Aston Villa are open to selling Arsenal-linked midfielder Douglas Luiz for £50million amidst interest from clubs in Italy, according to reports.
Luiz starred in the midfield in 2023/24, helping the Midlands qualify for the Champions League via a fourth-place finish in the Premier League.
Arsenal target at Aston Villa worth £50m this summer
He has been admired at for a while and the Gunners reportedly came close to landing the Brazilian international on deadline day in the 2022 summer transfer window.
They offered up to £25million for Luiz but Villa then managed by Steven Gerrard were not interested in selling.
Since then, Luiz s game has elevated to a new level under the management of Unai Emery.
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The Red Devils had a rotten season in the Premier League with Ten Hag s side finishing eighth, while they were also eliminated from Europe before Christmas after coming bottom of their Champions League group.
That piled the pressure on Ten Hag s job towards the end of the season but an over arch-rivals Man City saved the boss.
It was widely reported that Man Utd also considered other potential candidates to replace Ten Hag but the lack of available top-class managers also did the Dutchman a favour.
But Man Utd are now looking to agree a new contract with Ten Hag and Jacobs insists that…
Manchester United icon Roy Keane has hit out at England star Jude Bellingham after he was handed a suspended one-game ban and a £25,000 fine.
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But the Real Madrid superstar stepped up when needed him most in the round of 16 as he netted a sensational overhead kick in stoppage time to save his side from a disappointing elimination from Euro 2024. Harry Kane later scored in extra time as The Three Lions beat Slovakia 2-1 to book their place in the quarter-finals.
After this game, Bellingham found himself in hot water after he appeared to make an indecent gesture towards Slovakia s bench …
Man City boss Pep Guardiola is the Football Association s only priority to succeed Gareth Southgate as England manager, according to reports.
Southgate stood down on Tuesday after his team came up just short in the Euro 2024 final defeat to Spain, and former Chelsea and Brighton boss Graham Potter among the bookmakers’ favourites to take on the job.
However, the FA insists the process is open to anyone who meets the set of criteria it published on Friday. The governing body has set August 2 as the closing date for applications.
The text of the role profile stated: “Our succession planning process has already identified a number of candidates; in addition to this we are committed to open recruitment processes in the football industry.”
The FA said…
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The Red Devils have brought in two players in the summer transfer window with the arrivals of Netherlands international Joshua Zirkzee from Bologna and young French centre-back Leny Yoro from Lille.
Yoro has already picked up a metatarsal injury that will keep him out for around three months and could now their efforts to bring in more new faces.
that the Red Devils had made an opening double offer to sign De Ligt and his Bayern Munich team-mate Noussair Mazraoui.
But to the shock of the players and Man Utd their bid was rejected despite Bayern Munich informing the pair before the summer marke…
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Pochettino has never managed an international side before. He has, though, had relative success in club football, guiding Tottenham to second in the Premier League, as well as a Champions League final, during his tenure there.
He has been without a job since Chelsea sacked him following a sixth-placed Premier League finish last season, which was an improvement of six places on their previous campaign.
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