Tottenham have swiftly moved on to different targets after they missed out on Eberechi Eze and remain interested in the potential signing of Manchester City's Savinho.
Spurs were all set to capture Eze after they reached an agreement with Crystal Palace on Wednesday for a £60million plus £7.5m in adds-on deal until Arsenal swooped in to hijack the transfer of the England international.
Eze would have filled the creative void at Tottenham left by James Maddison, who is set to miss the rest of the season after he ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee earlier this month, but Thomas Frank must now shift focus elsewhere.
Talks were opened between Spurs and Manchester City on 11 August regarding the versatile Savinho, who made 48 appearances and produced 13 assists in his debut campaign at Etihad Stadium.
While dialogue cooled as Tottenham explored a big-money move for Eze over the past week, Savinho is still a target for the north London club, and reports in Brazil suggest an €80million bid is being prepared.
Frank has enjoyed a strong start to life at Spurs, with an impressive Super Cup display in defeat to Paris St Germain followed by a 3-0 victory over Burnley last Saturday but next month will bring the challenge of Champions League football.
With Maddison out long-term and Dejan Kulusevski (knee) sidelined for the foreseeable future, the Danish coach is in need of attacking reinforcements and talks over Savinho could soon accelerate, especially after Saturday's trip to Man City.
Man City midfielder Claudio Echeverri has joined Bayer Leverkusen on a season-long loan.
The 19-year-old signed for Pep Guardiola's side from River Plate in January 2024 but remained with the Buenos Aires outfit until February 2025.
Echeverri made his City debut as a substitute in the FA Cup final loss to Crystal Palace and now spends the 2025-26 campaign on loan at Erik ten Hag’s Leverkusen.
Bournemouth have signed Morocco winger Amine Adli on a five-year contract from Bayer Leverkusen as they continue their recruitment drive after losing several key players.
Financial details were not disclosed, but it is believed that the 25-year-old France-born Morocco international was signed for a fee of around £25million (€29m).
Adli joins Ben Gannon-Doak, Adrien Truffert, Dorde Petrovic and Bafode Diakite as new additions at Bournemouth. The club lost Dean Huijsen to Real Madrid, Milos Kerkez to Liverpool and Illia Zabarnyi to Paris Saint-Germain in the close season.
Adli started his senior career at French side Toulouse before moving to Leverkusen in 2021. He registered 23 goals and 25 assists in 143 appearances for the German club, helping them to an undefeated domestic league and cup double in the 2023-24 season.
"Amine is a proven winner and someone that will be a real asset to our squad," Bournemouth's president of football operations Tiago Pinto said in a statement.
"He's someone that has competed at the highest level and his ambition is very much aligned with ours."
Adli will link up with Bournemouth ahead of Saturday's Premier League home game against Wolves.
Leeds have signed Switzerland forward Noah Okafor from AC Milan for a reported fee which could rise to £18million (€20.8m).
Okafor, who spent the latter part of last season on loan at Serie A champions Napoli, is Leeds' ninth summer signing following promotion to the Premier League, joining on a four-year deal.
The 25-year-old's arrival is expected to end Leeds’ interest in Tottenham winger Manor Solomon, who played a starring role for Daniel Farke’s Championship-winning side on loan last season.
Leeds have now spent around £92million in total on new players since ending their two-year top-flight absence.
Okafor, who began his professional career at Basel, scored 34 goals and made 23 assists in 110 appearances for Salzburg before joining AC Milan in a £13.4m deal in July 2023.
He scored seven goals and had five assists in two seasons at the Serie A club, which included his four-month loan spell at Napoli, and has 24 caps for Switzerland.
Chelsea head coach Enzo Maresca said Wesley Fofana has not indicated he wants to leave after the defender removed pictures of himself playing for the club from his Instagram account.
The 24-year-old, who was an unused substitute during Sunday's 0-0 draw at home to Crystal Palace, previously did the same in 2022 as he sought a move away from Leicester, just before sealing a £70million (€81m) switch to Stamford Bridge.
