18 August 2025 – Fabrizio Romano

last updated at 4:56 pm

Al Ahli’s €25m bid for Manuel Locatelli revealed today, expected to be the last one after Juventus turned it down. Juventus said no immediately and do not want Manuel to leave in any case, also the player didn’t give any different indication.
Galatasaray approached Man City for Manuel Akanji as potential target at centre back. Galatasaray also speak to player’s agent, as reported by @yagosabuncuoglu. Decision also up to Akanji who has not made any final choice yet.
Understand Parma are now advancing on Gio Reyna deal from Borussia Dortmund! Agreement getting closer as Parma board want Gio Reyna to join ASAP.
Wolves and Verona have just signed all documents for Jackson Tchatchoua deal. €12.5m fee, story confirmed.
Current status for Denis Zakaria to Al Ahli: deal frozen and considered off between all parties involved.
Jack Grealish makes his debut as Everton player after joining on loan deal from Manchester City.
Juventus had new round of talks for Edon Zhegrova today as he remains one of the names on shortlist. For Juve, Nico González exit is key as Atlético are keen on him but nothing has been agreed yet. OM keep pushing for Zhegrova.
Cuti Romero and his agent Ciro Palermo after new deal at Tottenham signed today until June 2029. “You sign new deal and keep making history”.
Inter will talk to Ademola Lookman agent in next 24h, expected to inform the Nigerian forward about deal OFF. Negotiations with Atalanta are completely frozen since two weeks ago. Lookman deal was never linked to Nicola Zalewski’s move to Atalanta, as always reported.
Official, exclusive story confirmed. Nicola Zalewski joins Atalanta from Inter on €17m deal.
Official, exclusive story confirmed. Marash Kumbulla joins Mallorca on loan deal from AS Roma. €6m plus €2m as buy option clause not mandatory. Here Kumbulla with his agent Gianni Vitali and Davide Grassi who managed the deal from Pini Zahavi’s Gol International.
Despite reports in last 24h, there’s no agreement between Denis Zakaria and Al Ahli. AS Monaco have also stopped talks at this stage, no green light. Deal not advancing as of now.
Sheffield United just sealed the deal to sign Nils Zatterstrom from Malmö on €3.3m fee plus add-ons.
Leon Bailey to AS Roma, here we go! Verbal agreement with Aston Villa for €2/3m loan fee plus €22m buy option clause. Bailey only wanted Roma as priority as reported last week, deal now agreed in principle. Medical authorization expected next.
All done and completed between Boro and Man City for Sverre Nypan to join the club on loan. Exclusive story, confirmed
Negotiations underway between Kristjan Asllani’s camp and Bologna over contract terms. Contract details being discussed with Bologna confident to get the deal done. Inter would receive fee close to €10m plus 40% sell-on clause.
Xabi Alonso: “Franco Mastantuono has an incredible left foot. He’s very good and he can play tomorrow”. “He has the quality, the energy, he’s committed defensively, good momentum, the Argentine competitive spirit. He’s good with the final pass. He’s at a very good level”.
Xabi Alonso on Rodrygo’s future: “There are many rumors in the summer, but I’ve seen him well and I count on everyone”. “I count on Rodrygo for sure, 100%”.
Napoli are back on the market for new striker as reported yesterday, due to serious injury for Romelu Lukaku. The Belgian striker suffered muscle injury and won’t be av
EXCL: Fenerbahçe open talks to sign Edson Álvarez as new midfielder, strongly wanted by José Mourinho. Initial contacts took place as two more European clubs have made approach to sign Álvarez after Ajax interest. Álvarez is considering his options now. No decision yet.
Understand AS Roma are closing in on Leon Bailey deal from Aston Villa! Agreement very close after positive meeting with his agents and intermediaries tonight. Bailey prefers Roma over Spanish clubs, details to be sorted with Aston Villa and then all done.
EXCL: Sunderland submit official bid to Bologna for Colombian centre back Jhon Lucumí. Lucumí, keen on joining #SAFC project to try new chapter in Premier League. Bologna want to keep Lucumí after his release clause expired, clear intention not to let him go.
EXCL: Tottenham and Crystal Palace chairmans Daniel Levy and Steve Parish, in direct contact today for Eberechi Eze deal. Understand Spurs are willing to offer £55m fixed fee plus £5m add-ons to get the deal done. Eze informed Palace last week of his desire to join #THFC.
Fenerbahçe mantain confidence to get Kerem Aktürkoğlu deal done with Benfica after difficult negotiations in the recent days. Talks remain underway.
Ben Doak has completed his medical at Bournemouth after deal done on Friday for £25m fee to Liverpool. Doak will sign his long term deal later today. #LFC will have buy back clause to keep future control on the player.
Jadon Sancho’s agent also informed AS Roma of their decision not to accept the proposal. Sancho wants to consider other clubs’ proposals and AS Roma will now look at different options. Man Utd hope for similar proposals to follow, around £20m as they were ready to accept.
Jadon Sancho, currently not accepting AS Roma proposal and not even in talks with Besiktas now. No agreement between Sancho and Roma on personal terms, despite Man United ready to accept £20m bid. Besiktas deal in stand-by as Sancho won’t consider Turkey before September.
Official, confirmed. Djed Spence signs new deal at Tottenham as key part of long term project. Approved by Thomas Frank.
Leeds United are close to signing Noah Okafor from AC Milan! Understand proposal worth over €20m has been submitted today, contract until June 2029 plus option until 2030. Final green light up to Okafor then deal can be done, with #LUFC coach Daniel Farke pushing a lot.
Napoli’s new signing Miguel Gutierrez arrives for medical tests. Deal done last week for €20m to Girona.