{"id":28995,"date":"2020-08-05T20:44:42","date_gmt":"2020-08-05T15:14:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kyrosports.com\/?p=28995"},"modified":"2020-08-05T20:44:42","modified_gmt":"2020-08-05T15:14:42","slug":"football-transfer-news-and-rumours-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyrosports.com\/football-transfer-news-and-rumours-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Football Transfer News and Rumours: August 5th"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In today&#8217;s transfer round-up, we have the latest news and rumours regarding the most high-profile signings that could take place in the coming days in top European football leagues.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">AC Milan switch interests Serge Aurier<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n<p>Serge Aurier\u00a0has a reputation for being brilliant and erratic at the same time. The former Paris Saint-German star, who made 42 appearances across all competitions for Tottenham Hotspur in 2019-20, looks likely to leave AC Milan.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>According to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/gianlucadimarzio.com\/en\/news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gianluca Di Marzio<\/a>, there has been continuous contact between the two clubs and the player&#8217;s entourage. The full-back has been made available to the Serie A giants and even Aurier is keen on a transfer to <a href=\"https:\/\/kyrosports.com\/category\/football\/football-teams\/ac-milan\/\" class=\"rank-math-link\">AC Milan<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"it\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Milan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#Milan<\/a>&#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Aurier?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#Aurier<\/a>: c&#39;\u00e8 il s\u00ec del giocatore: le ultime<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/On11CNTn5Z\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/t.co\/On11CNTn5Z<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Gianluca Di Marzio (@DiMarzio) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DiMarzio\/status\/1290760713812824065?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">August 4, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>However, the Rossoneri do not want to pay the \u00a320m demanded by Tottenham as they are waiting for Spurs to lower their asking price.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Leicester City show interest in Barcelona youngster<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n<p>Leicester City&nbsp;are trying to sign&nbsp;Francisco Trincao&nbsp;from <a href=\"https:\/\/kyrosports.com\/category\/football\/football-teams\/barcelona\/\" class=\"rank-math-link\">Barcelona<\/a> and have offered to take the forward on loan for two seasons with an obligation to buy for \u00a345m (\u20ac50m).<\/p>\n\n\n<p>The 20-year-old is one of Portugal\u2019s most highly-rated youngsters and in January, Barcelona agreed on a deal with Braga to bring Trincao to the Camp Nou this summer in a transfer worth a \u20ac31m.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Leicester offer deal to take forward Francisco Trinc\u00e3o from Barcelona by \u2066<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@FabrizioRomano<\/a>\u2069 | Leicester City | The Guardian <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OtwFarcvpM\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/t.co\/OtwFarcvpM<\/a><\/p>&mdash; David Amoyal (@DavidAmoyal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DavidAmoyal\/status\/1290617039871258626?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">August 4, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>Trincao&#8217;s contract with Barcelona, which runs until 2025, includes a buy-out clause of \u20ac500m. But Leicester are favourites to secure his signature, despite Atalanta also showing interest in the 20-year-old .<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">AC Milan and Bayer Leverkusen interested in Norwich defender Ben Godfrey<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ben_Godfrey\" class=\"rank-math-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ben Godfrey<\/a>&nbsp;has been in demand after a breakthrough Premier League season with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Norwich_City_F.C.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Norwich City<\/a>. AC Milan and Bayer Leverkusen are said to be in a battle for the Canaries central defender.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>The England Under-21 international, who impressed in the Premier League, despite Daniel Farke&#8217;s&nbsp;team getting relegated to the Championship, has become a key transfer target for both AC Milan and Bayer Leverkusen.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Big 22!\ud83d\udc74\ud83c\udffd Thank you for the bday wishes\u2764\ufe0f\ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffd <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JeoTuaTeYO\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/JeoTuaTeYO<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Ben Godfrey (@BenG0dfrey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BenG0dfrey\/status\/1217442831700234240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">January 15, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/football\/news\/11709\/12041689\/ben-godfrey-ac-milan-and-bayer-leverkusen-interested-in-norwich-defender#:~:text=AC%20Milan%20will%20face%20competition,Transfer%20Centre%20LIVE!\" class=\"rank-math-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sky<\/a>&nbsp;in Italy reported that Godfrey&#8217;s representatives met with AC Milan officials before their Serie A win against Cagliari on Saturday and they remain the&nbsp;front runners to secure his signature. <\/p>\n\n\n<p>With&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bayer_04_Leverkusen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bayer Leverkusen<\/a>&nbsp;also joining the fray, the race for the 22-year-old looks set to go right down to the wire.