FOOTBALL UPDATES

Compiled by Miracle Ogunde

-OGC Nice have signed Jonathan Clauss from Marseille. €5m fee.

-Aston Villa boss Unai Emery is confident of recalibrating João Félix. Diaby’s exit along with CL riches and further player sales would ALLOW room for manoeuvre in Villa’s wage and transfer budget.

-PSG are closing in on a deal to sign João Neves for €70m fee + players to include for Benfica, like Renato Sánches.

-Manchester City have added Yan Couto to the transfer list and want €30m for the Brazilian Right back. Dortmund are keen.

-Aston Villa REJECTED West Ham new bid for Jhon Durán worth £32m, Lewis Ordford and sell-on clause.

-Emre Can is expected to lose the captaincy at Dortmund under Nuri Şahin.

-Jarrad Branthwaite has no intention of signing a new contract extension at Everton unless they can match the £160,000-a-week being offered by Manchester United.

-Manchester United’s Hannibal Mejbri is in advanced talks to join Rangers on loan.

-Bayern are fully focused on Désiré Doué. Nothing has been decided yet by the player. But Bayern have presented him with a clear, appreciative plan and his feedback was positive. After Xavi Simons, Dani Olmo could also no longer be an alternative. The Spaniard is clearly leaning towards joining Barcelona, who have had a first bid rejected by RB Leipzig.

-Artem Dobvyk PREFERS a move to Roma over Atletico Madrid.

-Ryan Sessegnon has signed a two year contract with Fulham, with an option of a further year.

-Ivan Toney has got his heart set on a move to Tottenham this summer, despite interest from Arsenal and Chelsea.

-Kalvin Phillips is wanted on loan by Everton this summer.

-Yang Min-hyuk to Tottenham is HERE WE GO done. He will join the club in January 2025.

-There’s a lot of activity surrounding Dani Olmo. Manchester City have made an offer for him but he prefers Barcelona which is also eager to sign him. Olmo’s agent is meeting with Barcelona’s management this weekend though the club needs to sell players before they can finalize his recruitment.

-Crystal Palace have agreed in principle to sign Ismaila Sarr from Marseille for €15m. Personal terms are agreed and the 26-year-old Senegal winger will undergo a medical before completing the move.

-Désiré Doué is very keen on joining Bayern. But for now he still hasn’t made a final decision. Bayern are considering their next steps following PSG’s latest offer. Race is still Open.

-Real Madrid are ready to let Andriy Lunin move to Chelsea in exchange for Kepa and a sum of money. The two clubs are negotiating the deal.

-Hoffenheim are monitoring both Wolfsburg’s Moritz Jenz and Liverpool’s Sepp van den Berg. Looking at alternatives for the injured Ozan Kabak. Liverpool demanding €20m for van den Berg, who spent last season on loan at Mainz.

-Arsenal have initiated discussions with PSG for Fabian Ruiz.

-David de Gea was upset with those he held responsible for his Man United departure: Erik ten Hag and John Murtough. De Gea even told his inner circle that he would be happy to return to United if those two figures were no longer there.

-Barcelona have made a bid for Dani Olmo. The bid is understood to be worth a total more than £50m, but it’s expected to be rejected by RB Leipzig.

-Chelsea are CLOSE to completing the signing of Guela Doue from Rennes for €7m plus €2m add-ons. The player will be loaned to Strasbourg.

-Dean Huijsen to Bournemouth is a DONE DEAL – Verbal agreement in place on €18m deal plus sell-on clause for Juventus.

-Napoli will make a new offer for Brighton’s Billy Gilmour. An initial offer was rejected.

-Juventus recently held a meeting with the father of Borussia Dortmund’s Karim Adeyemi.

-Manchester United are ready to sell seven players in order to fund more signings: Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Victor Lindelo, Harry Maguire, Christian Eriksen, Scott McTominay, Jadon Sancho and Antony.

-West Ham have offered £30m plus one YOUNG player as part of the deal for Jhon Durán.

-Manchester United have discussed a swap deal with Inter that would see Wan-Bissaka go to Inter and Denzel Dumfries join Man United – but NOT advanced.

-Chelsea are prepared to lower their asking price for Romelu Lukaku from £37m to £29m, but Napoli want to pay closer to £21m for the 31-year-old.

-Fenerbahçe have confirmed the signing of Youssef En-Nesyri from Sevilla.