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Talks with Aaron Wan-Bissaka continue for West Ham and he remains their priority for the right-back position, although it is a complicated deal to get over the line.
Despite the rumours, I’m not aware of talks for Arnau Martinez, and Kieran Trippier will only be an option if the Wan Bissaka deal falls through.
There’s no imminent move for Vladimir Coufal either from what I heard.
On Trevoh Chalobah’s situation, Crystal Palace are interested but it’s the same with clubs from abroad.
Chalobah will take his time to decide what will be the best opportunity for him.
What I’m told too is that Crystal Palace also have Lacroix on their shortlist, a player that’s really appreciated by Glasner.
So, a decision will be made once Marc Guehi’s future is clarified as talks with Newcastle are still ongoing, not done yet.
The former Manchester United goalkeeper, finally back after more than almost 13/14 months with no activity on the pitch, is gonna play in Serie A.
Let’s wait for the signature because we know that with agents it’s always kind of dangerous on the market, but the verbal agreement is in place.
David said yes to Fiorentina. One year contract plus one year option, €2m net salary plus €1m in add-ons.
Good luck to David, after a long time out of the game for him.
I also wanted to mention what’s going on at Arsenal, because we know that they are busy with the situation of Eddie Nketiah after selling Emile Smith Rowe to Fulham.
It was kind of a tense situation with Marseille because they had an agreement with the player. Nketiah wants to go to Marseille, he’s open to joining and attracted by the project.
But the negotiations were really tense in the recent days because Marseille had a new bid rejected and so they started exploring other options.
What they are doing now is to renegotiate again with Arsenal for Eddie Nketiah.
What I’m hearing is that they presented a new proposal in the last 24 hours, but now they want to close the deal only at their conditions – because they already spent other money in other positions.
Remember that Arsenal are also working to close the deal for Mikel Merino.
He hasn’t been called up for Real Sociedad’s next game because they say that he’s not 100 percent fit, but we know the transfer is behind this story because Mikel Merino has an agreement with Arsenal.
The contract is already agreed. The player said yes. He knows that Mikel Arteta wants him. This is the reality.
Arsenal have been closing in on the deal since last week, but they need to agree on the payment structure, payment terms, so a work in progress.
Lots of questions still regarding Nico Williams, and as I wrote on Substack yesterday guys, no changes…
Barça keep calling Nico’s agent, but at the moment Athletic Club remain completely confident and optimistic to keep him at the club.
They are sure that Nico will end up staying. Barça have a dream and they are trying to make it a reality, but Athletic are currently relaxed.
I think there’s still a chance for a move to happen this summer for Ivan Toney.
There could be movements in the next days and weeks, but there’s nothing imminent so far.
We have to see about which clubs have a concrete interest, because about 10 different clubs have been rumoured to be interested in him this summer.
I don’t want to put out names without any concrete updates but, for sure, it’s still an open situation.
There are no changes to Tottenham’s plans on signing Dominic Solanke, despite Richarlison wanting to stay.
Solanke remains the priority target.
Richarlison is fully focused on Spurs and Tottenham were already aware of this so his situation doesn’t change the plan to bring in more players.
It’s never easy to negotiate with Bournemouth but Spurs are trying.
Roma are looking for a new centre-back and Smalling could leave in the case of a good proposal for both Roma and the player.
I wanted to finish by mentioning Jadon Sancho. It’s important to say that his situation too remains open.
He is 100 percent part of the Man United team, but in case of a formal proposal in the next three weeks, there could still be movement for Jadon Sancho.
Man United could be open to doing business and the player could also be open to the move, so it all depends on the proposals.
Now, everything is okay, but PSG and others have been making contact with Sancho’s agents.
Still no bid but the situation is one to watch until the end of the window.
