The Tuesday board
A new name leads the file. According to Caughtoffside, Manchester United and Arsenal are both keeping a close eye on Porto’s 22-year-old Portuguese right back Alberto Costa, and the Premier League pair face competition from Paris Saint-Germain. Right back is quietly becoming one of the defining positions of this cycle, and Porto’s track record of monetizing full backs means this one has legs.
City set their Haaland floor
Manchester City will not let Erling Haaland leave on the cheap even if they are relegated over their financial rule breaches, per Football Insider. The Norwegian is under contract until 2034, so the club controls the process entirely. The queue keeps forming anyway: Fichajes reports Chelsea, Arsenal, Bayern Munich, Real Madrid and Barcelona are all monitoring the sanctions situation. Our model still grades Haaland at 95 OVR with a €180M to €220M band. Nothing about that is a value play. Everything about it is a fee war waiting for a green light.
Estevao reaches a decision
The most radioactive young file in Europe moves again. Barcelona are monitoring Chelsea’s Estevao, per the BBC’s roundup, while Football365 reports the Brazilian has now reached a decision on joining Real Madrid amid what is being described as a cold war with Chelsea boss Xabi Alonso. If Real Madrid is truly the answer, the Brazilian wing market at Stamford Bridge gets complicated fast.
The rest of the file
- Raheem Sterling, 31, has been offered to two Ligue 1 clubs and neither was interested, per Foot Mercato. The former Chelsea and Manchester City winger remains a free agent.
- Joe Willock: Besiktas president Serdal Adali has vowed to sign the 27-year-old Newcastle midfielder in January, claiming the Englishman has already chosen a new home in Turkey, per Talksport.
- Eddie Howe will not return to Premier League management with a lower or mid-ranked club such as Crystal Palace or Fulham, per the Telegraph. The former Newcastle boss wants an underachieving big club.
- Aurelien Tchouameni: Liverpool retain their interest in the Real Madrid midfielder even though the 26-year-old signed a new long-term contract in the summer, per Teamtalk.
- Ethan Ampadu: Leeds United have no plans to sell the 26-year-old Wales defender despite links with his former club Chelsea, per Football Insider.
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