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Jun 20, 2025, 05:00 AM ET
The Club World Cup transportation model has closed, but the Premier League's main window is open with the remainder of Europe to travel connected July 1 arsenic concern starts to get done. But what are ESPN's reporters proceeding astir imaginable deals?
Every Friday until September, we'll bring you the latest updates and insights connected the biggest transportation news.
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Could Napoli motion Darwin Núñez oregon Jadon Sancho?
Liverpool striker Núñez is Napoli manager Antonio Conte's archetypal prime to reenforce the attack, though the Premier League champions are asking for a interest of much than €50m arsenic they paid €75m to motion him from Benfica successful 2022. The Uruguay planetary is unfastened to the thought of moving to Napoli but talks are ongoing.
Napoli person besides inquired astir signing Manchester United winger Sancho, but to day determination person not been immoderate factual negotiations. Sancho's reported £300,000-a-week wage whitethorn beryllium a occupation for the Italian club, truthful Napoli are besides pursuing others.
The nine are successful talks with Udinese to motion Lorenzo Lucca, a 6-foot-7 striker who could brace good with Romelu Lukaku. In the coming hours, Napoli volition proceed to speech with Núñez and spot if a woody tin beryllium done but volition enactment successful parallel connected Lucca truthful they person an enactment if it doesn't travel off. -- Matteo Moretto
Barcelona are successful talks implicit 'a truly breathtaking signing,' but who is it?
In Barcelona, optimism is increasing that the nine volition onshore Athletic Club winger Nico Williams arsenic their marquee signing of the summer.
ESPN has already reported that the 22-year-old was connected sporting manager Deco's shortlist of candidates to fortify the attack, alongside Liverpool's Luis Díaz and Man United's Marcus Rashford. However, sources person told ESPN that Barça person enactment talks with different players connected clasp to absorption connected signing Williams.
Deco had primitively placed Díaz arsenic his precedence people owed to the Colombia international's versatility to play arsenic a halfway forward, but a caller gathering betwixt Barcelona's sporting manager and Williams' cause changed everything and the nine are present focused connected linking him up with his person and Spain teammate Lamine Yamal.
Williams has offers from different European teams, but his precedence is to play for Barcelona and, according to a source, helium has already agreed idiosyncratic presumption with the Catalan club.
The adjacent measurement for Barcelona is to make wage abstraction to let Williams to acceptable into the squad: paying the €58m merchandise clause is not a problem, which is bully due to the fact that Athletic volition not negociate immoderate lower. -- Moretto
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Marsden: Nico Williams is Barcelona's No. 1 transportation target
Sam Marsden explains Barcelona's hopes of signing Nico Williams from Athletic Club.
And could Fermín oregon others beryllium moved connected to rise funds?
Joan Laporta is insisting Barcelona tin motion "normally" this summer, amid their fiscal issues, portion LaLiga president Javier Tebas says they are inactive facing definite restrictions erstwhile it comes to registering players. Some sources suggest determination volition person to beryllium transfers retired if Williams is to arrive, with Fermín López 1 of the squad members fielding interest.
Bayern Munich are among the European clubs to dependable retired López's situation, portion determination has besides been involvement from Saudi Arabia. For now, some nine and subordinate importune the 22-year-old volition stay.
In the meantime, Barça volition look to prevention dribs and drabs by moving connected fringe players and reducing the B team's fund aft their relegation. Talented midfielder Aleix Garrido is acceptable to articulation Eibar, portion UEFA Youth League winners Hugo Alba and Arnau Pradas volition judge bigger offers to permission the club. -- Sam Marsden
Could Chelsea determination for Brighton guardant Joâo Pedro?
Joâo Pedro has been connected Chelsea's radar for a while. Sam Jewel, the club's manager of planetary recruitment, brought the Brazil planetary to his erstwhile broadside Brighton from Watford successful 2023 and likes the thought of being reunited with him astatine Stamford Bridge.
Chelsea spot a large accidental to onshore the 23-year-old, who scored 10 goals and managed six assists successful 27 Premier League games past season, arsenic helium tin play successful galore antithetic attacking positions and his transportation valuation of astir £45m-£50m is not considered unreasonable.
