The transfer market is heating up with Manchester United reportedly making an enquiry about Bayer Leverkusen’s centre-back Jonathan Tah, who had hoped to join Bayern Munich. Additionally, negotiations between Man Utd and Bayern over Matthijs de Ligt remain unresolved .
Barcelona is considering a move for Spain Euro 2024 star Mikel Merino, who has a year left on his Real Sociedad contract and has also been linked with Arsenal . Meanwhile, Real Madrid goalkeeper Andriy Lunin insists he wants to stay at Santiago Bernabeu, despite being linked to Arsenal . Real Madrid is also actively pursuing Lille centre-back Leny Yoro and Bayern left-back Alphonso Davies .
Chelsea’s outcast Romelu Lukaku has agreed to a three-year deal with Napoli, but the move depends on whether the Italian side can offload Victor Osimhen . Liverpool is ‘super confident‘ about landing Crystal Palace defender Marc Guehi, following his impressive Euro 2024 campaign with England . Another defensive target for Liverpool is RB Leipzig’s Mohamed Simakan, who is also being pursued by Atletico Madrid .
Aston Villa, Chelsea, and Tottenham Hotspur are set to compete with Napoli for free agent Mario Hermoso, whose contract with Atletico Madrid has expired . Atletico Madrid is also in advanced talks with Manchester City over the potential signing of Argentine forward Julian Alvarez .
Everton is looking to bolster their wide areas with Napoli’s Jesper Lindstrom and Leeds United’s Wilfried Gnonto as prime targets . However, Newcastle United is also interested in Gnonto .
West Ham United has enquired about the availability of Manchester United’s Aaron Wan-Bissaka, with the Red Devils open to taking a loss on the £50m they paid for the right-back in 2019 .
