The most recent Premier League transfer gossip, along with updates from Fulham and Nottingham Forest, as Manchester United and Arsenal get ready to make bids for the same striker.
Wednesdays bring the same excitement as any other day: wild transfer speculations are back, along with our selection of the most outrageous, audacious, and well-researched rumours circulating in the international press. We begin our midweek offering with some news for Manchester United and Arsenal supporters, as additional information about their pursuit of Joshua Zirkzee, a striker for Bologna, has surfaced.
We discussed the young Dutchman’s future prospects last week, but thanks to Caught Offside, we now know that his contract’s rumoured release clause of €40 million (£34.2 million) only applies to Bayern Munich, his former team. As a result, any English teams in the running may have to pay a significant amount more to acquire the 22-year-old.
Apparently, this hasn’t deterred United in any way, as the report implies that they remain in the lead in the competition to recruit him and have put in “the most work” in terms of initial talks. Although it doesn’t appear that Arsenal has made a formal contact, they still seem interested and aren’t in a rush. In any case, Zirkzee is not likely to leave Serie A until the summer.
Despite the emergence of Atlético Madrid as a rival, Sport Witness believes that Fulham are still André’s most likely destination, citing reports from Brazil, and that Fulham are “best placed” to win the battle to buy him given the extra financial pulling power of the Premier League. Atlético are expected to test that assessment with a formal bid in the coming days. Despite this, we haven’t heard much about André from Fluminense in about three days, which is probably the longest gap between transfer rumours about him yet. However, Fulham fans shouldn’t panic, as he is still very much a possibility.
As they pursue Florian Neuhaus, the Borussia Mönchengladbach midfielder who has been linked to replace Orel Mangala, who is expected to leave the City Ground shortly, Nottingham Forest has received some very positive news.
Sport Witness has obtained evidence that reveals that the reports that initially stated Mönchengladbach had no interest in selling Neuhaus this window aren’t exactly accurate. Die Fohlen would need to find a successor, but if they can accomplish that, they would be willing to let the 26-year-old go. With Forest firmly in the mix, it appears that all of this indicates that there is, in fact, a “high probability” that he departs before the end of the winter transfer window.
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