{"id":107687,"date":"2025-05-17T00:45:12","date_gmt":"2025-05-17T00:45:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/107687\/"},"modified":"2025-05-17T00:45:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-17T00:45:12","slug":"man-utd-transfer-news-live-zirkzee-wanted-by-italian-giants-delap-exclusive-united-in-semenyo-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/107687\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Utd transfer news LIVE: Zirkzee &#8216;wanted by Italian giants&#8217;, Delap EXCLUSIVE, United &#8216;in Semenyo talks&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Delap urged NOT to join Man Utd<\/p>\n<p>Ipswich striker Liam Delap has been advised against signing for Manchester United.<\/p>\n<p>Delap is at the centre of a multi-club transfer scramble following relegation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"640\" width=\"960\" class=\"alignnone size-thesun-article-image wp-image-34988712\" data-credit=\"\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/liam-delap-ipswich-town-participates-993863046.jpg\" data-caption=\"\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/liam-delap-ipswich-town-participates-993863046.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a>Credit: Shutterstock Editorial<\/p>\n<p>And United have been strongly tipped to lead the way for the 22-year-old.<\/p>\n<p>But ex-England and Aston Villa frontman Gabriel Agbonlahor reckons WEST HAM would be a far better option.<\/p>\n<p>Agbonlahor believes the former England Under-21 ace should take time to develop his game &#8211; before risking the cauldron of a club like the Red Devils.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cIf I was him, I wouldn\u2019t be going there. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I wouldn\u2019t stay at Ipswich, I\u2019d go to West Ham, go and prove yourself at West Ham, the next step. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They need a striker, Evan Ferguson will go back to Brighton, it hasn\u2019t worked out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>LaLiga rivals could beat Betis to Antony  <\/p>\n<p>Real Betis face missing out to a LaLiga rival for Manchester\u00a0United loanee Antony.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s the claim from Spain despite Betis&#8217; hunger to keep the Brazil winger.<\/p>\n<p>Antony, 25, has been in sensational form since departing\u00a0Old Trafford.<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s notched eight goals and two assists in 23 matches for Betis.<\/p>\n<p>But the Spanish top-flight club are unlikely\u00a0to qualify for the Champions League.<\/p>\n<p>And that could reportedly tip the balance in favour of a LaLiga rival.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Mandatory Credit: Photo by Domenico Cippitelli\/NurPhoto\/Shutterstock (15291208q) Antony of Real Betis Balompie celebrates after scoring the goal of 1-0 during the UEFA Conference League Semi Final Second Leg match between A.C.F. Fiorentina and Real Betis Balompie at Artemio Franchi Stadium in Florence, Italy, on May 8, 2025. ACF Fiorentina v Real Betis Balompie \u00e2\u0080\u0093 UEFA [\u00e2\u0080\u00a6]\" height=\"960\" width=\"640\" data-credit=\"Shutterstock Editorial\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/antony-real-betis-balompie-celebrates-993242064.jpg\" data-caption=\"Mandatory Credit: Photo by Domenico Cippitelli\/NurPhoto\/Shutterstock (15291208q) Antony of Real Betis Balompie celebrates after scoring the goal of 1-0 during the UEFA Conference League Semi Final Second Leg match between A.C.F. Fiorentina and Real Betis Balompie at Artemio Franchi Stadium in Florence, Italy, on May 8, 2025. ACF Fiorentina v Real Betis Balompie \u00e2\u0080\u0093 UEFA [\u00e2\u0080\u00a6]\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/antony-real-betis-balompie-celebrates-993242064.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Domenico Cippitelli\/NurPhoto\/Shutterstock (15291208q) Antony of Real Betis Balompie celebrates after scoring the goal of 1-0 during the UEFA Conference League Semi Final Second Leg match between A.C.F. Fiorentina and Real Betis Balompie at Artemio Franchi Stadium in Florence, Italy, on May 8, 2025. ACF Fiorentina v Real Betis Balompie \u00e2\u0080\u0093 UEFA [\u00e2\u0080\u00a6]Credit: Shutterstock Editorial\u2018Liverpool and Gunners tipped to lead Nkunku race&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool and Arsenal will reportedly lead the race for Chelsea frontman Christopher Nkunku.<\/p>\n<p>Manchester United and Bayern Munich were said to have shown interest in the Frenchman during the January transfer window.<\/p>\n<p>And with the 27-year-old still failing to land regular starts at Stamford Bridge, there could be a big fight for his services in the summer.<\/p>\n<p>The ex-RB Leipzig hero has also ben linked with a return to his first club Paris Saint-Germain.<\/p>\n<p>But <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/liverpool\/transfer-news-christopher-nkunku-talks-on\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">TEAMtalk<\/a> reckon Liverpool could make the first serious move by getting in ahead of the  Gunners with talks for Nkunku.<\/p>\n<p>Gunners tipped to win Viktor race<\/p>\n<p>Viktor Gyokeres is expected to finally arrive in the Prem this summer.<\/p>\n<p>And it&#8217;s even claimed Arsenal are hoping to complete a \u00a360million deal for the Sporting Lisbon striker.<\/p>\n<p>Manchester United, Newcastle and Chelsea have also been linked with the Swede at various times.<\/p>\n<p>But the Gunners are reportedly ready to make the 26-year-old one of their highest paid players.<\/p>\n<p>Gyokeres has netted 95 times in 100 matches  for Portuguese giants Sporting Lisbon since joining from Coventry two summers ago.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Delap urged NOT to join Man Utd Ipswich striker Liam Delap has been advised against signing for Manchester&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":107688,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8813],"tags":[748,393,4884,1921,2465,98,103,189,190,1922,100,16,15,165],"class_list":{"0":"post-107687","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-manchester","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-live-blogs","12":"tag-manchester","13":"tag-manchester-united","14":"tag-marcus-rashford","15":"tag-section-sportfootball","16":"tag-section-sportfootballpremier-league","17":"tag-sport-live-blogs","18":"tag-transfer-news","19":"tag-uk","20":"tag-united-kingdom","21":"tag-viktor-gyokeres"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114520414554787877","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107687"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107687\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/107688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}