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Football Rumours on Friday 12th April 2024

last updated Friday 12th April 2024, 9:17 AM



TRANSFER RUMOURS

  • Arsenal's 20-year-old English midfielder Charlie Patino is set for a summer transfer abroad.
    (London Evening Standard)


  • Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou has made a new centre-back one of his transfer priorities and Bayer Leverkusen's Ecuador international Piero Hincapie, 22, is on his shortlist.
    (TeamTalk)


  • Manchester City are leading the race to sign Bayern Munich's 21-year-old Germany forward Jamal Musiala - but Liverpool, Barcelona and Paris St-Germain are all also interested.
    (Independent)


  • Brentford expect England striker Ivan Toney to leave the club in the summer, but the Bees will demand £50m, with Manchester United among several Premier League clubs tracking the 28-year-old.
    (HITC)


  • The recent good form of Arsenal's Germany forward Kai Havertz, 24, has made the Gunners rethink their summer transfer plans, with a move for Toney now unlikely.
    (Daily Mirror)


  • Frenchman Raphael Varane, 30, will not to be offered a new contract on the same money by Manchester United and expected to leave the club when his current deal expires in June.
    (Daily Mail)


  • Spurs are interested in signing Union Saint-Gilloise's Algeria striker Mohamed Amoura this summer but face competition from West Ham and Wolves for the 23-year-old.
    (GiveMeSport)


  • Manchester City are set to beat Liverpool and Arsenal to the signing of Gremio's 18-year-old Brazilian midfielder Gustavo Nunes.
    (Sun)


  • Chelsea could look to move on 11 players this summer as they attempt to trim their large squad, with England midfielder Conor Gallagher, 24, among those set to leave.
    (Sun)


  • Sporting Lisbon and Sweden forward Viktor Gyokeres is a top target for Arsenal but the 25-year-old's contract contains a 100m-euro (£85.4m) release clause.
    (Football Transfers)


  • Manchester United and Newcastle have reportedly "initiated talks" with Juventus and France midfielder Adrien Rabiot, 29, who could be available on a free transfer this summer.
    (Calciomercato)


  • Napoli will not take up the option to turn 28-year-old Belgium midfielder Leander Dendoncker's loan from Aston Villa into a permanent deal.
    (Calciomercato)



MANAGEMENT STUFF

  • Liverpool have agreed a deal in principle with Sporting Lisbon boss Ruben Amorim.
    (Football Insider)


  • Sir Jim Ratcliffe has held face-to-face talks with Newcastle United co-owner Amanda Staveley in an attempt to reach an agreement on sporting director Dan Ashworth's move to Manchester United.
    (Times)


OTHER STUFF

  • Newcastle United are introducing groundbreaking haptic shirts that will allow deaf fans and those with hearing loss to experience the atmosphere at St James' Park for the first time at a live match. Sheffield United will face a points deduction for their next season in the EFL; Blades will be deducted two points at the start of the next season that they are in the Championship, with a further two points suspended; Punishment relates to the 2022/23 season.
    (Sky Sports)


  • Newcastle bosses have injected £37m into the club in the form of a new share issue, although it is not clear whether the money will contribute towards the summer transfer window.
    (Daily Telegraph)


  • Prem clubs have been blasted for their "ludicrous" decision to bring in semi-automated offside technology AFTER next season has started.
    (Sun)


  • Leeds may have to fork out a staggering £40m for the bungled transfer of a player they never even owned.
    (Sun)


  • The Scottish Premiership winners WON'T automatically qualify for the group stage of the 2025/26 Champions League after Scotland dropped out of the UEFA coefficient rankings top 10.
    (Daily Record)




















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