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League One newcomers Mansfield Town have signed Deji Oshilaja on a two-year deal following the versatile midfielder's release by Burton Albion.

The 31-year-old, who is also capable of playing in defence, scored 12 goals in 133 appearances across three seasons with the Brewers.

Oshilaja has spent the large majority of his career playing in League One, having also previously featured in the division for Charlton Athletic, AFC Wimbledon and Gillingham.

He is the fourth new addition made by Stags boss Nigel Clough since his side's promotion and follows the arrivals of Australia midfielder Keanu Baccus, full-back Frazer Blake-Tracy and striker Lee Gregory.

"The manager has a clear plan for me in terms of what he wants me to bring to the team so that's exciting," Oshilaja told the club website., external

"The way people speak about him – I feel that's someone I want to play for."

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Forward Ben Quinn has signed for League One side Mansfield Town on a one-year contract.

The 19-year-old made 31 appearances for Celtic's academy side last season, scoring 11 goals prior to the expiration of his contract.

The Stags say that the Irishman had impressed on trial in pre-season, scoring three goals in three games as part of manager Nigel Clough’s squad.

“Ben has done very well on trial in the last few weeks," Clough said., external

"We feel that he has some potential and we don’t have anything like him in the squad which is why we’ve signed him and are pleased to welcome him to the club.”

Mansfield Town get their League One season under way when they play Barnsley on 9 August.

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Mansfield Town have signed striker Will Evans on a two-year deal from Newport County.

The fee for the 27-year-old is undisclosed but is believed the be close to £200,000.

It is the first transfer fee Newport have received since 2018.

Evans netted 21 goals in League Two last season, despite the club finishing 18th in the division.

He joins a club who are back in the third tier for the first time since 2003, Mansfield having finished third in League Two behind Stockport County and Wrexham.

“I’m buzzing to be here," Evans told the club website.

"I can’t wait to start this new challenge. I’m over the moon to be here and will give my all for the club.”

Newport always expected interest in Evans this summer and triggered an extension to his contract at the end of last season.

County chairman Huw Jenkins said: “We are obviously disappointed to lose Will after such a good campaign last season.

“But he is in the last year of his contract and expressed a strong desire to test himself at a higher level. We discussed the situation with Will and his agent over the summer and we agreed that if a reasonable offer came in then we would both move forward with clarity.

“The club is still at a rebuilding stage after a difficult few years financially, so it was an offer we couldn’t turn down at this stage in our journey."

Newport last received a transfer fee when Tom Owen-Evans joined Falkirk in an undisclosed deal six years ago.

The club’s record sale is the £400,000 they received from Peterborough for Conor Washington in 2014, a sum which includes add-ons from his subsequent move to Queens Park Rangers.

Former Cardiff Met player Evans joined Newport from Cymru Premier League side Bala Town in May 2022.

“The club gave me an opportunity two years ago and I can easily say it’s been the best two years," said Evans.

"For now it’s time to say goodbye, to undertake a new challenge, one that I personally couldn’t turn down."

Evans backed up his impressive league tally last season by scoring in the 4-2 FA Cup defeat to eventual winners Manchester United, finishing with 25 goals in all competitions.

Evans is the second forward recruit in a week for Mansfield, after they completed a move for former Celtic academy teenager Ben Quinn.

"Will’s a striker who we’ve watched for the past 12 months and feel he will complement the team and the other forwards in the squad," said Stags boss Nigel Clough.

“He gives us something different and his goals return last season was excellent.”

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Mansfield Town have signed Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Matthew Craig on loan for the remainder of the season.

The versatile 21-year-old, who is capable of playing at centre-back and right-back, spent the first half of the season with Mansfield's League One rivals Barnsley before being recalled by Spurs on Thursday.

He made 16 appearances for the Tykes, having stepped up to the third tier with them after a spell on loan in League Two with Doncaster Rovers last term.

Mansfield boss Nigel Clough says the Scotland Under-21 international is someone the club has had its "eye on for some time".

"The one position we haven't got competition for is Louis Reed and Matthew provides us with that," Clough told the club website., external

"He's a similar player to Reedy; a good passer of the ball who competes. He can play in any one of the three midfield positions and has some experience in League One this season with Barnsley."

Meanwhile, Stags' 21-year-old forward James Gale has been recalled from his loan with National League side Solihull Moors.

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Mansfield Town have signed Blackpool's Jordan Rhodes and fellow forward Caylan Vickers from Brighton and Hove Albion on loan for the rest of the season.

Former Scotland international Rhodes, 34, has scored three goals in 28 appearance since making a permanent switch to the Tangerines this season.

The ex-Blackburn Rovers, Middlesbrough and Sheffield Wednesday forward, who has scored more than 240 goals across his career, spent last season on loan at Blackpool from Huddersfield Town.

Rhodes became the second forward to make a transfer deadline day switch to Mansfield, following the arrival of Vickers from Premier League side Brighton.

It is the second time in as many years that the 20-year-old has made a transfer deadline day move, having joined Brighton from League One side Reading in February 2024.

