Football transfer rumours: Arsenal & Man Utd battle for Mitoma; Barcelona plan De Jong sale
Arsenal are ahead of Manchester City and Manchester United in the race to sign Brighton & Hove Albion winger Kaoru Mitoma this summer. The Gunners are also interested in Mitoma’s Japan teammate Takefusa Kubo, who currently plays for Real Sociedad. (Fichajes – Spain)
Another La Liga player being closely monitored by both Arsenal and Man Utd is Girona left-back Miguel Gutierrez. (GIVEMESPORT)
Man Utd believe Everton could accept a bid of at least £60m for Jarrad Branthwaite before June as it would help balance their books for the 2023/24 financial period. (Football Insider)
Crystal Palace will entertain offers of £60m for Eberechi Eze and Michael Olise this summer, with both midfielders linked with the Premier League’s ‘big six’ clubs. (BBC)
Real Sociedad midfielder Martin Zubimendi has insisted he is happy at the club and links to Arsenal and Bayern Munich are ‘just rumours’. (MARCA – Spain)
Aston Villa midfielder Douglas Luiz remains on the radar of Arsenal, who are concerned that a move for Zubimendi will be ‘difficult’. (Evening Standard)
Roberto De Zerbi and Ruben Amorim are both candidates to take over at Chelsea, should they part ways with Mauricio Pochettino. (Rudy Galetti – Italy)
Manchester City midfielder Bernardo Silva is not seen as a top priority signing by Barcelona. (SPORT – Spain)
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If Barcelona have to make a big-money sale this summer, then they will look to shift Frenkie de Jong instead of Ronald Araujo. The Dutch midfielder resisted a move away in 2022 but could be more open to a move this time around. (AS – Spain)
Liverpool have made Eintracht Frankfurt defender Willian Pacho a ‘primary target’ this summer, but a deal could cost as much as €65m (£55.5m). (Santi Aouna – France)
Chelsea will listen to offers for forwards Raheem Sterling and Noni Madueke this summer, with various Premier League clubs registering an interest in the latter. (Simon Phillips)
Real Madrid’s Andriy Lunin has been linked with a move away from the club ahead of the return of first-choice goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois from injury. Man Utd, Bayern Munich and PSG are all interested in the Ukraine international. (Fichajes – Spain)
Tottenham Hotspur are in talks with Torino over the signing of centre-back Alessandro Buongiorno. Spurs have had great success in the Italian market recently, with Guglielmo Vicario, Destiny Udogie, Rodrigo Bentancur, Dejan Kulusevski and Radu Dragusin all joining from Serie A clubs. (Calciomercato – Italy)
West Ham United are willing to break their transfer record to sign Sporting CP attacking midfielder Pedro Goncalves. (TeamTalk)
Source: 90mins
