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Crystal Palace have made an inquiry for Bournemouth midfielder David Brooks as new manager Patrick Vieira looks to further bolster his squad.

What’s the story?

According to The Sun, the Eagles opened talks with the south coast club over the highly-rated 24-year-old, but the Cherries were quick to inform them that he’s not for sale.

The report claims that the Bournemouth hierarchy wanted £50m to release Brooks a year ago following their relegation from the Premier League and are now refusing to quote a price.

He’d be another Parish masterclass

After leaving boyhood club Sheffield United in an £11.5m move back in the summer of 2018, Brooks enjoyed a fabulous maiden Premier League campaign at the Vitality Stadium.

The Wales international bagged seven goals and laid on a further five assists in 30 league appearances for his teammates as the versatile youngster showcased his quality and potential in the top flight. However, Brooks’ progress was severely hampered by a persistent ankle injury throughout 2019/20, limiting him to just nine outings in the entire campaign.

A return to form last season saw the creative talent make 13 goal contributions in all competitions, though, but his efforts weren’t enough to get Bournemouth out of the Championship.

As a result, the £14.4m-rated magician is now attracting interest from the Premier League, and Vieira openly admitted that he’s searching for extra reinforcements in Friday’s press conference.

“When you look at the squad we are maybe a little bit more light on numbers, and we are working hard to improve the squad (with) the window are still open. We will try to bring players that can improve our squad,” the Palace manager stated.

“I think where we are maybe a little bit more short is upfront and in the midfield, I think it would be good to reinforce those positions.”

Palace chairman Steve Parish has already pulled off several pieces of impressive business in the current window, securing the services of Joachim Andersen, Marc Guehi, Michael Olise and Conor Gallagher.

Adding Brooks into the mix would certainly go down as another masterstroke from the capital club’s chief, given the impressive figures the Welshman has racked up at Bournemouth.

In other news… Journalist drops exciting Crystal Palace transfer update, fans will be buzzing

Former Manchester City star Michael Ball insists that Tottenham Hotspur fans are ready to see Harry Kane join Pep Guardiola’s side.

The England striker has been heavily linked with a potential move to the Etihad Stadium in this transfer window.

Numerous reports have claimed that City are ready to make a bid worth just over £127m, but other reporting has claimed that Kane could be set to stay at Spurs for the remainder of the season ahead of a potential move next summer.

Kane has returned to training with Spurs ahead of Thursday’s Europa Conference League game against Portuguese side Pacos de Ferreira.

Ball, though, thinks that the supporters are ready to see their talisman depart in this window should an acceptable bid be tabled.

Indeed, Spurs fans actually sang “are you watching Harry Kane”, as Spurs beat City 1-0 in their opening game of the season.

Speaking exclusively to Football FanCast, he said: “Harry Kane’s defended himself, about the Tottenham deal, but I just feel, where Harry Kane’s sat, where Daniel Levy’s sat, where the fans are, I think the majority of the fans are ready to see Harry Kane go, and leave Tottenham.

“They think that’s going to actually happen. Obviously, as we all know, it’s all about the finances.”

Former professional footballer Steve Howey believes that Daniel Jebbison possibly could make a move to Sunderland late in the transfer window.

The Northern Echo reported that Sunderland were keen on a loan move for the Sheffield United forward, but it would rely on Will Grigg being moved on and also getting the Blades to lower their financial demands.

Sky Sports’ Kaveh Solhekol also posted on Twitter that three Premier League clubs were interested in signing the striker permanently, with Everton named as one of those clubs.

The 18-year-old featured for the Sheffield United first team on four occasions last season, scoring one goal while he also scored four goals in four games in the FA Youth Cup.

This season, Jebbison has only featured for the Blades in their Carabao Cup meeting with Carlisle United, but Steve Howey believes that he could possibly make a move to the Stadium of Light late on in the transfer window.

Howey exclusively told the Transfer Tavern: “Again, it’s one of these where, will it just get over the line kind of the last day of the transfer window? Possibly. I don’t think it’s great for the player when this kind of thing goes on as well. You’d rather think, well, where am I? Am I stopping? Am I going? What’s happening? 

“It kind of unsettles him, it unsettles his family, they don’t know if they’re going in that house or tomorrow am I moving somewhere completely different in the country.

