11 May 2026 22:06 BST |<\/span> Multilingual sports writer who specialises in European football and American soccer. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n Monday delivered some huge transfer news as Chelsea were linked with a \u20ac100 million bid for a superstar.<\/p>\n Plus, Arsenal target Anthony Gordon had his impending transfer all but confirmed by Newcastle boss Eddie Howe and Man Utd closed in on a \u20ac50m deal. There’s plenty to cover, so let’s jump right in.<\/p>\n Chelsea are reportedly preparing a \u20ac100m bid for Real Madrid midfielder Federico Valverde, and a transfer would make perfect sense.<\/p>\n READ MORE<\/b><\/p>\n Newcastle manager Eddie Howe has all but confirmed that Anthony Gordon will leave the club this summer.<\/p>\n READ MORE<\/b><\/p>\n Napoli will automatically sign Man Utd loanee Rasmus Hojlund for a \u20ac50m package when they qualify for the Champions League.<\/p>\n READ MORE<\/b><\/p>\n Emmanuel Petit recently urged Kylian Mbappe to consider a move to Arsenal, but would this really be a good decision for the Real Madrid pariah?<\/p>\n READ MORE<\/b><\/p>\n Chelsea are preparing their new contract offer for Enzo Fernandez.<\/p>\n READ MORE<\/b><\/p>\n Lewis Ferguson was recently linked with a sensational move to Rangers, but the Bologna captain has bigger fish to fry.<\/p>\n READ MORE<\/b><\/p>\n Myles Lewis-Skelly has broken his silence on his Arsenal future.<\/p>\n READ MORE<\/b><\/p>\n Barcelona striker Robert Lewandowski has admitted that “it might be time” to move to a “lower league.”<\/p>\n READ MORE<\/b><\/p>\n Man Utd target Mateus Fernandes passed his transfer audition with flying colours against Arsenal on Sunday.<\/p>\n READ MORE<\/b><\/p>\n Benfica boss Jose Mourinho is increasingly likely to return to Real Madrid.<\/p>\n READ MORE<\/b><\/p>\n The wheels have come off for Gary O’Neil at Strasbourg, and he blames BlueCo’s January business.<\/p>\n READ MORE<\/b><\/p>\n Man Utd loanee Marcus Rashford is making no secret of his desire to stay at Barcelona.<\/p>\n READ MORE<\/b><\/p>\n Liverpool already know who their next No.1 will be if Alisson leaves the club this summer.<\/p>\n READ MORE<\/b><\/p>\n Julian Alvarez “wants to leave” Atletico Madrid this summer, amid interest from Arsenal, Barcelona, Chelsea and PSG.<\/p>\n READ MORE<\/b><\/p>\n Check out FootballTransfers’ new app for all of football’s big storylines, transfer rumours and exclusive news in one convenient place directly on your mobile device.<\/p>\n The FootballTransfers app is available on Google Play and in the Apple App Store. Download here:<\/p>\n \u2022Google Play<\/b><\/p>\n \u2022App Store<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 11 May 2026 22:06 BST | 5 min read \u00a9 IMAGO Multilingual sports writer who…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7520,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chelsea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7519","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=7519"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7519\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Valverde to Chelsea? <\/h2>\n
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Howe confirms Gordon exit <\/h2>\n
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Hojlund deal ready <\/h2>\n
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Mbappe to Arsenal? <\/h2>\n
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Chelsea prepare Fernandez offer <\/h2>\n
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Ferguson could leave Bologna – but not for Rangers <\/h2>\n
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Lewis-Skelly breaks silence <\/h2>\n
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Lewandowski teases MLS move <\/h2>\n
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Fernandes shines against Arsenal <\/h2>\n
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Mourinho closing in on Real Madrid job <\/h2>\n
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O’Neil fumes at BlueCo policy <\/h2>\n
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Rashford wants Barca stay <\/h2>\n
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Liverpool’s new No.1 <\/h2>\n
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Alvarez wants out <\/h2>\n
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The FootballTransfers app <\/h2>\n