Vickers has featured for Brighton Under-21 in the EFL Trophy and Premier League 2 this season, but is yet to make a first-team appearance for the club.

"He has League One experience with his previous club, Reading, and he's ready to come out on loan and have a go in this division again," Mansfield boss Nigel Clough told the club website, external.

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Lucas Akins' future with Mansfield Town beyond this summer remains undecided despite the striker being jailed for 14 months.

The 36-year-old was sentenced to prison in April after pleading guilty to causing the death of a cyclist by careless or inconsiderate driving.

Adrian Daniel, 33, died 10 days after he was struck by a Mercedes G350 being driven by Akins near Huddersfield in March 2022.

Despite being out of contract in the summer, Akins has not been included on the League One club's list of players being released.

Instead the club has said it is "continuing to consider its position" regarding the striker and added that "no further comment" will be made.

Akins was a Mansfield player when the crash happened more than three years ago and continued to play for the Stags until he was jailed.

Even when he pleaded guilty at Leeds Crown Court on 4 March, he started a league match just hours later.

Following Akins' sentencing more than a month later, Stags boss Nigel Clough said the jail term came as an "unbelievable shock" to the club.

In an interview with BBC Radio Nottingham, Clough said Akins future at the One Call Stadium was still being discussed.

"Nothing will be decided immediately. Everybody is just digesting what was an unbelievable shock this week," the Stags boss said at the time.

Meanwhile, Mansfield have triggered contract extensions for Baily Cargill, Elliott Hewitt, Aaron Lewis, Rhys Oates and Louis Reed, while Jordan Bowery, Dom Dwyer, Stephen McLaughlin, Scott Flinders and Lee Gregory remain in talks about new deals.

Goalkeeper Christy Pym, who made 42 appearances this season, has been released alongside Hiram Boateng, Aden Flint, Alfie Kilgour, Calum Macdonald, Tom Nichols, Ben Quinn, Stephen Quinn and George Williams.

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Mansfield Town have signed Regan Hendry on a two-year deal after the midfielder ended discussions about staying with League Two side Tranmere Rovers.

The 27-year-old Scot was among eight players in talks with Rovers about new deals earlier this month, but he has opted to move up to League One with the Stags.

Hendry, who came through Celtic's youth teams before going on to start his senior career with Raith Rovers, last featured in England's third tier with Forest Green Rovers in 2023.

And it was at Mansfield on the final day of the 2021-22 season that Hendry helped Forest Green clinch the League Two title.

He moved to Tranmere on loan by the middle of the following season, before making his stay at Prenton Park permanent in the summer of 2023.

Stags boss Nigel Clough said the central midfield is a player that the club has "admired for some time".

"He's an all-round midfield player who can play two or three different roles and will complement the midfielders who we already have in the squad," Clough told the club website.

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Mansfield Town striker Jordan Bowery has signed a new one-year deal with the League One club.

Bowery, 33, has been with the Stags since June 2020 and has made more than 200 league appearances.

He signed his previous contract three years ago and will now stay for a sixth season after agreeing fresh terms at the One Call Stadium.

Bowery's new deal follows the arrival at the club of Tranmere Rovers midfielder Regan Hendry and the re-signing of former captain Ryan Sweeney since the end of the season.

Mansfield finished 17th in League One, eight points clear of the relegation zone.

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Mansfield Town defender Baily Cargill has signed a new two-year contract with the League One club.

The 29-year-old joined the Stags from Forest Green Rovers ahead of the 2023-24 season on a two-year deal.

His original transfer included an additional 12-month option but the left-sided centre-back has now agreed fresh terms to stay until the summer of 2027.

Cargill becomes the third player to sign a new contract since the end of the season after striker Jordan Bowery and full-back Stephen McLaughlin.

Mansfield finished 17th in League One, eight points clear of the relegation zone.

Boss Nigel Clough is still in negotiations over extending his contract having taken over in November 2020.

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Goalkeeper Liam Roberts has joined League One side Mansfield Town after being released by Millwall.

During the 30-year-old's solitary campaign at The Den, Roberts was banned for six games after he was sent off eight minutes into his side's FA Cup fifth-round defeat at Crystal Palace for kicking Eagles forward Jean-Philippe Mateta in the head as he rushed out of goal.

It was the sixth and last time the goalkeeper featured for the Lions.

Roberts, who apologised to Mateta for the incident that hospitalised the Frenchman and left him needing several stitches, became the target of online abuse, which Millwall condemned as "abhorrent and disgusting".

The former Middlesbrough, Northampton Town and Walsall goalkeeper, who last featured in League One for Barnsley on loan in the 2023-24 season, moves to Mansfield to replace first-choice Christy Pym, who was released by the Stags at the end of the campaign.

Mansfield Town manager Nigel Clough says he feels Roberts "fits the bill perfectly" as their new number one.

"He's played against us over the years and we've been very impressed by him," Clough told the club website., external

"He has Championship experience as well as a lot of experience in League One."