“I think all he has to think about is just concentrating on his football and he’s only got a week left to actually put his mind at rest and he knows exactly where he’s going.”

An update has emerged on Sassuolo winger Jeremie Boga, regarding Crystal Palace’s interest in his services.

What’s the talk?

According to Italian journalist Gianluca Di Marzio, the Eagles are in contact with Sassuolo over a deal for French attacker Boga.

The Tweet does not go into any further details, with no transfer fee mentioned or how open to a transfer the Serie A side are for the ex-Chelsea man with less than 48 hours to go before the window slams shut. However, L10 Sport reported earlier this summer that they rejected a £20m offer from Atalanta for his services.

Fans will be buzzing

Crystal Palace fans will be buzzing with this news as it shows an ambition from the club to significantly strengthen their squad further before the end of the transfer window on Tuesday. Patrick Vieira must now ensure that he can get this deal over the line for his fellow countryman, to bolster his attacking options alongside the likes of Wilfried Zaha, Michael Olise and the injured Eberechi Eze.

After three Premier League matches, Conor Gallagher is the only player who has scored for Palace and Christian Benteke is the only player with an assist. This comes after only two players managed more than four league goals last season and two players provided more than three assists, suggesting that Palace’s squad is not overflowing with attacking quality.

Therefore, bringing in a player who could score and assist goals at a decent rate could get the fans excited and that is what Boga could do. The Frenchman has produced 18 goals and five assists over the last three seasons, whilst starting this season off with one assist in two Serie A appearances.

The £16k-per-week gem’s ex-coach at Chelsea, Michael Beale, also once lauded, saying: “The most unique talent and I’m talking in a window of being 13/14 and he just beat the other team possibly on his own is a young boy called Jeremie Boga.

“He just beat teams on his own, such a lovely boy. I thought wow, this boy is a supreme talent. he can stop and go and over three or four yards, he can just drift past you.”

This, along with his statistics in Serie A, shows that he has talent and could be a quality signing for the Eagles if they can get the deal over the line.

If he is able to translate his goalscoring talents over from Italy to the Premier League, then he could be an excellent addition to the team and a player the fans would love to see play at Selhurst Park.

AND in other news, Get it done: Parish must sanction CPFC deal for £15m beast with “magic in his feet”…

According to Football Insider, Brandon Barker’s big wages were the problem behind him not leaving Glasgow Rangers during the summer transfer window.

The Lowdown: Barker allowed to leave

As the transfer window approached its end, Rangers made a decision on the future of the 24-year-old winger.

They decided that he would be allowed to leave Ibrox, but in the end, no deal materialised.

The Latest: Wages

As per this latest report, Rangers were unable to offload Barker due to his high wages.

The former Manchester City man was signed when Mark Allen was still the sporting director, and he is said to be earning £8,500 per week at the club (salarysport.com), a salary agreed by the aforementioned Allen.

The Verdict: Shame for all involved

This is a shame for all involved. Barker made just 13 appearances for the Gers last campaign before being loaned out to Oxford United, and he has yet to feature at all this term (Transfermarkt).

Clearly, he is not a part of Steven Gerrard’s plans and therefore has little prospect of playing on a regular basis this season.

For Rangers, too, it is unfortunate. They now still have a player on their books who is costing them a significant amount of money. There is still another transfer window to come before the end of the season – perhaps then, a solution can be found.

In other news, Gabriel Agbonlahor has made this title claim.

Lots of Wolves fans have been left pleading to sign Renato Sanches as a transfer update emerged.

Writing in his latest piece for The Athletic, Tim Spiers has said that the Midlands club are likely to make another move to try and sign the central midfield player in the January window, so long as his injury problems have cleared up.

Sanches has already missed a few game so far this season through injury, and has had extensive issues in the past (Transfermarkt).

However, he would give Bruno Lage another great option in the middle of the park, given his experience of playing at the highest level, exemplified by the fact that he has played for three different clubs in the UEFA Champions League and of course for his nation at major tournaments (Transfermarkt).

At 24 years of age, the Portugal international still has so much potential, and would certainly be a statement signing by the Molineux faithful.

