{"id":1159165,"date":"2026-08-20T10:51:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T10:51:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1159165\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T10:51:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T10:51:19","slug":"transfer-news-live-man-utd-poised-for-65m-signing-arsenal-deal-agreed-liverpool-medical","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1159165\/","title":{"rendered":"Transfer news LIVE: Man Utd poised for \u00a365m signing, Arsenal deal agreed, Liverpool medical"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Rio Ferdinand took his hat off to Arsenal for signing Ezri Konsa.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;One of their biggest and most consistent players, an England international, Ezri Konsa is joining Arsenal. I think it\u2019s a magnificent signing,&#8221; Ferdinand said on his <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lmSR00fPnwk&amp;t=12s\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">YouTube channel<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;He\u2019s a solid, really, really good Premier League defender. David Ornstein, a friend of the channel, is saying \u00a351m plus add-ons.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;I think that\u2019s an absolute steal in today\u2019s market. He\u2019s 28 years old, so a minimum of four or five years of really solid, dependable service. He provides vital cover in two areas, centre-back and right-back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND - AUGUST 16: Ezri Konsa of Aston Villa during the Premier League match between Aston Villa and Newcastle United at Villa Park on August 16, 2025 in Birmingham, England. (Photo by Jacques Feeney\/Offside\/Offside via Getty Images)\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0_GettyImages-2229600638.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">(Image: Jacques Feeney\/Offside\/Offside via Getty Images)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rio Ferdinand took his hat off to Arsenal for signing Ezri Konsa. &#8220;One of their biggest and most&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1159166,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[8813],"tags":[6167,82,1029,748,6275,393,4884,1127,2465,2398,9060,24465,6544,101,56999,16,15],"class_list":["post-1159165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manchester","tag-arsenal-fc","tag-arsenal-transfer-news","tag-atletico-madrid","tag-britain","tag-chelsea-transfer-news","tag-england","tag-great-britain","tag-liverpool-transfer-news","tag-manchester","tag-manchester-city-transfer-news","tag-manchester-united-transfer-news","tag-michael-carrick","tag-paris-saint-germain","tag-premier-league","tag-transfer-news-live","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/117127460982099850","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1159165","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=1159165"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1159165\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1159166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1159165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1159165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1159165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}