Football Italia

Inter used their buy-back clause for Aleksandar Stankovic and it’s reported he rejected both Tottenham Hotspur and Brentford, determined to make his name at San Siro.

The Nerazzurri might’ve lost out on Marco Palestra to the Premier League with Chelsea offering over €10m more in transfer fee and double the wages, but some of their players are still eager to remain in Serie A.

Stankovic snubs Premier League

According to Sky Sport Italia, Stankovic received proposals from both Roberto De Zerbi’s Tottenham Hotspur and Brentford, but had no intention of even listening to their plans.

The son of club legend Dejan Stankovic and a product of their youth academy, the Serbia international midfielder was a sensation at Club Brugge this season, winning the title with nine goals and five assists in 55 competitive games.

Inter activated their buy-back clause worth €23m, having sold him for €9.5m last summer, but he will not necessarily remain in Cristian Chivu’s squad this term.

There is no shortage of interest from abroad, but so far the 20-year-old is determined to hang on and get his chance with the Serie A and Coppa Italia holders.

Italy international and Newcastle United star Sandro Tonali is at the centre of a bidding war worth €100m between Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur, claim reports.

There had been suggestions last week that the Magpies rejected an opening offer from Spurs for Tonali that was worth £75m (circa €87m) or even as much as €92m, but Sky Sports UK say they are ready to come in with a new and improved proposal.

The problem for them is that Arsenal are also interested in the Azzurri talent and Mail Sport claim that the Premier League winners would be his preferred choice as well.

Newcastle United are reportedly not prepared to budge until the offers reach €100m (£86m).

Tonali the most valuable Italy player

He only recently turned 26 last month and has been at Newcastle United since his massive €60m transfer from Milan in 2023.

As part of that agreement, the Rossoneri are also owed a 10 per cent cut of the future sale fee, meaning they could get a significant boost to their coffers if this bidding war goes above €100m.

A product of the Brescia youth academy, Tonali’s value has sky-rocketed over the years, as Milan paid €19.3m to get him in 2020.

He was a regular for Newcastle United this season, scoring three goals and providing seven assists in 53 competitive games, but now feels the time is right for the next step up in his career.

While Roberto De Zerbi would provide an Italian connection at Tottenham, Arsenal are far more ambitious and fresh from a campaign where they won the Premier League and reached the Champions League Final.

Juventus are reportedly hoping that Paris Saint-Germain will drop their Randal Kolo Muani asking price below €35m after his Tottenham Hotspur loan experience.

According to Sportitalia transfer pundit Alfredo Pedullà, the two clubs have progressed in negotiations that started four days ago and they are feeling more positive that an agreement can be reached.

Kolo Muani would prefer Juventus

The asking price remains €35m, but it is reported the Bianconeri hope to lower it slightly by making this a loan with obligation to buy rather than an option.

Their funds are stretched after failing to qualify for the Champions League, but this seemingly has not dampened Kolo Muani’s enthusiasm for a return to Turin.

The striker already had a spell at Juve from January to July 2025 with the loan costing €3.6m plus his salary, but the clubs were unable to agree on an extension or permanent move.

He went on loan to Tottenham Hotspur instead, but again the deal was not made into a permanent one after five goals and four assists in 41 competitive games.

Kolo Muani cost Paris Saint-Germain a massive €95m to buy from Eintracht Frankfurt in 2023, but his contract now only runs to June 2028, so time is running out to get even some of that back.

Reports in Italy and the UK claim that Newcastle United have turned down an offer in the region of €92m (£80m) for Italy international Sandro Tonali from Premier League side Tottenham Hotspur, who are not the only club interested in picking up the former Milan midfielder this summer.

Newcastle reject initial Tonali bid from Tottenham

According to reports from various sources, Tottenham have had an initial offer for Tonali turned down by Newcastle. Sky Sports claims that Tottenham’s initial offer was around the €92m mark (£80m). Fabrizio Romano claims that the offer was made three days ago and that the bid was worth €86m (£75m).