A root told ESPN that Chelsea person made an inquiry, portion Joâo Pedro is keen connected a determination to London. The Blues volition look contention from the likes of Newcastle who are besides precise keen connected the forward. Though Brighton would fto him spell for the close offer. -- Julien Laurens
And are they facing contention for Malick Fofana?
The Lyon winger has been 1 of the astir talked astir players truthful acold this month. The 20-year-old Belgium planetary is attracting a batch of involvement from English clubs, with Chelsea, Newcastle, Tottenham, Everton, Fulham and Brighton each keen connected him.
Sources said that the Blues entered talks earlier this week and were quoted a transportation interest of astir £40m-£45m. That is simply a important amount, considering Fofana's property and deficiency of experience, but his imaginable is huge. He had 17 extremity involvements (11 goals and six assists) successful 41 games successful each competitions past season, portion not ever being a starter.
Ideally, Fofana, who predominantly likes to play arsenic a right-footed winger connected the left, would person liked to enactment different play successful Ligue 1, but Lyon's request for funds to equilibrium their books means they could determine to fto him go. -- Laurens
Meanwhile, Chelsea person dropped involvement successful young winger Yeremay Hernández aft helium became the best-paid subordinate successful the past of Spain's 2nd part erstwhile helium signed a caller declaration astatine Deportivo La Coruña this week, sources told ESPN.
Yeremay, 22, is 1 of the astir breathtaking young players successful Spanish football, and was wide expected to determination connected this summertime aft Depor finished 15th successful Segunda past season. Chelsea were funny successful signing him successful January, and past period manager Cesc Fabregas confirmed Serie A's Como were besides keen. Instead, Yeremay has opted to enactment astatine Depor, extending his woody until 2030, and upping his merchandise clause. -- Alex Kirkland
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Would Osimhen beryllium a amended enactment for Man United than Ekitike?
Gab & Juls respond to Manchester United's links with Eintracht Frankfurt's Hugo Ekitike.
Are strikers being priced retired of large moves this summer?
If determination is simply a accordant taxable astatine this aboriginal signifier of the summer, past it is respective clubs placing precocious transportation fees connected their prima strikers. There's thing caller successful that -- particularly successful June -- though astatine the aforesaid determination is besides a wide anticipation that respective volition determination this summer.
Newcastle stay successful the strongest presumption regarding Alexander Isak due to the fact that helium has 3 years near connected his declaration and the nine tin connection him Champions League football. Consequently, the nine are reluctant to fto him spell and immoderate funny enactment would apt person to connection £120m to adjacent get the speech started. That valuation has led those clubs tracking the concern -- Liverpool and Arsenal among them -- to look astatine different options. But nary of those options are cheap.
The Gunners wanted RB Leipzig's Benjamin Sesko past summer, enquired astir him successful January and remained successful interaction with his representatives ever since. However, Leipzig are demanding much than €80m. Arsenal judge that terms is excessively precocious and negotiations continue.
Similarly, Sporting CP's Viktor Gyökeres has his admirers astatine Emirates Stadium but the Portuguese nine are asking for a interest person to his €100m merchandise clause than galore suitors expected. The beingness of a reported "gentleman's agreement" which would spot Sporting let Gyökeres to determination for astir €70m is disputed.
Elsewhere, Hugo Ekitike counts Chelsea among his admirers but Eintracht Frankfurt privation a €100m interest to motion the Frenchman. It whitethorn beryllium the lawsuit that 1 woody has to beryllium struck to acceptable the marketplace modular for others to follow, but astatine the moment, cipher wants to interruption screen with truthful overmuch clip near successful the window. -- James Olley
What are the Manchester clubs up to?
Manchester United are inactive pushing to motion Bryan Mbeumo from Brentford, but a woody betwixt the clubs has not yet been agreed. It volition beryllium connected whether a compromise tin beryllium recovered connected his valuation aft sources told ESPN past week that United raised their archetypal £55m connection to an wide bundle successful excess of £60m.
There's wealth to walk astatine Old Trafford, though CEO Omar Berrada has been steadfast that United won't overpay to motion anyone -- adjacent for idiosyncratic similar Mbeumo, who's considered a apical target. United stay convinced that Mbeumo wants to articulation them implicit Spurs, contempt accrued involvement since Thomas Frank was appointed arsenic their manager.
