What time is it? Nope, not Dinner, Question or Hammer. It’s Rumour Time! Well, it’s probably more like half-past Rumour Time, in all fairness, but let’s not allow tardiness to diminish our fun, eh?
First to Spurs, where Mauricio Pochettino is planning a clear out. So say cheerio to Serge Aurier, toodles to Victor Wanyama, farewell to Eric Dier, later days to Danny Rose, bon voyage to Toby Alderweireld and au revoir to Jan Vertonghen. And it’s hello to £18m Sporting Lisbon ace Bruno Fernandes, welcome aboard to Gremio playmaker Everton Soares, what-ho to Norwich’s Max Aarons, ahoy hoy to West Brom’s Nathan Ferguson and how-do-you-do to Mainz hotshot Jean-Philippe Mateta.
Manchester United, meanwhile, want RB Salzburg’s prolific Erling Braut Haaland, although the 19-year-old is also being watched by … well basically everyone. Borussia Monchengladbach midfielder Denis Zakaria is also making a soft blipping noise on Ole Gunnar Solskjær’s radar.
Dayot Upamecano remains a target for Arsenal, with Unai Emery hoping to bolster the centre of his shaky back four. The RB Leipzig player would set the Gunners back around £40m. And in other Unai news, Athletic Bilbao’s Unai Simón is a target for Real Madrid.
Wolves have found the fire of their summer passion for Benfica’s Ruben Dias are not quite been extinguished. They’ll be back in for the defender come January. And the Molineux club will face competition from West Ham in a tug-of-war over £36m Milan man Suso.
And Papy Mendy, Daniel Amartey and Filip Benkovic are all heading for the door at Leicester.
