Transfer rumors, news: Arsenal eye move for Leipzig's Šeško

Arsenal person made their determination for Benjamin Šeško, while Manchester City's Matheus Nunes could beryllium progressive successful a swap woody for Nottingham Forest's Morgan Gibbs-White. Join america for the latest transportation news, rumors and gossip from astir the globe.

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TRENDING RUMORS

- Arsenal person initiated interaction with RB Leipzig implicit a imaginable determination for striker Benjamin Šeško, according to Sky Sport Germany's Florian Plettenberg. Gunners sporting manager Andrea Berta reportedly precocious met with RB main Marcel Schäfer to sermon the imaginable operation of a deal. The Bundesliga nine missed retired connected Champions League qualification are nether unit to rise funds this summertime from subordinate exits and could perchance let Arsenal to motion Šeško for a cut-price deal, which The Sun reports could beryllium astir €75 million. Another guardant nether information is Sporting CP ace Viktor Gyökeres, who is believed to beryllium disposable astatine €60m.

- Matheus Nunes could beryllium utilized arsenic a makeweight successful immoderate imaginable woody betwixt Nottingham Forest and Manchester City for Morgan Gibbs-White, according to The Sun. City are consenting to chopped their losses connected the Portugal midfielder, who has spent astir of his clip astatine right-back this season. Nunes, 26, was signed for £53m successful 2023 from Wolverhampton Wanderers, but has failed to supply the desired interaction truthful acold astatine the club. Gibbs-White, by contrast, has enjoyed a stunning run for high-flying Forest, and is thought to beryllium connected Pep Guardiola's shortlist of midfielders to regenerate Kevin De Bruyne.

- AS Monaco are considering a determination for Fiorentina goalkeeper David De Gea, reports Fabrizio Romano. The 34-year-old is believed to beryllium 1 of the apical options connected their shortlist, with hopes of signing him connected a escaped transfer. De Gea's existent woody is acceptable to expire successful June, but it is said that the Viola are keen to widen his enactment successful Florence, amid plans to connection him a caller three-year contract. The erstwhile Manchester United shot-stopper made 42 appearances crossed each competitions past season.

- Talks implicit a determination person been held betwixt Manchester United and the representatives of Brentford winger Bryan Mbeumo, reports talkSPORT. It is reported that Red Devils manager Ruben Amorim sees the 25-year-old arsenic a imaginable semipermanent replacement for Marcus Rashford, who is expected to permission Old Trafford permanently this summer. An connection successful the portion of £50m would beryllium required to onshore Mbeumo, with Newcastle besides funny successful signing him pursuing an awesome Premier League run during which helium scored 20 goals and provided 7 assists successful 38 matches.

EXPERT TAKE

ESPN's nonmigratory scout Tor-Kristian Karlsen looks astatine wherefore clubs are funny successful signing Benjamin Šeško.

The Slovenia planetary has been connected the radar of the elite European clubs for respective years. Though his improvement has proved much gradual than explosive, the play brought immoderate absorbing takeaways. On 1 hand, his extremity tally stayed beauteous overmuch the aforesaid -- 21 this campaign; 18 successful the erstwhile -- but his crippled is getting much polished.

What makes Šeško basal retired are his halfway qualities: a tremendous changeable (70% of his efforts find the target) with his close foot, aerial dominance acknowledgment to his 6-foot-5 frame, and acceleration which allows him to agelong defences. He besides has above-average dribbling skills and an elite positional consciousness successful the last third. Indeed, erstwhile he's connected the apical of his game, helium tin beryllium a striker who tin origin harm single-handedly ... successful galore antithetic ways.

Not antithetic for a centre-forward successful his aboriginal 20s, Šeško is inactive morphing into becoming a top-class No. 9. He needs to get connected the shot somewhat much and, fixed his physique, much assertiveness successful attacking duels (43% occurrence rate) is required. He could besides basal to triumph much escaped kicks and amended his decision-making erstwhile it comes to shooting oregon passing to teammate.

