{"id":469118,"date":"2019-06-28T09:13:37","date_gmt":"2019-06-28T13:13:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=469118"},"modified":"2019-06-28T09:15:54","modified_gmt":"2019-06-28T13:15:54","slug":"transfer-rumours-manchester-united-arsenal-crystal-palace-southampton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2019\/06\/28\/transfer-rumours-manchester-united-arsenal-crystal-palace-southampton\/","title":{"rendered":"Transfer Rumours: Manchester United, Arsenal, Crystal Palace and Southampton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last Word On Football&#8217;s FTN brings you the latest Premier League transfer rumours. Today, we look at who Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is looking to add to his <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/feeds\/manchesterunitedfootball-co\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Manchester United<\/a> squad as well as which striker<a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/clubs\/southampton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Southampton<\/a> are looking to sign.<\/p>\n<h1>Premier League Transfer Rumours<\/h1>\n<h2>Manchester United Interest in Barcelona Defender<\/h2>\n<p>According to Roger Torello of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mundodeportivo.com\/futbol\/fc-barcelona\/20190627\/463131600342\/samuel-umtiti-interes-manchester-united.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mundo Deportivo<\/a>, Manchester United are interested in signing <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/clubs\/barcelona\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Barcelona<\/a> defender <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/3eed9821\/Samuel-Umtiti\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Samuel Umtiti<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Umtiti joined Barcelona in 2016 for \u20ac25 Million. However, he has had a number of injury problems during his time at the Nou Camp. As a result, last season he made just 15 appearances in all competitions.<\/p>\n<p>It is likely that the 25-year-old will prove an expensive signing for United; he reportedly has a\u20ac500 million release clause.<\/p>\n<h2>Arsenal Targeting Dan-Axel Zagadou<\/h2>\n<p>According to James Whaling of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/sport\/football\/transfer-news\/arsenal-transfer-target-dan-axel-17267471\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Daily Mirror<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/feeds\/arsenalfootball-co\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Arsenal<\/a> are keen to sign Borussia Dortmund defender <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/a4effc55\/Dan-Axel-Zagadou\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dan-Axel Zagadou<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The French U20 international is reportedly looking to leave Dortmund. He made 21 appearances in all competitions last season, scoring two goals.<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal are in desperate need of improvements in defence. They conceded 51 goals in the 2018\/19 season. As a result, Unai Emery is keen to change that.<\/p>\n<h2>Allan Saint-Maximin a Possible Replacement For Wilfried Zaha?<\/h2>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2019\/06\/27\/crystal-palace-eye-allan-saint-maximin-replacement-arsenal-target-wilfried-zaha-10079517\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Metro<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/clubs\/crystal-palace\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Crystal Palace<\/a> are targeting Nice winger <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/2b16cb1a\/Allan-Saint-Maximin\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Allan Saint-Maximin<\/a> as a replacement for <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/b2bc3b1f\/Wilfried-Zaha\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wilfried Zaha<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/b2bc3b1f\/Wilfried-Zaha\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wilfried Zaha<\/a> is of interest to Arsenal and a number of clubs. The winger has been an important player at Selhurst Park for a number of seasons. Last season he scored ten goals for Roy Hodgson&#8217;s side.<\/p>\n<p>Allan Saint-Maximin has been a Nice player since 2017. Last season he scored five goals as Nice finished seventh in Ligue 1.<\/p>\n<h2>Southampton Identify Alternative To Che Adams<\/h2>\n<p>According to Mike McGrath of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/sport\/football\/9380125\/southampton-15m-bid-spezia-david-okereke\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Sun<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/clubs\/southampton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Southampton<\/a> have identified <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/d125f22f\/David-Okereke\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">David Okereke<\/a> as an alternative to current attacking target <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/f2bf1b0f\/Che-Adams\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Che Adams<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Negotiations are reportedly stalling between Southampton and Birmingham City for Che Adams. As a result, they have turned to Nigerian Okereke.<\/p>\n<p>The Nigerian currently plays for Spezia in Italy&#8217;s Serie B. He was prolific last season, scoring ten goals and registering ten assists.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"aIlfYG0jSldhV5Nlxjwb3Q\" 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\/1139501457\" 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:'aIlfYG0jSldhV5Nlxjwb3Q',sig:'N79CGLZV3cN9SM2EChdgWyVKI5dXPw48bkLm9TLGz5A=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1139501457',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 FTN brings you the latest Premier League transfer rumours. Today, we look at who Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is looking to add to his Manchester United squad as well as which striker Southampton are looking to sign. Premier League Transfer Rumours Manchester United Interest in Barcelona Defender According to Roger Torello of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2795,"featured_media":469193,"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":[1,8,1365,12,6,18,30,3,20,28],"tags":[32738,547,36,40,235,136],"class_list":["post-469118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","category-arsenal","category-barcelona","category-crystal-palace","category-la-liga","category-manchester-united","category-news","category-premier-league","category-southampton","category-transfers","tag-arsenal-fixtures","tag-crystal-palace","tag-manchester-united","tag-premier-league","tag-southampton","tag-world-football"],"modified_by":"Nat Goodlad, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469118","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=469118"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469118\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/469193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=469118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=469118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=469118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}