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Tottenham Hotspur chiefs are now ‘set to meet’ for talks over a move for Torino star Gleison Bremer, according to a fresh transfer report.

The Lowdown: Spurs preparing…

It’s safe to say the start of this summer’s transfer window has been one of the most exciting in years from the point of view of Lilywhites supporters.

A trio of deals for Ivan Perisic, Fraser Forster and Yves Bissouma have been followed by reliable reports that they’re close to signing both Clement Lenglet and Richarlison.

It seems that Antonio Conte is getting the board’s full backing ahead of his first full Premier League season in charge of the north Londoners.

The Latest: Spurs officials set for Bremer meeting…

Amid these developments, it appears that Tottenham could have the chance to sign another player as news emerges on Bremer.

According to 90min, as also shared by journalist Sean Walsh on Twitter, Spurs officials are ‘set to meet’ with Torino for talks over the Brazilian, who is valued at €50m (£43m).

The Serie A club’s president Urbano Cairo has allegedly dispatched sporting director Davide Vagnati to London, with him being given the mission to meet with ‘officials’ from Spurs, Arsenal and Chelsea.

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The Verdict: Take the chance?

While Conte’s side are closing in on Lenglet, it is also claimed that Tottenham would like to sign two centre-backs (Alasdair Gold, Spurs Q&A).

Taking this into account, signing Bremer as a first-choice for the Spurs back three with Lenglet as backup could be a brilliant move.

The South American colossus stood out as one of Serie A’s most commanding centre-backs last season, averaging more interceptions per 90 minutes than any other defender in the Italian top flight (WhoScored).

He also ranked in the division’s top ten when it comes to clearances per match, and signing him for £43m could be a more than astute move by Tottenham transfer chief Fabio Paratici.

Leeds United employee Noel Whelan has hailed the Whites for acting quickly in the summer transfer window, as per Football Insider.  

The Lowdown: Three players in already

Andrea Radrizzani has already backed up his promise for first-team squad improvements following a major scare last season, when the Whites needed a final-day victory to secure their Premier League status.

Leeds have brought in Brenden Aaronson and Rasmus Kristensen from Red Bull Salzburg and Marc Roca from Bayern Munich. The three deals have cost a combined £52.06m, as per Transfermarkt, with a new forward now seemingly next on the agenda for Victor Orta.

Paris Saint-Germain forward Arnaud Kalimuendo and Wolves winger Adama Traore have both been heavily linked with moves to Elland Road in recent days.

The Latest: Whelan impressed

Speaking to Football Insider, Whelan was full of praise for Leeds, labelling those early moves as ‘the best approach’ and ‘important’ ahead of pre-season.

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The 47-year-old club ambassador chirped:

“This is the best approach for us. For me, it is the only approach that works for club, player and manager.

“It is important to get that core of players into your squad so everyone knows where they are at in pre-season. They can get settled into the area before pre-season.

“Everything starts early when it comes to transfers. It helps the squad, the manager and certainly the player. It helps them adapt. It is not a whirlwind as they know where they are before pre-season starts.”

The Verdict: Spot on

It was crucial that Leeds acted swiftly to bolster what was a slim first-team squad following a close shave with relegation. Securing three crucial senior signings early in the transfer window is a solid starting point for Jesse Marsch as he prepares for a first full season in charge at Elland Road.

There could still be two big exits in Kalvin Phillips and Raphinha, making it even more critical that signings have already been secured, with more additions looking likely.

Within the last 48 hours, a very promising Manchester City transfer update has now come to light involving Leeds United star Kalvin Phillips.

The Lowdown: Man City eye Phillips move…

Having clinched their fourth domestic crown in five seasons, the Premier League champions could be set for another eye-catching campaign under manager Pep Guardiola, going by recent reports.

It is believed that a plethora of Sky Blues first-teamers could potentially leave Eastlands, including the likes of Raheem Sterling, Gabriel Jesus, Ilkay Gundogan, Riyad Mahrez, Oleksandr Zinchenko and Nathan Ake (The Times).

