Adam Leventhal

Everton are in talks to sign former Nottingham Forest midfielder Orel Mangala from Lyon on a season-long loan. Mangala joined Lyon in January from Forest in a deal worth up to £30million ($39.6m), including add-ons. However, just eight months on from joining Lyon, the Belgium international could be in line for a return to England this summer. If the deal is completed, he will become Everton’s seventh signing of the summer after the arrivals of Jake O’Brien, Iliman Ndiaye, Jack Harrison, Tim Iroegbunam, Jesper Lindstrom and Asmir Begovic. Mangala joined Lyon while they were third...

Bournemouth winger Jaidon Anthony is undergoing a medical ahead of joining Burnley on a season-long loan.

Ipswich Town have completed the signing of Chiedozie Ogbene from Luton Town. A transfer package worth in the region of £8million was agreed between the two clubs. He has signed a four-year contract. “I’m very excited and feel lucky to have this opportunity to play in the Premier League again,” Chiedozie said. “I’ve had very positive chats with the manager and for someone to believe in me that I could play at this level again means a lot to me and my family. “I know what he wants from me and the role I will play and I’m here to be a positive addition to the squad as we look to...

Crystal Palace are considering a move for Bournemouth goalkeeper Mark Travers as a potential replacement for Sam Johnstone. The Athletic reported Wolverhampton Wanderers were close to reaching an agreement with Palace to sign Johnstone. The two clubs were working towards compromising on a fee of around £10million ($12.7m) for Johnstone, with Palace prepared to sanction his exit after he asked to leave Selhurst Park. With Johnstone edging closer to an exit, Palace are weighing up whether to move for a new goalkeeper before the transfer window deadline, with Travers being a possible option. As...

Fulham are interested in a move for Lyon winger Ernest Nuamah, with the club no longer pursuing attacking midfielder Rayan Cherki. Lyon had accepted Fulham’s offer of an initial £12million plus further add-ons for Cherki, but the France Under-21 international had not committed to the deal and was considering his options. The Athletic reported last month that Lyon were preparing to receive approaches for Nuamah, with clubs from the Premier League and Serie A monitoring the situation. Fulham have already completed the signings of Ryan Sessegnon, Jorge Cuenca, Emile Smith Rowe, Sander Berge...

RB Bragantino are in talks with Fulham over the signing of Carlos Vinicius. The deal, which would be in the region of €3million (£2.5m; $3.3m), has not been finalised but it’s a position that the Brazilian side are looking to strengthen and have identified Vinicius as a target. The 29-year-old has one year left on his Fulham contract with a club option to extend his deal by a further year. Vinicius, who scored ten goals in 22 appearances during a loan spell at Tottenham Hotspur had spells at Palmeiras, Napoli and before joining Fulham from Benfica in the summer of 2022. The Brazilian has...

Chelsea goalkeeper Djordje Petrovic will join Strasbourg on a season-long loan deal subject to a medical. The 24-year-old joined Chelsea from New England Revolution in August 2023 and made 31 first-team appearances across all competitions last season. Petrovic is one of six goalkeepers in Chelsea’s first-team squad, although Kepa Arrizabalaga has joined Bournemouth on loan while Robert Sanchez has been selected as Enzo Maresca’s No 1 in the Premier League matches so far this season. The French club are owned by BlueCo, the multi-club ownership group which also controls Chelsea.

Watford striker Mileta Rajovic has travelled to Denmark for a medical with Brondby ahead of a season-long loan move. The Dane finished as the Championship club’s top scorer last season with 11 goals after arriving from Swedish club Kalmar for £1.3million ($1.6million). He has found the net three times in Watford’s opening four games of the 2024-25 campaign. Watford added Bournemouth striker Daniel Jebbison to the squad on deadline day on loan and Rajovic is set to be behind both him and Vakoun Bayo in the pecking order. The structure of the 25-year-old’s loan move to Brondby...

Galatasaray are exploring a loan move for Napoli striker Victor Osimhen. Galatasaray vice president Ibrahim Hatipoglu and sporting director Cenk Ergun have both flown to Italy for talks with Osimhen. The Nigeria international, 25, is not in Antonio Conte’s plans with the Italian club after so far failing to secure a move away this summer. Chelsea were among those interested but failed to come to an agreement before the Premier League transfer window closed on Friday while Saudi Pro League club Al Ahli also worked on a deal before signing Ivan Toney from Brentford. A potential move to...

Marc Brys found himself caught in a conflict between the Cameroon FA and the sports ministry