Saturday News (includes West Ham)

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BBC

Galatasaray have made an offer of 3m euros (£2.6m) for Manchester City and Brazil goalkeeper Ederson, 31. (L'Equipe - in French), external

Manchester City are considering a move for 22-year-old English goalkeeper James Trafford to return to the club from Burnley, but only if one of their two main goalkeepers leave. (Fabrizio Romano), external

Netherlands and RB Leipzig midfielder Xavi Simons, 22, favours a move to the Premier League, with both Chelsea and Arsenal monitoring his situation. (Bild - in German), external

Colombia and Liverpool winger Luis Diaz, 28, has told his club that he wants to join Bayern Munich. Liverpool rejected an approach earlier this week. (Florian Plettenburg), external

Barcelona, AC Milan, Al Hilal and Al Nassr are interested in 26-year-old Liverpool and Uruguay forward Darwin Nunez. (Caughtoffside), external

Juventus are considering a swap deal for Manchester United and Denmark striker Rasmus Hojlund, 22, in exchange for their 27-year-old Brazil midfielder Douglas Luiz. (Tuttosport - in Italian), external

Jose Mourinho is interested in signing Manchester United and England forward Marcus Rashford, 27, for Fenerbahce. (T24 - in Turkish), external

Sunderland have agreed a £17.5m fee with Sassuolo for 26-year-old French winger Armand Lauriente, 25. (Sky Sports), external

English attacking midfielder Ethan Nwaneri, 18, has agreed a new five-year deal with Arsenal. (Telegraph - subscription), external

Arsenal have appeared to accidentally confirm the signing of Spanish defender Cristhian Mosquera from Valenicia as they put out an image of him in club kit among the pictures which went along with those announcing Noni Madueke's arrival from Chelsea. The picture has since been deleted. (Standard), external

Tottenham have made an enquiry for 22-year-old Bournemouth and Ukraine defender Ilya Zabarnyi. (TalkSport), external

Ipswich are expecting an improved offer from Brentford for 21-year-old English forward Omari Hutchinson. (Sky Sports), external

Brentford are interested in Celtic and Japan striker Daizen Maeda, 27, given DR Congo forward Yoane Wissa, 28, has been linked with Newcastle United and Tottenham. (Teamtalk) , external

Norwich are close to selling USA striker Josh Sargent, 25, to Wolfsburg for £21m. (Sky Sports), external

Nigeria striker Victor Osimhen's move to Galatasaray is close to being finalised after they accepted some of Napoli's conditions for the 75m euro (£65m) deal to happen. (Gazzetta dello Sport - in Italian)




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THE SUN

Nottingham Forest are plotting a sensational swoop for Manchester United outcast Jadon Sancho.

Saudi Pro League chiefs are considering a record shattering bid to sign Real Madrid superstar Vinicius Jr, according to reports.

Jack Marriott could miss the start of Wrexham's season after having his appendix removed.

THE TELEGRAPH

Jack Grealish has agreed to return to Manchester City to train individually as he waits on a move away from the club.

Sheffield Wednesday's crisis is reaching breaking point, with fears over Hillsborough being ready for the new season amid safety concerns, and two senior players exiting the club.

DAILY MAIL

Brentford forward Yoane Wissa reportedly wants to leave the club this summer despite the Bees being willing to open talks over a new contract.

Marko Arnautovic was reportedly extremely close to joining Manchester United in 2022 but was not allowed to leave for the Red Devils, according to his agent.

DAILY EXPRESS

Alexander Isak is said to be open to a move to the Saudi Pro League, with Al-Hilal reportedly in the mix to sign the goalscorer from Newcastle.

Napoli's acquisition of Lorenzo Lucca from Udinese appears to have shut the door on a potential move for Liverpool's Darwin Nunez, who had been linked with the Serie A champions.

Bayern Munich reportedly remain hopeful of securing Luis Diaz, despite Liverpool dismissing their initial £58.6million bid for the winger.

Xavi Simons wants to join a Premier League club and he has reportedly recruited the services of a top agent to make it happen.

Senne Lammens has already publicly given the green light to a Manchester United transfer this summer if the opportunity arises.