Even Bernardo Silva is on the radar of La Liga giants Barcelona as sporting director Txiki Begiristain faces perhaps his biggest summer yet at the Etihad Stadium.

In terms of incomings, it is reliably believed that Leeds star Phillips and Brighton sensation Marc Cucurella are Guardiola’s top summer targets.

The Latest: Man City ‘expected’ to clinch Phillips deal…

According to a Football Insider report on Monday evening, City and Guardiola are ‘expected’ to complete a ‘big-money move’ for the Whites midfielder, who has his ‘heart set’ on a move to Eastlands.

The report added that Phillips has made it abundantly clear to ‘all parties’ behind the scenes that his wish is to join the English champions this summer, and a deal in the region of £50m could be done ‘in the coming weeks’.

The Verdict: Big news…

The 26-year-old has been a revelation at Elland Road when fit and available over the last two seasons, not to mention being a crucial player for the Whites.

Even though his impact wasn’t felt as much last term, Phillips did spend a lot of the 2021/22 campaign sidelined with a hamstring injury, missing 14 top-flight matches (Transfermarkt).

When he did play, the England international averaged more successful tackles per 90 for Leeds last season than any City player managed under Guardiola – backing how he could add a sense of tenacity in rotation with Rodri as the pivot.

Shining for the Three Lions at Euro 2020 last year, it’s little wonder that Phillips is seen as a ‘superstar’ in Yorkshire, as explained by BBC presenter Kelly Somers.

Sealing an agreement for the midfield maestro could be a brilliant bit of business for City.

Despite having the youngest squad in the Premier League in terms of average age (24.4), Leeds United still have a number of senior players in their ranks.

The likes of Luke Ayling, Mateusz Klich, Liam Cooper, Rodrigo and Adam Forshaw have now all hit the age of 30 and are among some of Leeds’ older players in the first team.

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Another player in this age range is Stuart Dallas.

Since joining the Yorkshire club from Brentford seven years ago in a deal worth a reported £1.3m, the 31-year-old has made 266 appearances for the Whites across all competitions. In that time, the Northern Irishman has scored 28 goals and delivered 18 assists in the process.

However, it can be argued that his versatility and experience have more often than not been more important for the team than his actions in front of goal.

Going back to the present, Leeds have already secured deals for three new players this summer in the shape of Brenden Aaronson, Rasmus Kristensen and Marc Roca.

Now that the club and Jesse Marsch have shown how eager they are to refresh the squad and get themselves in the best shape to take on next season, they could well have the chance to sign what could be their next version of Dallas as well.

Earlier this month, Leeds were listed as one of the clubs interested in making a move to sign Paris Saint-Germain defender Colin Dagba.

In 105 games for the French club across their senior and youth teams, the 23-year-old has scored one goal and delivered seven assists. In 55 Ligue 1 appearances, the £6.3m-rated defender has made 57 shot-creating actions, delivered 82 crosses and made 60 blocks, 26 interceptions and 52 clearances.

Similarly to Dallas, the Frenchman has shown his versatility by playing in defensive and attacking positions on both sides of the pitch, as well as at centre-back.

Labelled a “humble” player by former PSG manager Thomas Tuchel, who also highlighted the 23-year-old’s reliability, Dagba could be an ideal prospective summer arrival for Marsch, given the talent that he possesses and the time that he still has ahead of him to develop into a strong Premier League player.

In other news: Big Leeds transfer development emerges, Marsch will surely be gutted

Rangers have been handed a hammer blow over Ianis Hagi’s injury, as an insider has dropped a big claim on the Ibrox player’s comeback…

What’s the talk?

Gheorghe Hagi has revealed that his son may not return to action for another four months as he is only halfway through his recovery.

