Deadline Day – Latest transfer news and rumours. 30 August 2024
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Deadline Day – Latest transfer news and rumours.
Friday 30 August 2024
- Al Ahli have agreed a £40m deal with Brentford to sign Ivan Toney.
- Al Ahli have also agreed a £67.3m deal to sign Chelsea target Victor Osimhen.
- Arsenal are weighing up moves for Chelsea’s Raheem Sterling or Bayern Munich’s Kingsley Coman having been approached about both in the final two days of the transfer window.
- Chelsea have enquired about the availability of Benfica centre-back Tomas Araujo ahead of the transfer deadline.
- Southampton are exploring the possibility of signing Maxwel Cornet from West Ham. The Saints are also reported to be interested in a second raid on West Ham with a loan deal for their former midfielder James Ward-Prowse.
- Sam Johnstone has completed his £10m move from Crystal Palace to Wolves.
- Southampton and Crystal Palace are both pushing to do a loan deal for West Ham forward Maxwel Cornet.
- Everton striker Neal Maupay has signed for Marseille on loan with an obligation to buy.
- Liverpool boss Arne Slot is not expecting any new signings on Deadline Day but says that Caoimhin Kelleher may have to make a decision on his future.
- Arsenal are exploring a move for Bournemouth goalkeeper Neto after hitting an impasse in talks over Espanyol’s Joan Garcia.
- Brighton have submitted a €20m (£16.8m) offer to Nordsjaelland for striker Conrad Harder.
- Galatasaray winger Wilfried Zaha is close to joining Lyon on loan.
- Manchester City are ready to offer midfielder James McAtee a new contract after rebuffing bids of up to £30m during the summer transfer window.
- Chilean sports consultant Leandro Shara has threatened to sue European football’s governing body UEFA for the “unauthorised and unfair use” of the “league phase” format it is introducing for its three club competitions this season.
- Arsenal have expressed an interest in Anthony Gordon but the winger is set to stay at Newcastle beyond Friday’s deadline, with preliminary talks over a new contract having opened.
- Newcastle did not have a sell-on clause in the £10million deal that took Bobby Clark from Liverpool to RB Salzburg – and they are not owed anything should Ivan Toney move this summer.