Arsenal will battle Manchester United for a former Chelsea centre-back, whereas Man Metropolis chase Tottenham’s FA Cup hero and PSG’s curiosity within the Newcastle talisman is ‘real’.
ARSENAL TARGET TOMORI
Mikel Arteta has fairly the January wishlist at Arsenal as he appears to keep up a title problem after his facet did not maintain tempo with Manchester Metropolis final season.
He’s eager on a striker, with Ivan Toney closely linked, a brand new midfielder – Amadou Onana maybe? – and apparently additionally needs a few full-backs.
And, in line with FootballTransfers, they’re after a brand new centre-back having ‘expressed an curiosity’ in AC Milan star Fikayo Tomori.
Tomori moved to Milan on mortgage from Chelsea in January 2021 earlier than that transfer was made everlasting for round £28m in the summertime of that yr.
A report final month claimed Tomori’s time in Italy ‘might come to an abrupt and relatively sudden finish’ as Manchester United had been trying to carry the 25-year-old again to the Premier League.
United had been stated to be ‘urgent’ to finish the signing and ‘might make their transfer within the close to future’.
And now Arsenal are monitoring the way forward for the England worldwide, whose present deal expires in 2027, and has change into a key a part of the Milan crew and performed a key position of their run to the Champions League semi-final final season.
The Gunners might maintain a bargaining chip given Milan’s curiosity in Jakub Kiwior, although it’s been claimed Arteta’s facet have snubbed the Rossoneri’s request for ‘info’ on the Polish defender, insisting there may be ‘no probability’ of a January switch.
Curiosity in Tomori might change their outlook.
PEDRO PORRO-PETERS
Manchester Metropolis will possible must spend huge to re-sign a participant two years after they offered him to Sporting Lisbon for simply £7m.
Tottenham Information declare Metropolis need to signal Pedro Porro in the summertime as a long-term substitute for Kyle Walker.
Porro has began 19 of Spurs’ 20 Premier League video games this season, registering seven assists, and scored an absolute howitzer to get them previous Burnley within the FA Cup on Friday.
His shows have caught the eyes of each Actual Madrid and Barcelona, however ‘a recruitment supply with shut hyperlinks to Spurs has now revealed to Tottenham Information that Manchester Metropolis are all for changing Walker with Porro this summer time’.
It’s additional claimed that ‘Porro and Pep Guardiola’s Spanish hyperlink might make a transfer much more engaging for the pair, with sources describing a switch as “terribly arduous” to show down for the defender’.
It’ll be fantastic. We’ve most likely obtained a Pedro Porro-Peters someplace within the youth setup https://t.co/dxtOV4jDcw
— Adam – Above Common FPL (@aboveaveragefpl) January 5, 2024
‘GENUINE’ BRUNO INTEREST
Paris Saint-Germain are holding a really shut eye on Bruno Guimaraes, and amid stories that the French giants might an ‘historic £99m supply’ for Newcastle’s ‘crown jewel’, a north east journalist has confirmed their curiosity is ‘real’.
talkSPORT claimed earlier this month that the Magpies might must observe the instance of Aston Villa – who offered Jack Grealish for giant cash – with a view to rebuild their squad, with FFP guidelines presently stopping the membership with the richest homeowners on this planet from spending their cash freely.
Guimaraes was handed a recent deal on the finish of final yr to push back curiosity from Barcelona and Liverpool, with the discharge clause stated to be over £100m.
It’s claimed there’s a secret Barcelona clause in that contract, permitting him to hitch the Catalans for a lowered payment, although the La Liga facet are too cash-strapped to make the most of it.
However PSG have loads of cash to spend, and might be set for an additional windfall if Kylian Mbappe makes his long-expected transfer to Actual Madrid.
And journalist Joe Bland has confirmed stories of curiosity in Guimaraes are ‘real’ however has revealed Newcastle gained’t enable him to depart in January.
He wrote on X: ‘Perceive stories are real from Brazil, and PSG have enquired about Bruno Guimarães. Nonetheless, instructed #NUFC is not going to enable the participant to depart in January, far too necessary to the membership and the remainder of the season. Additionally, a outstanding figurehead within the 2024 advertising and marketing marketing campaign.’