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1 week ago | 
footballinsider247.com | Wayne Veysey
Lukas Jutkiewicz is being offered a new Birmingham City role following the end of his playing career, sources have told Football Insider. Discussions have been held between the 36-year-old and City over coaching and recruitment positions at the St Andrew’s. Jutkiewicz has announced his retirement with his contract expiring this summer, and will call time on a 19-year playing career.
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1 week ago | 
footballinsider247.com | Wayne Veysey
Michael Keane is set to depart Everton when his contract expires next month but there are concerns about John Stones replacing him, sources have told Football Insider. The Man City star is on Everton’s radar with a year left on his contract at the Etihad Stadium, with a return to Merseyside on the cards. However, sources say Everton are “concerned” about the 30-year-old’s availability given the number of games he has missed through injury in recent seasons.
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1 week ago | 
footballinsider247.com | Wayne Veysey
Jacob Ramsey has let it be known to close allies that he is “unhappy” at Aston Villa, sources have told Football Insider. The 23-year-old home-grown star is believed to be frustrated with his lack of game time under Unai Emery so far this season. The possibility of a summer transfer is now increasing, with another big overhaul on the cards at Villa in the upcoming window.
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1 week ago | 
footballinsider247.com | Wayne Veysey
Everton have yet to speak to David Moyes about his transfer budget, player signings or contracts going into the summer, sources have told Football Insider. Fears are growing among Moyes and his coaching staff that he is being frozen out by US-based owners The Friedkin Group, despite overseeing a dramatic turn of fortunes since returning as manager. Moyes had expected to hold sit-down talks with the owners and club executives about signing plans, contracts and transfers in and out of the club.
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1 week ago | 
footballinsider247.com | Wayne Veysey
Nottingham Forest have joined the race to sign exit-bound Ipswich Town star Liam Delap, sources have told Football Insider. The 22-year-old has a relegation clause in his Ipswich contract believed to be worth £30million, and is expected to make an instant return to the Premier League. Delap has scored 12 goals and provided two assists across 34 Premier League games so far this season despite his side’s struggles, attracting plenty of interest.
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1 week ago | 
footballinsider247.com | Wayne Veysey
Arsenal are planning to reignite their bid to sign Aston Villa forward Ollie Watkins this summer, sources have told Football Insider. Villa knocked back a £50million offer from the London giants for their star striker, 29, in the January transfer window. Watkins was then the undisputed attack leader for Unai Emery‘s side, but his status has been diminished since Marcus Rashford’s arrival on loan in January.
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2 weeks ago | 
footballinsider247.com | Wayne Veysey
Aston Villa are exploring a blockbuster deal for Kevin De Bruyne as an alternative to signing Marco Asensio permanently, sources have told Football Insider. Asensio, 29, made a sensational early impact on loan at Villa but he has gone off the boil in recent weeks and the club are not convinced about the costs of signing him permanently. De Bruyne, 33, will leave Man City at the end of the season and has made it clear he was pushed out by the club – who declined to offer him a contract renewal.
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2 weeks ago | 
footballinsider247.com | Wayne Veysey
Wed 30 April 2025 13:45, UK Aston Villa plan to accept offers for winger Leon Bailey this summer, sources have told Football Insider. Unai Emery is keen to offload Bailey, 27, and bring in a new wide forward capable of providing more cutting edge. The Jamaica international has two years left on his contract at Villa Park after arriving from Bayer Leverkusen in 2021. Bailey has just two goals and four assists in 37 appearances across all competitions this season.
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2 weeks ago | 
footballinsider247.com | Wayne Veysey
Wed 30 April 2025 13:00, UK Liverpool’s contract talks with Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk were partly delayed by disagreements over image rights payments, sources have told Football Insider. The protracted sagas ended this month when the pair finally signed two-year extensions running until the summer of 2027. However, both deals were hit by stumbling blocks before full agreements were eventually secured.
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2 weeks ago | 
footballinsider247.com | Wayne Veysey
Wed 30 April 2025 12:25, UK Kevin Thelwell has told Rangers chiefs that Sean Dyche would be a “brilliant” next manager of the club, sources have told Football Insider. The Ibrox club are exploring new manager options with interim Barry Ferguson not expected to land the job permanently. Thelwell has been appointed the new sporting director at Rangers and is tasked with overseeing the club’s new manager search.
