Football Transfer Rumours: Andrey Santos To Swap Chelsea For West Ham?

We’re now into that unusual play of nan play wherever nan starting weapon has been fired but nan transportation model remains open. In different words, there’s moreover much howling to beryllium done arsenic fans bemoan nan glaring holes successful their teams that were brutally exposed connected opening day.

In nan conflict for who needs astir reinforcements, surely West Ham are starring nan title aft starting nan play successful shambolic style with a 3-0 defeat by recently promoted Sunderland. When nan oddsmakers updated their ‘next Premier League head to go’ markets connected Monday morning, it was nary astonishment to spot Hammers leader Graham Potter listed arsenic nan favourite.

The crumb of comfortableness for disconsolate West Ham supporters this greeting is astatine slightest nan rumour mill is whirring erstwhile it comes to their nine and 1 sanction that keeps popping up is Chelsea midfielder Andrey Santos. It’s believed that nan Hammers person already made a £45m bid for nan 21-year-old Brazilian midfielder, who scored 11 times successful Ligue 1 for Chelsea’s sister club, Strasbourg, erstwhile connected indebtedness past season. That was rejected truthful nan Hammers whitethorn request to trial Chelsea’s resoluteness by flashing rate that adds up to astir £50m.

The Hammers whitethorn besides make different another sound connected nan doorway for Southampton midfielder Mateus Fernandes. A £30m bid was turned down for nan Portuguese midfielder but West Ham could spell backmost in. The bully news: Southampton leader Will Still has said nan Saints request to waste earlier they make moves successful nan transportation market. The bad news: West Ham whitethorn request to up that bid importantly – £50m has been suggested – to prise Fernandes away. Finally, and possibly slightest likely, is simply a move for Fulham striker Rodrigo Muniz, who astir apt added a fewer cardinal to his value tag by scoring a late, precocious equaliser successful nan Cottagers’ 1-1 tie astatine Brighton connected nan opening weekend.

After watching nan capacity of Viktor Gyokeres connected Sunday, nan Rumour Mill suggests Arsenal still request a striker. Early days for that gag but nan Gunners are still being linked pinch a move for Real Madrid guardant Rodrygo, pinch a interest of €100m (£86.3million) being mooted. In what looks a alternatively chaotic suggestion, Defensa Central judge that would merchandise nan costs for Real Madrid leader Xabi Alonso to make a double Premier League ambush for Liverpool defender Ibrahima Konaté and Crystal Palace midfielder Adam Wharton.

Konaté’s alternatively skittish capacity successful Liverpool’s 4-2 triumph complete Bournemouth, worthy of a “what is he doin’?” screech from Jamie Carragher aft being turned wrong retired by Antoine Semenyo for nan Bournemouth equaliser, does look to person accrued calls for Liverpool to beef up nan defence. They did that by signing 18-year-old Giovanni Leoni from Parma for £26m connected Friday but, arsenic for nan present and now, Crystal Palace’s Marc Guehi remains nan large rumour. The England defender helped Palace support a cleanable expanse successful nan 0-0 tie pinch Chelsea connected Sunday but Liverpool fans are excited by a video showing Guehi being a spot frosty towards leader Oliver Glasner arsenic nan brace walked down nan tunnel.

Marc Guehi: still a target for Liverpool. Photograph: Allstar Picture Library Ltd/Nigel French/Apl/Sportsphoto

Eberechi Eze besides played successful that goalless tie but his move to Tottenham seems to beryllium getting ever person pinch reports of an opening £60m bid being made complete nan weekend. If nan 27-year-old moves crossed London, Palace request a replacement and Leicester’s Bilal El Khannouss is nan sanction drafting astir attention. Palace whitethorn person to fork retired adjacent to £30m for nan 21-year-old Moroccan world arsenic Leicester are reluctant to sell. Club Brugge’s 23-year-old Greek attacker Christos Tzolis is besides a target for Palace but reports propose an opening bid has already been rejected.

After Altay Bayindir flapped astatine nan Declan Rice transverse that led to Arsenal’s victor astatine Old Trafford – a infinitesimal replayed adjacent to 150 times successful nan Sky Sports studios to presumably support winding impermanent Roy Keane up further and further – will Manchester United move for a caller goalkeeper? And possibly this is wherever we’ve reached highest opening play knee-jerk madness. PSG’s Gianluigi Donnarumma is simply a adjacent capable nexus fixed that he now seems to beryllium 2nd prime successful Paris but respective outlets are talking astir a daze return to Old Trafford for David De Gea. Phew, it’s clip to dishonesty down.