THE TIMES

Galatasaray are trying to persuade Ederson to join them from Manchester City.

Leah Williamson, the England captain, is a doubt for her team's Euro 2025 semi-final after an ankle injury suffered during Thursday night's quarter-final against Sweden left her in a protective boot and on crutches.

THE ATHLETIC

Christantus Uche has emerged as one of the players Leeds United have made enquiries about this summer.

DAILY STAR

Napoli have left Victor Osimhen out of their pre-season training camp, fuelling speculation about his imminent departure.

Florian Wirtz's father has told how Arne Slot played a pivotal role in his son's decision to join Liverpool over Manchester City and Bayern Munich.

Fantasy Premier League have introduced a radical new change to points scoring.

DAILY MIRROR

Takehiro Tomiyasu has opened up on the circumstances behind his early exit from Arsenal after agreeing to leave the club 12 months before the end of his contract.

THE STANDARD

Thomas Frank did not rule out a summer departure for Heung-min Son, but insisted he was "not worried" about the Tottenham forward's future.

SCOTTISH SUN

Louis Munteanu is closing in on a move away from CFR Cluj, according to the Romanian club's owner.

Dundee's plans for a state-of-the-art new training centre in the city's Riverside area are in limbo - after they lost out on SFA funding for the project.

DAILY RECORD

Kieran Tierney insists Brendan Rodgers is as driven as ever and won't be distracted by contract countdown talk.

Alfie Dorrington is facing an uphill battle to force his way into the plans of new Tottenham boss Thomas Frank after the Aberdeen cup hero was not given a squad number for the club's pre-season schedule.

Luuk de Jong appears to have played his final game for PSV Eindhoven after having the No 9 shirt taken away from him.





Sport Witness

Player agrees move to West Ham after partner vetoes transfer elsewhere

There’s a claim in the Turkish media that former Southampton defender Kyle Walker-Peters agreed a transfer to Besiktas and then it failed due to personal reasons.

The right back is on the verge of signing for West Ham United after being linked with the London club in recent weeks.

Hürriyet today report on the situation with Walker-Peters as West Ham look to close a deal for him.

The 28-year-old was expected in Istanbul earlier this week after agreeing to sign for Besiktas on a free transfer. Personal terms had already been sorted out, and his official announcement was pending after he’d passed his medical.

However, Walker-Peters didn’t turn up on his scheduled flight with initial reports he’d remained in England due to family reasons.

Besiktas then released a statement saying they were no longer interested in the player, and today Hürriyet report the defender’s partner vetoed the move to Turkey.

Subsequently it now seems Walker-Peters will be remaining in the Premier League with West Ham close to signing him. He made 38 appearances in all competitions for Southampton last season.

There’s no way Besiktas and their local media could merely accept Walker-Peters rejected the club for West Ham, so finding other reasons is attractive to them.




C&H

West Ham’s PSR Troubles Given a Huge Boost

Sean Whetstone

West Ham’s sale of Mohammed Kudus to Spurs for £54.5m has taken off the pressure of a PSR breach, thanks to an accounting quirk in Premier League regulations.

Profits from player sales are recognised in the financial year they are sold, while player purchases can be spread over five years in the accounts using amortisation rules.

This anomaly benefited West Ham when they sold Declan Rice to Arsenal for £105m, allowing the Hammers to record a profit last season.

West Ham initially paid €43m (£37.1m) with an additional €3m (£2.6m) in add-ons in 2023 for Mohammed Kudus, as confirmed by an Ajax statement at the time.

The sale of the Hammer for £54.5m to Spurs will create a one-off £30.7m gain on paper in West Ham’s accounts, as the club has already written down two years of the five-year amortisation period for the initial transfer fee for Kudus.

Since most new transfers are written off over the maximum five years, you only need to balance the initial first-year instalments, meaning a £30.7m profit can be worth £153.5m in PSR terms in one financial year.

The challenge with that strategy is that it becomes very short-termish. While it solves a problem with PSR this season and this summer, it means that West Ham would have to make a similar profit on a player or players each summer after that to continue to balance the books.

This is a model which served Brighton well, but it relies on discovering young talent and selling them later for profit to support continued transfer spending.

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