At 21, Šeško is simply a highly charismatic proposition for immoderate apical club. He's learning, adapting and volition surely people astatine a higher complaint successful a much possession-heavy broadside (Leipzig are astatine 51%). It's conscionable a substance of who pounces first.

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- Liverpool person made the archetypal authoritative bid to motion Bayer Leverkusen midfielder Florian Wirtz for a interest of implicit €100m. (Fabrizio Romano)

- Manchester City person asked Wolves astir the signing of left-back Rayan Aït-Nouri. (Fabrizio Romano)

- With Alexander Isak acceptable to enactment astatine Newcastle, Liverpool volition crook their attraction towards a determination for Eintracht Frankfurt striker Hugo Ekitiké. (Sacha Tavolieri)

- Real Madrid are not funny successful signing Athletic Club winger Nico Williams, contempt his merchandise clause of €58m. (El Chiringuito)

- Espanyol goalkeeper Joan Garcia has a €25m merchandise clause and a big of clubs funny successful signing him, but Barcelona are acceptable to articulation the contention and program to indebtedness him out. (Fabrizio Romano)

- Borussia Dortmund, Eintracht Frankfurt and Bayer Leverkusen are keen connected signing Wolves striker Fábio Silva, who is presently connected indebtedness astatine Las Palmas. (Rudy Galetti)

- Talks are ongoing betwixt Al Duhail and midfielder Marco Verratti. The 32-year-old's declaration astatine Al Arabi expires astatine the extremity of June, meaning he's looking for a caller situation elsewhere. (Footmercato)

- Leeds United volition request to stump up £16m if they privation to motion highly rated Dynamo Kyiv guardant Vladyslav Vanat, who has scored 21 goals this term. (Football Insider)

- Bayer Leverkusen midfielder Granit Xhaka, 32, wants to instrumentality to erstwhile nine FC Basel earlier helium retires. But not yet. (Bild)

- Atletico Madrid are considering a determination to motion 23-year-old Stuttgart guardant Nick Woltemade, who has impressed this season. (AS)

- Real Betis guardant Antony says his lone absorption is Wednesday's Conference League last against Chelsea amid speculation implicit his nine aboriginal erstwhile his indebtedness from Man United ends. Betis are keen to support the Brazilian astatine the nine beyond the summer, but Antony said: "I inactive don't cognize what is going to happen." (Cadena Ser)

- Sporting CP guardant Viktor Gyokeres besides says helium "doesn't cognize anything" regarding reports of a summertime determination to Arsenal. (Record)

- Como manager Cesc Fabregas remains Roma's No. 1 1 campaigner to win Claudio Ranieri as coach. (Sky Italia)

- Arsenal privation to motion Aston Villa goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez to vie with David Raya. (The Sun)

- Benfica left-back Álvaro Carreras is closing successful connected a instrumentality to Real Madrid. (MARCA)

- Barcelona are acceptable to determination onto different options aft becoming alert of Bayer Leverkusen defender Jonathan Tah's determination to articulation Bayern Munich. (Sport)

- Negotiations implicit a caller woody are ongoing betwixt Newcastle and striker Callum Wilson. (The Athletic)

- Sunderland midfielder Jobe Bellingham has held talks successful Germany with Bundesliga broadside Eintracht Frankfurt. (Daily Mail)

- Brentford person activated the imperishable enactment clause to motion on-loan Fiorentina defender Michael Kayode for €17.5m. He has agreed a four-year declaration until the summertime of 2029. (Nicolo Schira)

- Leeds United are lining up a £15m determination to motion Liverpool left-back Kostas Tsimikas. (Football Insider)

- An £11m connection from Bournemouth for Auxerre defender Kévin Danois has been turned down. (Foot Mercato)

- Roma are keen to support clasp of on-loan AC Milan midfielder Alexis Saelemakers, with talks ongoing implicit a imperishable deal. (Calciomercato)

- Multiple clubs crossed Europe are preparing to marque approaches for Atletico Madrid defender Reinildo Mandava aft the FIFA Club World Cup erstwhile helium volition go a escaped agent. (Rudy Galetti)