Summer transfer chat...

United Baleba is dead in the water.

Liverpool have signed 18-year-old defender Giovanni Leoni from Italian side Parma for a fee of £26m plus add-ons.

Leoni, who Reds boss Arne Slot confirmed the club had agreed a deal for earlier this week, has signed a contract until 2031.

The Italy Under-19s centre-back began his career at Padova and had a short spell at Sampdoria before joining Parma last summer.

Leoni played 17 games in his first campaign in Serie A last season, attracting interest from both Milan clubs, but has opted for a move abroad.

He said it was "not possible to say no" to Liverpool.

"Because it's one of the best clubs in the world. It's not possible to say no to this club," he told the club website.

"[It was] easy - because it's one of the best clubs in the world. I didn't say no."

Leoni's transfer is subject to receiving international clearance and a work permit.
Leoni's rise set to continue at

Nottingham Forest have submitted an official bid to sign Rico Lewis from Manchester City.

Negotiations ongoing on both club/player sides to see if deal can happen in these final two weeks.

Rico’s agents have also been approached by #NFFC, as @Jack_Gaughan reports.





I hear reports of Lewis Miley to Ipswich, perhaps,
on loan, he needs game time, nice player.

Isak statement...

aint staying with the toon for sure

Lewis Miley loan to Ipswich turned down.

The way Isak has conducted himself during all of this his shirt number might more suitably have three sixes!

Stan collymore having a decent day.



A lot to unpack.

Firstly, he's under contract, one he willingly signed.

Secondly, and I've experienced this as have a million players, he's alluding to ( on signing that contract) the old "do well and if someone offers £80m for you we'll let you go. Answer to this of course is a buy out clause that both parties agreed to.

Thirdly, he's doing something every modern ( and I hate it) player does. Down tools, don't take the very old school route of transfer request if he wants out which he won't do as it means giving up a large chunk of bonus/loyalty/salary. In short, modern players want to leave, be paid on leaving and on signing for a new club. Cake meets eating it.

If Newcastle said to him and his agent a year ago " we'll let him go if he has a great season " but it wasn't written down, tough on Isak.

If the player wants to leave but doesn't want to go on the transfer list, then that's the player wanting that cake and eating it.

If he's desperate to leave, put in a request, that alerts every club on earth of his availability ( if Newcastle accept it, and that should because no club wants a player who doesn't want to stay publicly/officially) he forfeits some cash but he's outta there pronto.

Newcastle can play hardball and make him fulfill his contractual obligations but they'll lose money month on month plus they'll need a replacement who does want to play for Newcastle.

I'd sack the agent if I'd received the advice he has, because his contract didn't have a " if you do well you can go at £xxxx", he's basically been on strike for a couple of weeks ( what's the agent doing to get him and club to agree an exit strategy???), an agent several weeks in should advise pulling the transfer list rip cord ( " you're going to lose some dough but your next club will make it up ") etc etc. And any public statement can be used in any tribunal against the ayer do advise him to keep it shut.

Piss poor agent work, naive player, "possible" renaging ( pure speculation at this point) on handshake by club, a football transfer room 101 in how not to handle a febrile situation.

Newcastle now have NO intention of allowing Alexander Isak to leave in light of bombshell statement

Club have pursued alternatives & would've explored sale to Liverpool

But message from top tonight is clear - he'll be told he is STAYING

Craig hope

BREAKING: NUFC STATEMENT

We are disappointed to have been alerted to a social media post by Alexander Isak this evening.

We are clear in response that Alex remains under contract and that no commitment has ever been made by a club official that Alex can leave Newcastle United this summer.

We want to keep our best players, but we also understand players have their own wishes and we listen to their views. As explained to Alex and his representatives, we must always take into consideration the best interests of Newcastle United, the team and our supporters in all decisions and we have been clear that the conditions of a sale this summer have not transpired.

We do not foresee those conditions being met.

This is a proud football club with proud traditions and we strive to retain our family feel. Alex remains part of our family and will be welcomed back when he is ready to rejoin his teammates.

