LAs news of illegal Downing Street ‘work events’ being held during the lockdown, transfer rumors continue to flood in and just like yesterday, Manchester United features prominently in today’s reveal and is linked to all kinds of comings and goings.
Disgruntled midfielder Donny van de Beek waits impatiently in the departures lounge, having been offered to Newcastle United and Borussia Dortmund, while Paul Pogba remains linked to Paris Saint-Germain, whose manager Mauricio Pochettino can still go the other way. United have identified the Spanish midfielder from Napoli Fabien Ruiz as a potential replacement for Pogba, whose contract expires in June and whose future remains very uncertain.
With their star Federico Chiesa out for the season after sustaining an ACL injury in his side’s win over Roma last weekend, Juventus are eyeing replacements in the form of United. Antoine Martial or Arsenal Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. Already in the hunt for a new striker before Chiesa’s unfortunate collision with Chris Smalling, Juve were forced to urgently rethink their January transfer plans.
Successfully signed Chris Wood from Burnley, Newcastle remain interested in bringing Todd Canwell to Norwich City’s St James’ Park in a move that would unlikely be seen as weakening another relegation rival given how little time the playmaker has been on the pitch this season. Cantwell, who has also been linked with Leeds United, is set to be part of Norwich’s squad for Saturday’s game against Everton after recovering from illness.
With their January cart underway, Newcastle have also made an offer for the centre-back from Sevilla diego charles and have been warned they will have to pay the hefty sum of £40million to reward the Serbian defender Nikola Milenković away from Fiorentina.
Currently ‘winning’ the January window after signing Philippe Coutinho and Lucas Digne, Aston Villa are hoping to consolidate by luring Yves Bissouma away from Brighton. Valued at £50million and also on the radar of Manchester United and Liverpool, the Malian midfielder is currently out in Cameroon and has 18 months left on his contract with Brighton. However, his employers have hinted that they may be tempted to cash out if they receive a decent offer. “There are a lot of ifs and buts,” Graham Potter said after being asked about Bissouma’s future. ” I’m confident. Yves enjoys his football here but as I said with the transfer window, you never know.
After their impressive performance against Liverpool, Arsenal are giving pride of place to Youri Tielemans and Gini Wijnaldum. In the final 18 months of his contract, Tielemans is unlikely to leave Leicester this month, but Brendan Rodgers has revealed a summer exit could be on the cards.
“For the players it’s about ambition, challenge and sometimes it’s about a different environment,” he said. “We have seen it many times before. In more heartwarming news for Leicester fans, their club are determined to do Adémola LookmanLeipzig’s loan transfer is permanent.
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