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RB Leipzig have agreed a deal in the region of €16million with Chelsea for the transfer of Marc Guiu.

Chelsea will retain a significant sell-on clause for the 20-year-old, who joined from Barcelona for €6m.
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Leeds United and Nice have agreed a deadline day loan deal for left-back Melvin Bard.

The Premier League side will pay a €1million (Β£860,000) loan fee for the 25-year-old.

The full-back is scheduled to fly in from France on Tuesday to conclude a season-long arrangement, which Leeds have the option to make permanent for €5million (Β£4.3m).
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Fulham are close to an agreement to sign Sweden international midfielder Hugo Larsson from Eintracht Frankfurt.

Larsson, 22, joined Frankfurt from Swedish club Malmo in 2023 and has made 83 Bundesliga appearances in the three years since.
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Michael Keane is expected to remain at Everton after West Ham United saw an enquiry rejected for the defender.

The Championship club are looking to strengthen their defensive stocks before the deadline and asked about taking Keane, 33, on a permanent deal. They were informed that the former Manchester United and Burnley defender is not available, with Everton unlikely to source a suitable replacement in time.
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Newcastle United’s Nick Woltemade is travelling to undergo a medical ahead of a proposed deadline day loan move to Juventus.

Woltemade signed a six-year contract with Newcastle upon joining last summer in a club-record deal worth €75million (Β£64.2m; $87.5m) plus €5m in potential add-ons from Stuttgart.
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🚨EXCL: Sunderland reach agreement with Lyon to sign Malick Fofana. 21yo winger given permission to travel for medical & complete permanent transfer from #OlympiqueLyonnais to #SAFC. Paperwork stage for Belgium int’l to move on 5yr contract
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🚨EXCL: Sunderland reach agreement with Lyon to sign Malick Fofana. 21yo winger given permission to travel for medical & complete permanent transfer from #OlympiqueLyonnais to #SAFC. Paperwork stage for Belgium int’l to move on 5yr contract
Malick Fofana joining Sunderland from Lyon for package around mid-€30ms including bonuses. 21yo attacker flying to seal switch on terms until June 2031 + extra 12mnth option after #SAFC & #OlympiqueLyonnais struck deal.
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West Ham United have submitted an offer to sign Roma defender Anass Salah-Eddine on a season-long loan.
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Real Madrid academy midfielder Manuel Angel is finalising a move to Fulham.

Angel is set to be the Premier League side's third arrival from Madrid this summer, after Gonzalo Garcia and Cesar Palacios joined earlier in the window.
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Chelsea have had a bid of €45million (Β£38.5m; $52.2m) rejected by Monaco for midfielder Lamine Camara.

Enzo Fernandez is still of interest to Manchester City, but club sources have maintained that their interest in Camara is separate from the Argentine’s future.
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Arsenal have confirmed the departure of Fabio Vieira to Hamburg.

The Athletic reported on Sunday that Vieira was set to return to Germany for a fee of around €10m (Β£8.5m; $11.6m).

Vieira signed for Arsenal in 2022 for an initial fee of €35m, but has not made a Premier League appearance for the club since the 2023-24 season.
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Everton are closing in on a deadline day move for Lyon’s Ainsley Maitland-Niles.

The Merseyside club have been in the market for a new right-back this summer, with club captain Seamus Coleman having called time on his 17-year stint at Everton at the end of last season.
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🚨BREAKING: Crystal Palace working to hijack Sunderland move for Malick Fofana. Pierre Sage spoke to 21yo in bid to sway deal for #CPFC on same terms #SAFC struck with #OlympiqueLyonnais; not closed but situation advancing
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Liverpool are set to complete the signing of goalkeeper Lucca Brughmans from Genk and will loan him back to the Belgian side for the remainder of the season.

The deal for the 18-year-old is agreed at a fixed fee of around €33million (Β£28.3m; $38.3m) and €2m more due in potential add-ons.
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🚨 EXCL: Brighton & Hove Albion reach agreement with Millwall to sign Femi Azeez. Deal for 25yo #Millwall winger initial Β£12.5m (package just over Β£15m) & Nigeria int’l given permission to do medical ahead of joining #BHAFC on 4+1yr contract
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Newcastle United have completed the signing of €60million plus add-ons signing of Matias Fernandez-Pardo from Lille.

The 21-year-old Belgium international joins on a five-year contract to become Newcastle’s eighth new arrival of a busy summer.

He will wear the No 20 shirt and could make his debut for Matthias Jaissle’s side in Saturday’s home game with Bournemouth.
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Juventus have completed a deal to sign Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Pape Matar Sarr on loan with an obligation.

The midfielder, who has been injured, was left out of the squad for his side’s 2-0 defeat to Newcastle United on Saturday after asking to leave Tottenham, according to head coach Roberto De Zerbi.
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🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Manchester City reach agreement with Chelsea to sign Enzo Fernandez. Package for 25yo midfielder work Β£125m so matches British transfer record. Argentina int’l granted permission by #CFC to undergo medical & complete #MCFC move
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Roma are adamant Manu Kone is set to stay at the club amid Chelsea’s pursuit of a replacement for Enzo Fernandez.

Their coach Gian Piero Gasperini made it clear in yesterday’s post-match press conference that, as far as he is concerned, Kone is going nowhere.
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Newcastle United intend to keep hold of winger Jacob Murphy following strong interest from Nottingham Forest in the final week of the transfer window.

The 31-year-old is into the final 11 months of his Newcastle contract but Matthias Jaissle, the head coach, has been impressed by Murphy's behind-the-scenes leadership and sources at the club have stressed they expect the winger to stay beyond the 11pm deadline.
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Brighton are working on a late move to sign defensive midfielder Chema Andres from Stuttgart. #BHAFC 21, former Real Madrid product.
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