David Ornstein has reported on Sandro Tonali and Arsenal after some surprise rumours doing the rounds earlier today. Posting on X just moments ago, Ornstein confirmed that Arsenal explored a deal for Tonali after being offered the Newcastle United midfielder. However, for now it looks like there hasn't been any contact over this potential deal, which looks impossible for the final few hours of this transfer window ?
Liverpool's transfer deadline day has been dominated by the news that the club have sealed an agreement to signed 60 million defender Jeremy Jacquet from Rennes in the summer. That appears to cross off an area of need for the club, given the fact that Ibrahima Konate is into the final months of his Anfield contract, while Liverpool skipper Virgil van Dijk will turn 35 this summer.
Jacquet has been on the radar of several Premier League clubs after an impressive rise in Stade Rennais colours, but Liverpool's groundwork has proven decisive. The Reds are understood to have opened dialogue more than three weeks ago before ramping up negotiations in recent days, pushing to pre-agree terms and move swiftly towards completion. That decisive approach has now paid off, with Jacquet's medical scheduled to take place on Monday.
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Less than 36 hours earlier, during his prematch news conference, Howe had admitted to trying to sign Ekitike on more than one occasion, with Newcastle's interest in the Frenchman dating back to January 2022 when he was still a relative unknown at Ligue 1 side Stade de Reims. "He has got a bit of everything," Howe explained. "He has great movement, can score with both feet, he's good in the air and dribbles with the ball really well. He is a big talent."
With a bit of distance, Deco talks about Vitor Roque without trying to rewrite history. "From a quality standpoint, I don't think we made a mistake," Barcelona's sporting director said, pointing out that the club's idea was clear from the start: find a long-term successor to Robert Lewandowski before the clock became a problem. The issue wasn't the player's profile so much as a total mismatch in timing, according to Deco.
Rangers travel to the capital on Sunday with a slightly unfamiliar feeling after they lost for the first time in more than a month in Porto on Thursday. Their hopes of Europa League progression were already over before the 3-1 defeat in Portugal, but it remains to be seen if it will dent their domestic momentum, which has been relentless since they were beaten at Tynecastle just before Christmas.
I really like Carlos Baleba at Brighton and think he could replace Casemiro at Manchester United, Stam told TEAMtalk. I like Frenkie de Jong a lot too, but it looks as though he'll be staying at Barcelona. Manchester United need to be looking for a replacement that has good legs and the engine to run up and down the field. They also need to be very good with the ball too. Baleba can do that.
Rangers head coach Danny Rohl expects "the next three, four days to be a little crazy" as they try to assemble the best possible squad for the Scottish title run-in. Rohl's team visit Porto in their final Europa League match on Thursday evening and, with Rangers unable to progress, his pre-match news conference was dominated instead by questions about possible ins and outs.
"He is someone I obviously know well from our time together at Wolves, and I am looking forward to working with him again. Adama is someone who knows the Premier League very well. His unique qualities as a player will help us between now and the end of the season. He will give us a different option in attacking areas. He is also very motivated to fight for us and ready to bring energy, commitment and determination to our challenge."
He has been part of this squad for so many years. I am happy to have him and I am glad he is available because that is not normal for us right now. He will be part of the team and nothing is happening on this side. It's hard to say anything definite in this world we are in but I expect him to stay.
Eberl had a mixed two years in his tenure. His first big task was finding a successor to Thomas Tuchel. Bayern missed out on several first-choice options. Eberl eventually went ahead by hiring Vincent Kompany as the new head coach of Bayern. The Belgian head coach hit the ground running at Die Roten, guiding the club to a Bundesliga title. Eberl has also done well with several transfers like Michael Olise, Luis Diaz, and Jonathan Tah.
