Hello and welcome to Mirror Football’s transfer live blog for Sunday, August 16.<\/p>\n
Liverpool have been handed a major boost in their pursuit of Bradley Barcola as a result of Paris Saint-Germain signing Mika Godts from Ajax. There was speculation that the Ligue 1 champions would be willing to trim their \u00a3145million valuation of the 23-year-old, but only if they secured a solid replacement on the left.<\/p>\n
Having done so, it’s now a waiting game to see whether the rumour mill has churned truth with regards to a potential cut-price deal for Barcola. The Frenchman has been a priority target for Liverpool for the majority of the summer, as Andoni Iraola looks for further firepower up the top end of the pitch to challenge in 2026\/27.<\/p>\n
Arsenal, meanwhile, may have to fork out at least \u00a360m if they hope to sign Galatasaray’s Victor Osimhen before next month’s transfer deadline, according to sources speaking with Football Insider.<\/p>\n
The Gunners are also looking for attacking threat this summer, having missed out on Real Madrid’s Vinicius Junior following a long and drawn out transfer saga. They could now turn their attention to 27-year-old Osimhen, who has been linked with a move to the Premier League for the past couple of years, only for a deal to fail to come to fruition.<\/p>\n
On the other side of North London, Tottenham Hotspur are eyeing moves for Liverpool’s Cody Gakpo and Manchester City’s Savinho, as a summer of massive spending continues. Reports from the Netherlands suggest that Gakpo has reached an agreement in principle with regards to personal terms, with a \u00a370m price tag being touted for his transfer.<\/p>\n
Savinho, meanwhile, has reportedly shared an interest in working under Roberto De Zerbi this season, with Spurs looking to wrap up an \u00a385m move for the Brazilian.<\/p>\n
At the Etihad Stadium, the Cityzens are on the brink of securing Ayyoub Bouaddi from Lille in an \u00a385m swoop of their own, as Rodri closes in on a move to Barcelona. Having already welcomed Elliot Anderson in a \u00a3116m transfer from Nottingham Forest, City have now turned their attention to finding a suitable playing partner for the 23-year-old.<\/p>\n
Bouaddi, 18, could be just that, following a formidable World Cup campaign with Morocco.<\/p>\n
Stay tuned for all of the latest news and updates in our transfer blog below…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hello and welcome to Mirror Football’s transfer live blog for Sunday, August 16. Liverpool have been handed a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":739832,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[1111,398,218,134,2502,1441,221,101,2297,8287,3620,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-739831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-arsenal-fc","tag-chelsea-fc","tag-football","tag-liverpool-fc","tag-manchester-city-fc","tag-manchester-united-fc","tag-premier-league","tag-sports","tag-summer-transfer-window","tag-tottenham-hotspur-fc","tag-transfer-news-live","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/739831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=739831"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/739831\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/739832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=739831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=739831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=739831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}