Latest Premier League News and Transfer Rumours

Here is our transfers and news round-up from today’s papers.

Maresca to Chelsea

Leicester City’s Enzo Maresca has agreed terms with Chelsea on a 5-year deal to become their next head coach, according to Sky Sports.

We understand that his contract is being finalised by lawyers and an official announcement could come today or this weekend.

Maresca’s release clause at Leicester is believed to be between £8 million and £10 million.

McKenna Extends Ipswich Stay

Kieran McKenna has signed a new 4-year contract to remain in charge of Ipswich after securing back-to-back promotions to take the Tractor Boys to the Premier League for the first time in 22 years.

The 38-year-old was a candidate for the vacant jobs at Brighton and Chelsea, as well as being considered by Manchester United to replace Erik ten Hag, but the new contract ends speculations, at least for the time being.

Guardiola Decision by December?

ESPN reports that Manchester City will ask manager Pep Guardiola for a decision regarding his future by Christmas.

As he has only 1 year left on his contract, City would like him to sign an extension, but he will be given the choice to decide when and how he would like to exit the club.

The urgency about the decision is due to City being aware of how difficult the Catalan coach will be to replace and they want to have as much time as possible to prepare a plan and assess potential replacements.

EPL Transfers

Shakhtar Donetsk midfielder Georgiy Sudakov has admitted that he dreams of playing in the Premier League and said about Ukrainian teammate and Chelsea winger Mykhailo Mudryk that “it would be great to play in the same team” as him. Apart from the Blues, Liverpool and Manchester City are also credited with an interest in the 21-year-old, who is valued at £60 million. (90min)

FootballTransfers tells us that Manchester United are looking for a defender capable of playing both at centre-back and right-back. Their search brought them to Barcelona’s Jules Kounde, who is open to leaving the Catalan club. He is valued at £42.5 million.

In a related bit of transfer rumours, United are also considering Chelsea’s Trevoh Chalobah, according to The Independent.

Despite reports yesterday saying that Rodrygo is looking to move away from Real Madrid, with the EPL his most likely destination, today Fabrizio Romano tells us that the player has ‘no desire’ to leave Real this summer.

Liverpool players seem to be in high demand in Saudi Arabia. According to a report in The Mail, Saudi Pro League officials are interested in signing Luis Diaz and Joe Gomez this summer.

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta is pushing hard for his club to sign Benfica centre-back Antonio Silva, if Portuguese publication Correio da Manha is to be believed.

Some conflicting reports about Manchester United back-up goalkeeper Altay Bayindir. Turkish outlet Aksam is saying that he is on the verge of joining Celtic Glasgow, while The Mail reports that he is not that close to an exit, but he needs to decide if he is content to stay at the club as a back-up to Andre Onana for another season.

The Mirror tells us that RB Leipzig striker Benjamin Sesko would choose Arsenal as his destination this summer over other Premier League teams interested in him.

Also from The Mirror we learn that one player who might leave Arsenal is Ukrainian left-back Oleksandr Zinchenko. He is wanted at Bayern Munich by newly-minted head coach Vincent Kompany.

Palmeiras midfielder Luis Guilherme is a man in demand. Fabrizio Romano says that West Ham are in talks with the Brazilian club, while TEAMtalk tells us that Liverpool are also monitoring the 18-year-old.

According to L’Equipe, French side AS Monaco are ready to take striker Armando Broja off Chelsea’s hands, but they are not willing to match the £50 million valuation set by the Blues in January.

Lastly, Jobe Bellingham, the younger brother of Real Madrid superstar Jude, might be in for a summer switch from the Championship to the Premier League. While Fabrizio Romano reports that the Sunderland midfielder is in talks with Crystal Palace for a transfer, The Athletic is saying that Brentford are also chasing the 18-year-old.