The summer transfer window continues to provide twists and turns across English football with clubs looking to sign new stars and keep a hold of current ones.
Brighton & Hove Albion’s hopes of signing an Argentina international defender have been dealt a blow with Barcelona reportedly considering a move if they can’t land a Chelsea star while a West Ham United target is flying to the USA for talks with MLS sides.
Meanwhile, Arsenal have ‘stepped up’ their pursuit of a Leicester City midfielder and are preparing a £30 million offer and Crystal Palace are in talks to sign a Swansea City star for £8 million.
Elsewhere, Nottingham Forest want to sign defenders from Bayern Munich and Liverpool respectively while Fulham are looking to ‘tie up’ a deal to sign an Arsenal goalkeeper,
Leeds United are being linked with a Europa League winner who has previously been reported as a Tottenham Hotspur target while Everton are set to offer one of their star players a new contract to try and ward off interest from Newcastle United.
Finally, Manchester United and Ajaz are about €20 million apart in their valuation of the Dutch side’s star winger.
Here are the Premier League transfer news stories making the headlines on Thursday morning:
Meanwhile, Arsenal have ‘stepped up’ their pursuit of a Leicester City midfielder and are preparing a £30 million offer and Crystal Palace are in talks to sign a Swansea City star for £8 million.
5. Arsenal prepare £30m Tielemans bid
Arsenal have stepped up their interest in Youri Tielemans and are ready to make a £30 million offer for the Leicester midfielder (The Sun)
6. Lingard to listen to MLS offers
Jesse Lingard, who is reportedly a target of West Ham and Newcastle United after his Manchester United release, is set to travel to the United States to listen to pitches from MLS teams (ESPN)
7. Barcelona could move for Brighton linked defender
Brighton’s chances of signing Argentina left-back Nicolas Tagliafico have been dealt a blow with Barcelona considering a move for the Ajax defender if they cannot sign Marcos Alonso from Chelsea (Marca)
8. Everton to offer Gordon a new deal
Everton are set to offer Anthony Gordon a new contract in a bid to ward off interest from Newcastle United (Times)