{"id":188613,"date":"2025-06-16T09:20:15","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T09:20:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/188613\/"},"modified":"2025-06-16T09:20:15","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T09:20:15","slug":"latest-transfer-news-liverpool-eye-victor-osimhen-as-man-utd-enter-hugo-ekitike-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/188613\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest transfer news: Liverpool eye Victor Osimhen as Man Utd enter Hugo Ekitike race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>June 16th\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ibrahima-konate-2023-2024-liverpool-1038147955hjpg-1705402561-126498.jpg\" title=\"Latest transfer news: Liverpool eye Victor Osimhen as Man Utd enter Hugo Ekitike race\" alt=\"Latest transfer news: Liverpool eye Victor Osimhen as Man Utd enter Hugo Ekitike race\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n                                       \u00a9IMAGO\n                                    <\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The summer transfer window is officially open with clubs now able to add new signings to their squad. The biggest clubs in European football and clubs across the continent are already making plans for next season. Teams are working tirelessly behind the scenes on identifying targets and figuring out their budgets.<\/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. A plethora of players will become available in the summer where clubs famously have more money to spend and aren&#8217;t as restricted by financial fair play rules. The rumour mill is beginning to pick up pace and we&#8217;ve collated some of the biggest current transfer stories.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\nToday&#8217;s biggest transfer stories\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Real Madrid\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.com\/real-madrid\/startseite\/verein\/418\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Real Madrid<\/a>\u00a0are targeting <a title=\"Ibrahima Konat\u00e9\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.com\/ibrahima-konat-\/profil\/spieler\/357119\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ibrahima Konat\u00e9<\/a>\u00a0on a free transfer next summer. The Spanish giants&#8217; strategy of pursing players in the last year of their contracts is renowned with Kylian Mbappe and Trent Alexander-Arnold joining most recently. Konate&#8217;s deal at <a title=\"Liverpool FC\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.com\/liverpool-fc\/startseite\/verein\/31\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Liverpool<\/a>\u00a0expires in 2026 and Madrid are monitoring his situation.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Inter Milan\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.com\/inter-milan\/startseite\/verein\/46\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Inter Milan<\/a>\u00a0remain favourites to sign <a title=\"Rasmus H\u00f8jlund\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.com\/rasmus-h-jlund\/profil\/spieler\/610442\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rasmus Hojlund<\/a>\u00a0this summer. The Denmark international endured a dismal season and his future remains uncertain. <a title=\"Manchester United\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.com\/manchester-united\/startseite\/verein\/985\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Manchester United<\/a>\u00a0are expected to cash in and Inter Milan could offer Hojlund the opportunity to return to Italy.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a title=\"Heung-min Son\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.com\/heung-min-son\/profil\/spieler\/91845\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jose Mourinho<\/a>\u00a0has made contract with <a title=\"Heung-min Son\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.com\/heung-min-son\/profil\/spieler\/91845\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Heung-min Son<\/a>\u00a0over a potential move to <a title=\"Fenerbahce\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.com\/fenerbahce\/startseite\/verein\/36\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fenerbahce<\/a>\u00a0this summer. Son is expected to leave <a title=\"Tottenham Hotspur\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.com\/tottenham-hotspur\/startseite\/verein\/148\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tottenham<\/a>\u00a0this summer after over a decade in North London. Reuniting with Mourinho in\u00a0T\u00fcrkiye remains an option but a financial agreement could prove difficult.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"June 16th\u00a0 \u00a9IMAGO The summer transfer window is officially open with clubs now able to add new signings&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":188614,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8815],"tags":[884,1682,6167,8901,1062,4113,748,6274,8904,8905,393,6537,4884,8883,8903,179,763,8902,886,98,6544,544,8900,201,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-188613","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-liverpool","8":"tag-ac-milan","9":"tag-alejandro-garnacho","10":"tag-arsenal-fc","11":"tag-atletico-de-madrid","12":"tag-bayern-munich","13":"tag-borussia-dortmund","14":"tag-britain","15":"tag-chelsea-fc","16":"tag-darwin-nunez","17":"tag-douglas-luiz","18":"tag-england","19":"tag-fc-barcelona","20":"tag-great-britain","21":"tag-inter-milan","22":"tag-jamie-gittens","23":"tag-liverpool","24":"tag-liverpool-fc","25":"tag-luis-diaz","26":"tag-manchester-city","27":"tag-manchester-united","28":"tag-paris-saint-germain","29":"tag-real-madrid","30":"tag-sunderland-afc","31":"tag-tottenham-hotspur","32":"tag-uk","33":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114692307288993117","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188613","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=188613"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188613\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/188614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}