This is a proud football club with proud traditions and we strive to retain our family feel. Alex remains part of our family and will be welcomed back when he is ready to rejoin his teammates.

go to bed and no desert for you...

Why would he want to go to the desert?

He's moving there after he sold his gaff in Newcastle

Douglas Luiz to Nottingham Forest, here we go! Deal now done for fee around €30m to Juventus.

Understand #NFFC are planning for the Brazilian to travel today destination UK if documents are exchanged in time.

Fab r

Cracking signing, if going through.

Havertz injured... Arsenal join hunt for striker.

Hmmmm..

Liverpool continue to insist to Real Madrid that they will not sell Ibrahima Konaté for anything less than €50M.

#FreeKonaté

Wolves have agreed deal for Ladislav Krejci with Girona!

Club to club deal done for fee close to €35m as total package. Krejci already said yes.

Fab r

Manchester United are still working on deal to sign Senne Lammens, talks underway.

Personal terms are almost agreed and Man United are in active talks for the Belgian goalkeeper.

Fab R

Tyler Dibling to Everton, here we go! Deal in place for talented winger to join #EFC after long negotiations.

Verbal agreement at £42m plus sell-on clause to Southampton, long term deal for Dibling agreed back in July.

Formal steps next, as @ElBobble

42m.  Incredible, for a nobody.

Money go round

Not quite a nobody Honcho, but yes it's a lot of money for a teenager.

Unfortunately it's par for the course in the EPL these days, money thrown round like confetti.
Apparently Palace were in for Dibling as well now Eze is finally on his way. Hence EFC upping their bid.

Ok but he is still just a promising young player.

Agreed Honcho, i wouldn't have paid it but i can say the same about any number of Carlos Kickaball's that i have never heard of who have been signed this summer by various clubs. Once money became the dominant factor in the EPL i lost a lot of interest in it. I will always follow my club whatever but it just isn't the same these days. The characters have mainly gone from the game and it's just not as enjoyable.

The clubs are too greedy, look at the cost of replica kits, it's a scandal. It's £80 for an Everton adult shirt, Liverpool is £85. How can they justify that ?
The cheapest shirt in the EPL costs £60 (Wolves and a few others). It's one big rip off.

Well said Dixie.  The game has been hi-jacked and is a caricature of what we were privileged to watch as we grew up.
Jock Stein prophesied in 1966 or 7 that Tv would eventually control the whole game and people couldn’t understand him.  How right he was.

Apparently Sancho deal agreed with Napoli for £15m

Only hold up... Sancho's agent wants £8.9m

Former Napoli midfielder Philip Billing joins FC Midtjylland from Bournemouth for €7m package deal with add-ons.

Fab r

Wolves have rejected a £50m bid from Newcastle for Jorgen Strand Larsen.

Wolves’ position is he is not for sale in this window.

They believe he is too important and the lack of time left in the window is not enough to find a Premier League-ready replacement.

Newcastle are targeting Strand Larsen as the Callum Wilson replacement.  (sky sports)

Saw nick Jackson to bayern too, loan prefered by germans

But...

What's your view on Larsen ?

he is a bit of a throwback no.9..very physical, good in the air and a decent nose for goal..not the most polished but certainly effective..50m probably fair but everyone knows N'castle are in the market plus lateness of the hour..

Funny but true story...

Mrs says I'm thinking of putting strand larson
in fantasy football team last season. He's chite
says me, and she doesn't put him in, and then he
goes on goal scoring run.

Love the bloke, ha ha.

Probably costs £60 million,.. Suits Howe style
and possibly does a good job,... Dunno

Deffo prefer Wissa.

yep, I picked him up in a draft league last season (post draft with very limited options)  and did me plenty of favours..

could stretch to  both or not ?

Can't see how they could buy both without very favourable
payment terms or selling somebody.

ah, ok..

  Brilliant.

Already bought elanga and thaw and ramsey



That's 125m, but no idea on terms of schedule of payments.

Maybe could buy both strikers but got to be pushing limits
of psr

Soungoutou Magassa to West Ham, here we go! Deal agreed with AS Monaco.

