Guardian:
Brighton have identified Ajax’s Calvin Bassey as an alternative to Colwill. Bassey was of interest to Brighton before he joined Ajax from Rangers for £18.7m last summer. Roberto De Zerbi wants a left-sided centre-back and the Nigeria international, who could also cover for Pervis Estupiñán at left-back, is the right profile of player.
A significant strengthening of an already strong side. Can’t say I’m not a little envious.
It’s a long time since I felt like that about Arsenal.
I’d take our side any day of the week, but I do think they alongside City will be our big competition this season.
United seem paralysed by this potential takeover and will drop down a bit imo, and Newcastle may struggle a little bit with the league-CL-league cycle for the first time.
It will between us, Arsenal and the second team from Manchester.
Tiago Tomas from Sporting Lisbon to Wolfsburg for €8.8m.
Jonas Hofmann from Monchengladbach to Leverkusen for €10m.
Enda Stevens from Sheffield United to Stoke on a free.
Arda Guler on his way to Real Madrid for around €20m + a percentage of his next sale to Fenerbahce.
Every time we identify a player with prospects RM buy them under our noses Kamavinga Tchouameni Bellingham and now this kid aargh
Scott Arfield from Rangers to Charlotte on a free.
Fran Navarro from Gil Vicente to Porto for €7m.
Masaya Okugawa from Arminia to Augsburg on a free.
Aridane Hernandez from Osasuna to Rayo Vallecano on a free.
Skelly Alvero from Sochaux to Lyon for €4m. 202cm tall!
Ellyes Shkiri from Koln to Eintracht on a free.
Angel Di Maria from Juventus to Benfica on a free.
Ludovic Blas from Nantes to Rennes for €15m.
Tiago Santos from Estoril to Lille for €6.5m.
Kjell Scherpen from Brighton to Sturm Graz on loan.
Christopher Bonsu Baah from Sarpsborg to Genk for €5.2m.
Marius Bulter from Schalke to Hoffenheim for €3m.
That price will tumble if they let them have Colwill
Sead Kolasinac from Marseille to Atalanta on a free.
Edgar Gonzalez from Betis to Almeria for €4.5m.
Luka Romero from Lazio to Milan on a free.
Davide Frattesi from Sassuolo to Inter on loan with obligation to buy.
Clinton Mata from Club Brugge to Lyon for €5m.
Robin Koch from Leeds to Eintracht on loan.
Cyriel Dessers from Cremonese to Rangers for €5m.
Ayoze Perez from Leicester to Betis on a free.
Pontus Jansson from Brentford to Malmo on a free.
I’m just a little bit interested in seeing what happens with Mbappe this summer. I mean its highly likely he’s going to RM, but just for the LOLs I’d love him to stay at PSG, refuse to sign a contract and those cunts lose him for nothing next summer. Though for that to happen, Mbappe would need to be at ease with his family being threatened with physical violence from the PSG ownership…
Marcus Ingvartsen from Mainz to Nordsjaelland for €2.9m.
Mitchel Bakker from Leverkusen to Atalanta for €10m.
That’s a good move by Leverkusen, even if the price is steep for them. But they know exactly what they get with Xhaka, and there are good chances that he’ll last at the same level over the length of his contract. His game doesn’t rely on pace and he never gets injured. And he’s still hungry as well. Xabi knows very well what he’s doing here.
He’ll likely sign a new contract with a get-out clause for next summer, and that will be it.