Juventus striker Jonathan David has been linked with a move away from the Italian club this summer. Aston Villa are reportedly interested in signing the player, as per Gazzetta dello Sport. He has also been linked with clubs like Manchester United and Arsenal. The 26-year-old has not been able to live up to expectations in […] The post Aston Villa identify 26-year-old as surprise target after disappointing Serie A spell appeared first on CaughtOffside.
Manchester United summer signing Andrey Santos (Picture: Getty) Andrey Santos insists Manchester United are a ‘step up’ from Chelsea after swapping Stamford Bridge for Old Trafford in a deal worth £48m. The Brazil international emerged as a top target for Michael Carrick earlier in the summer as he looked to bolster his midfield options. Carrick bid farewell to Casemiro at the end of last season and has lost Manuel Ugarte to a serious injury, although he had already put the Uruguayan up for sale. Santos made 43 appearances for Chelsea last season, finally breaking into the team and featuring heavily following his 2023 move from boyhood club Vasco da Gama. Get the latest transfer news every morning Sign up to our daily football newsletter for personalised updates on who your team is trying to sign and who won't be around next season. Chelsea finished just 10th in the Premier League last season, failing to qualify for any European competition following a dismal campaign. Manchester United looked set for a similar fate but improved after Carrick took over in January to finish third and qualify for the Champions League. ‘My first week is a little bit funny because you know when you change, so it’s a new club,’ Santos said from United’s pre-season camp. Man Utd signed the Brazilian from Chelsea (Picture: Getty) ‘But since my first day I feel at home, so I think this is so important for me and for new players as well. ‘Is it a step up from Chelsea? Yeah, of course. I know Chelsea is a big club as well, so I think thank you for everything Chelsea did for me in my period. ‘But now Chelsea is gone, here is my home right now. And I want to be here for a long, long time and win so many trophies. https://www.instagram.com/p/Dbyj9TblvMr/?hl=en&img_index=1 ‘I have my goals and I hope that I can work with my teammates with my goals and and hope to win some trophies.’ Santos hopes to fill the void left by Casemiro’s departure from Manchester United, adding: ‘I prefer playing deep like a number six. ‘I try help my teammates without the ball and with the ball I love breaking the lines. ‘For me Casemiro is a legend. Now he’s gone and I’m here. I feel that I can do like Casemiro did last season.’ Santos is not the only midfielder to arrive at Old Trafford this summer, with Youri Tielemans joining from Aston Villa in a deal worth £35m. Manchester United drew 1-1 with Champions League holders PSG in a pre-season friendly on Saturday. Carrick’s side have two more warm-up games, against Leeds United and AC Milan, before kick-starting their Premier League campaign against newly-promoted Hull City. For more stories like this, check our sport page. Follow Metro Sport for the latest news on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Comment now Comments Add Metro as a Preferred Source on Google Add as preferred source
Alejandro Garnacho has joined Aston Villa on loan from Chelsea (Photo: Getty) Roma have reportedly added another Chelsea star to their transfer shortlist after failing to sign Alejandro Garnacho earlier this summer. The Serie A club had been the favourites to land Garnacho after Chelsea put the winger up for sale less than a year after his high-profile transfer from Manchester United. But in the end it was Aston Villa who signed the Argentina international on a loan deal, with the move set to become permanent should ‘certain criteria be met’. Roma manager Gian Piero Gasperini is still desperate to sign a left-sided attacker and are looking to get a deal done quickly, with the Italian side kicking-off their season against Fiorentina on August 24. Get the latest transfer news every morning Sign up to our daily football newsletter for personalised updates on who your team is trying to sign and who won't be around next season. Reports from Italy, via The Sun, claim that RB Leipzig’s Antonio Nusa and Lyon’s Malick Fofana are on their shortlist, as is Jamie Gittens. Like Garnacho, Gittens only moved to Stamford Bridge last summer in a deal worth £52million from Borussia Dortmund and like Garnacho, he endured a very difficult debut season. The England youth international scored just one goal and made five assists in 27 appearances across all competitions, before sitting out the second-half of the season with a hamstring injury. Jamie Gittens scored just one goal in his debut season at Chelsea (Photo: Getty) It was reported in June that Chelsea were willing to be patient with Gittens but that was before Xabi Alonso splashed a record £117m on left-sided attacker Morgan Rogers. The 22-year-old was an unused substitute in Saturday’s 3-0 pre-season win over AC Milan and with no European football this season, Gittens may struggle for game time. Roma do not have much transfer funds to play with, so it is expected they would seek a loan move for the winger but it remains to be seen whether Alonso would sanction his departure. Roma boss Gian Piero Gasperini is desperate to sign a new left winger (Photo: Getty) Gittens is not among the 11 players that Chelsea are reportedly trying to sell before the transfer window closes and would be the only back-up option to Rogers should Pedro Neto and Mykhailo Mudryk depart. The Blues have two more friendlies to play before they begin the season with a trip to west London rivals Fulham on August 24. For more stories like this, check our sport page. Follow Metro Sport for the latest news on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Comment now Comments Add Metro as a Preferred Source on Google Add as preferred source
Manchester United is prepared to discuss sending Joshua Zirkzee to Juventus on loan, according to Gazzetta dello Sport. Zirkzee has already indicated that he would be open to the move and a return to Serie A. Manchester United has now given Juventus encouragement to begin discussing the conditions of a possible loan. The transfer still […] The post Manchester United prepared to discuss Zirkzee loan with Juventus appeared first on SoccerNews.
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