BAGGIES GRAB GABR AS EVANS NEARS EXIT
PETERBOROUGH chairman and property millionaire Darragh MacAnthony knows all about auctions. But sometimes to his cost.
BENIK AFOBE wants to leave Bournemouth for a fresh start.
The striker, 24, has three Premier League clubs interested in him, including West Brom.
Old club Wolves are also monitoring his situation. Afobe (above) has made 17 league appearances this term, only starting five games and is yet to score. WEST BROM are ready to sell Jonny Evans after lining up Egypt star Ali Gabr as his replacement.
The Premier League strugglers intend to cash in on their centre-back and skipper this month to free up funds for a new striker.
Arsenal are chasing £25million-rated Northern Ireland man Evans, with Manchester City also SOUTHAMPTON have backed Mauricio Pellegrino by agreeing a £19million fee for Monaco forward Guido Carrillo.
And the Saints are now working to smash their transfer record again by TONY PULIS wants to take prolific Bradford frontman Charlie Wyke to his hometown club.
Middlesbrough-born Wyke (above) started his career with Boro but failed showing an interest. Albion boss Alan Pardew then intends to reinvest the fee on a new striker, with Watford’s Troy Deeney and Newcastle’s Aleksandar Mitrovic among his targets.
But the Baggies insist they have yet to receive a concrete bid from either the Gunners or league leaders City.
Albion have an agreement with Egyptian spending £30m on Spartak Moscow’s Dutch winger Quincy Promes.
Carrillo (above), who has started only two Ligue 1 games this season, played for Pellegrino at Estudiantes in Argentina. to make the grade as a youngster – but Pulis wants to give him another chance.
Wyke has flourished at Carlisle and League One Bradford, whose boss Stuart McCall insists the forward is worth £5million. club Zamalek to bring in centre-back Gabr (above) on loan until the end of the season. They will pay £438,000 to take Gabr, 29, for a six-month spell, with a £1.1m option to buy him in the summer.
Albion are confident he can follow his compatriot Ahmed Hegazi, who has signed permanently after a successful loan deal at The Hawthorns.