#transfers

#transfers

As excitement over Gavi's return to the pitch grows, a recent report from Diario SPORT has revealed an interesting anecdote from 2023. The report reveals that Gavi was close to joining European rivals Paris Saint-Germain in the summer of 2023, as Barcelona were desperate to keen on signing Fabian Ruiz. PSG had offered both Ruiz and Marco Verratti in exchange for Gavi. It was a direct swap deal, with no cash involved.

Most Bayern Munich fans know who David Alaba is: a talented left-back with deadly freekicks, versatility, and uh *checks notes a money hungry agent who drew the ire of the club. He then swapped Munich red for Madrid white in 2021 after 12 years with the club. After an unsuccessful period in Spain, it looks like he's off to the next chapter of his career.

Paris St-Germain are showing interest in Erling Haaland, several European clubs want Bernardo Silva and Carlo Ancelotti intends to extend his stay as Brazil boss. Paris StGermain have enquired about Norway striker Erling Haaland's longterm situation at Manchester City, although the 25-year-old's most likely destination is Spain, if he chooses to move. (Teamtalk), external Aston Villa want to sign Wales midfielder Harry Wilson on a free transfer from Fulham this summer, with the 28-year-old also said to be a target for Everton.

Fantasy Premier League gameweek 27 is where planning really starts to matter. We're in the stretch between the first doubles and the chaos of upcoming blanks, which means hanging onto risky picks can seriously slow you down. Now's the time to move early on players with dodgy minutes, tough fixtures, suspensions or straight‑up bad underlying data. Clearing out these problem assets lets you attack the next few weeks with form players and one or two clever differentials.

"From the first moment they told me about Catanzaro, after talking to my family and my agent, I immediately decided to come here. It's a place that has always fascinated me; I like cities that live for football."

There's no hiding that it's been a disappointing first season at Chelsea for Liam Delap, and I'm told five clubs are now keeping an eye on his situation. At this stage, a loan in the summer is more likely than a permanent sale, but some sources I've spoken to are already not ruling out the latter for this 30m flop signing from Ipswich Town, as first reported here for the Daily Briefing.

The 27-year-old had been a target for Spurs, but it seems they're now set to start looking for alternatives due to Everton's stance. Dewsbury-Hall only joined Everton from Chelsea last summer, and has started well at the Hill Dickinson Stadium. It makes sense that the Toffees aren't keen to let him go, but Tottenham might also have been seen as a tempting step up for him, as well as a chance to return to London.

Rumors surrounding Jürgen Klopp and FC Bayern Munich have been swirling for years. There has been constant speculation about whether the charismatic coach would one day stand on the sidelines of the German record champions. Now, Klopp's long-time advisor, Mark Kosicke, has revealed new details to Transfermarkt.de about FC Bayern's attempts to sign him. According to Kosicke, the club came "very close" on two separate occasions.

Scotland head coach Steve Clarke plans to hold talks with the Scottish FA over his future in March, with his current contract expiring after the summer's World Cup.

Woltemade's campaign started with him playing the role of "rope" in a transfer tug-of-war between VfB Stuttgart and Bayern Munich. After VfB Stuttgart refused to accept Bayern Munich's terms, the player seemingly had made it clear that he wanted out of Stuttgart. Lo and behold, Newcastle United opened its coffers and paid VfB Stuttgart an absurd amount of money (€75 million) for the attacker and things seemed...great.

Chelsea have now joined the race to sign the Brentford striker Igor Thiago. They have intensified their monitoring of the player and are exploring ways to open formal negotiations with Brentford. The player has 17 goals in the Premier League this season and has proven himself a reliable performer in the top flight. Chelsea need a reliable goal scorer, and the Brazilian could prove to be a huge upgrade on Liam Delap.

When the news cycle spins so fast, it's worth remembering where Brentford were in the summer. They had lost their popular manager of seven years, Thomas Frank. They had lost their two best forwards, Bryan Mbeumo and Yoane Wissa. They had lost their goalkeeper Mark Flekken. And they had lost two stalwarts in Christian Nrgaard and Ben Mee (even if the latter's involvement the previous season had been limited as he turned 35).