Villa close in on Onana - Thursday's gossip

Thu, Jul 18, 2024
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ASTON Villa close in on signing Belgium midfielder Amadou Onana from Everton, former Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp rules himself out of the running for England, who could be prepared to wait for Pep Guardiola to leave Manchester City.

Everton’s 22-year-old Belgium midfielder Amadou Onana is set to complete his move to Aston Villa by this weekend. (Sky Sports), external

Former Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp is not interested in taking the England job. (Sky Germany), external

The Football Association are willing to wait for Pep Guardiola to leave Manchester City before appointing him as Gareth Southgate’s permanent successor as England boss. (Independent), external

Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou is also among the candidates to replace Southgate. (Telegraph – subscription required), external

Atletico Madrid want Manchester City and Argentina striker Julian Alvarez, 24, to replace 31-year-old Spain forward Alvaro Morata, who is expected to join AC Milan. (Mundo Deportivo – in Spanish), external

Arsenal’s move for Bologna centre-back Riccardo Calafiori, 22, has been held up because the clubs cannot agree a fee for the Italy international, while the Gunners also want to use Jakub Kiwior, 24, as a makeweight in the deal but the Poland defender would prefer to join AC Milan. (Times – subscription required), external

Manchester United have turned down a bid from Fulham for 27-year-old Scotland midfielder Scott McTominay, who has one year left on his contract but with an option for a 12-month extension. (Mail)

Al-Nassr’s pursuit of Juventus‘ 34-year-old Polish goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny has broken down. (Athletic – subscription required), external

Paris St-Germain have stepped up their interest in 25-year-old Napoli striker Victor Osimhen which could end Chelsea’s pursuit of the Nigerian forward. (Talksport), external

Liverpool partly pulled out of the race to sign Manchester United-bound defender Leny Yoro, 18, from Lille because they thought he was only interested in signing for Real Madrid(Mirror)

Birmingham City are interested in Aston Villa’s 21-year-old English forward Louie Barry. (Football Insider), external

Villa still owe Bayer Leverkusen more than half the money they paid for France winger Moussa Diaby, 25, who is close to joining Al-Ittihad(Football Insider), external

West Ham are winning the race to sign 24-year-old Arsenal forward Reiss Nelson with the Gunners valuing the Englishman at £25m. (Talksport), external

Leeds winger Crysencio Summerville, 22, has held talks with Chelsea, but French side Rennes have also spoken to the Dutchman. (Teamtalk), external

Huddersfield Town are in talks to sign Wolves midfielder Joe Hodge, 21, after the Republic of Ireland Under-21 international spent last season on loan at Queens Park Rangers. (Football Insider), external

Barcelona have made their proposal to Athletic Bilbao winger Nico Williams, 22, in an attempt to agree personal terms with the Spaniard before any English clubs. (Fabrizio Romano), external

West Ham are in advanced talks to sign English right-back Aaron Wan-Bissaka, 26, from Manchester United.(Teamtalk)BBC sport

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July 18, 2024

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