{"id":8673,"date":"2026-03-16T02:22:04","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T00:22:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/2026\/03\/16\/summer-transfer-roundup-targets-valuations-and-contract-uncertainty\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T02:22:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T00:22:04","slug":"summer-transfer-roundup-targets-valuations-and-contract-uncertainty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/2026\/03\/16\/summer-transfer-roundup-targets-valuations-and-contract-uncertainty\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer transfer roundup: targets, valuations and contract uncertainty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As clubs prepare for the 2025\/26 summer window, a number of high-profile targets, valuations and contract questions are emerging. Liverpool have identified Newcastle United\u2019s Lewis Hall as their preferred replacement for Andy Robertson, with Arsenal and Manchester City among reported suitors. Hall is valued at somewhere between $86.2\u201392.8 million (\u00a365\u201370 million).<\/p>\n<p>Atl\u00e9tico Madrid have been linked with Manchester City winger J\u00e9r\u00e9my Doku, but are considering an offer of roughly $68.8 million (\u00a351.8 million, \u20ac60 million), the same fee City paid when signing him from Rennes in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur are both reported to be interested in Anderlecht midfielder Nathan De Cat, who is rated at $40.1 million (\u00a330.2 million, \u20ac35 million). At the same time, reports suggest Pep Guardiola, Bernardo Silva and Rodri are expected to leave Manchester City this summer, while Erling Haaland is more likely to stay and rebuild under a new coach expected to be Enzo Maresca.<\/p>\n<p>Manchester United have reportedly received a boost after \u00c9derson\u2019s price reportedly dropped to $34.4 million (\u00a325.9 million, \u20ac30 million). The Atalanta midfielder is being described as an ideal Casemiro replacement and is also on Atl\u00e9tico Madrid\u2019s wishlist.<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea are expected to accelerate a move for Strasbourg teenager Rayane Messi following an impressive loan spell at NEOM SC in the Saudi Pro League. Liverpool face uncertainty in their squad planning too, with Joe Gomez and Curtis Jones both set to have one year remaining on their contracts in June.<\/p>\n<p>Giorgi Mamardashvili could also be on the move after contact from a number of unnamed clubs, following reports of a contract extension for Alisson. Arsenal have been linked to Bologna forward Santiago Castro, valued at $45.8 million (\u00a334.6 million, \u20ac40 million).<\/p>\n<p>Further notes include Aston Villa being prepared to spend $40.1 million on Atl\u00e9tico Madrid striker Alexander S\u00f8rloth, Newcastle scouting Atalanta defender Giorgio Scalvini, and Pavel \u0160ulc drawing interest from Aston Villa and Tottenham. Sunderland are reported to be considering a $17.2 million (\u00a313 million, \u20ac15 million) offer for Thiago Pitarch at Real Madrid.<\/p>\n<p>Joan Laporta\u2019s claim that Barcelona are willing to renegotiate the terms of a permanent deal for Marcus Rashford has led to speculation that Man Utd will increase the fee demanded considering the England international\u2019s valuation has risen since the $34.4 million figure was set last summer. \u00c1lvaro Arbeloa is said to have told Franco Mastantuono he has big plans for him despite the rise of academy products at Real Madrid. Barcelona are weighing up an offer for Marcus Thuram, valued at $68.7 million (\u20ac60 million), Real Madrid could target Konstantinos Karetsas, Inter Milan have offered Davide Frattesi to Real Madrid, and Cristiano Ronaldo has recommended Sporting CP\u2019s 18-year-old Fl\u00e1vio Gon\u00e7alves to Almer\u00eda following his minority stake in the club.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Transfer roundup: Hall, Doku, De Cat, \u00c9derson, Rayane Messi, Gomez and Rashford developments across.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8672,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172,1397,1163],"tags":[355,220,988],"class_list":["post-8673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-epl","category-transfer-news","category-transfers","tag-alisson-becker","tag-andy-robertson","tag-bernardo-silva"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8673","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=8673"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8673\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}