campaign in Julien Stephan's first season at the helm, with Sheffield United loanee Rhys Norrington-Davies being the Frenchman's main option there, though he is expected to return to South Yorkshire over the coming weeks.

Brazilian youngster Esquerdinha has served as the backup this year, with Ziyad Larkeche sidelined for much of the campaign, and Stephan will almost certainly be looking to revitalise that position this summer.

Manchester United youngster Harry Amass has already been linked with a potential switch, as per West London Sport, with the 19-year-old enjoying an excellent first half of the campaign on loan with Sheffield Wednesday before being sent to Norwich City, where he sustained a season-ending injury.

With left-back an area already being touted for improvement at Loftus Road before the season was over, it would be no surprise to see QPR be one of the clubs tracking the Polish youth international's signature.

However, Amass is set to be a player in demand over the coming months, with Stoke also having previously registered an interest in the full-back as far back as January.

Left-back has been a cursed position for the Potters for a while, especially since the departure of Josh Tymon to Swansea City a few years ago, with both of their current options, namely Eric Bocat and Aaron Cresswell, not guaranteed to be at the club next campaign.

Bocat joined from Belgian side St.Truiden in the summer of 2024, but has been persistently linked with a return to the country over recent windows, with Standard Liege reportedly sustaining a long-term interest in the Frenchman.

Cresswell, meanwhile, will turn 37 before the end of the year, and having only signed a one-year deal in the Potteries upon his release from West Ham United, the veteran defender has yet to sign a fresh deal with the club.

Stoke have explored foreign markets over recent windows, with Tomas Rigo joining from Czechia, Milan Smith from the Netherlands, and Robert Bozenik from Portugal, so it would be little surprise to see them scouting the Polish divisions, too.

Both clubs will be looking for a new left-back or two this summer, and both should be looking to lure Luburecki to England this summer.

QPR and Stoke will face strong competition for the signature of Filip Luberecki this summer

With Luberecki attracting interest from clubs across the Championship, neither QPR's nor Stoke's pursuit of the talented youngster looks simple.

Still only 21, this is the Pole's third season in the Motor Lublin first team, and second in the top-flight, where he hasn't looked out of place.

It was previously reported by Rudy Galetti via his Substack that a bunch of MLS clubs were also weighing up a move for Luberecki in January, though no move ever materialised.

The full-back looks certain to take the next step this summer, and with Championship clubs circling, it wouldn't be a surprise if one of those destinations was either QPR or Stoke.