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Our verdict on the latest Premier League transfer rumours - with news from Spurs, Arsenal and Chelsea.
Welcome to Friday’s round-up of the freshest Premier League transfer rumours that we’ve caught doing the rounds over the past 24 hours – and we have something of a theme running through today’s digest.
All of today’s transfer stories concern players who currently ply their trade in London but who could be heading for pastures new in the near future, and first up for consideration is a report from Caught Offside which claims that Real Madrid have set their sights on Tottenham Hotspur right-back Pedro Porro.
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The former Sporting man isn’t Real’s first choice, by any means, because what they really want is to sign Trent Alexander-Arnold on a free when his contract expires at the end of the season. But they see Porro as a “strong alternative” to the Liverpool man, and apparently Carlo Ancelotti is an admirer.
Apparently a fee of around €65m (£54.7m) would be required to get Spurs around the table in the first place, but the North London outfit are allegedly “fearful” of losing their man if he receives a tempting offer from Spain.
The 3AM Verdict: We’ve already seen Real Madrid linked with just about every elite right-back in Europe recently, and that’s why we wouldn’t get too worried if we were a Spurs fan – sure, Porro probably is on their long list of potential targets, but right now they’re just doing due diligence and there are another dozen or so players they could turn to before Porro becomes the number one target.
Gunner set for Spanish move
Spurs aren’t the only team in North London who could find themselves losing a player to La Liga in the near future – not if Football España have their facts straight, anyway. They reckon that both Barcelona and Atlético Madrid are chasing the signature of Arsenal midfielder Thomas Partey, who is set to leave the club as a free agent this coming summer.
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The Ghanaian international is expected to make a decision on his future in the coming months, and the clubs in question will make a call of their own with the potential to sign the player for free proving to be “tempting.” Fitness may come into the equation, however, as Partey has had injury problems that he may need to get over.
The 3AM Verdict: There is very little detail in this article, which is often a sign that either the author has heard faint whispers but little more or that there simply isn’t anything concrete in it. We’re not sure which is the case here, but the two teams in question are a former club and a team who are basically always looking for anyone they can sign on a free to save some money.
Spanish side to double down on Stamford Bridge swoop
To round off our hat-trick of stories about Spanish sides swooping in for London-based players, news now from TeamTalk, who reckon that Atléti are also keen on signing Chelsea exile Ben Chilwell.
The two sides have a working relationship after negotiations over Conor Gallagher and João Félix during the summer and apparently Diego Simeon’s side team have a “strong interest” in the England left-back, who was left out of first-team training during at the start of the season and has been told to find a new club. He has since been reintegrated into the senior squad, but there is no suggestion that Enzo Maresca plans to make much use of him, and a transfer seems inevitable at some stage.
There’s no word on whether Chilwell would be open to a move to Madrid or as to how much Chelsea would charge for him – aside from a wry note that the Blues would get “nowhere near” the £50m or so they paid for him in the first place.
The 3AM Verdict: Apparently a new left-back is somewhere on Simeone’s list of priorities and this seems like a pretty easy move to pull off, although it may depend on Chilwell’s fitness levels and the amount that Chelsea want in return. Certainly a move that we can see happening, but the fine details could prove to be more complicated that you might expect.