{"id":466040,"date":"2019-06-25T08:17:45","date_gmt":"2019-06-25T12:17:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=466040"},"modified":"2019-06-25T08:18:29","modified_gmt":"2019-06-25T12:18:29","slug":"transfer-rumours-manchester-city-liverpool-arsenal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2019\/06\/25\/transfer-rumours-manchester-city-liverpool-arsenal\/","title":{"rendered":"Transfer Rumours: Manchester City, Liverpool, Arsenal and Brighton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last Word On Football&#8217;s Football Transfer News brings you the latest Premier League transfer rumours. Today, we look at who <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/feeds\/manchestercityfootball-co\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Manchester City<\/a> have reportedly agreed a deal for; as well as Unai Emery&#8217;s desperation to sign a highly-regarded winger.<\/p>\n<h1>Premier League Transfer Rumours<\/h1>\n<h2>Manchester City to Beat Manchester United to Sign Leicester Defender<\/h2>\n<p>According to David Anderson of the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/sport\/football\/transfer-news\/harry-maguire-set-seal-80m-16896194\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Daily Mirror<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/d8931174\/Harry-Maguire\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Harry Maguire<\/a> is set to sign for Manchester City in a world-record move for a defender.<\/p>\n<p>The<a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/clubs\/leicester-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Leicester City<\/a> defender has been the subject of a transfer battle between <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/feeds\/manchesterunitedfootball-co\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Manchester United<\/a> and Manchester City. However, it is City who have won the battle by offering Leicester their \u00a380 million asking price.<\/p>\n<p>Maguire&#8217;s profile has risen since his performances at the 2018 World Cup. Last season he scored three goals as Leicester finished ninth in the Premier League.<\/p>\n<h2>Liverpool Keen on Junior Firpo?<\/h2>\n<p>According to Miguel Moran of Spanish newspaper <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marca.com\/en\/football\/spanish-football\/2019\/06\/23\/5d0f599046163fb2768b45d3.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Marca<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/feeds\/liverpoolfootball-co\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Liverpool<\/a> are keen on Real Betis left-back <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/24f59bb2\/Junior-Firpo\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Junior Firpo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The 22-year-old had a successful 2018\/19 campaign. He scored three goals and registered five assists in all competitions as Real Betis finished 10th in La Liga.<\/p>\n<p>Firpo&#8217;s attacking presence will provide competition to current Liverpool left-back <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/2e4f5f03\/Andrew-Robertson\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Andy Robertson<\/a>. However, they will face competition for his signature from Manchester United.<\/p>\n<h2>Arsenal Interest In Zaha<\/h2>\n<p>According to Mike McGrath of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/sport\/football\/9357879\/arsenal-zaha-transfer-crystal-palace\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Sun<\/a>, Arsenal manager Unai Emery is desperate to sign <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/clubs\/crystal-palace\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Crystal Palace<\/a> winger <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/b2bc3b1f\/Wilfried-Zaha\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wilfried Zaha<\/a>. However, he will cost more than their current transfer budget.<\/p>\n<p>Zaha has always been a key asset to Crystal Palace. Last season he scored ten goals &#8211; his best as a professional &#8211; as Palace finished 12th in the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>The 26-year-old has said he would like to play at the highest level possible, which is something that he may not achieve with Crystal Palace.<\/p>\n<h2>Brighton Agree Deal For Belgian Winger<\/h2>\n<p>According to Sky Sources, <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/clubs\/brighton-hove-albion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brighton &amp; Hove Albion<\/a> have agreed an \u00a318 million fee for Belgian winger <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/38ceb24a\/Leandro-Trossard\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Leandro Trossard<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The 24-year-old currently plays for Genk in Belgium. Last season he had a successful season; he scored 22 goals as Genk were crowned the champions of Belgium.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"OjKINlxjTe9TByHtMnW8hg\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1148953715\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'OjKINlxjTe9TByHtMnW8hg',sig:'wJ7u_I2bczL71hTK_K6XZbyaW_hZvRZyYINs6iMZmuI=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1148953715',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last Word On Football&#8217;s Football Transfer News brings you the latest Premier League transfer rumours. Today, we look at who Manchester City have reportedly agreed a deal for; as well as Unai Emery&#8217;s desperation to sign a highly-regarded winger. Premier League Transfer Rumours Manchester City to Beat Manchester United to Sign Leicester Defender According to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2795,"featured_media":466902,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,8,1265,12,15,16,17,18,3],"tags":[32738,1590,547,95,100,36,40,136],"class_list":["post-466040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","category-arsenal","category-brighton-and-hove-albion","category-crystal-palace","category-leicester-city","category-liverpool","category-manchester-city","category-manchester-united","category-premier-league","tag-arsenal-fixtures","tag-brighton","tag-crystal-palace","tag-liverpool","tag-manchester-city","tag-manchester-united","tag-premier-league","tag-world-football"],"modified_by":"Nat Goodlad, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2795"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=466040"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466040\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/466902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=466040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=466040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=466040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}