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A round-up of the latest Premier League transfer rumours, including news from Spurs, Aston Villa, Manchester City, Chelsea and more.
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Welcome to Friday’s digest of the biggest new Premier League transfer rumour – and while we’ve got stories for Manchester City and Wolves fans coming up, we’re going to start off with a report which should raise a few eyebrows among Tottenham and Aston Villa fans…
TBR Football claim that Spurs “could be in the mix” to sign winger Leon Bailey this summer, with the Jamaica international less of a regular presence in Unai Emery’s starting XI as the season wears on.
Apparently, Spurs admired Bailey before his £25m move from Bayer Leverkusen four years ago, and according to this report they even made a phone call to Villa asking if he was available over the winter – as did Manchester United. Bayern Munich, Eintracht Frankfurt, RB Leipzig and Marseille are all said to be keen, too.
Bailey isn’t the only name on Tottenham’s radar, either – Sport Witness also carried a story yesterday which adds their name to the growing list of teams interested in a deal for Fiorentina forward Moise Kean, who seems to have shrugged off his Everton days and has started scoring freely in Serie A. He has a €52m (£43.2m) release clause this summer.
The 3AM Verdict: The Bailey link is a bit of a wildcard, in truth, but he was exceptional last season and it sounds like quite a few teams are prepared to be on his upside. No word on how much he might cost this time around, but Villa would presumably break even, give or take. Kean, incidentally, is now linked with just about every team in the Premier League.
Chelsea winger’s future back up in the air
Shortly after Chelsea’s João Félix joined AC Milan on loan, the rumour mill was awash with stories which suggested that the Portuguese winger was likely to move to the San Siro on a permanent basis in the summer – but that could be changing, according to a new report.
Spanish outlet Fichajes have noted that Félix is spending more and more time on the bench with Milan and “does not convince” the Rossoneri that he would be worth shelling out for.
With Chelsea still keen to sell, they suggest that a new possible suitor has emerged – Galatasaray. Apparently, the Turkish giants would be “willing to negotiate a loan deal” in the same vein as Victor Osimhen’s transfer last summer.
The 3AM Verdict: Presumably, Chelsea would prefer to sell Félix on a permanent basis, but they could struggle to get offers of the kind of size that they really want – so perhaps this could be a last resort. We normally caution anyone against trusting Fichajes, but the story seems to have originated in the Turkish media, so the usual caveats might not apply this time.
Wolves & Manchester City ‘attentive’ towards Spanish star
Let’s wrap things up today by going back to Sport Witness, who also had some news for fans of both Wolverhampton Wanderers and Manchester City – it seems that both sides were interested in signing Real Betis’ Sergi Altimira in January and remain “attentive” to his situation heading into the summer.
Betis are keen to keep hold of the 23-year-old holding midfielder and have offered him a new contract which runs until 2029 – but it seems set to contain a release clause in the region of €40-50m (around £33-41m), an amount which “could prove attractive” to the Premier League sides.
It’s not clear whether Altimira himself, a product of the Barcelona youth academy, would be keen on a move, but money tends to talk in these instances…
The 3AM Verdict: Altimira has earned rave reviews for his play since signing from Getafe in 2023 and Betis will turn a tidy profit if he does leave – we suspect that with a new deal on the table, it’s relatively unlikely to be this summer, however, and both teams may have more pressing positional needs.