€17m fixed fee, €3m add-ons and 10% sell-on clause also included.

#WHUFC scheduling now travel and medical for Magassa - follows @Santi_J_FM.

Yeremy Pino to Crystal Palace, here we go! Verbal agreement in place between all parties involved.

€30m fixed fee plus add-ons and long term deal for the winger who said yes to #CPFC leaving Villarreal.

Fab r

Newcastle United are expected to make an increased offer worth £60m for Wolves striker Jorgen Strand Larsen.

Newcastle have already seen two bids rejected, with the latest worth £55m turned down on Tuesday night. No improved offer has gone in yet.

(sky sports)

On joining Celta Vigo it took him five months to score a goal.  £55million?     

scored 14 goals (+4 assists) in a team that finished 16th last year..exceeded his xg comfortably and showed again last night that he's a pretty handy..60m is probably over the odds but everyone knows N'castle are desperate for a striker currently so they will probably have to pay over the odds if they want him..

Yes, but against which teams/ clubs?  Is the guy a quality player or a Ted McDougall?  I go for the latter.

Chelsea, Citeh, Spurs, Palace, Bournemouth amongst others

Ok, ty.  I still feel 55-60m is ridiculous.  For him.

Imagine these fees if FFP didn't exist

If ffp did not exist Newcastle would have
Isak, Ekitiké and Sesko...

Funny world, would that push fees higher or lower.

Chelsea and Man United, locked in talks for Alejandro Garnacho’s transfer.

#CFC confirmed their proposal worth £35/40m as total package, waiting for Man United’s green light.

The deal will happen, just matter of time… as Garnacho only wants Chelsea.  @fab

I don't think I've even heard of the Strand guy at Wolves. 50-60 million is absolutely ludicrous.   No sign of Spurs signing a N0. 10.  Thomas the Frank engine being set up to fail by Levy.

He's like the Norwegian Chris Wood

Jacob Strand Larsen got 14 goals in the league last year, is a decent age and very athletic.

In the current market, 60s is fair imho

If ffp did not exist Newcastle would have
Isak, Ekitiké and Sesko...

Give it till Jan and Sesko will be available for £10m lol

Wolves have started talks to sign Tolu Arokodare as new striker with deal underway on player/club side.

Top scorer of Belgian Jupiler league last season now serious target

Fab r

Newcastle have agreed a deal to sign Nick Woltemade from Stuttgart.

€85M fee + €5M add ons.

Nottingham Forest agree deal to sign Nicolò Savona on a permanent move from Juventus.

Transfer fee in excess of €15m, clubs exchanging documents ahead of medical tests.

Savona can sign at #NFFC ahead of the weekend.

Fab r

FÜNFUNDACHTZIG MILLIONEN EUROS?? #Woltemade

Alejandro Garnacho to Chelsea, here we go! Deal done between #CFC and Man United.

Garnacho seven year deal at the club for fee close to £40m package.

Fab

VfB Stuttgart did not sell Nick Woltemade to Werder Bremen; instead, Woltemade joined Stuttgart on a free transfer from Werder Bremen in the summer of 2024. He later joined Newcastle United for a reported €85 million with add-ons to reach €90 million

Xavi Simons has completed medical before moving to Tottenham Hotspur from RB Leipzig. €60m deal agreed club-to-club + personal terms done for 22yo attacker to join #THFC pending final details being sorted between Dutch int’l & #RBLeipzig @TheAthleticFC

yeah but where does he fit in at arsenal ?

I do appreciate good banter, even against us. This one was picked off the comments following the Xavi Simons article. Deal not done yet, which makes it even funnier.

BBC

West Ham United is delighted to announce the signing of Portuguese midfielder Mateus Rosé

Err..

Mateus Fernandes

Victor Lindelöf to Aston Villa, here we go! Medical underway right now approved by #AVFC.

The agreement is valid until June 2027 plus option until June 2028, higher proposal compared to Fiorentina/Everton.

Lindelöf said yes and now set for medical.

