The switch window may be shut throughout Europe’s prime 5 leagues, however the hearsay mill retains on turning! Switch Discuss brings you all the most recent buzz, comings, goings and, after all, completed offers!
TOP STORY: Diaz set for brand new Liverpool contract
Liverpool are set to start negotiations to increase Luis Diaz‘s contract till 2029, in keeping with Ekrem Konur.
This stance has come as a result of 27-year-old’s spectacular shows this season, which have additionally made him some of the sought-after gamers throughout Europe.
Whereas the Colombia worldwide needed to accept coming off the bench throughout Liverpool’s opening UEFA Champions League victory over AC Milan, he has actually made a mark within the Premier League. His first returns of the season had been a aim and help towards Brentford, which had been adopted by braces towards Manchester United and AFC Bournemouth. In truth, solely Manchester Metropolis striker Erling Haaland has extra Premier League targets than Diaz has recorded to date this time period.
Diaz initially joined Liverpool from FC Porto in January 2022 and has performed a complete of 104 matches for the membership, recording 29 targets and 14 assists.
Liverpool may even produce other contract conditions to kind, with Virgil van Dijk, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Mohamed Salah amongst these whose present offers are set to return to an finish in the summertime.
PAPER GOSSIP
– Juventus will solely transfer to signal Victor Osimhen — at present on mortgage at Galatasaray from Napoli — if Dusan Vlahovic leaves, stories Calciomercato, which provides that Lille striker Jonathan David is an alternative choice. In one other report, Calciomercato says that Juve wish to prolong Vlahovic’s contract till 2028 or 2029 with a wage of €10 million per 12 months, though negotiations are at a standstill. Elsewhere, TEAMtalk stories that Chelsea have initiated new contact with Osimhen’s entourage, as he’s nonetheless prime of the Blues’ precedence record as they search for a striker.
– Paris Saint-Germain have begun discussions with Achraf Hakimi to increase the right-back’s contract till 2030, stories Ekrem Konur, with Les Parisiens eager to safe the 25-year-old’s long-term future. Hakimi is open to lengthening his stick with PSG regardless of being linked with a transfer to Actual Madrid.
– Barcelona have determined that Wojciech Szczesny is the goalkeeper they wish to usher in to switch the injured Marc-André ter Stegen, stories Diario Sport, though the outlet provides that the 34-year-old should settle a clause that was agreed with Juventus when he determined to retire in the summertime. The clause acknowledged that Szczesny must pay a charge to Juve if he joined a top-level membership inside a sure time frame, with the quantity stated to not be excessive.
– Manchester United are contemplating a transfer RB Leipzig star Benjamin Sesko, in keeping with TEAMtalk. Sesko, 21, is claimed to have verbal settlement that he can go away the Bundesliga membership in 2025, which has given the fallen Premier League giants hope of signing him.
– Udinese have reached an settlement to signal Oumar Solet, as reported by Fabrizio Romano. The 24-year-old centre-back has been a free agent since leaving RB Salzburg earlier this month.
