Transfer rumors, news: Arsenal enter race to sign Ekitike

Arsenal person Eintracht Frankfurt striker Hugo Ekitike successful their sights, portion Manchester United are prepared to unfastened ceremonial talks implicit a woody to motion Aston Villa goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez. Join america for the latest transportation news, rumors, and gossip from astir the globe.

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ESPN SOURCES

- Chelsea hold £60m woody for Brighton's Joao Pedro -- James Olley
- Dortmund, Leverkusen oculus Man City's James McAtee -- Rob Dawson
- AC Milan hold €25m woody for Torino midfielder Samuele Ricci -- Moretto
- Villarreal midfielder Ramón Terrats to motion caller deal, articulation Espanyol connected loan. -- Moretto
- Parma guardant Ange-Yoan Bonny to articulation Inter for archetypal interest of €23m -- Moretto
- Real Betis to motion Atletico winger Rodrigo Riquelme for €18m -- Moretto
- Atlético left-back Reinildo Mandava is heading to Sunderland connected a escaped -- Moretto

TRENDING RUMORS

- Arsenal are acceptable to participate the contention to motion Eintracht Frankfurt striker Hugo Ekitike, says Bild. Ekitike, 23, scored 22 goals and enactment successful 11 assists successful 47 matches crossed each competitions past play and the Bundesliga nine worth his transportation astatine €100 million. Man United, Liverpool and Chelsea person been linked with the France U21 planetary but present the Gunners are acceptable to marque a determination aft struggling to onshore RB Leipzig's Benjamin Sesko oregon Sporting CP's Viktor Gyökeres.

- Manchester United are prepared to unfastened ceremonial talks implicit a woody to motion Aston Villa goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez erstwhile André Onana departs, according to Football Insider. The 32-year-old changeable stopper is manager Ruben Amorim's apical precedence for the position, and Villa are consenting to fto him leave. The Red Devils, however, won't determination for the Argentine World Cup victor until Onana has gone, with AS Monaco being among those funny successful him. However, The Mirror reports that Chelsea person besides been offered a accidental to motion Martinez for £45m.

- Liverpool are acceptable to instrumentality their summertime spending supra £200m arsenic they look to onshore Crystal Palace defender Marc Guéhi, according to The Mirror. Guehi, 24, has a twelvemonth near connected his declaration and Palace are apt to driblet their archetypal £70m asking terms arsenic talks instrumentality spot successful the adjacent 24 hours. The Premier League champions person already signed midfielder Florian Wirtz from Bayer Leverkusen (£100m), left-back Milos Kerkez from Bournemouth (£40m) and right-back Jeremie Frimpong from Leverkusen (£30m) but request a cardinal defender to replace Jarell Quansah.

- VfB Stuttgart volition lone see offers of implicit €100m for striker Nick Woltemade, reports Kicker, amid increasing involvement from Bayern Munich. There person been discussions betwixt the 2 clubs regarding the 23-year-old, but negotiations are present expected to beryllium pugnacious and lengthy arsenic Bayern don't privation to walk implicit €50m-€60m for idiosyncratic who could initially beryllium a substitute down Harry Kane.

- Al Nassr are unfastened to letting defender Aymeric Laporte permission the club, says AS. Laporte, 31, wants to instrumentality to Europe to fortify his chances pf playing for Spain astatine the 2026 World Cup, and has Juventus and erstwhile broadside Athletic Club funny successful him. Though Galatasaray, Fenerbahce, Arsenal, Aston Villa, Marseille, Inter and Napoli are besides reportedly successful the race.

CONFIRMED TRANSFERS

- PSV Eindhoven person confirmed they volition not trigger the €10m enactment to motion Manchester United left-back Tyrell Malacia permanently aft his indebtedness expired. Read

- Everton striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin, 28, has announced helium volition beryllium leaving arsenic a escaped cause this summertime aft 9 years astatine the club. Read

EXPERT TAKE

ESPN's nonmigratory scout Tor-Kristian Karlsen explores what benignant of subordinate Hugo Ekitike is.

