Chelsea remain interested in Aston Villa Morgan Rogerswhile Real Madrid has its eye on Arsenal Gabriel Magalhaes.
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– Chelsea remains confident of being able to sign the Aston Villa midfielder Morgan Rogers despite the Villans claiming that only an extraordinary offer would tempt them to consider letting him go, TeamTalk reports. That figure will probably have to be higher than the £100 million Villa received from Manchester City for Jack Grealish in 2021. Chelsea have had a long-term interest in the 23-year-old, with their co-director of recruitment, Joe Shields, the person who originally brought Rogers to City while leading the Citizens' youth signings.
– Real Madrid has made an inquiry about the Arsenal centre-back Gabriel Magalhaesaccording to TeamTalk. Premier League officials quickly informed Madrid that the 28-year-old is not available at any price. Gabriel signed a long-term contract extension last summer. Having also closed agreements to extend the stays of Bukayo Saka and William SalibaArsenal are reportedly determined to prove that not even a club as big as Madrid can sign their best players.
– Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur are likely to face competition from Inter Milan to sign the Bayern Munich midfielder. Leon Goretzka in summer, reports CF Bayern Insider. Bayer Leverkusen are also interested in the 31-year-old, who will be a free agent with his contract with Bavaria expiring at the end of this season. Arsenal had tried to sign Goretzka in January, but the German international had already given Bayern his word that he would stay until the end of the campaign.
– Manchester United is closely monitoring the situation of the Villarreal midfielder Pape Gueyeas reported by Footmercato. The 27-year-old's reputation has grown since scoring the winning goal against Morocco in the African Cup of Nations final, and he is also a key player for Villarreal. The World Cup offers Gueye another chance to impress on a big stage, but he has already attracted plenty of interest, particularly from United, who are looking to replace Casemiro following the announcement that the Brazilian will leave Old Trafford.
– Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester City, Newcastle United, Brighton & Hove Albion and Brentford have carried out checks on the Eintracht Frankfurt right-back Nnamdi Collinsaccording to TeamTalk. Arsenal, in particular, are impressed by the 22-year-old and see similarities with ben whitealthough Frankfurt has a strong negotiating position, as Collins' contract runs until 2030. His fellow Frankfurt full-back Nathaniel Brown He has also been heavily scouted and Manchester United have looked at the 22-year-old.
EXPERT SHOT
ESPN's Real Madrid correspondent, Alex Kirkland, gives his opinion on whether it makes sense for Gabriel Magalhães to join the LaLiga giants:
ESPN has reported that a centre-back is a priority signing for Madrid this summer. Éder Militão has had some injury-prone years, missing most of the last three seasons; Dean Huijsen is promising, but is still unproven at the highest level, and hasn't had the best debut campaign; Antonio Rüdiger is 32 years old and could leave at the end of the season, while David Alaba, 33, will surely leave. Raúl Asencio is a useful substitute, but it seems unlikely that he will ever cement a place as a regular starter.
All this means that a new central defender is essential. The big problem with Gabriel, a prominent defender, whose form with Arsenal has not gone unnoticed in Spain, is that he is 28 years old and has a contract with the Emirates until 2029, after agreeing a new contract last year. What kind of sum would Madrid have to pay Arsenal to convince them to part with a key player? Is that really a likely scenario, given your age profile?
In recent years, Madrid's transfer policy when it comes to experienced players, especially defenders, has been quite the opposite: signing them for free when their contract expires, like Rüdiger and Alaba, or for a minimal fee, like Trent Alexander-Arnold. Spending heavily on Gabriel would go against that, and it seems highly unlikely that Florentino Pérez (whose biggest spends in recent years have been on Jude Bellingham and Kylian Mbappé, and more recently, youngsters Huijsen, Álvaro Carreras, Franco Mastantuono and Endrick) would approve that kind of deal.
Instead, Madrid have been looking at more defenders who are coming to the end of their contracts, such as Liverpool's Ibrahima Konaté, or even Gabriel's teammate William Saliba before he signed a new contract with Arsenal, while they have also been monitoring Borussia Dortmund's Nico Schlotterbeck, whose contract expires in 2027.
That type of signing seems much, much more likely than Gabriel's.
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– Brighton could lower its rating by Carlos Beleba from over £100m to around £70m amid interest from Manchester United. (Team discussion)
– casemiro He wants to continue playing in Europe when he leaves Manchester United, with Italy as a possible destination for the midfielder. (The sun)
– Manchester City and Arsenal are closely monitoring the versatile Brighton midfielder Jack Hinshelwood. (Caught offside)
– Liverpool, Arsenal and Manchester United have closely followed the 18-year-old Ajax midfielder. Sean Steur in recent weeks. (Team discussion)
– Mark Thuram He could leave Inter Milan during the summer transfer market. (Nicolo Schira)
– Several foreign clubs have approached Marc Casadobut the midfielder is getting closer to extending his contract with Barcelona. (Nicolo Schira)
– Atlético de Madrid has included the Borussia Dortmund striker Fabio Silva on their short list of possible replacements for Julian Alvarez if the 26-year-old leaves in the summer. (Rudy Galetti)
– Tottenham want to sign the Crystal Palace goalkeeper Dean Henderson in the summer as they prepare to lose Guglielmo Vicario. (Football Insider)
– Crystal Palace are considering signing a replacement Marc Guéhi as a priority during the summer transfer window. (The standard)
– The Premier League and the main European clubs follow the Brentford goalkeeper Matthew CoxImpressive form on loan at Shrewsbury Town. (Football Insider)
