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Arsenal are hoping to announce their first major summer signing within days after agreeing to a fee of around £42million for Riccardo Calafiori. The versatile defender is reportedly ready to undergo a medical this week but a rumoured delay is now on the cards. Also on Arsenal’s radar are Crystal Palace star Eberechi Eze and Wolves goalkeeper Dan Bentley while Talks are also reportedly set to take place with Nico Williams’ camp.
Chelsea have missed out on Calafiori, but are closing in on three other signings in a busy start to the summer window. Renato Veiga, Aaron Anselmino and Caleb Wiley are expected to become Enzo Maresca’s sixth, seventh and eighth new additions for a combined £40m. Borussia Dortmund star Karim Adeyemi is a reported target, along with Rennes’ Desire Doue. Victor Osimhen continues to be linked and they are set to lose academy star Rio Ngumoha to Liverpool.
Tottenham are also being heavily linked with Doue. Still, it is Eze, Wolves star Pedro Neto and Aston Villa’s Jacob Ramsey who are understood to be further up Ange Postecoglou’s transfer wishlist. Manchester United are closing in on a £80m double deal for Joshua Zirkzee and Matthijs de Ligt, have seen another bid for Jarrad Branthwaite rejected and Mason Greenwood is heading to Marseille. But a £42m bid for Leny Yoro has been accepted by Lille. Follow all the latest transfer news, gossip and rumours including the latest on Liverpool and West Ham via Standard Sport’s LIVE transfer blog!
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Mason Greenwood’s proposed move from Manchester United to Marseille is now a done deal, reports claim.
David Ornstein of The Athletic says that the two clubs have agreed a £23.3m fee up front with a further £3.4m in add-ons and a large sell-on clause that others say is as much as 50 per cent and could rise further still in the future.
Fabrizio Romano reports the sell-on clause to be active between 2025-2029.
Marseille have apparently offered Greenwood a five-year contract at the Stade Velodrome, where he will work under former Brighton boss Roberto De Zerbi.
Tottenham are plotting a three-player swap deal with Aston Villa.
Villa rate Jacob Ramsey at £50m but could let him go, according to Football Insider, with Giovani Lo Celso heading in the other direction.
Another unnamed player is said to be on the table to sign for Spurs, although it feels like this is at the early stages still with Villa potentially reluctant to offload Ramsey.
Casemiro will take his time over a decision to leave Manchester United.
According to Football Insider, it’s Saudi Arabia or Old Trafford for the Brazilian next season with Man Utd open to letting him go.
But a switch to Europe or elsewhere is not on the table and Casemiro will demand a “huge” offer if he is to move to the Middle East.
He is said to be on £350,000-a-week in Manchester and has two years left on his contract.
Arsenal midfielder Albert Sambi Lokonga has hinted at a summer transfer away.
The Belgian spent last year on loan at Luton and has made no bones about his desire to find first-team football.
“Preparing for what’s next,” wrote Lokonga on Instagram last night while training in Portugal.
Sevilla are reportedly keen on a deal with Arsenal wanting to cash in before his contract expires next year.
AC Milan are in advanced negotiations to sign Youssouf Fofana.
The Monaco midfielder, currently at Euro 2024 with France, is available for £20m and a target for Tottenham – who look like missing out on this deal.
But they are also in negotiations over Emerson Royal with La Gazzetta dello Sport bringing us up to speed on that situation.
An £8.5m bid has reportedly been knocked back as Tottenham demand £17m.
Nuno Tavares has vowed to fight for his future at Arsenal.
The left-back is currently out of favour at the Gunners and has spent the last two seasons out on loan but Nottingham Forest, his most recent team, declined an option to sign him so he’s set for pre-season in north London.
And asked by Portuguese newspaper Record if his objective to convince in pre-season and earn a place in the Gunners’ squad, he said: “Yes, obviously, I have in mind to return to Arsenal and have a good pre-season.
“Regardless of what happens in the future, I will always do my best, as I have done in all pre-seasons, to have a place at the club. I always try to do my work in the best way. Then it’s up to the club to decide whether I’m a valid option or not.
“But I have a strong mentality. I know what I’m capable of. Sometimes things don’t depend on us, but my job is to focus on myself and do what I do best.
“I played for one of the biggest clubs, Benfica, where there was huge competition. Therefore, it doesn’t have to be a question of fear of competition, because I know my value and I don’t let anything affect me. I trust my work.
“I went with the intention of playing as many games as possible at Arsenal. Because it was my first year playing at a high level and in the Premier League, I think 28 games [in my first season at Arsenal] is very good for the first year. It was a good time.”
Manchester United have received a major boost in their bid to sign Leny Yoro.
According to Sky Sports, a £42million bid has been agreed in principle with Lille for the teenager to join the Red Devils.
Lille are ready to cash in on Yoro, 18, ahead of his contract expiring next year but rival interest from Real Madrid complicates matters.
Reports in Spain insist that the player would prefer to sign for Los Blancos and they are happy to either negotiate a fee with Lille now or wait until 2025 and bring him over as a free agent.
For now, it remains to be seen whether Yoro would accept an earlier move to Man Utd or whether Madrid can agree a deal for this transfer window with Lille.
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Aston Villa striker Jhon Duran has once again been the subject of some serious transfer bids.
After Chelsea’s interest came and went, West Ham are now on the scene according to transfer journalist Fabrizio Romano.
It is claimed that multiple bids have been made with the latest totalling £35m plus a 10 per cent sell-on clause, while personal terms are already sorted.
Manchester United’s bid for Manuel Ugarte is in the hands of Luis Enrique.
The PSG coach will have the final say on whether his club accept a bid worth £38m plus bonuses for the Uruguayan midfielder, who has impressed in his country’s run to the Copa America semi-finals.
Man Utd are said to be pushing hard behind the scenes as Le10Sport report of their optimism that a deal can be done.
Barcelona and Manchester City are named as monitoring the situation.
Arsenal have taken teenage star Coran Madden on trial, writes Simon Collings.
The 15-year-old forward, who has already had trials at Manchester City and Manchester United, is considered one of the brightest prospects in Northern Ireland.
Madden has earned the nickname ‘Golden Child’ at the academy of his club Cliftonville and is expected to move to the Premier League in the future.
Arsenal are one of several top-flight clubs targeting Northern Irish players due to Brexit changing laws around signing youngsters from abroad.
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