The 19-year-old academy graduate Josh Acheampong was preferred alongside Trevoh Chalobah for the Palace stalemate despite a long-term injury to fellow central defender Levi Colwill, though Maresca said afterwards that it was never in his plans to use Fofana, who missed a large part of last season after injuring his hamstring in December.
He is expected to play some part when Chelsea face West Ham at the London Stadium on Friday.
"I spoke with Wes every day, he’s very happy, first of all because he’s back from injury, he’s joining all the sessions with us," said Maresca.
"He was on the bench just to be with us but from (Friday) he can get some minutes. We are happy, he is happy. About Instagram, I don’t have any idea because I don’t use social networks."
The France international, who has been limited to 34 appearances for the club in three seasons due to injuries, subsequently suffered online abuse on Wednesday after removing all references to Chelsea from his Instagram.
"Wes is happy, we are happy, there is nothing to add on that," said Maresca. "If there is abuse on Instagram, it’s never good, not good for Wes, not for any player or human being in the world. It’s something unfortunately we cannot control."
Injury to Colwill, whom Maresca considers to be his best ball-playing central defender, has led to disagreement between the Italian and the club’s recruitment team.
The head coach said before the Palace match that "the club knows" that he favours signing a replacement given Colwill’s role in helping the team build attacks from the back.
Tosin Adarabioyo, who missed the Palace match but is available to face West Ham, is considered the only player with a suitable profile to step into Colwill’s position.
Maresca, who has previously dismissed the possibility of using Fofana in the role after a failed experiment during last season’s win over Bournemouth, has been told by the club he must make do with what he has.
"We used Josh in the last game, we are trying to find some internal solutions," he said.
"We are looking for internal solutions, I showed it in the last game against Palace. We are trying to find solutions.
"I repeat again – probably I need to improve my English. We are looking for internal solutions and we will see if something happens."
Nicolas Jackson and Christopher Nkunku will not feature against West Ham as the club continues to seek to offload them.
Jackson is understood to be an option for Newcastle should Alexander Isak leave whilst a loan bid for Nkunku from Bayern Munich was rejected this week with the club preferring a permanent sale.
Meanwhile, Chelsea have accepted a £26m (€30m) offer from Villarreal for defender Renato Veiga, with the Portugal left-back reported to have agreed a seven-year deal.
His departure would take Chelsea's total player sales this summer to over £250m (€289m).
The Blues are poised to make a hefty profit on the 22-year-old having paid £12m (€13.9) for him when he arrived from Basel in July 2024.
Veiga, who signed a seven-year contract with Chelsea, made just one Premier League start for them last season and six appearances off the bench.
He spent the second half of the 2024-25 campaign on loan at Juventus, making 12 starts in Serie A.
Chelsea have so far sold 10 players this summer and should Veiga complete his move they will have recouped around £252m (€291m) from 11 departures to offset the £277m (€320m) they have spent on nine new players.
Fabian Hurzeler has revealed Brighton forward Julio Enciso (above) is in talks to leave the club.
Paraguay international Enciso (21) is reportedly set to be acquired by Chelsea's ownership group BlueCo, which also holds a majority share in Ligue 1 outfit Strasbourg.
Enciso is set to initially sign for Strasbourg before he would return to England with Chelsea for the 2026-27 campaign, according to reports.
Hurzeler refused to go into details about the proposed transfer, but rejected suggestions it has been a "bad period" for Enciso, who has made 57 appearances for Brighton since he signed in 2022 but spent the second half of last season on loan at Ipswich.
Asked about the latest on suggestions Enciso will be bought by BlueCo, Hurzeler told a press conference: "So, like you said there are some rumours, there are some talks, but nothing is done yet so we can’t comment on that.
"When I worked with Julio, I was very pleased. He is a young guy with big potential. He showed it I think during his time so far in Brighton. He showed it also when he played for the national team. Overall, it was very positive.
"He is still a very young player with big potential. If big clubs are interested in him, I wouldn’t say he didn’t play well or didn’t have a good time here in Brighton.
"Overall there are some things that for sure could be better regarding the environment, regarding the culture things, but I think that it wasn’t a bad period so far."+