Premier League News | 23 July 2025

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Daily bullet points of Premier League news & headlines by various sources on X.

Evening News

• Mikel Arteta was happy with Arsenal’s ‘quality and domination’ in the 1-0 pre-season friendly win against AC Milan in Singapore. [Sky Sports]
• Ibrahima Konaté received a new contract proposal from Liverpool to extend his contract until June 2029. This offer would significantly increase his wages. Konaté now considering options as he opened the door off the record to Real Madrid recently. [Sacha Tavolieri]
• Hugo Ekitike’s a new Liverpool FC player. All done as the French player signed his 6 years contract today. [Sacha Tavolieri]
• We’re delighted to announce that Zach Abbott has signed a new contract with the Club until the summer of 2029. [Nottingham Forest]
• Newcastle remain interested in Ross Wilson from Nottingham Forest taking over as Director of Football. [Sam C reports]
• Marcus Rashford has arrived at Barcelona with him expected to be officially unveiled as a player later today. [Sky Sports]
• Liverpool yet to receive an improved bid from Bayern Munich for Luis Diaz. Player has trained normally so far this week in Hong Kong. Real Madrid’s Rodrygo currently not viewed as a possible replacement if Diaz does go. No talks. [James Pearce]

Afternoon News

• In 2025/26, Ashley Young will play his 23rd senior professional season. At 40 years old, he’s still going as the right-back is reportedly set to sign a one-year deal with Ipswich Town. [TNT Sports]
• Chelsea have made an offer to Ajax for Jorrel Hato. [Transfer Dan]
• RB Leipzig and Chelsea have started club-to-club talks. Chelsea have informed Leipzig that they want to sign Xavi Simons, and Leipzig now expect the first offer soon. [Florian Plettenberg]
• Charlie Cresswell won 10 duels and made nine clearances during the England under-21 side’s victory over Germany in the European Championships final last month. Liverpool monitoring the situation. [Sam C reports]
• I’ve never known a transfer window where the Top 4 from last season obliterates everyone else on transfers to this extent. Football changed this summer. The Champions League essentially is the Super League, which now feeds such huge wealth and resources it’ll be hard to compete. [Mark Goldbridge]
• Our fixture against Liverpool at Turf Moor has now been moved to Sunday 14th September, KO 14:00 (BST). [Burnley]
• Our Premier League fixture against #SAFC in September has been selected for live broadcast. [Aston Villa]
• After having a €67.5m bid for Luis Diaz rejected, Bayern Munich are set to make an improved offer of up to €80m! [That’s Football]
• Rumours linking Bayer 04 Leverkusen with Raheem Sterling are wide of the mark. The 30 y/o is a top and experienced winger. However, he is not a target for Leverkusen. [Florian Plettenberg]
• Thinking of Matija Sarkic on what would have been his 28th birthday. You are missed, Mati. [Wolverhampton Wanderers]
• #Chelsea advancing on Ajax defender Jorrel Hato, as revealed last week. [Ben Jacobs]

Morning News

• Kareem Ahmed has signed his first professional contract with the Reds. [Liverpool]
• Isak wants £300k a week to sign a new contract! #Newcastle and #Brentford struggling in the transfer market! [That’s Football]
• Roma confirm Evan Ferguson has joined from #Brighton on a season-long loan with a €40m option to buy. [Ben Jacobs]
• Chelsea are close to agreeing personal terms with Xavi Simons ahead of talks with Leipzig. Simons open to #Chelsea, and is more broadly prioritising a Premier League move. [Ben Jacobs]
• Harry Maguire will travel to America today to meet up with the #MUFC squad on their pre season tour. Harry originally didn’t travel due to a personal matter, but all is well and Harry is set to travel today. [Sam C reports]
• Borussia Dortmund and Olympique Lyon are both in active talks to sign Facundo Buonanotte from #Brighton. BVB entered the race strong as Carney deal is complicated… and OL also want to try get green light for Facundo. [Fabrizio Romano]
• Real Madrid are awaiting a call from #Liverpool, which could come next week, to negotiate the transfer of Rodrygo. Real Madrid value him at €80M. [DaveOCKOP]