{"id":302494,"date":"2025-07-29T23:58:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T23:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/302494\/"},"modified":"2025-07-29T23:58:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T23:58:10","slug":"football-gossip-pope-watkins-sesko-eze-mcatee-sancho-jackson-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/302494\/","title":{"rendered":"Football gossip: Pope, Watkins, Sesko, Eze, McAtee, Sancho, Jackson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Manchester United<\/b> are willing to accept a reduced fee in the region of \u00a317m for Jadon Sancho, 25, with <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Borussia Dortmund<\/b> and <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Juventus<\/b> interested in the England winger. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-14949783\/Man-United-transfer-news-striker.html\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(Mail), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">United<\/b> have ended their interest in <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Chelsea<\/b> striker Nicolas Jackson, 24, with the Senegal forward demanding too much in wages. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/sport\/football\/transfer-news\/manchester-united-jackson-watkins-sesko-35635481\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(Mirror), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Napoli<\/b> want <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Manchester City<\/b> midfielder Jack Grealish, 29, but would struggle to meet his wage demands, and also have <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Chelsea<\/b> and England winger Raheem Sterling, 30, and <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Manchester United&#8217;s<\/b> Argentina forward Alejandro Garnacho, 21, on their list of targets. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gazzetta.it\/Calcio\/Calciomercato\/Napoli\/29-07-2025\/napoli-su-grealish-la-trattativa-piste-sterling-chiesa-e-garnacho.shtml\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(Gazzetta dello Sport &#8211; in Italian), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">United<\/b> are keen to offload Garnacho and have spoken to <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Aston Villa<\/b> and <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Chelsea<\/b> about the possibility of striking a deal. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/sport\/football\/man-united-alejandro-garnacho-chelsea-aston-villa-watkins-jackson-b2798302.html\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(Independent) , external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Everton<\/b> are prioritising a move for <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Juventus<\/b> and Brazil midfielder Douglas Luiz, 27, before acting on their interest in Grealish. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.givemesport.com\/everton-transfer-news-prioritising-deal-douglas-luiz-over-grealish-hill-dickinson-stadium\/\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(GiveMeSport), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Manchester United<\/b> have placed <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Aston Villa&#8217;s<\/b> Ollie Watkins, 29, at the top of a two-man striker shortlist with <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">RB Leipzig <\/b>and Slovenia frontman Benjamin Sekso, 22, the second option. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/sport\/36055584\/man-utd-ollie-watkins-transfer-sesko-donnarumma\/\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(Sun), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Manchester City<\/b> have informed German goalkeeper Stefan Ortega, 32, that he can leave the club following the arrival of James Trafford from Burnley. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1950271213005123795\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">(Fabrizio Romano), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">West Ham <\/b>are eyeing Portuguese midfielder Fabio Vieira, 25, who joined <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Arsenal<\/b> in 2022 but spent last season on loan at Porto. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jacobsben\/status\/1949934054876295480?s=46\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">(Ben Jacobs), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Manchester City<\/b> and England midfielder Kalvin Phillips, 29, wants to reunite with boyhood club <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Leeds<\/b>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/the-secret-is-out-he-wants-to-re-sign-for-leeds-kalvin-phillips-update-today\/\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(Football Insider), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Liverpool<\/b> have reached an agreement to sign 17-year-old striker Will Wright from <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Salford City<\/b>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/6522324\/2025\/07\/29\/liverpool-transfer-news-will-wright-arsenal\/\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(Athletic &#8211; subscription required), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Portuguese side <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Famalicao<\/b> are interested in <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Tottenham&#8217;s <\/b>English midfielder Tyrese Hall, 19, who attracted interest from Championship clubs in January. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/football\/live-blog\/31771\/12476234\/transfer-centre-live-football-transfer-news-updates-and-rumours?postid=9951307#liveblog-body\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(Sky Sports), external<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manchester United are willing to accept a reduced fee in the region of \u00a317m for Jadon Sancho, 25,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":302454,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4100],"tags":[94,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-302494","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114939239746273276","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302494","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=302494"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302494\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/302454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=302494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=302494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=302494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}