EVERTON SNAP UP VINAGRE ON LOAN FROM SPORTING
■ EVERTON are signing former Wolves left back Ruben Vinagre. The 23-year-old Sporting Lisbon defender was at Everton’s Finch Farm base yesterday for his medical ahead of a season-long loan with an option to make the deal permanent. Everton are prepared to listen to offers for midfielder Andre Gomes, 28.
÷ KASPER SCHMEICHEL will be allowed to leave Leicester if the club can find a successor of similar standing. French club Nice have made an approach for the
Denmark goalkeeper, 35, who is in the final year of his contract. Arsenal’s Bernd Leno, who is close to joining Fulham, and Nantes’ Alban Lafont have been proposed to Leicester. Chairman Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha has confirmed Leicester are yet to receive an offer for midfielder Youri Tielemans, who has one year left on his contract.
■ MANCHESTER UNITED confirmed the signing yesterday of Christian Eriksen, who said Erik ten Hag was a big
influence on his decision. ‘The idea of the manager coming in and the ideas he had were a very big influence,’ said the 30-year-old. ‘I have come here to play football, I haven’t come here just for the badge.’ BARCELONA have reiterated to midfielder Frenkie de Jong that he must take a pay cut to stay. United defender Alvaro Fernandez has confirmed his move to Preston on a seasonlong loan deal.
÷ MANCHESTER CITY will consider allowing
James McAtee out on loan if clubs give assurances that the 19year-old will play regularly. Leeds United, Nottingham Forest,
Bournemouth and Villarreal are all showing strong interest in the attacking midfielder.
■ NOTTINGHAM FOREST want to add more midfielders after agreeing to sign Orel Mangala (below) from Stuttgart for £12.75m. The 24-year-old Belgian travelled to Athens yesterday for his medical before flying to London to complete the formalities. Forest have a list of targets which includes Manchester United’s James Garner, William Carvalho of Real Betis and Anton Stach of Mainz. They remain in talks to add Maxwel Cornet from Burnley and Real Betis for left wing-back Alex
Moreno as new
signing Omar Richards will be out for up to three months with a hairline fracture.
÷ BURNLEY have had a £1.5million bid rejected for Antwerp winger Manuel Benson. The 25-year-old had been earmarked as a replacement for Cornet and is valued at around £3m.
■ WEST HAM are to confirm the signing of Gianluca Scamacca from Sassuolo after he passed his medical yesterday.
÷ NORWICH CITY are in talks to sign FC Montreal midfielder Ismael Kone, 20.
■ BRENTFORD’S Finland forward Marcus Forss is finalising personal terms with Middlesbrough ahead of a permanent transfer to the Championship club.