Transfer information reside: Zubimendi to Arsenal twist on deadline day, Man Utd eye Gyokeres, Man City full first signing

Arsenal have their man!

At least according to The Athletic’s David Ornstein who reports that Martin Zubimendi will be heading to the Emirates in time for pre-season after the Gunners and Real Sociedad have completed, and signed, a deal for his transfer.

There were rumours about Real Madrid possibly hijacking the move at the last minute but Ornstein says they were never actively pursuing a move for the midfielder.

Confirmation to come but this one looks very likely. Arsenal made Zubimendi one of their priorities and they could secure him by today’s deadline.

Jack Grealish’s time as a Manchester City player looks to be coming to an end this summer.

There are rumours, substantial ones at that, that the winger will not be included in City’s squad for the Club World Cup. His game time has dropped as well this season and these are all signs he could be on the way out.

With Grealish keen to push for a place in England’s World Cup squad he wants regular time on the pitch and may need to leave the Premier League to get some.

The Sun report that Bayer Leverkusen are interested in bringing in the 29-year-old as a potential replacement for Florian Wirtz.

Wirtz seems sure to move to Liverpool once those negotiations are finalised and new Leverkusen boss, Erik ten Hag, is keen on Grealish.

According to the report, Man City would be asking just £40m for Grealish and Grealish is said to be open to moving on from City.

Bryan Mbeumo has already been the subject of a bid from Manchester United this summer – but could Tottenham emerge as suitors for the Brentford forward?

With Thomas Frank seemingly the top choice at Spurs to succeed Ange Postecoglou, the Mirror suggest that the manager may be keen to take Mbeumo with him across London if appointed.

Manchester United are considering making a second offer for Bryan Mbeumo but will have to raise their bid significantly to tempt Brentford to sell the forward.

United made a first approach of £45m plus a further £10m in add-ons for the 25-year-old, but it was not close to Brentford’s valuation of the attacker, who is priced in excess of £60m.

When is a transfer advancing and when is a transfer proceeding well?

Arsenal’s interest in Benjamin Sesko appears to be doing both, according to Fabrizio Romano.

Though no agreement is expected imminently.

Sky Sports in Germany reporter Florian Plettenberg believes this transfer will happen and is only a matter of time before being confirmed.

Borussia Dortmund have rejected an offer from Chelsea for winger Jamie Gittens.

According to a Sky Sports report, the Blues bid an initial €35m (£29.5m) which was rejected by Borussia Dortmund.

Dortmund instead want closer to €50-60m (£42-£50m) for the 20-year-old.

Meanwhile, AC Milan and Chelsea have once again been in direct contact today over a deal for Mike Maignan, according to Fabrizio Romano.

Maignan remains keen on joining Chelsea with the player pushing for the deal to happen, but it is up to the clubs on whether it gets over the line.

The window, which has been introduced to allow teams to register players ahead of the Club World Cup, closes at 7pm tonight.

It will then re-open, as usual, from June 16 until September 1. Clubs can still announce deals after window but can’t register them.

Real Madrid hold an interest in Martin Zubimendi which could impact Arsenal’s plans to sign the Real Sociedad midfielder.

The Real Madrid noise about Zubimendi has surprised those at Sociedad who would obviously prefer to sell to Arsenal, and still anticipate that’s what will happen.

The Gunners were relaxed about the transfer before the weekend but this is what Madrid do.

Liverpool have launched a new record bid for Florian Wirtz, raising their offer to a club record £113m.

Bayer Leverkusen are believed to want £150m for the Germany international, who would prefer a move to Anfield.

Wirtz also attracted attention from Bayern Munich but told the German champions he wanted to go to Liverpool.

Viktor Gyokeres is open to joining his former manager Ruben Amorim at Manchester United.

That’s according to TalkSport, who report that Sporting want £60m for the prolific striker, who has 97 goals in 102 games in Portugal.

Gyokeres is a wanted man, with Arsenal also interested in his signature and with Champions League football to offer, but United hope Amorim can persuade the Swede to move to Old Trafford.

And they will be buoyed by signs that the 27-year-old wants to join.

A potential stumbling block is the fact United can not offer European football this season which may give other interested clubs an advantage in negotiations.

Manchester City have made their first summer signing by completing a €37m (£31.6m) deal to sign Rayan Ait-Nouri from Wolves.

The left-back has agreed a five-year deal at the Etihad Stadium after passing a medical and will be registered in time to make his debut at the Club World Cup.

City are set to continue buying with a £46m deal agreed to bring in midfielder Tijjani Reijnders from AC Milan, which will take their spending in 2025 to around £250m after the mid-season additions of Omar Marmoush, Nico Gonzalez, Vitor Reis and Abdukodir Khusanov.

Ait-Nouri becomes arguably the first specialist left-back signed by City since Joao Cancelo in 2019, although the 24-year-old often played as a wing-back for Wolves.