Tonali remains under contract with Newcastle until the summer of 2029, with a club option to extend for a further 12 months until the summer of 2030.

According to reports from David Ornstein and The Athletic, Newcastle will seek a fee in the region of €115m (£110m) to part ways with Tonali this summer. Reports in Italy, such as from Gianluca Di Marzio, claim that a deal will be struck for a considerably lower fee in the region of €98m (£85m).

Tottenham hope that the offer of playing under Italian head coach Roberto De Zerbi and the idea of living in an attractive location such as London will be appealing factors for Tonali and his family.

Manchester City and Arsenal are also said to be interested in a potential deal for the Italian this summer.

Tottenham coach Roberto De Zerbi is reportedly unwilling to sell Juventus targets Djed Spence and Destiny Udogie this summer, but another Spurs defender, Radu Dragusin, has been offered to the Old Lady.

Juventus are expected to reshape their defence this summer as the Bianconeri will be forced to listen to offers for some of their stars, including Gleison Bremer and Andrea Cambiaso, for financial reasons.

With the latter attracting interest from Chelsea and Barcelona in recent days, Italian media outlets, including Gazzetta dello Sport, have reported that the Bianconeri set their sights on Tottenham’s Spence and Udogie as potential replacements.

According to TEAMTalk, however, De Zerbi is unwilling to let either full-back leave, so Juventus will have to look elsewhere if Cambiaso leaves.

Tottenham defender Dragusin offered to Juventus

Tuttosport has linked a third Tottenham defender with a move to Juventus. It’s not a full-back, like Spence or Udogie, but a centre-back: Dragusin.

Dragusin’s agents reportedly offered the Tottenham defender to Juventus director Marco Ottolini, who first brought Dragusin to Genoa from Juventus in 2022 and then sold him to Spurs two years later.

According to the report, Tottenham are ready to sell Dragusin for a fee between €20m and €25m, as Spurs are ready to welcome Marcos Senesi as a free agent and are in talks with Brighton for Jan Paul van Hecke after reaching an agreement with the 26-year-old.

Matteo Moretto reports that Tottenham Hotspur wants to give Sandro Tonali the ‘keys to their project’, so Spurs have entered the race to sign the Italian midfielder, with Roberto De Zerbi pushing for a summer move.

Premier League side Tottenham have “strongly” joined the race to sign Tonali, according to Italian transfer expert Matteo Moretto.

According to the report, the North Londoners want to make Tonali the cornerstone of their project and are already working to finalise a deal with Newcastle.

Tonali transfer latest: Tottenham join the race

Moretto claims that Manchester City and Manchester United have also shown interest, while Fabrizio Romano reported last week that Arsenal had resumed talks for the ex-Milan star.

Tonali would reunite with De Zerbi at Tottenham, with the Italian tactician very keen to welcome his compatriot in North London.

Both De Zerbi and Tonali are from Lombardy; Tonali was born in Lodi but was raised in Brescia, where he made his Serie A debut in 2019. De Zerbi was born in Brescia and played in the Milan Youth Sector.

Moretto reports that De Zerbi is pushing for Tonali’s transfer and that the 26-year-old midfielder is open to joining Spurs this summer.

Fiorentina are reviving their pursuit of two players with Serie A pedigree currently playing abroad, with sporting director Fabio Paratici targeting both Radu Dragusin and Matteo Ruggeri as he looks to strengthen the defence this summer.

According to Gazzetta, both players are of interest to the Viola as they look to recover from an overall disappointing 25/26 campaign.

Dragusin, a Tottenham centre-back with a background in Serie A, was already a target during the January window when Fiorentina attempted to prise him away from Spurs.

Ruggeri’s Atletico Madrid price tag matches Dragusin valuation as Fiorentina weigh double move

The relationship between the two clubs remains strong given Paratici’s years working in north London before returning to Italy in February, and that connection could prove valuable in any renewed negotiation.

