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25 July 2025
- Manchester City to sign James Trafford from Burnley. Sold at £14m & purchasing for £27m so buy-back cost ~£13m. Activated matching rights on Newcastle offer & 22yo picked Manchester City – 5+1yr contract. Ederson staying, Ortega to go but nothing close.
22 July 2025
- Newcastle United make offer to Brentford for Yoane Wissa. Bid worth £25m rejected by Brentford but Newcastle pursuit ongoing + personal terms for 28yo forward no issue if moves evolves. Congo int’l back in London for talks with club bosses.
- Chelsea have cut Newcastle target Christopher Nkunku’s asking price to just £43m.
19 July 2025
- Outline agreement between Liverpool & Eintracht Frankfurt for transfer of Hugo Ekitike to LFC. Work needed to formally get it done; expected next day or so. If all add-ons met SGE anticipate club-record sale (currently €95m). [Liverpool]
- Barcelona advancing on deal to sign Marcus Rashford from Man Utd. Offer via intermediaries loan + buy option. Man United have agreed – not done but final stages. [Manchester United]
- Alexander Isak’s representatives have been keen to increase his wages. Part of the problem Newcastle have is that Isak is already one of their highest earners and the club can’t afford to massively increase his wages. If they do, they may need to trim the wage bill elsewhere, or potentially sell, due to PSR. [Newcastle]