13 May 2026 22:07 BST |<\/span> Multilingual sports writer who specialises in European football and American soccer. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n Wednesday delivered plenty of big storylines as Mateus Fernandes sent a clear Man Utd message.<\/p>\n Plus, Arsenal were snubbed by a key target and Chelsea received some conflicting signals in their search for a new manager. There’s plenty to cover, so let’s jump right in.<\/p>\n West Ham star Mateus Fernandes has admitted that he would have loved to have played alongside Cristiano Ronaldo at Man Utd amid strong interest from the Red Devils.<\/p>\n READ MORE<\/b><\/p>\n Man Utd have accelerated their pursuit of Fernandes and Atalanta midfielder Ederson after resigning themselves to losing out on Nottingham Forest star Elliot Anderson.<\/p>\n READ MORE<\/b><\/p>\n Newcastle winger Anthony Gordon has agreed terms with Bayern – but there may yet be some faint hope for Arsenal.<\/p>\n READ MORE<\/b><\/p>\n Xabi Alonso is a strong contender to replace Liam Rosenior at Chelsea, but he actually dreams of taking charge at Liverpool.<\/p>\n READ MORE<\/b><\/p>\n However, Chelsea have received a boost regarding Bournemouth boss Andoni Iraola following the news that Man Utd are set to name Michael Carrick as their permanent head coach.<\/p>\n READ MORE<\/b><\/p>\n Arsenal have been handed a golden opportunity to sign long-standing target Hugo Larsson this summer.<\/p>\n READ MORE<\/b><\/p>\n Chelsea’s potential replacement for Alejandro Garnacho has been described as “the deal of the summer.”<\/p>\n READ MORE<\/b><\/p>\n Barcelona boss Hansi Flick has announced when the club will make a final decision on Marcus Rashford’s future.<\/p>\n READ MORE<\/b><\/p>\n Rodri is closing in on a contract extension at Man City despite interest from Real Madrid.<\/p>\n READ MORE<\/b><\/p>\n Perhaps it’s not so difficult to turn down Real Madrid after Florentino Perez’s mind-boggling rant.<\/p>\n READ MORE<\/b><\/p>\n Levi Colwill could be the man to save Wesley Fofana’s Chelsea career.<\/p>\n READ MORE<\/b><\/p>\n Real Madrid are trying to reach an agreement to sign Juventus superstar Kenan Yildiz.<\/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":" 13 May 2026 22:07 BST | 5 min read \u00a9 IMAGO Multilingual sports writer who…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8131,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8130","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\/8130","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=8130"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8130\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Fernandes’ Ronaldo admission <\/h2>\n
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Man Utd step up Fernandes, Ederson pursuit <\/h2>\n
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Gordon agrees Bayern terms <\/h2>\n
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Alonso’s Chelsea dilemma <\/h2>\n
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Chelsea get Iraola boost <\/h2>\n
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Arsenal’s Larsson opportunity <\/h2>\n
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Chelsea to do “deal of the summer?” <\/h2>\n
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Barca’s Rashford decision <\/h2>\n
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Man City win Rodri battle <\/h2>\n
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Perez’s rant <\/h2>\n
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Colwill to save Fofana? <\/h2>\n
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Real Madrid want Yildiz <\/h2>\n
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