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complete bollocks site that article is from Nov 29, 2023 and it claims that Mount was not even sold yet: After agreeing on personal terms with Mount, Man United is getting closer to signing him. According to recent rumours, Chelsea may be offered Maguire as part of an incredible package to facilitate the signing. The Sun reports that the Red Devils and Blues have not yet reached an agreement on a transfer deal as the club want to fetch roughly £70 million for their midfielder. And since Maguire, an England international who is worth about £30 million, is almost certain to leave Old Trafford this summer, he may be used to sweeten the deal.

Man United and Real Madrid among Leny Yoro suitors https://thedailybriefing.io/i/140760107/man-united-and-real-madrid-among-leny-yoro-suitors Leny Yoro could be a name to watch for the summer. The talented young Lille centre-back is now represented by Jorge Mendes, one of the best agents in the world, and Yoro is really one of the best talents in the world, he really is a fantastic centre-back. We’re having many rumours about the 18-year-old in the last few days, but it’s important to say one crucial thing - for Lille, the idea is to keep the player until the end of the season, because they feel in the summer there is going to be a big fight between top clubs to sign Yoro. Real Madrid have been in attendance multiple times to watch Yoro - they really like this boy, so let’s see if they will be in the race this summer. For sure they are scouting the player, and also the new people in charge at Manchester United, with INEOS having an excellent relationship with Jorge Mendes. PSG also know Yoro very well as he’s playing in Ligue 1 - since last summer they’ve been following him, so they are there too. It could be a big fight for Yoro, that’s what’s expected, and Lille want crazy money, but his contract expires in 2025 so it looks like one to watch.

Chelsea’s bid for Viktor Gyokeres - the truth https://thedailybriefing.io/i/140760107/chelseas-bid-for-viktor-gyokeres-the-truth We’re hearing more stories about Viktor Gyokeres, and it’s not too surprising after his impressive record of 20 goals and 10 assists in all competitions for Sporting Lisbon this season. He joined Sporting from Coventry City and is now doing fantastic in Portugal, with many clubs interested in him. Yesterday one of the biggest papers in Portugal, on their front page, had reports of an €80m bid from Chelsea with add-ons for Gyokeres, but I’m able to tell you that Chelsea have never sent a proposal for this player, in fact they’ve never even contacted Sporting about him. Many important clubs around Europe are scouting Gyokeres, but it’s for a potential summer move as he’s not expected to leave Sporting in January - the plan was always to continue in Lisbon and to remain focused on this season, and then in the summer transfer window we’ll see what happens. For now, Gyokeres is not leaving the club, and also there is a release clause of €100m in his contract at Sporting. I’m told Sporting will not negotiate for under that value, but also Chelsea are not working on this deal now, he’s not a target for January, but in the summer we’ll see what happens. I think this story may have come about because Chelsea have been to watch Gyokeres many times, but also his Sporting teammate, talented young centre-back Ousmane Diomande. I think that’s why we’re having these stories as both players are among the names on Chelsea’s scouting list, but it’s nothing concrete at the moment.

Barcelona still going strong for Lucas Bergvall https://thedailybriefing.io/i/140707990/barcelona-still-going-strong-for-lucas-bergvall In a recent update, Matteo explained that Barcelona were going to up their offer for Lucas Bergvall, the hotly pursued Swedish midfielder, who has been linked not only with Barcelona, but also Manchester United, Juventus and Inter Milan. Here are their strongest competitors. The team that has the best chance of signing Bergvall is Barcelona, because they have a major advantage in their favour - the desire of the player. Bergvall is prioritising signing for Barcelona. In recent months, Barcelona submitted an offer for €5m, but they are going to present an offer that comes close to €10m, including variables. Barcelona will try to offer that amount because they know the team that has offered the most is Eintracht Frankfurt, around €10m. So Barcelona want to offer close to that. But Bergvall has told Djurgardens clearly that he wants to go to Barcelona. A number of teams have asked about him, because he is one of the most talented of the 2006 generation in Europe, Inter presented an offer, Udinese asked, Manchester United asked, but the two teams that are closest are Barcelona and Eintracht Frankfurt. Barcelona will up their offer in the coming days.

