Sunday Sports : Africano Trumpeters’ Roundup
Sunday Sports : Africano Trumpeters’ Roundup .
Welcome to Africano Trumpeters Sports weekend’s Edition of Football Transfer Gossip
Chelsea could face a battle to sign Alex Telles this summer with Premier League rivals Manchester United and Manchester City is also interested in the FC Porto left-back .
Manchester United has been asked to be kept informed of offers for Lille centre back Gabriel Magalhaes with Everton . Inter Milan and Napoli are also pursuing the 22-year-old Brazilian valued at over €25m.
New Borussia Dortmund star Jude Bellingham has revealed that a conversation with Manchester United target Jadon Sancho helped convincing him to snub United and move to Germany.
Premier League clubs still involved in European competitions – Manchester City, Chelsea, Manchester United and Wolves – may be handed a grace period, meaning they would not play their first domestic fixture until 30 days after their final European match this season.
The pandemic will make it ‘very difficult’ for Premier League matches to be staged with full crowds for at least another year and capacities face being capped at 25 per cent when stadiums eventually re-open, a leading government adviser has said.
Manchester United are interested in signing France and Bayern Munich winger Kingsley Coman, 24 .
Napoli have agreed an initial 60m euro (£54.6m) fee with French club Lille for Nigeria striker , Victor Osimhen, 21.
Everton and Leeds United are both keen on Manchester United and Argentina goalkeeper, Sergio Romero, 33, who has become frustrated in his role as a back-up at Old Trafford.
Barcelona are desperate to tie teenage winger Ansu Fati, 17, down to a new deal to ward off interest from Manchester United in their Spain Under-21 international.
Former Tottenham captain Ledley King is in discussions with the club to join Jose Mourinho’s coaching staff.
Watford will accelerate their efforts to hire a new head coach after their Premier League fate is decided with Claude Puel, Marcelino, Zlatko Dalic and Nottingham Forest’s Sabri Lamouchi in the running.
West Ham are stepping up their interest in Brentford and Algeria forward Said Benrahma, 24.
Roma have published a picture of loanee Chris Smalling, 30, in their kit for next season and are confident of signing the Manchester United and England defender on a permanent deal.
Manchester United will not extend their current loan agreements with Roma for Smalling or with Inter Milan for Chile forward Alexis Sanchez, 31, as they want both players to move on permanently.
Manchester United have also asked Lille to keep them informed about offers made for Brazilian defender Gabriel Magalhaes, 22, who is being pursued by Everton, Inter Milan and Napoli.
Brighton have made an enquiry about 20-year-old Paderborn and Germany Under-21 defender Luca Kilian, who is also on the radar of AC Milan and Freiburg.
Real Madrid are hoping to raise around 180m euros (£163m) this summer by selling – among others – Wales forward Gareth Bale, 31, Colombia midfielder James Rodriguez, 29, and Serbian forward Luka Jovic, 22.
Former Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher says Chelsea could turn into Premier League title contenders by signing Atletico Madrid and Slovenia goalkeeper Jan Oblak, 27, this summer.