Tottenham’s valuation of around €20 million, however, remains the primary obstacle to a deal being struck.

Ruggeri, a left-back with a long history at Atalanta now playing for Atletico Madrid in Spain, is valued at a similar figure of around €20 million.

Both deals would represent significant outlays for Fiorentina, particularly if pursued simultaneously, but Paratici’s familiarity with both players’ clubs and his existing relationships could prove decisive as the Viola look to overhaul multiple defensive positions ahead of the new season.

Reports in Italy claim that Tottenham Hotspur could make a move for Juventus’s Gleison Bremer to replace Cristian Romero in defence, and that the Premier League side could look to include Italy goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario as part of a deal.

Report: Tottenham interested in buying Bremer and selling Vicario to Juventus

Romero, a former Juventus defender himself, is widely expected to leave Tottenham this summer.

The 28-year-old, currently serving as captain, infuriated Spurs supporters when he decided to attend a match between Belgrano and River Plate in his native Argentina while his teammates played their crucial final Premier League game of the season against Everton, when the club had not yet confirmed their survival in the English top flight.

Romero was injured at the time and had been given permission by the club to return to Argentina for further treatment ahead of the World Cup.

If Romero is to leave Tottenham this summer, reports from Tuttosport claim that Roberto De Zerbi’s side could make a move for Juventus’s Bremer, who has a release clause worth €58m valid in his contract between July 1 and August 10.

According to Tuesday’s report, Juventus will demand €58m, or at least a fee close to that amount if they are to part ways with the 29-year-old Brazil international this summer.

Tuttosport also claims that Tottenham could seek to include goalkeeper Vicario in an attempt to lower the transfer fee for Bremer.

Multiple sources claim that Randal Kolo Muani is open to returning to Juventus in the summer, so the Bianconeri remain in talks with PSG as they aim to sign both the Frenchman and Alexander Sorloth.

Juventus need to rebuild their attack entirely as Dusan Vlahovic will leave as a free agent at the end of his contract on June 30, while Lois Openda and Jonathan David failed to impress in their debut season in Turin, convincing the Old Lady to listen to offers for them in the summer.

Kolo Muani transfer latest: Juventus continue talks with PSG

Juventus are already in talks with Atletico Madrid for Sorloth and have reached an agreement with the Norway international. However, according to Romeo Agresti of Sky Sport and Tuttosport, the Bianconeri remain in talks with PSG over Kolo Muani as well.

Tuttosport reports that PSG’s asking price is around €35m, while Juventus are unwilling to invest more than €30m.

The Ligue 1 giants might accept a loan deal with an obligation to buy, tied to almost-guaranteed conditions, given that Kolo Muani’s contract runs out in June 2028.

Surely, the Frenchman is not part of Luis Enrique’s plans, and PSG are unwilling to offer the ex-Tottenham loanee a new deal.

Kolo Muani already scored ten goals in 22 Juventus appearances in the second half of 2024-25 and is reportedly eager to return to the Allianz Stadium despite a lack of Champions League football in 2026-27.

Roma defender Evan Ndicka is reportedly on the market for €35m with Tottenham Hotspur, Inter and Olympique Marseille interested, but could also remain.

The centre-back came to the Eternal City as a free agent in the summer of 2023 from Eintracht Frankfurt, and has become a rock in their defence.

Ndicka on radar of big clubs

With a contract that runs to June 2028, there have been numerous reports suggesting he could leave this summer.

Inter had mentioned him in a possible exchange with Davide Frattesi going the other way, but clubs from abroad have also set their sights on the Ivory Coast international.

They include Roberto De Zerbi’s Tottenham Hotspur, and Olympique Marseille in Ligue 1.

Considering Roma have qualified for the Champions League after a seven-year absence, it is entirely possible that Ndicka could remain at the Stadio Olimpico too.