{"id":1697,"date":"2026-04-02T11:59:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T11:59:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/?p=1697"},"modified":"2026-04-02T11:59:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T11:59:17","slug":"de-zerbi-eyes-first-spurs-signing-as-locatelli-tops-list-arsenal-chase-kofane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/?p=1697","title":{"rendered":"De Zerbi eyes first Spurs signing as Locatelli tops list; Arsenal chase Kofane"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Thursday’s transfer talk features Roberto De Zerbi’s potential first signing at Spurs and Arsenal’s interest in a talented teenager.<\/b><\/div>\n
Roberto DeZerbi<\/b> must save the sinking ship at Spurs before transfers can be targeted, but that hasn’t stopped plans being made pronto. A fresh face in midfield is top of the new boss’s priorities with Transfer market<\/a> claiming compatriot Manuel Locatelli<\/b> leads the shortlist. The Juventus captain is considering his future in Turin.<\/div>\n
If Arsenal had hoped to keep interest in Christian Kofane<\/b> quiet, their hopes have been dashed by an oversharing agent<\/a>. The Bayer Leverkusen teenager’s representative has told all that Arsenal are in for the 19-year-old, after a breakout Bundesliga campaign.<\/div>\n
Inter Milan are plotting an overhaul with some of the club’s top talent up for sale. TEAMtalk<\/a> tell us that Denzel Dumfries<\/b> has been offered to various Premier League clubs as Inter aim to bring down their average age. Liverpool, Chelsea, Tottenham and both Manchester clubs have been offered a deal on the Dutchman.<\/div>\n
In other right-back related news, Rico Lewis<\/b> looks set to consider his future at Manchester City. Crystal Palace, Sunderland, Everton, Fulham, Brentford, and Brighton are listed by TEAMtalk as admirers of the out-of-favour full-back.<\/div>\n
Another defender on the radar of the Premier League’s top teams is Jules Kounde<\/b>. Rumours that Barcelona will consider big bids has alerted Liverpool and Chelsea, say Sports World.<\/a><\/div>\n
Everton are interested in bringing John Stones<\/b> back to the club. The defender’s deal is set to expire in the summer with an extension unlikely at Manchester City. talkSPORT<\/a> say the Toffees are keen to tempt the England international back down the East Lancs Road.<\/div>\n
Finally, Ovacion offer us the gossip that Newcastle and Aston Villa are weighing up approaches for Manuel Ugarte.<\/b> Ugarte’s underwhelming spell at Manchester United has not dampened long-term interest from the pair, who feel a change of Premier League scenery could get the midfielder back on track.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Thursday’s transfer talk features Roberto De Zerbi’s potential first signing at Spurs and Arsenal’s interest in a talented teenager. Roberto DeZerbi must save the sinking ship at Spurs before transfers can be targeted, but that hasn’t stopped plans being made pronto. A fresh face in midfield is top of the new boss’s priorities with Transfer […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1698,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arsenal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1697"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1697\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}