Bayern Munich clearly had the hump when Florian Wirtz was lured to Liverpool moderately than Bavaria. So after lacking out on the previous Bayer Leverkusen playmaker, are they attempting to actual a spot of revenge by snatching Luis Díaz from the Reds? Newest studies from Germany recommend Bayern have upped their efforts with a £52m supply for the 28-year-old, and that new talks have taken place between Díaz's representatives and Bayern Munich's director of sport, Max Eberl.
Liverpool aren't having any of it, hinting they'd think about letting the Colombian go provided that a major supply arrived; £52m doesn't fall into that class. The participant himself has instructed he's open to an “thrilling supply” however which will simply be to enhance his contract at Anfield. And that's moderately a sticking level: scroll down the listing of Liverpool gamers' wages and he's surprisingly low however there seems to be no signal of a rise on the desk.
Whereas Darwin Núñez (on greater than double Díaz's wages) continues to be linked with a transfer to Italian champions Napoli, the massive fish for Liverpool's switch rod continues to be Alexander Isak. And possibly Arne Slot's champions have acquired some encouragement for a raid on the striker with information from the switch guru Fabrizio Romano that Newcastle have joined the race to signal the Eintracht Frankfurt frontman Hugo Ekitike.
The 23-year-old, rated at about £85m, has attracted curiosity from the Saudi Professional League and varied Premier League golf equipment, together with Liverpool (this factor goes in unending circles, doesn't it) and Chelsea. However the perception is that he needs to remain in Europe and Newcastle will surely have the wonga in the event that they bought Isak to Liverpool – even when it could go down like a chunk of Ikea furnishings with an important screw lacking in the event that they bought the Swede to a Premier League rival.
It's all taking place at Nottingham Forest and never in a great way in lots of respects. With the winger Anthony Elanga lined as much as be a part of Newcastle and the chief string-puller, Morgan Gibbs-White, set for a medical at Tottenham, Forest are in peril of seeing their squad pulled aside after a superb 2024-25 marketing campaign during which they flirted closely with a Champions League place earlier than lastly ending seventh.
However information of incomings will enhance spirits and one well-known Premier League frontman being closely linked once more is Brentford's Yoane Wissa. Forest are believed to have had a £25m bid rejected out of hand final winter. Brentford need double that and maybe the price range is there now for Nuno Espírito Santo to herald the Congolese worldwide.
The Wissa deal – Spurs have additionally proven curiosity – is sophisticated by the saga of Bryan Mbeumo's proposed swap to Manchester United. It's a saga being performed out in public and so gradual shifting that Rio Ferdinand has claimed on his Youtube channel that if it doesn't come off “it could be a custard, egg in your face state of affairs”. And it doesn't get any worse than that. Brentford don't need to lose each gamers so this will likely take a good whereas to be resolved but.
Again to Forest and so they're reportedly attempting to fill their Gibbs-White-shaped gap with Manchester Metropolis midfielder James McAtee. The 22-year-old has simply captained England Underneath-21s to Euros glory, which could have put just a few quid on his switch charge. That, by the way in which, is a bone of rivalry. Forest are believed to offer £25m however Metropolis need one thing north of £40m. West Ham are additionally sniffing, having simply bought Mohammed Kudus to Tottenham.
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And eventually, speaking of Spurs, Thomas Frank appears to be piecing collectively a brand new squad moderately properly and there may very well be a recent arrival in defence too. Attracting consideration is the Belgian centre-back Koni De Winter. The Genoa defender loved a superb season in Serie A and may very well be prized away for £25m-£30m. Inevitably, Inter and different Italian golf equipment are additionally monitoring the state of affairs.