Meanwhile, Manchester City are expecting to beryllium quiescent portion players, unit and executives are distant astatine the Club World Cup. Further incomings haven't been ruled retired -- peculiarly a right-back -- but it's improbable to hap portion they're successful the United States.
City's bigger contented is moving connected exits for Jack Grealish and Kyle Walker. There's been involvement from the Premier League and Turkey successful signing Walker and, with 1 twelvemonth near connected his contract, facilitating a determination shouldn't beryllium excessively difficult.
Grealish is simply a antithetic story. With 2 years to tally connected a lucrative declaration fewer others clubs person the finances to instrumentality on, City mightiness person to judge a season-long indebtedness connection to get him distant from the Etihad Stadium. -- Rob Dawson
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Could Mbeumo crook his backmost connected Man United to travel Frank to Tottenham?
Rob Dawson and Don Hutchison sermon Bryan Mbeumo's imaginable transportation distant from Brentford.
What is caller Tottenham brag Thomas Frank thinking?
Frank, who is besides trying to motion Mbeumo from his erstwhile club, has fixed the greenish airy to a imaginable determination for Rennes striker Arnaud Kalimuendo. A twelvemonth aft recruiting Dominic Solanke from Bournemouth for £60m, Spurs could motion different No. 9 and, with Richarlison not wanted by the caller manager, the 23-year-old Kalimuendo is an enactment who tin either play arsenic a lone striker oregon down a cardinal frontman.
The France U23 planetary had 17 goals and 4 assists past season, contempt a batch of instability astatine Rennes, and the nine worth his transportation astatine astir €40m. Frankfurt spot him arsenic a imaginable replacement for Hugo Ekitike if helium leaves, portion Stuttgart are besides keen connected him. But Kalimuendo prefers a determination to England and wants to play successful the Champions League. -- Laurens
Frank viewed Christian Nørgaard arsenic a cardinal constituent of his Brentford broadside and determination was a proposition helium would effort to bring him crossed London to fortify a midfield country Spurs are already actively moving connected improving. However, the information Nørgaard signed a caller declaration astatine Brentford conscionable past period means immoderate determination is astir apt unlikely. -- Olley
How engaged are clubs successful LaLiga?
Valencia goalkeeper Stole Dimitrievski is simply a superior enactment for Mallorca should Leo Román permission the nine successful the summer. Román has a declaration which expires successful 2026 and it is astir intolerable for him to renew it.
Marseille midfielder Azzedine Ounahi does not acceptable into the club's aboriginal plans and helium is successful precocious talks with Brighton, but the woody is not yet finalized and sources person told ESPN that La Liga clubs specified arsenic Alaves, Levante and Sevilla person besides moved for him.
Negotiations proceed betwixt Atlético Madrid and Real Betis implicit the signing of USMNT planetary Johnny Cardoso. Conversations person ne'er stopped and successful the coming days we expect that some parties could get person connected a woody that should transcend €30m.
Betis are besides adjacent to allowing 19-year-old winger Jesús Rodriguez to determination to Italian broadside Como. Sources said that negotiations betwixt the 2 clubs are precise precocious and that the subordinate has already reached an statement with Como aft having had respective telephone calls with manager Cesc Fabregas.
Betis defender Natan is besides being linked with a move, arsenic Leeds United person asked astir him. But Leeds precocious finalized the signing of Jaka Bijol from Udinese and the Brazilian defender wants to enactment successful Sevilla. -- Moretto
The WSL model is present open, what are the large talking points?
The Women's Super League transportation model opened connected June 18 and clubs person been preparing for moves up of Euro 2025 successful 2 weeks' time. Chelsea, Arsenal and Lyon are each vying for the signature of Liverpool guardant Olivia Smith, though the Reds are reluctant to fto the 20-year-old go, sources told ESPN.
The Canada planetary had a breakout debut play successful England, ending the play arsenic the club's apical extremity scorer, with Liverpool asking for a world-record interest of implicit £1 million. Smith has 2 years near connected her declaration and, frankincense far, nary offers person matched Liverpool's expectations.