23 hours 34 minutes till the window closes

That must have been some fart

Guehi deal agreed @ 35m - subject to medical..(sky)

bargain...Palace turned town 60m last summer but sure most Palace fans would have been happy with FA Cup and European adventure...at the difference..

A deal has now been agreed between Chelsea and Bayern Munich for Nicolas Jackson.

Chelsea have got the obligation element they wanted in the initial loan agreement.

The loan fee has been negotiated up to £14.2m (€16.5m).

The obligation to buy has been agreed at £56.2m (€65m), with the total package worth £70.5m.

The move is subject to Chelsea board approval and completion of documents.   (sky)

Absolutely crazy that Jackson ended up at Bayern and Rashford at Barcelona.

[i]Gigio Donnarumma to Manchester City, HERE WE GO!

Deal done for the Italian GK to join Man City project from Paris Saint-Germain. Medical this afternoon.

Long term deal agreed weeks ago and all done between the two clubs after Éderson signed for Fenerbahçe.

Not a typical Pep goalkeeper. Is he going to rip up his tactics and start again?

indeed...looking forward to seeing him playing out from the back -

Guehi would be free next summer and you'd have to think Liverpool would be at the front of the queue to sign him then. There is some value getting him a year earlier and maybe on a lower salary but not sure that's worth 35m in total.

Liverpool very much in the now though for winning another Prem or CL...and he's a great addition to a slightly shaky looking defence..

good business for me but we shall see..

I'm happy with Muani; short in that Dept and what we have are not really up to the task, or haven't been. No more coming me feels, but I'm content with the window. We only need 16th to improve

i expect spurs to go well this season -they have a good manager now

Most deadline days have been a real damp squid for years.

Highlights being Yeovil sign 18 year old Billy Nomark on a free from Colchester.

This year is chaos.

Dunno why its so busy when the window has been open for months. The scale of them and the money is crazy.

Dele Alli has terminated his contract with Como, according to Sky in Italy.

Dele had originally signed on an 18-month contract in January.

He only made a single appearance for the club since his arrival and was sent-off after just eight minutes on the field.

sky saying Guehi deal off..

Strange Guehi as sounds like deal sheet went through.

Loss for Liverpool, though if get him for free next season, may turn out ok.

Maybe if you dont go shouting about a move these days you dont get it

"Marc Guehi has seen his dream deadline day move to Liverpool collapse after Crystal Palace boss Oliver Glasner put his foot down and blocked the deal."

very fair comment - the lad that goes about it all properly misses out..

Palace withdrew after they didn't get their own deal over the line.

Wow, I'm completely stunned.
Everyone at Palace thought it was a done deal.

I'm actually quite sad for Guehi as he has been an absolutely devoted and magnificent player for us. I was thinking, good man, you crack on and show your talent on the biggest stage against the very best European sides, you deserve it and you done Palace proud.

Guehi seems to be the ultimate professional and a nice guy. No doubt he will put his head down and still give everything on the pitch for Palace for the rest of the season.

Hopefully he can get his move next summer

yes all very strange....maybe hell come in the january window, or a free next year

He's good enough for Real Madrid imo. Could be a blessing in disguise missing out.

Guehi will have a queue of foreign clubs come January. Barca, RM, PSG & Juve love an out of contract player

^ spot on. I can't think of many defenders of his age who are better. Add in he is a total pro and you can see why Glasner loves him.

Glasner and him could end up at Bayern together next year.

There will be a queue for Glasner, no doubt about that.

The Hammers scuppered that deal.

Glasner prob eyeing up a bigger club, so not that bothered not getting a fee for Guehi as wont affect him.

Can see him getting a big move, wouldnt suprise me Man Utd if/when Amiron gets sacked.

Fofana turns down loan move for Celtic and chooses Charlton.

How big a slap in the face is that.

Still possible that owners overrule Glasner, Guehi leaves, Glasner goes to Leverkusen

Did Parish shaft Glasner last year when he wanted to go to Bayern as I remember?

Lovely to see some payback today

Sancho Villa