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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Man Utd are ready to back Erik ten Hag in the transfer market as they come up with a five-window plan for signings, according to former CBS Sports journalist Ben Jacobs.
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.
After producing a magnificent performance in England s tournament opener against Serbia, cut a frustrated figure for a couple of matches as he could not make a significant impact.
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…
Man Utd still have big doubts over a potential deal for Bayern Munich defender Matthijs De Ligt despite making an offer for the Dutchman, according to reports.
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…
David Ornstein has reported that the USMNT have come to an agreement with Mauricio Pochettino, who will become their new head coach after beating out multiple other candidates.
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.
It was suggested that Pochettino could be under consideration by England, but that Lee Carsley has now been given the role on an interim basis suggests they are waiting for a bigger name to …
Liverpool are looking to secure another two new players this week as they close in on the signing of Giorgi Mamardashvili, according to reports.
The Reds are yet to make a signing this summer after former manager Jurgen Klopp left his squad in good shape for new boss Arne Slot to succeed him.
but he will return on loan to Valencia once a deal worth a reported €35m is sealed.
Transfer expert Fabrizio Romano gave it the here we go on Monday, he wrote on X: Giorgi Mamardashvili to , here we go! Medical today for Georgian goalkeeper as he’s joining #LFC from Valencia. The agreement for €35m package plus sell-on clause will be signed now but he will join Liverpool in July 2025. This season he’s staying in Valencia.
Romano later added a picture of t…
Manchester City star and Belgium International Kevin De Bruyne has opened up on his future at the club amid Saudi Arabia interest.
The future of the Belgium midfielder is cloudy at the Etihad as his current contract runs out in the summer of 2025 and this is something Saudi clubs are trying to take advantage of.
Talks are yet to take place over renewing a contract at the Etihad. This resulted in Saudi Pro League side Al-Ittihad showing interest in the 33-year-old.
De Bruyne addressed these rumours and stated he did not speak to any club over the transfer window.
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Via Fabrizio Romano, the Belgian said: I haven t spoken to anyone. There has been a lot of noise and news. I said in the summer I expe…
Former Barcelona boss Pep Guardiola is hoping to lure Netherlands international Xavi Simons to Man City next summer, according to reports.
The Citizens didn t spend too much money in the summer transfer window with Savinho arriving from Troyes for a reported £30m .
But they managed to raise around £100m from the sales of Julian Alvarez, Joao Cancelo, Taylor Harwood-Bellis, Sergio Gomez and Tommy Doyle.
are currently facing 115 charges over alleged breaches of the Premier League s financial fair play rules with the hearing starting today.
But finance expert Stefan Borson insists their lack of spend in the summer transfer market has nothing to do with the independent commission s investigation into their charges.
It’s not a PSR-related thi…
Man Utd boss Erik ten Hag has responded talk of pressure building on his job after the Red Devils were held to a 1-1 draw against FC Twente on Wednesday night.
The new-look group phase of the Europa League began with Man Utd taking on the club their manager spent a combined 23 years with across three spells as a player and then as a coach.
Ten Hag’s reunion started well enough as Man Utd midfielder Cristian Eriksen thundered the hosts into a first-half lead at a sold-out Old Trafford.
But lost their way after the break and the experienced midfielder’s error allowed Sam Lammers to seal .
That has piled the pressure back on Ten Hag after a mixed start to the new campaign with the Red Devils struggling to show any signs of improvement.
before …