Ekitike predominantly prefers to prime up the shot wide connected the near earlier targeting the opposing right-back for a one-vs.-one duel, oregon to exploit the country betwixt them and the centre-back. Yet his mobility and roaming quality besides sees him prime up the shot connected the other flank and successful cardinal areas too. He handles himself good successful each attacking phases and is penetrative arsenic a 2nd striker retired wide, but with the link-up crippled of a No. 9 striker centrally.

One of the strongest features of his crippled is his high-intensity, pacy, determined running. His quality to fend disconnected tacklers is awesome and mostly results successful the drafting of fouls, portion his capableness to make goal-scoring opportunities single-handedly is priceless and makes him businesslike against debased blocks too.

He has astute speechmaking of attacking patterns and is simply a high-volume finisher (4+ shots per 90 minutes), with his goals coming from a varied scope of techniques.

One insignificant disapproval mightiness beryllium his inclination to beryllium impatient successful his execution, opting for a mid-distance changeable from an unfavorable presumption alternatively of moving connected the ball.

OTHER RUMORS

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- Jack Grealish's aboriginal astatine Manchester City is successful limbo aft Everton, Newcastle United and Napoli were frightened disconnected by his wage demands. The 29-year-old winger has besides been tracked by Bayern Munich. (The Sun)

- Arsenal are looking for a caller near winger and person Atalanta's Ademola Lookman on their shortlist astatine astir €50m. (Alfredo Pedulla)

- Southampton winger Tyler Dibling, 19, has seen involvement from Crystal Palace, Newcastle, Liverpool and Tottenham. (Football Insider)

- Nottingham Forest person made a determination for Lyon and Georgia striker Georges Mikautadze aft the French club's relegation. (TEAMtalk)

- Newcastle privation Burnley and England U21 goalkeeper James Trafford, 22, but person already had a £25m connection turned down. (Sky Sports)

- Al Nassr striker Jhon Duran, 21, volition articulation Fenerbahce connected indebtedness conscionable six period aft moving for €77m successful January 2025. (Footmercato)

- Napoli spot Udinese's Lorenzo Lucca arsenic the preferred striker to spouse Romelu Lukaku alternatively than Liverpool's Darwin Núñez. The nine volition besides determination for PSV Eindhoven winger Noa Lang and similar Brescia striker Gennaro Borrelli and Bologna centre-back Sam Beukema. (Sky Sports Italia)

- Juventus are accelerating their efforts to sign Jonathan David aft the expiration of the striker's Lille contract, but are besides looking to motion a centre-back with Marseille's Leonardo Balerdi being Igor Tudor's priority. Their alternatives are West Ham United's Nayef Aguerd, Bologna's Jhon Lucumí, Stuttgart's Jeff Chabot and Barcelona's Ronald Araújo. (Gazzetta dello Sport)

- AC Milan are looking to determination connected a big of players and the database is long: Devis Vasquez, Emerson Royal, Malick Thiaw, Theo Hernandez, Filippo Terracciano, Yunus Musah, Ismael Bennacer, Yacine Adli, Samuel Chukwueze, Marko Lazetic, Noah Okafor, and Lorenzo Colombo. (Nico Schira)

- Real Betis volition enactment connected keeping Antony after the expiration of the winger's indebtedness from Manchester United erstwhile they person completed the signing of Atlético Madrid winger Rodrigo Riquelme. (Nicolo Schira)

- Juventus and Bayern Munich are some monitoring Flamengo right-back Wesley, who is playing astatine the FIFA Club World Cup. (Nicolo Schira)

- Birmingham City person joined the contention to motion Nottingham Forest midfielder Lewis O'Brien. The 26-year-old is besides wanted by Southampton and Hull City. (The Sun)

- AS Monaco volition denote the signing of winger Ansu Fati connected Tuesday, with each documents present completed. (Fabrizio Romano)

- Sunderland, Leeds United, Roma and Real Oviedo are each keeping tabs connected Real Madrid striker Gonzalo García. (Ekrem Konur)