The latest Premier League transfer rumours - with news from Spurs, Liverpool, Chelsea, Newcastle and more.
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It’s once again time for our morning round-up and review of some of the biggest and juiciest new Premier League transfer rumours – starting today with a story which may interest fans of both Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool.
Football Insider claim that Spurs could “hijack” RB Leipzig’s planned move for Harvey Elliott in the wake of news that James Maddison will miss most of the 2025/26 season with a serious ACL injury.
The versatile Liverpool midfielder would “tick a lot of boxes” for Spurs, apparently, and was on a three-man shortlist for a new attacking midfielder that they had before the summer, a list which also included Eberechi Eze and Morgan Gibbs-White, whose signing they recently fumbled.
Elliott is “set to leave” Liverpool in search of regular football and Spurs could suddenly be an option, and the North London outfit will go “toe-to-toe” with Leizpig to get a deal done. It’s suggested that £40m is the likely value of any transfer, matching reports elsewhere.
The 3AM Verdict: A few names have cropped up now that Spurs desperately need a replacement for Maddison, with Elliott getting fewer mentions than Jack Grealish but perhaps getting more mentions which carry some heft and which aren’t lacking for detail – no bid has yet been made for Elliott, but it’s absolutely possible.
Chelsea target €50m Colwill alternative
We’ll let the Spanish media provide us worth a story now – Fichajes claim that Chelsea have identified Barcelona centre-half Ronald Araujo as “one of the main options” now that they’re in the market for an injury replacement as well.
Colwill, like Maddison, is out for the long haul thanks to a ruptured ACL, and Chelsea are said to have launched a “search for a reliable centre-back” as a result, and the 26-year-old Araujo is apparently seen as an “ideal” target.
Barcelona, concerned by his recent form and fitness, are “willing to consider offers”, so long as they’re in the €50m (£43.5m) ballpark. Numerous teams have had interest in Araujo rebuffed in the last year or two, but the club’s finances mean that they could consider a sale now.
The 3AM Verdict: Look, Fichajes is not a great source, and they’ve published a great many stories which went nowhere over the years – but Araujo has been linked with both Chelsea and Manchester United on a number of occasions. That could mean that old rumours corroborate this claim – or maybe it simply means we’re looking at a quickly-rehashed story with little substance to it.
Another name in the frame for Newcastle’s striker search
Yesterday, when we last trawled through the latest rumours, we noted stories which suggested that Newcastle United could turn to Samu Agehowa after missing out on Benjamin Šeško – but the Porto forward may not be the only Portugal-based striker on their shortlist, according to Sport Witness.
They bring together some reports from Iberia which imply that Newcastle could hold “interest” in Benfica’s prolific Vangelis Pavlidis – and although the Magpies “haven’t made any advances” as yet, the Lisbon side are said to be concerned about the prospect of a bid coming in.
They have “no intention” of selling their star striker and may insist that Newcastle pay off his hefty €100m (£87m) release clause but, as the article notes, they do have the money. It’s suggested that Benfica could have a change of heart if there was a “convincing offer” at a slightly smaller price point.
The 3AM Verdict: With only the Portuguese media suggesting Pavlidis is an option at this point, we have to assume that he’s pretty low down on Newcastle’s list – but they have scouted him, we believe, and could well consider a move if the can’t agree a deal for other forwards they like the look of.