Wolves fans on Sanches transfer update

These WWFC supporters pleaded for the signing of Sanches as the transfer update was shared on Twitter:

“Fosun, this is your last chance.”

Credit: @wwfcglover

“I BEG”

Credit: @AndyEvers1

“Can January hurry up then?”

Credit: @parker_bradley

“PLEASE WOLVES PLEASE”

Credit: @HarryWi57417449

“Come on Fosun pls”

Credit: @wwfcbilly

“I beg so so much”

Credit: @haydenbd_

In other news, find out what recent news has Wanderers fuming here!

Speaking to Football Insider, Sky Sports pundit Kevin Phillips has reacted to the latest news involving West Ham United and their links with Jesse Lingard.

The Lowdown: West Ham eyeing Lingard…

As per recent developments, it appears that the Irons aren’t quite done with the Manchester United midfielder yet despite the signing of Croatia international Nikola Vlasic on transfer deadline day.

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Indeed, The Evening Standard first reported that manager David Moyes has been considering a return for the England international in January, while Football Insider indicated that potential Hammers transfer talks are ongoing with Lingard’s entourage.

Phillips has now reacted to the latter development and refuses to rule out a West Ham move for the 28-year-old in January.

The Latest: Phillips reacts…

Speaking to Football Insider, the former Sunderland striker believes it is ‘clear’ that Lingard must leave Old Trafford, but suggested that West Ham may not be the only club vying to sign him.

“It’s still a no brainer,” Phillips explained.

“We all know his game time will be limited at Old Trafford and I don’t think he’ll sign a new deal. He will probably let his contract run down and he could go in January or wait for West Ham in the summer.

“Then he can demand even more wages and plenty of clubs can one-up each other then. So that might be the best move for him.

“Once it gets to January there will be other clubs interested, I’m sure. I wouldn’t say the writing is on the wall but it’s clear it’s time for Lingard to move on. He would still be a massive signing for Moyes.”

The Verdict: Wait till next year?

The 28-year-old’s deal, which expires in 2022, should be a huge motivator for Moyes and West Ham to enter formal negotiations in January.

They could snap him up on a free transfer next summer, potentially too big of an opportunity to miss despite their recent signing of Vlasic.

Lingard has been in brilliant form when given the chance for both club and country so far this season, scoring for the Red Devils this weekend as they put Newcastle to the sword (BBC) just a few days after his brace for England against Andorra (BBC).

His phenomenal loan spell at the London Stadium over 2020/21 is another incentive for West Ham, with the only downside arguably being his age and possible wage demands – he currently earns £75,000 per week.

In other news: ‘Ha a shocker’, ‘Offered nothing’…West Ham fans slam ‘poor’ ace who lost the ball 16x vs Southampton, find out more here.

A report regarding Mukesh Ambani and PIF has come to light regarding Newcastle United’s potential takeover.

What’s the latest?

According to the report by The Shields Gazzette, Indian businessman Mukesh Ambani, who has twice been linked with a takeover of Newcastle United, has appointed the governor of the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia, Yasir Al-Rumayyan, as an independent director at his company Reliance Industries.

The timing of this partnership comes shortly before the club’s Competition Appeal Tribunal hearing, scheduled for the 27th of this month, which is set to determine whether or not the Premier League were right to block Mike Ashley’s attempts to sell Newcastle to PIF last year.

Fans will be intrigued

Considering Ambani’s previous attempts to purchase Newcastle United, in addition to the well-documented takeover attempt of PIF over the course of the past 18 months or so, it would certainly appear as if the partnership between the Indian businessman and PIF governer Al-Rumayyan would be quite a large coincidence, and is something that is sure to intrigue the St. James’ Park faithful.

Indeed, with Forbes listing Ambani as the 11th richest person in the world, with a net worth of $84.5bn (£67bn), the businessman would certainly appear to have the funds to play a role in the takeover of Newcastle, which could potentially develop into a joint bid between PIF and the Indian.

However, it must be stated that this is purely speculation on our behalf, but it is undeniable that two parties who have both demonstrated a keen interest in the purchase of the Premier League side developing a partnership is certainly an interesting development – with the presence of Ambani in a joint takeover attempt – in the place of Amanda Staveley and the Reuben Brothers – potentially offering PIF a route into the club under less scrutiny from the Premier League.

