{"id":20358,"date":"2026-07-23T07:17:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T07:17:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=20358"},"modified":"2026-07-23T07:17:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T07:17:19","slug":"julian-alvarez-bruno-guimaraes-and-the-10-biggest-transfer-sagas-that-still-need-resolving-before-the-end-of-the-summer-window","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=20358","title":{"rendered":"Julian Alvarez, Bruno Guimaraes and the 10 biggest transfer sagas that still need resolving before the end of the summer window"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"article-body\">\n<div>\n<p><span>Bournemouth&#8217;s ability to roll with the punches when it comes to selling their best players is hugely impressive, but after qualifying for Europe for the first time in their history, it&#8217;s clear that the Cherries want one transfer window where they are not forced into letting go one of their crown jewels. However, their mettle is being tested this summer given the number of clubs who are keen on signing Alex Scott.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The England Under-21 international emerged as one of the best tempo-setting midfielders in the Premier League last term, and earned call-ups to the senior Three Lions squad as a result. Now, <\/span><span>the likes of Chelsea, Manchester United and Arsenal are all pursuing the 22-year-old<\/span><span>  as they aim to improve their own engine rooms.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Bournemouth are doing all they can to tie Scott down to a new deal, but the sheer weight of interest, might be too much for them to fend off, especially as other midfielders continue to move for astronomical fees, making those without even more desperate.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bournemouth&#8217;s ability to roll with the punches when it comes to selling their best players&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20359,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20358","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20358"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20358\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}