Chelsea striker links and the latest on Mauricio Pochettino’s job safety https://thedailybriefing.io/i/140726628/Chelsea-striker-links-and-the-latest-on-mauricio-pochettinos-job-safety There’s still no movement on a striker for Chelsea, as they’re still waiting to see what happens with Christopher Nkunku. Chelsea remain optimistic over his injury, but they are waiting for more clarity on the situation. Still, Chelsea also feel it looks complicated to sign a striker this January - it’s not easy to find a striker for Chelsea’s level, so they are still exploring options and we’ll see what happens. Despite links with Karim Benzema and Roberto Firmino, I don’t think it’s going to be that easy to sign players like this on loan from Saudi clubs. I know there have been a lot of stories, but I’m told there’s nothing concrete or advanced - Al Ittihad also have a new director now to take care of the situation, so let’s see the next steps of this story in the next few days. With Firmino I think it’s a case of him being offered to clubs, but it’s not more concrete than that yet. We’ll have to see if Chelsea find someone they really want or if they decide to wait until the summer transfer window. In terms of outgoings, Trevoh Chalobah seems to have a preference for staying in the Premier League. He wants to play regularly in England, it’s really important for him to play. I’m told there will be contacts today or tomorrow to discuss his options, but I still see him leaving Chelsea this January. Chelsea have decided to trust Mauricio Pochettino and his job remains safe. In general, the situation looks good, even if it can still improve, but the club and the directors want to give him time. My feeling is that their idea is to continue with Pochettino until at least the end of the season, and then at the end of the season they will talk with him and we’ll see.

