talkSPORT The Transfer Insiders live: Will Gavin and Laura Kirk-Francis on how to listen in the UK

Match date: 5 August 2026

talkSPORT is set to air The Transfer Insiders on 5 August 2026 at 19:00 UK time, with Will Gavin presenting and Laura Kirk-Francis joining as pundit. For British football fans following the summer market, the programme arrives during a busy transfer window in which Premier League and EFL clubs can continue to register deals, with the window having reopened on 15 June and running through to 1 September at 23:00 BST. [19][17]

The show will be available on talkSPORT and the talkSPORT App, making it easy for listeners across the UK to tune in live. While the mainstream UK rights-holders for live football are typically BBC, ITV, Sky and TNT, talkSPORT remains one of the best-known radio destinations for transfer debate, breaking news and phone-in discussion around the national game. [19][9][17]

Will Gavin has become a familiar voice on talkSPORT through its football output, while Laura Kirk-Francis adds analysis and discussion from the pundit’s chair. The pairing should suit a show built around transfer storylines, especially at a time when clubs are still reshaping squads ahead of the new campaign. [19]

That wider context is important because August is already producing notable movement. BBC Sport’s confirmed-deals tracker lists a stream of completed business across the Premier League and EFL, including Jack Grealish moving from Manchester City to Everton on loan, Malick Thiaw joining Newcastle from AC Milan, and Bafode Diakite arriving at Bournemouth from Lille for £34.6m. [4]

There has also been major interest around several high-profile summer moves, with the transfer market continuing to generate headlines across England and Europe. BBC Sport’s August and deadline-day roundup shows further deals such as Niclas Füllkrug to West Ham, while other trackers have monitored big Premier League activity as clubs look to strengthen before the season gets fully under way. [2][3]

For listeners, that makes The Transfer Insiders well timed: it should offer live reaction, context and argument at a stage when rumours can quickly become confirmations. If you want to follow the latest club-by-club movement as the evening unfolds, the BBC’s transfer pages remain a useful reference point alongside talkSPORT’s live discussion. BBC Sport transfers [9][14]

With Premier League and EFL clubs still active, and with the market set to remain open into September, talkSPORT’s coverage is likely to focus on which teams are winning the window, which are still short of reinforcements, and which deals could yet accelerate before deadline day. [19][17][1]

Article generated: 5 August 2026, 19:00 GMT