{"id":7090,"date":"2026-02-25T02:07:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T00:07:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/2026\/02\/25\/summer-transfer-round-up-van-de-ven-carnesecchi-ronaldo-and-the-market-movers\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T02:07:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T00:07:13","slug":"summer-transfer-round-up-van-de-ven-carnesecchi-ronaldo-and-the-market-movers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/2026\/02\/25\/summer-transfer-round-up-van-de-ven-carnesecchi-ronaldo-and-the-market-movers\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer transfer round-up: van de Ven, Carnesecchi, Ronaldo and the market movers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A concise round-up of the latest transfer rumours and reported targets across Europe. Liverpool are planning for life beyond Virgil van Dijk and, despite concerns over Konat\u00e9\u2019s future, the club are working on a long-term successor. They are reported to \u201c100%\u201d sign Micky van de Ven from Tottenham Hotspur, according to Topskills Sports UK.<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal are said to be keen on Atalanta goalkeeper Marco Carnesecchi this summer, but may face competition from long-term admirers Manchester United, per Corriere dello Sport. Tottenham, with Guglielmo Vicario linked with a return to Serie A, are looking across the Premier League for a new goalkeeper. Manchester City\u2019s James Trafford, Sunderland\u2019s Robin Roefs and Brighton &#038; Hove Albion\u2019s Bart Verbruggen are among those under consideration, according to TEAMtalk.<\/p>\n<p>Manchester United have also been linked with a move for Nottingham Forest midfielder Ibrahim Sangar\u00e9 as part of their search for a replacement for Casemiro, GIVEMESPORT reports. Juventus full back Andrea Cambiaso is a target for Liverpool, Man City and Real Madrid; the Serie A side are expected to demand over \u20ac60 million (\u00a352.4 million, $70.8 million) to open negotiations, CaughtOffside says.<\/p>\n<p>RB Leipzig winger Yan Diomande is monitored by Man Utd, Liverpool and Tottenham, with Bayern Munich also in the frame; a deal is likely to be worth upwards of \u00a380 million ($108 million), The Telegraph adds. Bayern Munich are set to demand about \u20ac35 million (\u00a330.6 million, $41.3 million) for centre back Kim Min-jae amid interest from Chelsea and Tottenham, according to Fussballdaten.<\/p>\n<p>Other reported moves: Manchester City are ready to offer \u20ac80 million (\u00a369.9 million, $94.4 million) for Nottingham Forest\u2019s Morgan Gibbs-White (Fichajes); Aston Villa are increasingly convinced of triggering the option to sign Douglas Luiz permanently after his loan return (Tuttosport); Chelsea are monitoring Cristiano Ronaldo\u2019s situation at Al Nassr amid speculation he could seek an exit (Football Insider).<\/p>\n<p>Additional reports note Bayern had no contact with Newcastle United striker Nick Woltemade since last summer (Abendzeitung M\u00fcnchen); Utrecht left back Souffian El Karouani is a target for Leeds United and West Ham after entering the final six months of his contract (Africafoot); Real Madrid scouts are watching Florian Wirtz, Enzo Fern\u00e1ndez and Pablo Barrios (Defensa Central).<\/p>\n<p>Barcelona have explored alternatives to Marcus Rashford but are now convinced signing the Man Utd loanee permanently is the wisest decision, influenced by AC Milan\u2019s \u20ac100 million asking price for Rafael Le\u00e3o and Antoine Semenyo\u2019s \u00a362.5 million switch to Man City in January. Their clear favourite to bolster attack is Atl\u00e9tico Madrid\u2019s Juli\u00e1n Alvarez, who has been offered a new contract; the cost of that pursuit may force sales (SPORT, MARCA).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Transfer rumours: Liverpool want Micky van de Ven; Arsenal eye Carnesecchi; Chelsea watch Ronaldo now<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7089,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[175,1397,1163],"tags":[801,939,1393],"class_list":["post-7090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-liverpool","category-transfer-news","category-transfers","tag-antoine-semenyo","tag-casemiro","tag-centre-back"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7090","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=7090"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7090\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}