Transfer news LIVE: Chelsea set to sign Joao Felix, Man Utd’s Ugarte gamble, Gundogan eyes shock City return

The Manchester Evening News are reporting that Manchester United will be unable to secure the services of Manuel Ugarte unless they sell one of their central midfielders this summer.

Scott McTominay is seen as the most likely player to leave considering there is interest from other clubs.

Fulham did have an interest in the Scottish midfielder but have since moved on to finalising their signing of Sander Berge from Burnley.

Brighton have completed a club-record £40m deal to sign forward Georginio Rutter from Leeds United.

Rutter scored eight goals and made 16 assists in 51 appearances for Leeds last season prompting Brighton to fork out a club-record fee to secure his services before the end of the transfer window.

The Frenchman is Brighton’s seventh signing of the summer, with Brajan Gruda, Yankuba Minteh, Mats Wieffer, Ibrahim Osman, Malick Junior Yalcouye and Amario Cozier-Duberry all new arrivals on the south coast.

Brighton activated Rutter’s release clause (£40m) last week and verbally came to an agreement with the player before ensuring the deal got over the line on Monday evening.

French club Strasbourg are set to sign Southampton forward Sekou Mara for £10.2m, BBC Sport report.

The Saints signed him for a little over that two years ago but the young attacker hasn’t been able to become a fixture in the team, either in the top tier or with a big enough impact in the Championship last term.

Russell Martin’s team have signed ten players this summer, with Ben Brereton Diaz looking the first-choice striker.

Brazilian media outlet O Globo say Everton are next in line to try their hand at signing one of the nation’s many young stars-in-waiting, with a £51.2m release clause for 18-year-old attacker Alisson Santana in their sights.

The Atletico Mineiro support forward only broke through to the first team last year has been linked with Arsenal, PSV, Bayer Leverkusen and other sides. His contract appears to run through to 2027, making it necessary to pay the release clause or close to it, local media suggests.

Arsenal goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale has had a lot of sitting on the bench over the past year, for club and country, but Wolves might be offering a route back between the sticks.

They have Jose Sa but are keen to move on, with a loan with an option to buy the initial proposal sent to the Gunners, reports David Ornstein.

Wolves would pay most of Ramsdale’s salary under the current terms, but Arsenal want a permanent sale rather than initial loan.

Sander Berge hasn’t had much luck when it comes to staying in the Premier League, relegated already with Sheffield United and Burnley.

That hasn’t stopped Fulham making a move for the Norway international, bidding £20m plus another £5m in add-ons as they look to replace Joao Palhinha.

BBC Sport say the bid from Fulham matches the one they made for Palace defender Joachim Andersen, which has been rejected

Earlier we heard news that Al Ahli are keen on Ivan Toney and another report from the Times corroborates that, suggesting a £50m deal could be struck there.

But they are not the only Saudi Pro League side hoping to do business with the Premier League this summer, with the Guardian reporting Al Hilal have two Manchester City defenders in mind.

Joao Cancelo and Kyle Walker are on the shortlist, it appears, after Pep Guardiola mentioned over the weekend that the Portuguese full-back could yet return to the squad this term after two loans.

With Crystal Palace so far rejecting four bids for Marc Guehi from Newcastle United, the Magpies appear to be considering other targets now, report the i.

Liverpool’s Joe Gomez and Chelsea’s Trevoh Chalobah are the contenders it appears, with Gomez having been reportedly one of the options as a makeweight in a deal earlier this summer for Anthony Gordon to head to Anfield – that move broke down but perhaps Gomez can still make the trade.

The versatile performer was left out of the Reds’ squad on the opening weekend at Ipswich, while Guehi captained Palace and Chalobah is not part of Enzo Maresca’s plans.

After being left out of the squad to face Man City and his PR team releasing a statement as a result – widely derided by everybody – Raheem Sterling looks to be on his way out of Chelsea.

Juventus have made an enquiry, reports the Mail, though there’s no timeframe on when it might progress or the type of deal Chelsea will be fully open to receiving.

Separately, Bashir Humphreys is moving from Chelsea to Burnley on loan with an obligation to buy, report the Athletic.

It was widely reported overnight that Chelsea are set to add yet another face to their squad, with Atletico Madrid forward Joao Felix primed to return to Stamford Bridge following a loan in 2023.

As part of the deal – Felix is reportedly costing about £45m – Conor Gallagher will finally complete his move from Chelsea to Atleti too, for £33m.

That move looked off for a while as Samu Omorodion’s deal from the Wanda to west London broke down, but now the Blues have simply decided to…sign a different forwad from the same club. What a merry-go-round.