The Glasgow Times quote him as saying: “Ianis is very well, I went to the Europa League Final to see him and I will see him for longer because he is coming on holiday with us too.

“He has done about 50 per cent of his recovery and still has 50 per cent of work to do. His knee is as strong as it was before and actually probably stronger than before the injury.

“He’s on the right track and his rehabilitation has worked very well. But it’s still going to take three or four more months for him to return. Ianis will get over this difficult moment in his career though.”

Gio van Bronckhorst will be fuming

The Rangers head coach will be fuming with this claim, as it suggests that Ianis Hagi may not play for the Light Blues until September or October.

This means that the 23-year-old is now set to miss the start of the 2022/23 campaign and all of the club’s Champions League qualifiers. The Gers need to qualify for the group stage after missing out on the Europa League and Premiership crowns this year, and this latest update has ruled out Hagi’s involvement in those matches.

His absence is a big blow for Van Bronckhorst, as the Romania international is an excellent midfielder who has proven himself in Glasgow, thriving in the Premiership since his move from Belgium.

In the 2020/21 title-winning campaign, Hagi produced seven goals and 11 assists in 33 games as he proved that he can make a big impact in the final third. He has the quality to score and set up goals for the Gers, playing on either flank or in the number 10 position.

He has also showcased his ability in Europe for the Light Blues. In the memorable 2021/22 Europa League run, the 23-year-old provided one goal and one assist in five games, also creating three ‘big chances’, and this shows that he can perform well on the continental stage too.

Van Bronckhorst will therefore be gutted by this latest update. It comes as a hammer blow to Rangers, as they will now be without the talented midfielder’s quality for crucial matches later in the summer, and the head coach will now be hoping that his other players can step up to make sure that Hagi’s absence does not have a telling impact.

AND in other news, Imagine him & Lundstram: Wilson must land Rangers deal for “fabulous” £28k-p/w maestro…

Aston Villa could use Douglas Luiz to sign Moise Kean from Juventus, Italian journalist Marcello Chirico has claimed. 

The lowdown

Last summer, Juventus signed Kean on loan from Everton with an obligation to buy him for £24million.

Kean did make 44 appearances in 2021/22 but starting opportunities proved to be limited. Max Allegri selected him from the off in just 12 Serie A matches, and one Champions League fixture.

The Athletic’s Gregg Evans reported in May that Steven Gerrard may look to add ‘another forward option’ to his squad during the summer transfer window.

And transfer insider Dean Jones recently suggested that Villa might look to move Luiz on.

The latest

Chirico tweeted on Monday afternoon that ‘Aston Villa is interested’ in signing Kean this summer.

They have apparently ‘offered’ midfielder Luiz to the Bianconeri as part of the deal.

The verdict

Transfermarkt value Luiz at £31.5million, £7.5million more than Juventus have agreed to pay for Kean. And given that the Italian is clearly a little way down the pecking order at the Allianz Stadium, it seems unlikely that they would demand cash in addition to Luiz.

That, then, raises the prospect of a straight swap, an ‘unusual’ occurrence in football.

Is Kean the kind of no. 9 Villa should look for?

Well, his return of six goals last season is underwhelming, but remember, he rarely started games.

And the previous season, at Paris Saint-Germain, Kean commendably bagged 17 goals, with manager Thomas Tuchel dubbing him ‘fearless’ and former PSG player Eric Rabesandratana also praising his Edinson Cavani-esque work-rate.

Signing the seven-time trophy-winner would still be a risk, though, given that he struggled in his previous stint with an English club, netting only four times in 39 outings for Everton.

In other news, one pundit thinks this £120k-p/w star may have fallen out with Villa after he was transfer listed.

There haven’t been too many rumours in the way of possible incomings for Wolves yet this summer but an exciting hint has now been dropped.

What’s the word?

Romain Saiss officially left Wolves yesterday with his contract at Molineux expiring. It brought an end to a six-year association with the club that saw him become part of the promotion-winning squad.

