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Football Rumours on Saturday 13th May 2023

last updated Saturday 13th May 2023, 9:23 AM



TRANSFER RUMOURS

  • Arsenal are interested in RB Leipzig's 23-year-old French defender Mohamed Simakan, who signed a new contract in December.
    (Guardian)


  • Despite reports to the contrary in Italy, Tottenham have every intention of converting Dejan Kulusevski's loan move from Juventus into a permanent £30.5m transfer this summer.
    (Sun)


  • Chelsea and Manchester United are interested in signing Aston Villa's Argentina goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez, 30, with Tottenham also in the market for a new keeper.
    (Daily Mirror)


  • Chelsea could move ahead of Liverpool in the race to sign Brighton midfielder Alexis Mac Allister, 24, by making defender and current Seagulls loanee Levi Colwill, 20, part of a swap deal.
    (Daily Express)


  • Chelsea will allow 38-year-old Brazil defender Thiago Silva to rejoin Fluminense this summer.
    (Daily Telegraph)


  • Manchester United have submitted what is being described as a "colossal" offer for Napoli defender Min-Jae Kim and opened talks with the South Korea international's agent, according to reports.
    (Daily Express)


  • Tottenham are ready to make Roma's Brazil defender Roger Ibanez, 24, their first summer signing.
    (Four Four Two)


  • Brighton have opened talks to sign Borussia Dortmund midfielder Mahmoud Dahoud, who is understood to be keen on working with Seagulls head coach Roberto De Zerbi.
    (Daily Mail)


  • Nottingham Forest's England midfielder Jesse Lingard, 30, has been offered to Besiktas when his contract expires in the summer.
    (Nottingham Post)



MANAGEMENT STUFF

  • Tottenham did not meet Julian Nagelsmann and no meeting is scheduled to take place; Nagelsmann is respected by senior figures at the club but he is not one for them at this moment in time.
    (Sky Sports)


  • Arnie Slot, Roberto De Zerbi and Luis Enrique are being considered as options for the Tottenham manager's job.
    (Daily Mail)


  • Roma sporting director Tiago Pinto is among the possible candidates to take over from Fabio Paratici as Tottenham sporting director, and he is believed to be keen on a Premier League role.
    (Daily Telegraph)


OTHER STUFF

  • Sir Jim Ratcliffe has moved a significant step closer to securing Manchester United with the Glazer family and their New York bankers ready to discuss details of a sale, although there remains a chance that Sheikh Jassim could make a last-ditch fourth offer for the club.
    (Times)


  • The Welsh government is to hand Wrexham FC £17m in public funding to renovate the Racecourse Ground, which will boost capacity to 16,500 and see Wales return to playing international matches there.
    (Times)


  • Wrexham stars are being lined up to make acting debuts with cameo roles in Ryan Reynolds' third Deadpool movie.
    (Daily Star)




















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