JUST-IN: According to reports from Sky Sports and Multiple this afternoon, Crystal Palace has formally announced the signing of a Turkish defender. However…

Arsenal has been monitoring the Turkish defender for several months and has been linked with a move for him since the start of the year. Kadioglu further enhanced his reputation with his performances at Euro 2024, but Arsenal has yet to secure his signing.

Recent reports indicate that Arsenal has made an offer of €20 million to Fenerbahçe for Kadioglu, but this amount seems insufficient. Fenerbahçe is reportedly seeking closer to €35 million, which has opened the door for other clubs, including Brighton, to pursue the player.

Journalist Florian Plettenberg has revealed on X that Brighton is making progress in negotiations to sign Kadioglu, with his current club aiming for around €35 million from his departure.

While Kadioglu may naturally prefer to join a bigger club like Arsenal, he could be swayed by Brighton’s persistence and decide not to wait for Arsenal’s next move.

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Kadioglu is one of the players we have consistently been linked with a move for in 2024, but we seem to have more than enough cover in the positions that he can play, and that is probably why we are not pushing to sign him.

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Mats Hummels remains a free agent and is yet to decide his future.

While a host of clubs have been linked with the German defender, he hasn’t made his decision so far. Bologna were one of the clubs who had come forward for Hummels, but the move didn’t materialise.

Brighton have been one of the reportedly interested clubs and we did recently covered Florian Plettenberg’s claim that they have emerged as an option for the German.

made in Brighton’s move for the veteran, with club boss Fabian Hürzeler having spoken to Sky Germany about the links.

Plettenberg relayed Hürzeler’s comments, while revealing the manager has a prior relationship with Hummels and that ‘good conversations’ have been held by the Seagulls. Having said that, the decision will come down to the player.

Hürzeler said: “We have mutual respect and had good conversations, and at the end of the day, the player has to decide whether he can commit to the club 100%.

“I have had a connection with the Hummels family for quite some time, which started back during my time at Bayern Munich.

“So the foundation is always there when I deal with the Hummels family.”

The journalist has also revealed that Hummels’ father – Hermann Hummels, discovered the Brighton boss as a player when he was only 12 years old during his time as a youth coordinator at Bayern Munich.

This would suggest that Brighton have a decent chance of landing Hummels but it remains to be seen how the scenario unfolds.