What that means for the Midlands outfit could be reinforcements of a defensive persuasion and according to Tim Spiers, that may well be the expectation now.

Taking to Twitter yesterday, the Wolves correspondent for The Athletic said: “It also feels like a natural parting of ways, with Wolves looking to inject some youthful exuberance into next season’s squad and, after a few years of trying, perhaps that elusive top level CB too.”

Exciting news

Although Saiss’ exit from Bruno Lage’s squad leaves a hole to fill, and one that could become quite problematic with Max Kilman also linked with a departure, this is an exciting time to be a Wolves supporter.

Some added youthful bones to the squad will undoubtedly go down well and if they can finally sign a top-level centre-back, as Spiers hints at, it will leave Wolves in a significantly better place.

A real strong point of the Old Gold this season was their backline with Lage’s men conceding just 43 times, the fifth-fewest in the entire Premier League.

With that in mind, the addition of a central defender who is already reputable will go down nicely.

Of course, they need to add more goals to the team but further bodies at the back will certainly help their cause to finish in the European spots in 2022/23.

In the past, Wolves have been linked with the likes of Ruben Dias. That ship has sailed but a move was previously touted for Lille’s Sven Botman, although he is being courted elsewhere too.

A signing of that stature is something that the tenth-placed Premier League finishers have missed in years gone by so it would certainly be an electrifying start to the summer if they can unearth a top-class player in defence.

In club captain Conor Coady and the ever-improving Kilman, Wolves have the defensive foundations to prove a difficult match for anyone. Add a player of Botman’s ilk to the equation and you surely have a team that’s more ready to compete for a top seven spot next term. Watch this space.

AND in other news, Lage plotting exciting Wolves swoop for “special” £21.2m star, he’s Paul Ince 2.0…

The Daily Mail have now shared an interesting Tottenham Hotspur transfer update involving Wolverhampton Wanderers forward and current Barcelona loanee Adama Traore.

The Lowdown: Spurs eye January move…

The Spaniard was a serious Premier League transfer target for Spurs in the winter window, as backed by reliable sources like The Athletic, who revealed that manager Antonio Conte was eyeing him as a makeshift right-wing-back option.

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GiveMeSport even shared news that a move was very close at one point with both the Lilywhites and Traore’s representatives shaking hands on personal terms and agreeing to make him the club’s fourth-highest earner.

However, when the Catalans swooped in late-on, Tottenham’s plans were scuppered and Conte was left without a new-and-improved wing-back signing.

The Latest: Mail share interesting update…

The Mail, sharing news after Conte held crunch transfer talks with sporting director Fabio Paratici in Italy on Friday, now say that Traore has re-emerged as a target for Spurs.

Indeed, according to reliable reporter Mokbel, writing for the outlet, Tottenham’s boss has seemingly set his sights on a former flame.

The Verdict: Move on?

We believe, with some serious work, Traore could still be an asset for Conte as a makeshift attacking option on the right side of his defence – particularly considering he averaged a phenomenal 4.2 dribbles per 90 for Wolves before joining Barca (WhoScored).

It’s clear, when at his very best, the 26-year-old can be an extreme threat from out wide and members of the media seem to agree having watched him in England regularly.

Journalist Pete O’Rourke, commenting on the links to Spurs in January, raved over the ‘absolute world-beater’ who ‘nobody can stop’ with his pace and power.

Depending on Wolves’ asking price, it could well be a move Conte should consider.

In other news: Conte could see ‘one of the best in the world’ join Spurs after behind-scenes demand! Find out more here.

Liverpool have had their hopes of signing Monaco midfielder Aurelien Tchouameni boosted.

What’s the word?

That is according to a report from RMCSport who claim that Tchouameni has reached an agreement with both Liverpool and Real Madrid, with both clubs now negotiating with AS Monaco.

