The latest Premier League transfer rumours - with news from Spurs, West Ham, Manchester United and more.
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With only a few days of the summer transfer window left, the rumour mill is going into overdrive – and to help you keep pace with everything that’s happening, we’re back with our latest round-up and review of the biggest new Premier League transfer rumours, starting with a story for fans of Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham United.
According to TeamTalk, West Ham may be forced to sell another key player in order to get some crucial transfer activity resolved prior to Monday’s deadline, and that could lead them to being “forced” into selling Lucas Paquetá – with Spurs said to be “keeping tabs on the situation.”
While West Ham are allegedly “deeply reluctant” to sell a key player to a local rival, it’s claimed that a bid in the £50-60m region could “tempt” them into selling. It is suggested that other sides could be monitoring Paquetá, too, but only Spurs are named in this report.
No formal offer has yet been made and Spurs are looking at other possible targets, but the Brazilian’s name “has been raised in discussions” in the corridors of power at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. West Ham, for their part, could move for Bayer Leverkusen’s Exequiel Palacios having secured the signature of Soungoutou Magassa.
The 3AM Verdict: Paquetá may be on a shortlist somewhere at Spurs, but he isn’t a priority target as far as we’re aware. Still, it’s possible that their failure to agree a fee for Como’s Nico Paz makes them look elsewhere, and perhaps this is one direction they could turn. West Ham, we suspect, will sell if the price is right, and don’t have a financial position to turn down decent offers.
Manchester United wonderkid could leave for bargain fee
Over to The Athletic now, who report that Manchester United youngster Kobbie Mainoo could leave Old Trafford this summer – and that his price has dropped significantly as the Red Devils desperately work to raise further transfer funds before deadline day.
While United are “not actively pushing Mainoo out the door” the 20-year-old has been “identified internally as a potential departure” and United are willing to sell him at the right price, which is now alleged to be as low as £45m. That’s considerably lower than the £70m they supposedly quoted Chelsea back in January.
There is no word on whether Chelsea could come back in if the fee is indeed reduced, but it’s suggested that Mainoo himself would prefer to head to the continent rather than play for a Premier League rival. It’s not claimed that the player is trying to force a move, and indeed it’s said that he is “doing the right things” to win his place in Ruben Amorim’s starting side back.
The 3AM Verdict: We suspect that Mainoo is much more likely to stay at Old Trafford than leave this summer, although there is a chance that changes suddenly if United fail to arrange buyers for other unwanted players such as Jadon Sancho and Alejandro Garnacho. One issue is that there are few continental teams who would be interested and have the money at this stage of the summer.
Trent Alexander-Arnold set for shock Premier League comeback?
Let’s wrap things up today with a sensational claim from Caught Offside, who reckon that Trent Alexander-Arnold’s Real Madrid future is already in doubt, just months after signing on a free transfer from Liverpool – and that he could be set for a shock return to the Premier League.
With Alexander-Arnold not immediately earning a spot in Xabi Alonso’s starting side, it’s alleged that the right-back’s stay in Spain could be “short than expected” and even that Manchester City are “understood to be keeping a close eye” on developments ahead of what would be a remarkable transfer bid.
That would apparently be more likely to come in January rather than by Monday, but City are said to be long-term “admirers” of Alexander-Arnold who reached out to him prior to his decision to move to Real.
The 3AM Verdict: Not a chance, is our verdict, at least not in the foreseeable future. There’s no sourcing for this story whatsoever, and this feels like pure speculation with little basis in reality. City may well like Alexander-Arnold, but the idea that there is already any kind of path to the Etihad is fanciful.