The best ESC signings of 2025/26

Which clubs have used their ESC slots well this season?

Judging recruitment success is not a linear process. There are tonnes of variables that I am not privy to which may completely change the way that a transfer can be judged.

The aim of this piece is to identify the best examples of ESC slot usage from the Summer 2025 and Winter 2026 windows. From this selection there may be one or two clues that we can put together as to what success within these regulations can look like.

ESC Primer

There may be some people reading this who are not familiar with what ESC is and how it works.

Instead of producing another explanation here I am just going to provide a link to am explainer article here.