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Nottingham Forest and Everton face points deduction after Premier League spending breach charges Forest understood to have made losses in excess of £105m over three years, while Everton face new penalty after previous points deduction https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2024/01/15/nottingham-forest-everton-premier-league-charged-points/ Nottingham Forest and Everton have been hit with new Premier League charges for allegedly breaching financial regulations. With Everton already fighting to overturn a separate 10-point deduction, the crisis-hit club now face the prospect of being docked again. Both clubs, however, believe they have strong cases to fight the prospect of fresh penalties under the new fast-track punishment model. Everton, who are already fighting to get their current sanctions overturned, believe their imminent appeal hearing will effectively render the new charge groundless. They have already argued any overspend was due to loan repayment costs that were entirely incurred from stadium development costs. Forest, meanwhile, will argue for dispensation to include profits from the sale of Brennan Johnson two months after the end of the period in question. Both clubs were informed just hours before the official announcement that they were facing charges. During talks between the league and the clubs, Forest are understood to have confirmed they were effectively in breach of rules which allow losses of £105 million across three years. Only the “most exceptional cases”, including the 115 charges facing Manchester City, are exempt from new Premier League rules that any club charged with a standard financial rule breach must be completed within 12 weeks. The new rules compelled Everton, Forest and all other clubs to file 2022-23 accounts by December 31, instead of March under the old rules. Their defences have already been prepared by top lawyers as beleaguered club executives are now referred to an independent commission. In Everton’s case, stadium costs rather than player trading will be cited as the root cause of the overspend. The club’s net spend on players among teams has been among the lowest in the Premier League for consecutive years. Everton sold the likes of Richarlison and Anthony Gordon, but the cost of their new £550 million ground at Bramley-Moore Dock is blamed within the club for pushing them over the edge. Allowable stadium costs have been a matter of fierce debate between Everton and the Premier League for years. When the club was hit with a 10-point deduction for the previous cycle, a major factor in the league’s case was that loans were working capital needs, which are not deductible. Everton will continue to maintain, however, that these payments should be classified as infrastructure costs and therefore excluded. Although infrastructure costs are generally not applicable to Premier League profit and loss calculations, the competition has previously claimed associated loans at Everton could not be discounted. Forest, meanwhile, have enlisted leading sports lawyer Nick De Marco as they attempt to avoid becoming the third top-flight club to be punished over alleged breaches. A total of 30 new players arrived in the season after Forest secured promotion to the Premier League in 2022, ending an absence of 23 years from the top division. The team’s record signing had been Morgan Gibbs-White from Wolves at £25 million, which increased to £30 million when the club avoided relegation. Other significant buys included Taiwo Awoniyi (£17.5 million from Union Berlin), Neco Williams (£17 million from Liverpool) and Danilo (£16 million from Palmeiras). Yet it was the signings of free agent Jesse Lingard (who was earning a basic £80,000 a week before bonuses), Paris St-Germain goalkeeper Keylor Navas and a litany of players who never featured which appeared to be calculated, yet expensive, gambles. Clubs are permitted to make financial losses of £105 million over a three-year period, with Forest reporting an annual loss of £45.6 million in their last accounts. In the previous year, ending June 2021, they recorded a loss of £34.4 million, reduced to a loss before tax of £15.5 million. In providing Forest’s defence sports lawyer De Marco will focus on the sale of Johnson to Tottenham, as Telegraph Sport reported on January 2. Johnson was sold for £47.5 million on deadline day – a record sale for the club – and Forest will insist that they would have received a far lower fee if they had accepted an offer earlier in the summer. Brentford failed with two offers of £30 million and £35 million for the Wales international in June and July respectively. Sources close to Everton also maintain privately that they believe the Merseyside club are within this year’s limits. The club is also still waiting to find out whether its proposed takeover by 777 Partners is to get the green light. At Goodison Park, the departure of £250,000-a-week James Rodríguez had been a major relief for the wage bill as he left the club in the autumn of 2021. Over the ensuing year, Richarlison was sold to Tottenham for around £50 million, while Gordon fetched more than £40 million from Newcastle. However, Amadou Onana, Dwight McNeil and Neal Maupay arrived for multi-million pound fees, and there were other unforeseen factors in the last campaign that caused headaches. Everton’s original deduction centred on interest payable on loans to build their new stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock. The club calculated £18 million headroom within spending limits, but the Premier League argued they had overspent by £7.9 million. To offset costs amid a global spending squeeze since, sanctions brought against then sponsor Alisher Usmanov in March 2022 may have proven costly last season. That said, Everton did secure their biggest sponsorship deal to date in June 2022. To offset some of those losses, Everton secured a “club record main partner agreement” with Stake.com, the online casino, in June 2022. Everton were handed the biggest punishment in Premier League history by an independent commission in December. They have appealed against the decision to dock them 10 points, which will be heard and concluded before the end of the season. There is deep resentment behind the scenes at smaller clubs around the rapid punishments facing the likes of Forest and Everton while bigger clubs still await their fate in connection with more complex cases. Manchester City were charged in February with 115 alleged breaches and that case remains ongoing with the club strongly denying the charges. Chelsea are also being investigated after referring evidence to the Premier League in connection with transfer deals struck during the Roman Abramovich era. Forest are currently 15th in the Premier League, while Everton are a point and a place above the relegation zone.

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Bayern director Christoph Freund on Joao Palhinha: “We wanted him last summer, but the priority now was to strengthen ourselves at the back. In addition, Alexander Pavlovic has already filled a good role. That’s why we believe we have a good alternative internally.”

David Oduro Chelsea: Ghana teenager David Oduro begins trial as European clubs chase defender The Blues are looking to Africa for talent to boost their academy ranks https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/Chelsea-fc-transfer-news-ghana-david-oduro-trial-b1131192.html Ghanaian left-back David Oduro is on trial at Chelsea. The 17-year-old Accra Lions defender went through a round of fitness testing at Cobham on Tuesday before training with the academy. Oduro is preparing to move to Europe and has interest from a host of clubs including Chelsea, Shakhtar Donetsk and Real Sociedad. Chelsea have secured an early look at the technically proficient defender, who has also already played 40 matches in the Ghana Premier League and is a current Under-20 international. It remains unclear whether the Blues will sign Oduro permanently or if the youngster can secure a work permit before his 18th birthday in June. Chelsea are taking the African market increasingly seriously under new owners Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital. They signed 17-year-old Senegalese midfielder Pape Daouda Diong last month ahead of him joining in the summer when he turns 18. Chelsea are keen to stock their academy with the best young talent from around the world, and in recent weeks have signed youngsters from Brazil, Jamaica and Serbia. The club is also embarking on a multi-club strategy built around young players, with BlueCo partner club Strasbourg having £22million to spend on Under-23 players in January. Strasbourg are in advanced talks to sign IMT striker Milos Lukovic, who is regarded as one of the best youngsters in Serbia.

