Leicester and West Ham holding talks with club for player for days – Ipswich and Nottingham Forest also keen
AC Milan have been ‘talking for days’ with Leicester City and West Ham over a deal for winger Alexis Saelemaekers, but Ipswich and Nottingham are in the mix.
They explain that while Saelemaekers is considered a ‘golden boy’ by Milan, where he is well loved and has never put a toe out of line or stirred up any controversy, the fact is that he is not a part of their plans moving forwards.
The hope had been that they could sell him to Bologna but that’s not on the cards and so they are now looking at other options and Leicester are one of them.
While Milan are in no hurry to sell at this point, they have been ‘talking for days’ with various parties, especially Leicester and West Ham.
According to CM, the player’s most likely destination at this point is the Premier League as Leicester and West Ham have already opened talks while Ipswich and Nottingham Forest are ‘also in the background’.
The feeling is that offers from any of those clubs could arrive at the beginning of next week, although it’s unclear if they think that it’ll be the clubs who’ve opened talks or if Ipswich and Nottingham Forest will do so as well.
Either way, those four are in the mix and Saelemaekers seems destined to end up in the Premier League this summer.
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Newcastle wouldn’t block Eddie Howe from leaving for England if he were to be offered the job.
Howe is admired by the FA as a potential candidate to replace Southgate, although a decision is far from being made.
Newcastle’s Saudi owners admire coaches like Thomas Frank and Kieran McKenna, but they aren’t succession-planning yet.
Eddie Howe has been linked with the vacant England job this week after Gareth Southgate’s departure, with Newcastle admiring a number of other managers such as Brentford’s Thomas Frank and Ipswich Town’s Kieran McKenna, should the Englishman decide to take the role, journalist Ben Jacobs has told GIVEMESPORT.
Southgate stepped down from his national team duties, after eight years in the position, leading England to two major tournament finals and one semi-final. Several links to several coaches have inevitably circulated around the job, with Newcastle’s Howe one of those rumoured to be in the running.
The former Bournemouth boss is reportedly ‘open’ to replacing Southgate, although few concrete links have verified this information. Jacobs has revealed that if a proposal was made by the FA to Howe, then Newcastle wouldn’t stand in his way of making the switch. While the Tyneside club aren’t actively succession planning, Jacobs has cited Frank and McKenna as two managers the ownership are fond of.
Newcastle Wouldn’t Block Howe Leaving for England
The coach has enjoyed a meteoric rise
After retiring early from his playing career, Howe has forged an overwhelmingly successful career on the touchline. Taking Bournemouth from the brink of the National League all the way to the top flight, the Buckinhamshire-born man is one of England’s most established coaches in the modern era.
Inevitably, this has led to rumours linking him to the national team job, with ex-England defender Jamie Carragher naming Howe as the best man for the role ‘by a street’. Speaking to GIVEMESPORT on the Howe links, Jacobs revealed that Newcastle wouldn’t prevent the manager from taking the opportunity:
