{"id":45733,"date":"2025-08-05T16:37:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T16:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/45733\/"},"modified":"2025-08-05T16:37:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T16:37:10","slug":"latest-transfer-news-and-rumours-everton-join-race-for-championship-midfielder-sheffield-united-to-sell-star-for-15-6m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/45733\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest transfer news and rumours: Everton join race for Championship midfielder, Sheffield United to sell star for \u00a315.6m"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sports Mole brings you the latest transfer news and rumours, including Everton joining the race to sign a Middlesbrough midfielder and Sheffield United selling a star man for over \u00a315m.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/football\/everton\/\" title=\"More Everton\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Everton<\/a> have reportedly made the decision to join the race to sign <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/football\/middlesbrough\/\" title=\"More Middlesbrough\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Middlesbrough<\/a> midfielder <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/people\/hayden-hackney\/\" title=\"More Hayden Hackney\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hayden Hackney<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Having come through the academy system to contribute 10 goals and nine assists from 113 appearances, the 23-year-old is a key player at the Riverside Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>However, Boro seem ready to cash in on the recent England Under-21 international having been prepared to sell to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/football\/ipswich-town\/\" title=\"More Ipswich Town\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ipswich Town<\/a> for \u00a320m before the player rejected a switch to Portman Road.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, as per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/everton-ready-to-hijack-ipswichs-hayden-hackney-deal\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Football Insider<\/a>, Everton are one of several clubs who are interested in adding the homegrown talent to their ranks.<\/p>\n<p>Former scout Mick Brown &#8211; a regular contributor to the outlet &#8211; has suggested that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/people\/david-moyes\/\" title=\"More David Moyes\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">David Moyes<\/a> wants to sign the player over the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Brown said: &#8220;Everton are one of those, because Moysey is looking to strengthen his midfield.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiven the price involved, Everton feel he is a player who will be worth taking the chance on even if he\u2019s not a cast-iron certainty at this level.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf things go to plan, he will develop into a top player for them. I think Everton would be a good destination for him, he\u2019s an improvement on what they\u2019ve got long-term and would benefit from playing at that level.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea midfielder Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall is already on the brink of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/football\/chelsea\/transfer-talk\/news\/chelsea-everton-reach-agreement-over-dewsbury-hall-transfer-fee-revealed_578612.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a transfer to the Toffees<\/a> in a deal worth between \u00a328m and \u00a329m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"imgI\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sheffield United's Anel Ahmedhodzic on July 15, 2025\" class=\"vanilla-lazyload article-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/https:\/\/sportsmole-media-prod.s3.gra.io.cloud.ovh.net\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ahmedhodzic-688c15c38359467733.webp\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Sheffield United have confirmed that they have accepted a bid to sell <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/people\/anel-ahmedhodzic\/\" title=\"More Anel Ahmedhodzic\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Anel Ahmedhodzic<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/football\/feyenoord\/\" title=\"More Feyenoord\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Feyenoord<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Blades publicly acknowledge that they have given the green light to a sale after receiving a &#8220;significant&#8221; offer.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/articles\/cvg417p04g8o\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BBC Sport<\/a> claims that the centre-back will be moving to the Dutch giants in a deal worth \u00a315.6m.<\/p>\n<p>Ahmedhodzic has spent the last three seasons at Bramall Lane, scoring 12 goals from his 114 appearances in all competitions.<\/p>\n<p>Sheffield United are more than doubling their money on the 26-year-old after they signed him from Malmo for \u00a37m in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>From Feyenoord&#8217;s perspective, Ahmedhodzic is viewed as a straight replacement for David Hancko, who has signed for Atletico Madrid.<\/p>\n<p class=\"imgI\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Tottenham Hotspur forward Will Lankshear in November 2024.\" class=\"vanilla-lazyload article-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/https:\/\/sportsmole-media-prod.s3.gra.io.cloud.ovh.net\/24\/48\/will-lankshear.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Staying in the Championship and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/football\/oxford-united\/\" title=\"More Oxford United\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Oxford United<\/a> have pulled off a coup by securing a loan deal for Tottenham Hotspur forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/people\/will-lankshear\/\" title=\"More Will Lankshear\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Will Lankshear<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After securing a 17th-placed finish in their first season back in the second tier for 25 years, Oxford are ready to make a surprise bid for the top half.<\/p>\n<p>Lankshear represents their most notable addition of the summer transfer window thus far, the 20-year-old having spent the second half of last season at West Bromwich Albion.<\/p>\n<p>Although the England Under-20 international failed to score in 346 minutes for the Baggies, he had already made an impact for Spurs earlier in the campaign with a goal against Galatasaray in the Europa League.<\/p>\n<p>With 26 goals having been scored from 35 games for Spurs Under-21s, too, there are high hopes for Lankshear making an impact at the Kassam Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Oxford are no strangers to doing business with Spurs having loaned fellow forward prospect Dane Scarlett for the first half of last season.<\/p>\n<p>ID:578645:1false2false3false: from db desktop :LenBod:collect5512: <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author_img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/https:\/\/sportsmole-media-prod.s3.gra.io.cloud.ovh.net\/13\/31\/darren-plant.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sports Mole brings you the latest transfer news and rumours, including Everton joining the race to sign a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":45734,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,784,10019,16411,596,813,755,593,10018,1614,760,588,85,10021,10020,747,10988],"class_list":["post-45733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cycling","tag-epl","tag-everton","tag-football","tag-formula-1","tag-golf","tag-nfl","tag-olympics","tag-premier-league","tag-rugby","tag-sport","tag-sports","tag-sports-mole","tag-teams","tag-tennis","tag-tottenham-hotspur"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45733"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45733\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}