It is said that the young Frenchman will make his choice before the end of the week, though, what has been confirmed is the rejection towards PSG, with the 22-year-old ruling the French champions out.

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Either way, it looks as though Liverpool are now closer to their second signing of the summer after agreeing upon a deal to bring Fabio Carvalho to Anfield.

Thiago 2.0 closer than ever

With Liverpool having agreed terms with the midfielder, the deal is closer than ever.

After what has been months of build-up, it looks as though the Monaco star will confirm his future by the end of the week. With both teams fighting for Champions League glory on the 28th of May, it remains to be seen as to whether the Bordeaux youth product will make his decision before the clash of the European giants.

If he opts to join Klopp’s side though. he could seize on an opportunity to develop his game positionally and push up to a more offensive-minded role in central midfield.

If this was the case, his outstanding technical ability on the ball would allow him to fit into the mould of the Spanish maestro, Thiago, whose style has benefited Klopp’s side massively this season. It’s also worth noting that the France international is noted as a similar player to the 31-year-old, based on his numbers this year (as per FBref)

As a holding midfielder for Monaco, his defensive acumen will come as no surprise, with all central midfielders in a Klopp system expected to be competent in the out-of-possession phase of the game.

Tchouameni’s average of 6.47 tackles plus interceptions per game is an outstanding return, but so is Thiago’s at an average of 5.90. You get the impression that Liverpool’s heavy metal approach to pressing would see Tchouameni’s metrics rise even higher.

Despite the 22-year-old’s shot-creating actions lacking, with an average of 2.07 SCA per game, the Monaco star has managed to drum up the same number of returns as Thiago this season, who boasts a match average of 3.21 SCA.

£60m Tchouameni, who’s capable of a “magnificent” long-range strike, has three goals and two assists to show for his 35 appearances in Ligue 1, primarily as a holding midfielder. Whilst Thiago has clocked up one goal and four assists in ten less games, his game is more about holding the ball and progressing the Reds.

Tchouameni’s metrics are entirely promising, and if he is to choose Liverpool over Madrid, he could well develop into a technical master like Thiago.

In other news: Exciting news: FSG’s brand new summer plan for Liverpool will leave supporters buzzing

Tottenham Hotspur manager Antonio Conte is ‘very happy’ as reliable transfer journalist Fabrizio Romano shares an exciting behind-the-scenes update.

The Lowdown: Conte wants backing…

Spurs’ head coach, who guide the Premier League top-four chasers to a previously unthinkable Champions League finish, will reportedly meet with both chairman Daniel Levy and transfer chief Fabio Paratici to outline his summer transfer plans.

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As many as six major signings are on his mind, including a reserve goalkeeper, right-wing-back, central defender, two midfielders and a forward, according to The Telegraph.

The Italian wants backing ahead of his first full season in charge, and according to Romano, they are set to make two star loans permanent on Conte’s behalf.

The Latest: Romano shares exciting update…

The reliable reporter claims Spurs’ boss is ‘very happy’ with both Dejan Kulusevski and Cristian Romero who have both starred under his tutelage.

As such, Spurs ‘will invest’ around €80 million (£68m) in total to seal their signings indefinitely.

Romano explained:

“Tottenham will sign both Dejan Kulusevski and Cristian Romero on a permanent deal. Spurs will invest around €80m total fee for two players who are considered key part of the project for present and future. #THFC Antonio Conte’s also very happy with Romero and Kulusevski.”

The Verdict: Huge…

Both men have been shining under Conte and have played big roles in Tottenham’s chase for the top four.

Romero has been a colossal presence in the Spurs back three while Kulusevski, who joined on loan from Juventus in January, has formed a deadly understanding with Harry Kane and Son Heung-min as part of the Lilywhites front three.

In a major statement of intent, the north Londoners securing both men is a fine way to show Conte they’re serious about matching his ambition.

In other news: Conte green-lights Spurs move as he now gives ‘unbelievable signing’ absolute priority, find out more here.