{"id":859319,"date":"2026-08-18T06:26:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T06:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/859319\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T06:26:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T06:26:13","slug":"football-news-2026-mo-toure-transfer-update-porto-hull-city-and-sporting-cp-chasing-socceroos-striker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/859319\/","title":{"rendered":"Football news 2026: Mo Toure transfer update; Porto, Hull City and Sporting CP chasing Socceroos striker"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mo Toure could be set to link up with one of his Socceroos<\/a> teammates amid reports he has attracted interest from three European teams. <\/p>\n

Transfer journalist Rudy Galetti reports that Porto, Hull City and Sporting CP are interested in the 22-year-old striker off the back of his World Cup efforts.<\/p>\n

\"Toure<\/p>\n

Toure shows his speed against the USA\u00a0AP Photo\/Manu Fernandez<\/p>\n

Toure is coming off a strong last season, scoring 10 goals and three assists in 13 appearances at club level with Norwich in the English Championship.<\/p>\n

He also featured in three of Australia\u2019s four World Cup games in July.<\/p>\n

Hull and Porto are leading the race to secure Toure\u2019s signature, having both requested additional information on him this week. <\/p>\n

A move to newly promoted Premier League<\/a> side Hull would mark the second Socceroo to do so this season, with Lucas Herrington completing a record-breaking Australian transfer of around $33 million AUD<\/a>, including add-ons.<\/p>\n

While no deals have been tabled by Hull or Porto yet, Toure is on the radar of Sporting, who are on alert to find a potential replacement for Luis Suarez. <\/p>\n

Suarez, a Colombian forward, had reportedly expressed interest in leaving the club, but a $130m release clause has prevented several clubs from making a play. <\/p>\n

Newcastle United were linked to be the likely landing site for Suarez when the transfer window opened. The English club is still reportedly vying for his signature.<\/p>\n

A possible link-up with Nestory Irankunda would be on the cards for Toure if he were to join Sporting<\/a>. Irankunda transferred from Watford to the Portuguese club on Saturday for a fee worth around $26m plus an additional $3.5m in add-ons. <\/p>\n

The pair have previously played together at Adelaide United<\/a> in the A-League<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Toure joined the second-division English outfit in February on a deal reportedly worth around $5m over four years. The deal expires in June 2030. <\/p>\n

He has been active at Norwich\u2019s pre-season training and games, having scored a goal less than a minute into the club\u2019s 4-1 Carabao Cup win over MK Dons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mo Toure could be set to link up with one of his Socceroos teammates amid reports he has…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":859320,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":["post-859319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-football","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/859319","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=859319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/859319\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/859320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=859319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=859319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=859319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}