{"id":11093,"date":"2026-04-08T01:22:05","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T23:22:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/2026\/04\/08\/north-west-scramble-camavinga-chase-and-a-string-of-high-fee-approaches\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T01:22:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T23:22:05","slug":"north-west-scramble-camavinga-chase-and-a-string-of-high-fee-approaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/2026\/04\/08\/north-west-scramble-camavinga-chase-and-a-string-of-high-fee-approaches\/","title":{"rendered":"North-west scramble, Camavinga chase and a string of high-fee approaches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The transfer market around the north-west is crowded and competitive, with several clubs pursuing the same targets. That overlap of interest is not limited to Akliouche, and it is producing late-window complexity across multiple positions.<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool have held talks with the agent of West Ham midfielder Mateus Fernandes, a player reportedly identified by Bruno Fernandes as his ideal successor at Manchester United. Chelsea face unrest in midfield after Enzo Fern\u00e1ndez prepared to hand in a transfer request, though Real Madrid\u2019s chances are complicated by an asking price approaching $173.2 million (\u00a3130.8 million, \u20ac150 million).<\/p>\n<p>In the north-west, Manchester City are widely reported to have won the race for Elliot Anderson, with a fee believed to be about $86 million (\u00a365 million) for the Nottingham Forest midfielder once admired by Manchester United. Any club interested in Tottenham Hotspur captain Cristian Romero would be expected to pay around $57.6 million (\u00a343.5 million).<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, Juventus have been linked to former Liverpool forward Darwin N\u00fa\u00f1ez after he fell out of favour at Al Hilal. Arsenal are preparing an offer for Barcelona playmaker Dani Olmo, with the Catalan club thought willing to accept $69.3 million (\u00a352.3 million, \u20ac60 million). Brendan Rodgers\u2019s Al Qadsiah were reportedly ready to match that fee and offer Olmo $11 million (\u00a38.3 million, \u20ac9.5 million) per year, an approach the midfielder rejected.<\/p>\n<p>Bayern Munich have identified Borussia Dortmund goalkeeper Gregor Kobel as a potential Manuel Neuer replacement, while Chelsea and Newcastle United have shown interest. Chelsea are also monitoring Barcelona fullback Jules Kounde, who, despite signing a new contract, could be available for about $57.7 million.<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool are prioritising a new contract for Ibrahima Konat\u00e9 but could trigger a $92.4 million (\u00a369.8 million, \u20ac80 million) buyback clause in Jarell Quansah\u2019s Bayer Leverkusen deal. A \u20ac100 million approach from Chelsea for Barcelona midfielder Ferm\u00edn L\u00f3pez is expected to be refused by the club president, who deemed him \u201cuntouchable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Manchester United, Chelsea and Juventus are all linked with Eduardo Camavinga, priced near $57.7 million (\u00a343.6 million, \u20ac50 million), with Liverpool reported to be leading that race. With playing time limited, Barcelona midfielder Marc Casad\u00f3 has asked his representatives to field offers from other clubs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North-west clubs contest multiple targets: Camavinga chase, Enzo request, big fees and clauses. soon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11092,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172,1397,1163],"tags":[983,1304,1078],"class_list":["post-11093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-epl","category-transfer-news","category-transfers","tag-agents","tag-benching","tag-buy-back-clause"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11093","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=11093"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11093\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}