Chelsea offer Sterling to Villa - Friday's gossip

Fri, Aug 23, 2024
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CHELSEA’s Raheem Sterling is offered to Aston Villa, Liverpool to bid for Everton’s Jarrad Branthwaite, AC Milan interested in Newcastle’s Kieran Trippier, plus more.

Chelsea winger Raheem Sterling, 29, has been offered to Aston Villa but Unai Emery is not sure if the England attacker fits into his plans. (Mirror), external

Sterling was kept in the dark about being frozen out at Chelsea and has ruled out a move to Saudi Arabia. (Mail), external

Liverpool are set to offer Everton £63m plus £7m in add-ons for their England defender Jarrad Branthwaite, 22. (Sun), external

Southampton are considering an approach for Arsenal and England goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale, 26. (Mail), external

Arsenal are on the brink of finalising a deal to allow England forward Eddie Nketiah, 25, to join Nottingham Forest(ESPN), external

Leicester City are closing in on a deal for Crystal Palace’s 32-year-old Ghana forward Jordan Ayew. (Sky Sports), external

Two more attacking midfielders are also on Leicester boss Steve Cooper’s wish list before the window closes. (Telegraph – subscription required), external

Norwich City have emerged as surprise contenders to sign 22-year-old Brazilian attacking midfielder Reinier from Real Madrid(O Globo – in Portuguese), external

Aston Villa have been offered the chance to sign Atletico Madrid and Spain Under-23 striker Samu Omorodion after the 20-year-old saw a £34m move to Chelsea fall through earlier this month. (Mail), external

Tottenham and Manchester United are monitoring Barcelona and Denmark defender Andreas Christensen, 28. (Sport – in Spanish), external

Tottenham are set to allow 19-year-old centre-back Ashley Phillips to join Stoke on loan. (Athletic – subscription required), external

Girona have agreed a deal worth an initial £21.2m plus add-ons with Watford for Colombia midfielder Yaser Asprilla, 20. (Sky Sports), external

BrightonReal Sociedad and Real Mallorca are battling to sign 35-year-old Germany defender Mats Hummels on a free transfer. (Florian Plettenberg), external

Barcelona have agreed personal terms with Italy winger Federico Chiesa, 26, who is set for an £11m switch from Juventus(Sport – in Spanish), external

Everton, AC MilanBayern Munich and a number of clubs in Turkey are interested in signing Newcastle’s England defender Kieran Trippier, 33. (Talksport), external

Brentford are poised to wrap up a £10m deal for 18-year-old Brazilian winger Gustavo Nunes from Gremio(Fabrizio Romano), external

Republic of Ireland defender John Egan, 31, is training with Burnley after leaving Sheffield United(Football Insider)BBCSport

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Aug. 23, 2024

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