In other news: Sold for peanuts, now worth £16.2m: Ashley had a ‘mare on “special” £17k-p/w NUFC ace

When Bruno Lage signed on the dotted line and became the manager of Wolverhampton Wanderers, he knew he needed to do something about the club’s injury problems.

It was a major issue for Wolves last season with Nuno Santo having to make do with countless fitness issues.

Raul Jimenez suffered a nasty fractured skull last November while the likes of Daniel Podence and Marcal withstood several injuries.

Jonny suffered back to back ACL problems and then Pedro Neto was ruled out for an extended period of time after breaking his knee cap.

Those two players remain long term absentees but two more individuals have been added to the treatment table at Compton.

Speaking prior to Wolves’ clash with Southampton on Sunday, Lage confirmed the club had suffered two additional blows.

He commented: “Ait-Nouri will be out for seven days. Mosquera has a muscle injury, not in the same area.”

Reporter Liam Keen then cleared up how long the latter might be out for, saying: “He (Lage) has given a timeline of 1-2 months for Mosquera. Expects it to be closer to 2 months.”

With Wolves’ defensive options extremely limited, this will be a gutting piece of news for the manager to receive.

Ait-Nouri will only miss the next week but it’s a shame that he’ll be absent for the clash this weekend after picking up an important assist against Tottenham in midweek.

Mosquera’s injury is more concerning, however. He signed in the summer as Wolves’ only centre-back recruit but his one appearance – the match with Spurs – ended in disaster as he went off on just nine minutes.

The central defender is a promising player but his ability to adapt and integrate himself into the surroundings at Molineux is being extremely hampered, especially as this is not his first fitness problem since arriving.

Wolves have continued to operate a three-man backline under Lage but the fewer options they have, the less he’ll be able to improve their system.

They tried signing Sven Botman and Duje Caleta-Car in the summer window but ultimately failed in their pursuits. Had one of those players joined, it’s unlikely that Mosquera’s injury would be so concerning.

Instead, Lage will be hoping that he doesn’t receive another injury to his defensive line.

AND in other news, Bruno Lage could soon replicate one of Nuno’s big Wolves blunders from last season…

Speaking to Football Insider, Tottenham Hotspur ‘insider’/club source John Wenham has made a managerial claim involving Mauricio Pochettino.

The Lowdown: Pressure on Nuno…

This Sunday could play centre stage to one of the most crucial games of Tottenham’s season already as the pressure grows on new manager Nuno Espirito Santo.

After a brilliant start, even managing to pick up the Premier League Manager of the Month award for August, the 47-year-old is now at the centre of reported unrest behind the scenes.

Tottenham have lost their last three league games in humiliating fashion, conceding three goals to a trio of their London rivals in the space of a few weeks.

Now, Wenham made a managerial claim involving former fan favourite Pochettino.

The Latest: Pochettino claim dropped…

As per the Spurs insider/club source, who regularly breaks news on his social media channel Lilywhite Rose, Tottenham and by extension chairman Daniel Levy ‘are watching’ Pochettino’s situation at Paris-Saint Germain.

“Tottenham are watching the situation at PSG,” Wenham told Football Insider.

“The Messi-Pochettino thing has somewhat quietened down by the looks of things.

“If Pochettino became available, would Tottenham replace Nuno with him?

“I think they would. All you have to do is look at how hard Levy went for him in the summer.

“They were scared off by the financial muscle of PSG. I think that is the only way Tottenham would get rid of Nuno.”

The Verdict: Tall order…

Nuno arguably hasn’t had enough time to change Tottenham’s fortunes and it’s only logical he gets a fair crack at the whip.

If results continue to slump in devastating fashion as they have done, though, Pochettino would come as an amazing appointment if they can prise him away from the French capital – especially considering former keeper Heurelho Gomes called him a ‘football genius’.

However, Spurs tried and failed to bring him back to N17 earlier this year and it could be an even taller order now given the squad Pochettino has to play with at PSG.

As it stands, Levy bringing back the £115,000-per-week boss certainly seems unlikely from our point of view.

In other news: ‘Unbelievable’…Sky pundit suggests Spurs stadium naming rights boost after what’s happened, find out more here.