Wednesday news ( includes West Ham)

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bill green 6:55 Wed Aug 21

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Thanks Alan 12:28 Wed Aug 21

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Thanks Alan 12:28 Wed Aug 21

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"BBC Chelsea may make a late approach to sign Manchester United and England forward Jadon Sancho, 24. (Athletic - subscription required) Liverpool have submitted an improved ¬£34m offer for Valencia and Georgia goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili, 23. (Relevo - in Spanish) Paris St-Germain have offered Manchester United the chance to sign Uruguay midfielder Manuel Ugarte, 23, on a season-long loan with an obligation to buy. (Telegraph - subscription required) Manchester City are frontrunners to re-sign former Germany midfielder Ilkay Gundogan from Barcelona, with the 33-year-old prioritising a return to the Premier League. (Athletic - subscription required) Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola is keen for Gundogan to return to the club. (Fabrizio Romano) Barcelona are unwilling to re-sign Manchester City and Portugal full-back Joao Cancelo, 30, because of his ¬£12m wage demands. (Sport - in Spanish) Manchester United have agreed a deal worth about ¬£5m for Uruguay winger Facundo Pellistri, 22, to join Greek club Panathinaikos. (Telegraph - subscription required) Burnley are interested in signing Manchester United and Tunisia midfielder Hannibal Mejbri, 21. (Athletic - subscription required) Wolves and Brentford are keen on Burnley's Dara O‚ÄôShea, 25, but must pay ¬£15m to sign the Republic of Ireland defender. (Mirror) Fulham have agreed a ¬£30m fee with Crystal Palace for 28-year-old Denmark defender Joachim Anderson. (Athletic - subscription required) Nottingham Forest are set to sign 31-year-old Spanish defender Alex Moreno from Aston Villa on loan with the option to buy. (Birmingham Mail) Marseille are interested in signing Norwich City's 21-year-old England Under-21 winger Jonathan Rowe. (Mail) Arsenal are holding out for more than ¬£30m for England striker Eddie Nketiah, 25, after rejecting a ¬£25m bid from Nottingham Forest. (Football Insider) Bayer Leverkusen have made contact with Liverpool about a potential deal for Sepp van den Berg with the Reds set to demand ¬£25m for the Dutch defender. (Florian Plettenberg) Brentford hope to scupper Xabi Alonso's efforts to sign Van den Berg from former club Liverpool. (Times - subscription required) Manchester United are set to sell Scotland midfielder Scott McTominay, 27, to Napoli in order to comply with Financial Fair Play (FFP) regulations. (Corriere dello Sport - in Italian) Barcelona want to sign AC Milan and Portugal forward Rafael Leao before this summer's transfer deadline. (Mundo Deportivo - in Spanish) Aston Villa's 20-year-old English winger Samuel Iling-Junior is exploring potential loan options before the transfer window deadline. (Athletic - subscription required) Brazil forward Endrick, 18, will ask to leave Real Madrid on loan in January if he does not get sufficient minutes on the pitch in the early part of the season. (Sport - in Spanish) Manchester United have not given up hope of signing 22-year-old England centre-back Jarrad Branthwaite from Everton, but accept it is unlikely to happen this transfer window. (Mail) Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag has shelved plans to let Brazil midfielder Casemiro leave after being impressed by the 32-year-old in pre-season and the start of the new campaign. (Sun) Chelsea are preparing for a clearout which could land them a ¬£200m transfer windfall, with eight players set to leave Stamford Bridge. (Mirror) Sky Paper Talk DAILY EXPRESS Barcelona are reportedly targeting Manchester United's Marcus Rashford as their next summer signing after failing to get Nico Williams from Athletic Bilbao. THE TIMES Ilkay Gundogan has spoken to Pep Guardiola as he tries to speed up his return to Manchester City from Barcelona. Raheem Sterling's exclusion from Chelsea's Europa Conference League play-off squad came as no surprise to the forward after he was told by Enzo Maresca on Friday that he was not in the head coach's plans this season. Brentford hope to see off late interest from Bayern Leverkusen to sign Sepp van den Berg, who would become the second player to sign from Liverpool this month. DAILY TELEGRAPH England interim manager Lee Carsley has cut Gareth Southgate's two leading analysts from his staff for the Nations League games next month as he seeks to shape his own approach ahead of his first squad announcement. Manchester United have been offered the chance to sign Manuel Ugarte on a season-long loan with an