Meanwhile, Arsenal are besides hoping to motion England guardant Chloe Kelly earlier she travels to the Euros astatine the extremity of the month. Kelly's squad person granted the Gunners a play of exclusivity pursuing her six-month indebtedness determination from Manchester City. Kelly's declaration expires successful the summertime and she won't beryllium signing a caller 1 astatine City, truthful the Champions League winners are negotiating, but a big of different European and NWSL clubs are waiting successful lawsuit she becomes available.
Elsewhere, Chelsea's plans to supply a succession program for 33-year-old Lucy Bronze astatine right-back are falling into signifier with a projected swap woody betwixt Ashley Lawrence and Lyon defender Ellie Carpenter. The Australia planetary played nether manager Sonia Bompastor earlier and Lawrence, who signed from PSG successful 2023, would instrumentality to France. -- Emily Keogh
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Could Marcus Rashford articulation Newcastle?
Gab & Juls sermon reports suggesting Marcus Rashford would beryllium unfastened to a transportation to Newcastle.
Any different absorbing deals successful the works?
- A root adjacent to the woody explained to ESPN however Liverpool and Bournemouth person met to settee the past details regarding the £40m transportation of left-back Milos Kerkez. Kerkez had already reached a last statement with the Reds immoderate clip agone and we are present awaiting the last signatures. -- Moretto
Kerkez was 1 of the standout performers successful the Premier League past play and was shortlisted for the PFA Young Player of the Season grant this week. Appearing connected the Super Indirektno podcast this week, Kerkez's father, Sebastijan, said his son's determination to Anfield is "basically a done deal." -- Lindop
- Aston Villa person made interaction with Lille implicit a determination for France goalkeeper Lucas Chevalier, sources told ESPN. Villa presumption the 23-year-old arsenic a imaginable replacement for Emiliano Martínez, who wants to permission the club, and helium was outstanding this season, including successful the Champions League. Chevalier joined Lille astatine 10 years aged and went done the academy, truthful they are asking for a interest of £40m. However, helium is besides PSG's program B if they can't widen the declaration of Gianluigi Donnarumma. -- Laurens
- Former Roma main Florent Ghisolfi is adjacent to becoming Sunderland's caller sporting director, sources person told ESPN. The Frenchman is acceptable to commencement a caller escapade successful the Premier League, having lone been astatine Roma since May 2024. -- Moretto
- Atlético Madrid's 4-0 decision to Paris Saint-Germain astatine the Club World Cup connected Sunday erstwhile again highlighted the team's weakness connected the near side, with manager Diego Simeone hauling disconnected winger Samuel Lino aft 45 minutes, and left-back Javi Galán aft an hour. Left-back has been a semipermanent occupation presumption for Atlético, and the nine are moving to enactment that close up of adjacent season. They've been linked with Bayer Leverkusen's Alex Grimaldo and AC Milan's Theo Hernández, but sources told ESPN the latest subordinate they're looking astatine is Aston Villa's Lucas Digne. -- Kirkland
- Axel Tuanzebe is keeping his options unfastened this summertime earlier deciding connected his adjacent move. The erstwhile Manchester United defender made 22 appearances for Ipswich Town successful the Premier League this play and there's a one-year enactment for the 27-year-old to stay astatine Portman Road. There has been involvement from Turkish broadside Trabzonspor arsenic good arsenic clubs successful the Premier League and Championship with Tuanzebe's representatives receiving a fig of enquiries astir his availability. -- Dawson
- Cruz Azul sporting manager Iván Alonso has admitted that Milan striker Luka Jovic and River Plate midfielder José Paradela are connected his shortlist. However, the brace are not the lone options connected the database of imaginable reinforcements. He besides denied that León guardant Federico Viñas is of involvement to Cruz Azul, and claimed that determination person been nary offers from clubs looking to motion goalkeeper Kevin Mier. -- Javier Rosas, ESPN Deportes
- FC Porto, Atlético Madrid, Manchester United and Nottingham Forest are reported to beryllium funny successful Palmeiras midfielder Richard Ríos, 25. But the Brazilian nine won't see letting him spell unless determination is an "absurd" offer. -- Francisco De Laurentiis, ESPN Brasil
- Atlético Madrid guardant Ángel Correa, 30, is acceptable to motion for Tigres, respective sources told ESPN. The Argentina planetary reached a verbal statement with the Mexican nine implicit a five-year declaration weeks ago, but the statement betwixt the clubs has taken longer than expected. -- Moretto
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