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Brighton have completed a deal to sign Malick Yalcouye from IFK Gothenburg.

The midfielder, 18, joins on a long-term contract from the Swedish top-flight side for a fee of £6million. He has impressed in 11 appearances in the Allsvenskan for IFK after signing from Ivory Coast club Asec Mimosas in February on a five-year contract.

Arsenal face a challenge to retain one of their leading women’s players, with Katie McCabe identified by Lyon as a firm target this summer.

The north London side recently saw Vivianne Miedema, the Women’s Super League’s all-time top scorer, move to rivals Manchester City on a free transfer when her contract expired.

Arsenal decided against offering Miedema a new deal — the decorated former Barcelona forward Mariona Caldentey has joined as a replacement — whereas McCabe signed fresh terms last year and the club want her to stay.

Chelsea have turned down an initial offer for Kepa Arrizabalaga from Al Ittihad.

Talks are continuing with the Saudi Pro League club and other suitors ahead of an expected permanent departure for the goalkeeper from Stamford Bridge this summer. The 29-year-old, who is under contract at Chelsea until 2025, spent last season on loan at Real Madrid but made only one start for the Spanish club after January.

Jadon Sancho has returned to Manchester United training following a meeting with manager Erik ten Hag this week.

The 24-year-old trained away from United’s first team since September after refusing to apologise to manager Erik ten Hag following a dispute around his involvement in the defeat at Arsenal on September 3, 2023.

Sancho re-joined former club Borussia Dortmund on a loan deal in January, with three goals in 21 appearances to help the Bundesliga club reach the Champions League final — where they lost 2-0 to Real Madrid.

Aston Villa have reached an agreement to re-sign winger Jaden Philogene from Hull City on a five-year contract.

Philogene is to undergo a medical at Villa in the next 48 hours after an agreement was reached between the clubs, with Hull authorising the winger to complete the move. The 22-year-old spent five years at Villa and made six first-team appearances prior to joining Hull in a permanent transfer in September 2023.

Chelsea have completed the signing of Renato Veiga from FC Basel.

The Athletic reported last week that a deal worth €14million (£11.8m; $15.3m) had been agreed between the two clubs with no sell-on clause.

The 20-year-old has signed a seven-year contract with the option of a further 12 months to keep him at Stamford Bridge until at least 2031.

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Will Lankshear has signed a new contract at Tottenham Hotspur through to 2029.

The 19-year-old's previous deal at Spurs was due to expire next summer, but he has now committed his long-term future to the club. The striker was previously in Arsenal's youth setup but joined Tottenham in 2022 after a season in Sheffield United's academy, and has impressed since.

Lankshear scored 23 goals for Tottenham's under-21 side in the 2023–24 Premier League 2 season, including a brace in the 3-1 play-off final victory against Sunderland. His performances saw him named as the league's Player of the Season.

Inter Milan head coach Simone Inzaghi has signed a one-year contract extension to keep him at the club until 2026.

Inzaghi’s previous deal had been due to expire in 2025. The 48-year-old has been in charge since 2021 and guided the club to their first Serie A title in three years last season.

"Today, we begin a new journey together, our jersey will be embellished with the tricolour and the legendary second star, which we will carry with us for years to come," Inter president Beppe Marotta said. "We will still have coach Simone Inzaghi with us. It is with great pleasure that I want to inform you that our relationship with Simone will continue until 2026, with the hope of continuing it even further."

Manchester United Women have completed the permanent transfer of France international Melvine Malard on a three-year contract from Lyon.

The 24-year-old forward joined United in September 2023 on a season-long loan from Lyon and scored seven goals across 29 appearances for Marc Skinner’s side last season.

Capped 22 times by the France national side, Malard helped United to secure last season’s FA Cup success, coming off the bench in the final at Wembley.

“I am very happy to make my stay here at Manchester United permanent, after this great club and this great city became my home last season,” Malard has said.

“Here I felt loved. Thank you to the fans for welcoming me so well – I will do what it takes to give you even more than last season and I look forward to more winning seasons together.”

Everton are close to reaching an agreement with Tottenham Hotspur over a revised payment structure for Dele Alli.

Under the terms of Dele’s transfer from Tottenham to Everton in January 2022, the north London club were due a significant fee if the 28-year-old agreed a new contract at Goodison Park.

Dele is a free agent after his Everton contract expired at the end of last month. Discussions between Spurs and Everton are ongoing over a revised payment structure that would allow the Merseyside club to re-sign Dele should they wish. As part of this deal, Spurs are likely to retain a sell-on clause if Dele departs Everton for a fee in the future.

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Barnsley and Huddersfield have joined the clubs interested in signing Brighton midfielder Marc Leonard.

The 22-year-old has started pre-season training with Brighton while his future is resolved. The Athletic revealed in June that Birmingham, Wrexham and Oxford United have all held talks with the Scotsman and that MLS side Vancouver Whitecaps have also shown interest.

Brighton are open to selling Leonard. He spent the past two seasons on loan to Northampton Town.

Chelsea goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga is in talks over a potential move to Saudi Pro League side Al Ittihad.

Arrizabalaga spent last season on loan at Real Madrid but the 29-year-old made only one start for the Spanish club after January.

Arrizabalaga had joined Madrid following an anterior cruciate ligament injury sustained by Thibaut Courtois during pre-season last summer. The Spaniard then began the season as Madrid’s No 1 but lost his place to Andriy Lunin midway through the campaign. Read more below

Southampton forward Alejandro Gomes Rodriguez is close to signing for Lyon.

As The Athletic reported in May, Gomes Rodriguez has been considering his options following a contract proposal from Southampton. It is expected that Lyon will pay £150,000 for the player, £75,000 for each year he has been at Southampton.

The 16-year-old, who was born in Venezuela and has Portuguese citizenship due to his grandparents, is an England youth international and highly-rated, attracting interest from elsewhere.

Ipswich Town have reached an agreement with Hull City for the signing of defender Jacob Greaves for a fee in the region of £15million.

The deal will also include add-ons expected to be worth approximately £3m.

Greaves is set to sign a five-year deal to keep him at the club until 2029, and the final paperwork is in the process of being completed.

The 23-year-old centre-back had been granted permission to undergo a medical on Sunday as Ipswich looked to complete a joint move for Greaves and Hull team-mate Jaden Philogene, but the move had been delayed as Philogene continued to attract interest from elsewhere.

Ipswich had made a joint offer worth about £35million plus add-ons for Greaves and Philogene, and while the newly-promoted club are continuing to pursue Philogene, his former club Aston Villa made a move to re-sign him by activating a matching rights clause they negotiated in the deal that saw him sold to Hull last summer.

Everton also made a £16m bid for the Villa academy graduate this month, while Crystal Palace are monitoring the situation.

Greaves, who joined Hull’s youth system in 2008, was viewed as a key player in the Yorkshire club's own bid to follow in the footsteps of Ipswich and achieve promotion to the Premier League.

He has made 177 first-team appearances for the club and was named in the the Championship Team of the Season for 2023–24.