obligation to buy in another attempt to make a breakthrough in negotiations. PSG are continuing to withhold salary and bonuses from Kylian Mbappe, though their former striker has not started legal action against them. Manchester City have been given a clear run at re-signing Ilkay Gundogan, with the German midfielder, who will be allowed to leave Barcelona this summer, open to a return to the Premier League. DAILY MIRROR Bruno Fernandes admits he urged Manchester United's top brass to get to work in the transfer market prior to signing his new contract. Former Real Madrid star Guti has revealed he wanted the club to pursue Jadon Sancho and Joao Felix when in charge of Los Blancos' youth teams. Manchester United's striker search is unlikely to prompt a move for Ivan Toney. THE SUN Erik ten Hag has shelved plans to get rid of Casemiro after being impressed with the midfielder in pre-season and the start of the new campaign. Arsenal are ready to ship out players to balance the books as they close in on Mikel Merino. Norwich are eyeing Grenoble ace Lenny Joseph as a potential replacement for Jonathan Rowe, who could be on his way to Marseille. THE GUARDIAN Everton have rejected an offer from Marseille to sign Neal Maupay on loan and are close to re-signing Asmir Begovic a year after the veteran goalkeeper left Goodison Park. Ipswich are signing striker Armando Broja on loan from Chelsea for the season. THE ATHLETIC Manchester United officials sense Chelsea could still make a play for Jadon Sancho before Deadline Day. Aston Villa winger Samuel Iling-Junior is exploring potential loan options ahead of the transfer window deadline. DAILY RECORD Rangers face a battle to sign Domagoj Bradaric, with two new suitors reportedly entering the race for the Salernitana defender. Jota is reportedly demanding his Al Ittihad release to allow the former Celtic winger to return to Europe this summer. Brighton chief Paul Barber insists the Premier League club have the cash to strengthen and will continue to follow their model of targeting young, hungry players - with the Seagulls confident of landing Matt O'Riley in a Scottish-record transfer deal. Millwall boss Neil Harris admits he expects players to leave the New Den before the transfer window closes as Aberdeen look to sign Kevin Nisbet. SCOTTISH SUN Matt O'Riley's record-breaking move to Brighton from Celtic has moved a step closer. Sport Witness West Ham ‚Äòaccept offer‚Äô for defender‚Äôs exit ‚Äì Hammers now negotiatiing 2 key details of deal By Naveen Ullal Last month, we covered claims from Brazil that Luiz?£o aims to revive his West Ham United career under Julen Lopetegui, after being overlooked by David Moyes. It was also stated the centre-back‚Äôs entourage would welcome a transfer. The 22-year-old is yet to make an appearance for West Ham‚Äôs senior team since joining them from S?£o Paulo in January 2023. Corinthians have now stepped in to take the defender away from West Ham. Brazilian journalist Samir Carvalho first reported their interested, and it was then backed up by Globo Esporte, who provide more details on this case. Luiz?£o has less than two years left on his contract and the Brazilian club have made an offer to sign him on a season-long loan deal. The Premier League side have ‚Äòaccepted the offer‚Äô. It‚Äôs claimed West Ham are now negotiating with Corinthians for the purchase option and any percentage they will receive from a future sale. An agreement is expected to be reached on these details. A move to Corinthians would see the West Ham defender get more minutes and hopefully aid his progression. getfootballnewsgermany Konstantinos Mavropanos could return to VfB Stuttgart kicker reports that West Ham defender Konstantinos Mavropanos is a candidate to potentially return to VfB Stuttgart as they look for defensive reinforcements. The Greek defender is said to have fallen out of favour under new West Ham coach Julian Lopetegui and his future at the club is no longer certain. After only a year away from the MHP Arena, it could open the door for a potential surprise return. Burnley defender Ameen Al-Dakhil is also said to be a candidate at VfB but is not top of their priorities at the moment. Stuttgart are still looking for a central defender to replace the departed Waldemar Anton. VfB have been linked to a host of defenders throughout this window including Lo?Øc Bad?© of Sevilla and Armel Bella-Kotchap of Southampton. Mavropanos played 89 times for Stuttgart across three seasons at the club. The 26-year-old helped them finish ninth in his first season in the South West of Germany before then being one of the stand-out players as Stuttgart dramatically avoided relegation in 2022 and then needed to beat Hamburg in the relegation playoff a year later."