{"id":20324,"date":"2026-05-10T04:18:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T04:18:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/20324\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T04:18:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T04:18:19","slug":"transfer-news-live-newcastle-and-chelsea-eye-nunez-el-mala-price-emerges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/20324\/","title":{"rendered":"Transfer news LIVE: Newcastle and Chelsea eye N\u00fa\u00f1ez, El Mala price emerges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>May 9th\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/darwin-nunez-al-hilal-2025-1758815452-178614.jpg\" title=\"Transfer news LIVE: Newcastle and Chelsea eye N\u00fa\u00f1ez, El Mala price emerges\" alt=\"Transfer news LIVE: Newcastle and Chelsea eye N\u00fa\u00f1ez, El Mala price emerges\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n                                       \u00a9IMAGO\n                                    <\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The summer transfer window is approaching quickly on the horizon and clubs are already busy working on deals to acquire their top targets. For most clubs, planning will already be complete and they will have identified which players they want to sign, and which players they want to sell.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Managers will be constantly assessing their squads with sporting directors and recruitment staff scanning the market for potential deals this summer. The rumour mill is still gathering pace and we&#8217;ve collated some of the biggest current transfer stories &#8211; you can access the full rumour mill below.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.com\/rumour-mill\/detail\/forum\/154\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/transfers-rumours-mobile-banners-1769421777-188016.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"503\" height=\"148\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\nToday&#8217;s biggest transfer stories<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"1.FC K\u00f6ln\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.com\/1fc-k-ln\/startseite\/verein\/3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">1.FC K\u00f6ln<\/a> are refusing to budge from their \u20ac50 million asking price for German talent <a title=\"Said El Mala\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.com\/said-el-mala\/profil\/spieler\/1168219\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Said El Mala<\/a> as <a title=\"Brighton &amp; Hove Albion\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.com\/brighton---hove-albion\/startseite\/verein\/1237\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Brighton<\/a> continue to chase the teenager. <a title=\"Chelsea FC\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.com\/chelsea-fc\/startseite\/verein\/631\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Chelsea<\/a> have been credited with an interest, but the Seagulls are reportedly willing to loan him back for next season. El Mala has a market value of \u20ac35 million.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Newcastle United\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.com\/newcastle-united\/startseite\/verein\/762\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Newcastle<\/a> and <a title=\"Chelsea FC\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.com\/chelsea-fc\/startseite\/verein\/631\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Chelsea<\/a> are keen on bringing <a title=\"Darwin N\u00fa\u00f1ez\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.com\/darwin-n--ez\/profil\/spieler\/546543\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Darwin N\u00fa\u00f1ez<\/a> back to the Premier League as he looks set to depart <a title=\"Al-Hilal SFC\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.com\/al-hilal-sfc\/startseite\/verein\/1114\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Al-Hilal<\/a>. The Uruguay international was frozen out of the squad less than six months after his move from Liverpool, and he could mutually terminate his contract, allowing the 26-year-old to sign as a free agent.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Atl\u00e9tico de Madrid\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.com\/atl-tico-de-madrid\/startseite\/verein\/13\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Atletico Madrid<\/a> are closing in on the signing of <a title=\"Wolverhampton Wanderers\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.com\/wolverhampton-wanderers\/startseite\/verein\/543\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Wolves<\/a> midfielder <a title=\"Jo\u00e3o Gomes\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.com\/jo-o-gomes\/profil\/spieler\/735570\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Jo\u00e3o Gomes<\/a>. The LaLiga giants have advanced talks with the relegated Premier League club to finalise a \u20ac45 million agreement for the Brazil international.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"May 9th\u00a0 \u00a9IMAGO The summer transfer window is approaching quickly on the horizon and clubs are already busy&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20325,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[180,1806,3198,830,2139,3201,92,266,88,942,3195,3197,3202,3199,2121,1385,223,3200,1807,2412,2991,82,272,263,1819,83,3196],"class_list":{"0":"post-20324","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-madrid","8":"tag-ac-milan","9":"tag-alessandro-bastoni","10":"tag-antoine-semenyo","11":"tag-arsenal-fc","12":"tag-atletico-de-madrid","13":"tag-ayyoub-bouaddi","14":"tag-barcelona","15":"tag-bayern-munich","16":"tag-borussia-dortmund","17":"tag-chelsea","18":"tag-chelsea-fc","19":"tag-conor-gallagher","20":"tag-curtis-jones","21":"tag-deinner-ordonez","22":"tag-endrick","23":"tag-erling-haaland","24":"tag-fc-barcelona","25":"tag-gabriel-jesus","26":"tag-inter-milan","27":"tag-kees-smit","28":"tag-liverpool-fc","29":"tag-madrid","30":"tag-manchester-city","31":"tag-manchester-united","32":"tag-paris-saint-germain","33":"tag-real-madrid","34":"tag-tottenham-hotspur"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20324"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20324\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}