{"id":379574,"date":"2025-12-31T14:55:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T14:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/379574\/"},"modified":"2025-12-31T14:55:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T14:55:12","slug":"transfer-news-live-man-city-close-on-semenyo-salah-exit-update-guehi-to-liverpool-latest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/379574\/","title":{"rendered":"Transfer news live: Man City close on Semenyo, Salah exit update, Guehi to Liverpool latest"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>Strasbourg showing interest in James McAtee<\/p>\n

James McAtee has been considered as a potential midfield option for Strasbourg, according to Fabrizio Romano<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The French club, owned by Chelsea owners BlueCo, could move for the Englishman who has made just six Premier League starts since his \u00a322m move to Nottingham Forest.<\/p>\n

Initial talks have taken place where Strasbourg presented their project.<\/p>\n

This could be a potential blow for Leeds who have also been linked with the player.<\/p>\n

\"\"(Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Will Castle31 December 2025 14:40<\/p>\n

<\/a>West Ham preparing bid for Jorgen Strand Larsen<\/p>\n

West Ham are preparing an opening bid to sign Wolves striker Jorgen Strand Larsen, according to The Guardian<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It is believed that Wolves want as much as \u00a340m for the Norwegian, who has scored only three goals for the Premier League\u2019s bottom club this season. <\/p>\n

It remains to be seen whether the Hammers will match that asking price but Nuno Espirito Santo\u2019s relegation-threatened side will likely be in need of attacking reinforcements this winter, with Niclas Fullkrug set to move to AC Milan on loan.<\/p>\n

Wolves, meanwhile, could move for Sam Surridge, who has thrived in the MLS for the past two years. The former Forest striker is among several striker options, according to Sky Sports.<\/p>\n

\"\"(Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Will Castle31 December 2025 14:20<\/p>\n

<\/a>Ruben Amorim lays down Man United transfer stance for January<\/p>\n

Ruben Amorim says he will not demand new signings at Manchester United in January after conversations with the club.<\/p>\n

“We have conversations all the time, it’s not because we are in January,” Amorim told Sky Sports. <\/p>\n

“The window is open and we need to understand what we can do. Not just from the place of what we can bring, but what is going to happen to our squad.<\/p>\n

“I’m just thinking about recovering all of my players, so I’m not going to knock on the door of Jason [Wilcox] and Omar [Berrada] to ask more players.<\/p>\n

“They know what we need, but I also understand that we have a process. We want to do things with certainty that we are not going to make the same mistakes in the past.<\/p>\n

“If we need to suffer in some moments, we are going to suffer, to try to be two steps ahead, maybe in the summer. It’s a really tough market in January, so we’ll see.”<\/p>\n

\"\"(PA Wire)<\/p>\n

Will Castle31 December 2025 14:00<\/p>\n

<\/a>Manchester United monitoring Leipzig winger Yan Diomande<\/p>\n

Manchester United are among the club monitoring RB Leipzig winger Yan Diomande, according to Sky Sports.<\/p>\n

Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-German are also thought to be tracking his development closely, with the player\u2019s value understood to be in the region of \u00a352m-\u00a361m.<\/p>\n

After appearing to miss out on Antoine Semenyo, United could accelerate their interest in the Ivorian.<\/p>\n

\"Leipzig'sLeipzig’s Yan Diomande has emerged as one of Europe’s most exciting attacking talents (AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Will Castle31 December 2025 13:40<\/p>\n

<\/a>Inside the January transfer window where wealth fuels ambition \u2013 and relegation threat drives desperation<\/p>\n

Over the last few weeks, at least five of Europe\u2019s wealthiest clubs have been testing the waters on Bournemouth\u2019s Semenyo. His \u00a365m release clause comes into effect on January 1, and it could well set the market in motion.<\/p>\n

While the summer window always ends up frenetic \u2013 clubs know what they need and can act without disrupting the season \u2013 January is far less predictable. One year it\u2019s chaotic, the next unusually quiet.<\/p>\n

\"\"Money and survival: Inside the January transfer window<\/a><\/p>\n

It might not be as frenetic as 2023, but a lot of factors are coming together to drive a flurry of signings this window, with almost all of the richest clubs looking to buy and relegation candidates spending to avoid the cost of going down, says Miguel Delaney in the latest Inside Football newsletter<\/p>\n

Miguel Delaney31 December 2025 13:34<\/p>\n

<\/a>Joao Cancelo set to leave Al-Hilal with former clubs monitoring<\/p>\n

Former Manchester City defender Joao Cancelo is set to leave Al Hilal in the January window, according to Fabrizio Romano<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Inter have approached Al-Hilal to ask for loan deal conditions and explore the potential structure of the deal, while Barcelona and Juventus have also been in contact.<\/p>\n

Cancelo has previously played for all three clubs.<\/p>\n

\"\"(Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Will Castle31 December 2025 13:20<\/p>\n