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg inching closer to Tottenham move<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pierre-Emile_H%C3%B8jbjerg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg<\/a>&nbsp;looks <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1288954672410222593?s=20\" class=\"rank-math-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">set to join<\/a> Tottenham Hotspur in a transfer worth \u00a315m. The Danish midfielder, who didn&#8217;t feature for Southampton after the restart, is close to joining Jose Mourinho&#8217;s team after initial interest from Everton for his transfer.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Hojbjerg, who has one year to run on his Southampton contract, has been a vital player for the Saints since joining them from&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/FC_Bayern_Munich\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bayern Munich<\/a> in 2016. The former&nbsp;Brondby&nbsp;star has made 134 appearances across all competitions for the Premier League club so far.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-instagram wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B_U8iMznYYM\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>Hojbjerg is now expected to agree personal terms and sign a contract with Spurs in the coming days.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Southampton keen sign Kyle Walker-Peters permanently<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Southampton_F.C.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Southampton<\/a>&nbsp;are keen to quickly finalise the signing of&nbsp;Tottenham Hotspur&nbsp;loanee&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kyle_Walker-Peters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kyle Walker-Peters<\/a>&nbsp;as West Ham United threaten to rival the Saints for the full-back&#8217;s transfer. The Tottenham Hotspur academy graduate spent the second half of the 2019-20 season on loan with the south coast club.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>The England Under-21 international has featured in each of Southampton&#8217;s nine games following the restart as the Saints collected 18 points, losing just one match in a confident end to the season.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">What a way to finish the season! 7 games unbeaten, great team effort all round! Shame the season has to end now but time to recharge and get ready for next season! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SaintsFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#SaintsFC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JnUk8XMZgY\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/JnUk8XMZgY<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Kyle Walker-Peters (@KWPeters) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KWPeters\/status\/1287445254292086784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 26, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>According to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-8592949\/Tottenham-close-15m-signing-Hojbjerg-Walker-Peters-moving-Southampton-12m.html\" class=\"rank-math-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reports<\/a>, the 23-year-old, who is valued in the region of \u00a312m, looks likely to join Southampton as they are already in talks with Spurs regarding Pierre Emile Hojbjerg&#8217;s potential move to north London. <\/p>\n\n\n<p>The deal looks like a win-win situation for both parties as <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jos%C3%A9_Mourinho\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jose Mourinho<\/a> does not favour the England Under-21 international, while he started regularly for <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ralph_Hasenh%C3%BCttl\" class=\"rank-math-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ralph Hasenhuttl<\/a>&#8216;s side.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Also Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/kyrosports.com\/farewell-spain-madrid-legend-iker-casillas\/\" class=\"rank-math-link\">Farewell, Iker Casillas: Spain and Real Madrid\u2019s eternal number 1<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In today&#8217;s transfer round-up, we have the latest news and rumours regarding the most high-profile signings that could take place in the coming days in top European football leagues. AC Milan switch interests Serge Aurier Serge Aurier\u00a0has a reputation for being brilliant and erratic at the same time. The former Paris Saint-German star, who made [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":29019,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5467,5452,16,5454,20,5524,5501],"tags":[5323,4654,5015,5896,4891,4942],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyrosports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28995"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyrosports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyrosports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyrosports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/42"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyrosports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28995"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kyrosports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28995\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyrosports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyrosports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyrosports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyrosports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}