Transfer Talk: Austin, Rodon, Woodrow, Tarkowski, Benrahma, King, Aarons, Atsu, Davies, Gotts, Deeney

Take a look at all of the latest the transfer talk for the Premier League…

• Goalscoring Celtic midfielder Ryan Christie is reportedly a January transfer window target for Newcastle United.

• West Ham have reportedly reached an agreement worth an eventual £30m to bring in-demand Brentford winger Said Benrahma to the club. Fulham and Newcastle set to hijack that deal.

• West Ham have also seen a £13m bid for Bournemouth’s Joshua King rejected. Everton also interested.

• Newcastle are open to allowing four first-teamers to depart on loan, with a former Chelsea winger attracting the greatest interest thus far. Henri Saivet, Rolando Aarons and Achraf Lazaar have all been deemed surplus to requirements. Most attention is ex-Chelsea winger Christian Atsu. Nottingham Forest and Watford have thrown their name into the hat for Atsu’s signature. Though are deemed unlikely to be open to paying the player’s wages in full.

• Newcastle United were forced to abandon a move for Chelsea’s Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Ross Barkley because four players didn’t leave the Magpies, according to The Chronicle.

• Sheffield United and Leicester will reportedly rival Tottenham for the signing of Swansea and Wales star Joe Rodon before Friday’s EFL deadline.

• Birmingham City’s hopes of even a small Jack Butland-related windfall look remote with reports in Liverpool suggesting the Premier League champions are not interested in the Stoke City goalkeeper.

• Manchester United are monitoring the progress of James Tarkowski ahead of a possible swoop in 2021. The 27-year-old- Burnley star was born in Manchester and was the subject of a failed bid from West Ham this summer.

• Cardiff City are reportedly interested in signing West Brom striker Charlie Austin on a season-long loan deal according to The Telegraph. Was set for a move to Derby, however that’s failed to materialise.

• Chelsea striker Olivier Giroud has hinted that he could leave the Blues in January after falling down the pecking order. (Daily Express)

• Inter Milan boss Antonio Conte will is planning a summer bid for Manchester City’s Argentina striker Sergio Aguero, 32, whose contract is due to expire at the end of the season. (Calciomercato)

• Manchester City decided to keep Spain defender Eric Garcia for the season because he was worth more to them than Barcelona’s £18m offer, football operations officer Omar Berrada said. Garcia, 19, can leave for the Nou Camp for nothing next summer after turning down a new contract. (Manchester Evening News)

• Crystal Palace will make one final record-breaking bid for Watford’s Ismaila Sarr (The Sun on Sunday)

• According to Tuttob, Crystal Palace, Watford and Italian side SPAL are keen on signing free agent Ezequiel Schelotto following his release from Brighton and Hove Albion.

• Leeds United are expected to secure the signing of Todd Cantwell from Norwich City before the transfer window closes at 5pm on Friday. Despite the rumour being shutdown accoridng to other reports last week. Make of it what you will. (Daily Star)

• West Ham have made contact over signing Celtic target Ben Davies by Friday’s domestic transfer cut-off. The Hoops have been eyeing the £10m-rated Preston North End centre-back as a potential January signing to replace Kristoffer Ajer. (Football Insider)

• Leeds United midfielder Robbie Gotts is attracting significant interest ahead of the end of the domestic transfer window later this week. The 20-year-old has caught the eye of Sunderland, Hull, Huddersfield, Lincoln, Swindon and Charlton, with the U23 ranks in recent years and made his senior debut in the FA Cup third-round defeat to Arsenal earlier this year.

• Brighton, Southampton and West Brom are battling for the signing of Watford striker Troy Deeney. (Daily Mirror via Football League World)

• Chelsea youngster Billy Gilmour could be set to leave the club on a loan deal in the January transfer window.

• William Saliba ‘set to stay at Arsenal until at least January’ despite links with loan move to Brentford with Mikel Arteta ready to hand Frenchman a place in Premier League squad

 

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