<\/a>Liverpool\u2019s \u00a3450m spending spree, examined: This has been an unhappy, underwhelming experiment<\/p>\n

The club who began 2025 with an eight-point advantage at the Premier League<\/a> summit could end it with a greater deficit to the leaders. A year of triumph and tragedy for Liverpool<\/a> has also featured unprecedented spending. Glance at the league table and their transfer business and it suggests they have spent \u00a3450m to get worse. They will enter 2026 exactly half-way through their Premier League campaign. If the half-term report for the team reads \u2018could do better\u2019, that applies to most of their signings.<\/p>\n

Giovanni Leoni, of course, cannot do better in the second half of the season, as he is ruled out for the remainder of it. The Italian is blameless for that and, to varying degrees, others can plead mitigating circumstances for their slight returns. But so far Jeremie Frimpong has only made two league starts. Alexander Isak<\/a> only has two Premier League goals (and none in the Champions League). Florian Wirtz<\/a> only has one league goal and assist. In each case, the same statistics in the next five months would render their debut campaign at Anfield a failure.<\/p>\n

Richard Jolly assesses Liverpool\u2019s summer spending, five months on:<\/p>\n

Will Castle31 December 2025 13:10<\/p>\n

<\/a>Arsenal transfer news round-up: Kenan Yildiz, Davide Bartesaghi and more as Mikel Arteta braces for busy January<\/p>\n

Mounting injuries may force Arsenal to dip into the January transfer market as they look to keep up the pace in their Premier League<\/a> title charge.<\/p>\n

The Gunners go into the new year at the top of the pile but will know all too well that such a position does not guarantee success come May, with Pep Guardiola<\/a>\u2019s revitalised Manchester City<\/a> breathing down their necks.<\/p>\n

After a busy summer that saw the likes of Viktor Gyokeres, Martin Zubimendi and Eberechi Eze arrive for big fees, Mikel Arteta<\/a> will be confident his Arsenal squad is capable of winning a first league title since the \u2018Invincibles\u2019 of 2003\/04.<\/p>\n

But with injuries not letting up<\/a>, with Jurrien Timber<\/a> and Riccardo Calafiori the latest to be sidelined, new recruits could come to boost the league leaders ahead of a crucial second half of the season.<\/p>\n

When asked if Arteta has space in his squad for new signings, he said<\/a>: “Depending, as I said, on the availability of certain players. The window is there. We’re Arsenal. Now, we have to be looking at it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Here are the latest stories surrounding the transfer market at the Emirates:<\/p>\n

Will Castle31 December 2025 13:00<\/p>\n

<\/a>Borussia Dortmund open to loan move for Manchester City\u2019s Oscar Bobb<\/p>\n

Talks have not yet been held between the clubs but the Norway international could be allowed to leave the Etihad Stadium<\/a> as City look to bring in another winger, in Bournemouth\u2019s Antoine Semenyo<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Bobb has made 15 appearances for City this season but, after starting the first three league games, he has only begun two more and none since October as Pep Guardiola has preferred players such as Jeremy Doku and Rayan Cherki.<\/p>\n

Richard Jolly31 December 2025 12:40<\/p>\n

<\/a>Why \u2018Big Gabi\u2019 is so important to Arsenal\u2019s chances of ending 22-year title drought<\/p>\n

This victory may well be one they look back on in May. Faced with the Premier League<\/a>\u2019s in-form team, a side bouncing into north London after eight hair-raising wins on the spin, Arsenal<\/a> blew away the merry men of Aston Villa<\/a> in a sensational 30-minute, four-goal blitz at the Emirates. To close out 2025, jubilant on the touchline, it was Mikel Arteta<\/a>\u2019s biggest statement yet.<\/p>\n

What sort of message has it sent to Manchester City? An emphatic one. In recent weeks, it has been nervy late-game viewing for Arsenal supporters, so desperate for this season to be, beyond any other competitions, their season in the Premier League. This was a proper test of their title credentials under the lights: a team with 11 consecutive victories in all competitions. The league\u2019s in-form player in Morgan Rogers. An ex-manager in Unai Emery smelling a 24-day double. But they answered it and, whisper it quietly, in the manner of champions.<\/p>\n

And when will Arsenal\u2019s \u2013 let\u2019s call it for what it is \u2013 unbelievable set-piece machine run out of gas? Certainly not yet. Take the mickey out of the hand-waving antics of set-piece coach Nicolas Jover as much as you like, but the end results are staggering. From corners alone, that\u2019s 17 goals in the calendar year. It was the returning Gabriel (how they\u2019ve missed him) whose sheer presence in the penalty area saw ex-Gunner Emiliano Martinez<\/a> fluff his catch in the air, two minutes after the interval. And from that point on, it was one-way traffic.<\/p>\n

Kieran Jackson reports from the Emirates:<\/p>\n

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