{"id":10151,"date":"2026-03-30T01:22:04","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T23:22:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/2026\/03\/30\/united-and-real-madrid-in-palmer-race-as-clubs-sharpen-focus-ahead-of-summer\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T01:22:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T23:22:04","slug":"united-and-real-madrid-in-palmer-race-as-clubs-sharpen-focus-ahead-of-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/2026\/03\/30\/united-and-real-madrid-in-palmer-race-as-clubs-sharpen-focus-ahead-of-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"United and Real Madrid in Palmer Race as Clubs Sharpen Focus Ahead of Summer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A broad summer transfer round-up finds several top clubs linked to multiple targets across Europe. Chelsea\u2019s reported interest in Como playmaker Nico Paz has been rebuffed, with the Argentine midfielder set to return to Real Madrid. Liverpool are preparing a rare cross-city approach for Everton midfielder James Garner, a player who has also attracted attention from Manchester United and Real Madrid.<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal would reportedly consider offers for both Gabriel Martinelli and Gabriel Jesus this summer, with Atl\u00e9tico Madrid named as a potential suitor. Benfica forward Andreas Schjelderup is being discussed as a possible replacement for Marcus Rashford should Barcelona decline to make his loan permanent. Manchester United have themselves submitted a $69.1 million (\u00a352 million, \u20ac60 million) bid for the 21-year-old Norwegian.<\/p>\n<p>Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes has given his golden seal of approval regarding the club\u2019s approach for Newcastle United star Sandro Tonali. In the United States, LAFC have joined MLS rivals Inter Miami in the race to sign Manchester City captain Bernardo Silva on a free transfer next summer.<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal are among the clubs linked with Borussia Dortmund midfielder Julian Brandt, who will become a free agent in the summer, while Aston Villa and West Ham United are also reported to be monitoring the situation. Amid speculation about a possible return to Manchester United or interest from the Saudi Pro League, Scott McTominay remains focused on staying with Napoli.<\/p>\n<p>Defensive targets are also under discussion. Liverpool have weighed an approach for Crystal Palace centre back Maxence Lacroix, with Chelsea and Aston Villa observing. Liverpool and Real Madrid saw their attempts to sign Nico Schlotterbeck ended after the Borussia Dortmund centre back agreed a new contract.<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal are billed as &#8220;favorites&#8221; to sign Club Brugge forward Nicol\u00f2 Tresoldi, and talks are reported to be underway. Robert Lewandowski may remain at Barcelona for another season but could accept a lower salary. At Real Madrid there is reportedly &#8220;not the slightest doubt&#8221; that Vinicius Junior will sign a contract extension, while Barcelona and Alessandro Bastoni have begun discussing potential salaries even though Inter have yet to set a transfer fee. Benfica have also approached Real Madrid about a potential loan for Franco Mastantuono next season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Transfer roundup: United, Real Madrid, Liverpool, Arsenal and others linked to multiple summer moves<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10150,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1083,1397,1163],"tags":[983,988,342],"class_list":["post-10151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-man-utd","category-transfer-news","category-transfers","tag-agents","tag-bernardo-silva","tag-bruno-fernandes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10151"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10151\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}