According to reports in Brazil, Newcastle United have shown interest in Fulham’s Andreas Pereira. This comes from popular Brazilian outlet Globo Esporte, who claim that Newcastle have ‘expressed an interest’ in the attacking midfielder along with Tottenham and Aston Villa. They also state that the 28-year-old promised Marco Silva that he’d stay at Craven Cottage for his first two seasons, …

Beyond the clear challenge of rebuilding the team, new Barcelona manager Hansi Flick also faces the task of assigning the number 10 shirt for the next season.  This shirt was left vacant during the 2023/24 season after Ansu Fati was loaned to Brighton and Hove Albion. Ansu will now return to Barcelona after an unimpressive season, and it seems unlikely …

Premier League clubs Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester United are all expected to be active in the transfer window. They all need reinforcements before next season as they all fell short of their targets for the 2023-24 season. The Gunners are actively looking to sign a new striker in the summer transfer window as they failed to end Manchester City’s dominance …

Morning. Let’s do a few Friday bits. In a week dominated by the finances of one big club, David Ornstein reports in The Athletic (£) that the Premier League failed to close a loophole which allows clubs to sell assets in their portfolio to offset losses/financial fair play breaches. This was in focus because the owners of Chelsea sold two …

Mundo Deportivo reports that Barcelona have resumed their chase of Liverpool attacker Luis Diaz. Barcelona’s top goal under Hansi Flick’s leadership is to bolster the left side of their starting lineup because of their lack of options on the left wing. To get the 27-year-old Colombian Luis Díaz from Liverpool, they are considering selling Raphinha. Despite Raphinha’s 20 goals and …

June 7 – Bulgaria’s Botev Plovdiv has renewed its contract with the Italian sports equipment manufacturer Macron, a partnership that began 2022. The Bulgarian club announced that the new contract with the Italian company “will provide Botev with significantly better conditions.” Next season, Botev Plovdiv return to European club competition in the Europa League having qualified by winning the Bulgarian …

June 7 – San Diego and Portland Thorns of the NWSL have been drawn in the same group with Club America of Mexico for the inaugural WConcacaf Champions Cup. Panama’s Santa Fe FC and the winners of the premliminary round play-in will make up the five-team group. In Group B NJ/NY Gotham will face the LigaMX duo of Tigres, CF Monterrey. …

Welcome to another episode of the Arsecast – the Arsenal podcast. In this episode I’m joined by Charles Watts to discuss the latest transfer stories, including Benjamin Sesko’s reportedly imminent decision about his own future, what might happen in midfield and how much that depends on who stays and what Declan Rice’s role is next season, other midfield targets, possible …