The Premier League’s Player of the Month for December is Dominic Solanke.

Central defence is a position to watch for Chelsea https://thedailybriefing.io/i/140610683/central-defence-is-a-position-to-watch-for-Chelsea Chelsea are still keeping an eye on the centre-backs market. Let's keep an eye too on Trevoh Chalobah, who is still expected to leave Chelsea in the next weeks, and see what's going to happen there. This could be a position to watch for Chelsea, in the next few weeks, or months in case they decide to move for a new centre-back in the summer, not in January. As we know, Chelsea are always attentive to the defenders market.

‘Messinho’ wants Barça but FFP means he could end up at Chelsea https://thedailybriefing.io/i/140610683/messinho-wants-barca-but-ffp-means-he-could-end-up-at-Chelsea I also told you many times about Chelsea’s interest in Estêvão Willian, currently playing for Palmeiras and with a €60m release clause. He’s a top talent, born in 2007, and on the list of many clubs, but let me explain the situation. Barcelona have been working on a deal for a long time, they have an excellent relationship and the player would love to join Barcelona. At the moment, similar to the Echeverri story, because of Financial Fair Play, it's not easy for Barcelona to go there and close the deal for ‘Messinho’ - but the interest is there and the player is attracted by the move. Chelsea are pushing hard and working on a deal but at the moment it’s not guaranteed that they will pay the release clause, so talks are still ongoing to discuss the terms of the story. It’s also important to mention that other clubs, from England and from France - with Paris Saint-Germain always attentive to the Brazilian market - could also join the race.

Pedro Porro slammed after Tottenham debut as Tim Sherwood questions Daniel Levy: ‘So bad it’s unbelievable’ https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/pedro-porro-tim-sherwood-daniel-levy-tottenham-signing-b1059835.html 13 FEBRUARY 2023 Tim Sherwood claimed Tottenham’s new signing Pedro Porro “doesn’t want to defend” as he slammed the wing-back’s display on debut against Leicester. Spurs spent the entirety of the January transfer window chasing the 23-year-old, with negotiations dragging on before a deal was eventually agreed late on deadline day. Porro had to wait for his debut, after Emerson Royal got the nod last week against Manchester City and produced one of the best performances of his Spurs career. That was still not enough for the Brazilian to keep his play though, as Porro came into the side for the trip to Leicester on Antonio Conte’s return to the touchline. It proved to be a miserable debut for the defender, who was run ragged by the likes of Harvey Barnes and James Maddison. Spurs fell to a 4-1 defeat at the King Power, bringing a swift end to any momentum picked up against City. Former Spurs boss Sherwood was less than impressed with what he saw from Porro. “I don’t want to keep picking on the kid but he needs to be relieved of his duties at the moment,” Sherwood told Sky Sports during the match. “I’m giving him the benefit of the doubt because it’s his debut but Pedro Porro is so bad it’s unbelievable. “His positioning is absolutely disgusting, Barnes and Maddison are destroying him down the left hand side. He’s just ran inside him, he hasn’t even seen him, he gets the ball played in and lets him run inside him.” Sherwood also took aim at Daniel Levy, as he already questioned the decision to spend in the region of £40million on Porro. “Daniel Levy said this week they’ve spent a lot of money, yes they have, but their recruitment has been very, very poor and this is the latest addition,” he continued. “Let’s not make any conclusions yet, but what I’m looking at is a player who doesn’t want to defend, Conte has complained about the defending and this player is struggling to defend, very disappointing.”