Fulham to sign Manchester City’s Bobb for £27m, Paquetá heading to Flamengo | Transfer window

Manchester Metropolis have agreed a £27m deal to promote Oscar Bobb to Fulham, with the phrases together with a 20% sell-on clause. Metropolis even have matching rights to purchase the Norwegian again ought to a price be agreed for his sale in future.

An equivalent settlement allowed Metropolis to convey again James Trafford from Burnley final summer time for the quantity Newcastle had agreed to pay for the goalkeeper. Trafford left Metropolis for Turf Moor in July 2023.

Bobb, a large ahead, has struggled to determine himself beneath Pep Guardiola since his debut instead within the 5-1 league win over Fulham in September 2023. Bobb sustained a fractured leg in coaching earlier than final season’s league marketing campaign, ruling him out till April, and made solely two extra appearances after a hamstring drawback. He has performed 15 occasions for Metropolis this season together with 9 begins.

Flamengo have concluded their pursuit of Lucas Paquetá by agreeing to signal the West Ham midfielder for €42m (£36.3m) from West Ham. Paquetá has been pushing for a return to Brazil and negotiations concluded on Wednesday after Flamengo had three provides rejected.

West Ham are in a relegation battle and tried to persuade Paquetá to remain. They initially indicated they might promote the Brazil worldwide provided that Flamengo loaned him again for the remainder of the season. However Paquetá has grown disillusioned with life in England and was determined to safe a direct transfer to his former membership.

The 28-year-old has struggled beneath the emotional pressure of being accused of spot-fixing three years in the past. Paquetá confronted the potential of a lifetime ban and was denied a transfer to Manchester Metropolis after the Soccer Affiliation’s investigation got here to gentle. He was cleared of the fees final summer time.

West Ham stood by Paquetá in the course of the investigation and felt let down when he requested to go away this month. But they’ve accepted that there was little to achieve from making him keep. Paquetá requested to be overlooked of the FA Cup win over Queens Park Rangers this month and was absent for his or her final two league video games with a minor again drawback.

“Lucas has made it clear that, for private and household causes, he needs to return dwelling to Brazil and make a contemporary begin after being cleared in July 2025 of FA misconduct expenses that took two years to be resolved – a state of affairs that brought about him important psychological pressure,” West Ham stated. “Regardless of the membership doing all the pieces attainable to steer Lucas to remain, he has remained adamant that his want is to go away. Subsequently, the top coach and the membership have reluctantly agreed to just accept his switch request.”

West Ham signed Adama Traoré from Fulham for a small undisclosed price on Wednesday, and their midfielder James Ward-Prowse had a medical at Burnley with a view to becoming a member of on mortgage for the remainder of the season.

Ward-Prowse has been out of favour at West Ham for the reason that appointment of Nuno Espírito Santo as supervisor in September. The previous Southampton participant was minimize from the first-team squad and has not featured beneath Nuno. Ward-Prowse had the same expertise throughout a mortgage at Nottingham Forest final season. He rapidly dropped out of Nuno’s plans and was despatched again to West Ham early.

Nuno left Forest final September and was employed by West Ham later that month. His arrival on the London Stadium was unhealthy information for Ward-Prowse, who was instantly informed that he wouldn’t be concerned with the primary workforce.

The 31-year-old, a well-liked presence on the membership, has principally educated away from the principle group. It was not considered as a U-turn by Nuno when he included Ward-Prowse in a matchday squad for the primary time for the win over Sunderland final Saturday. Sources identified {that a} area on the bench needed to be crammed after West Ham agreed to let Guido Rodríguez be a part of Valencia on the evening earlier than the sport. It was too late for an academy participant to be added to the principle group as a result of the Underneath-21s had performed on Friday evening.

Burnley hope the expertise of Ward-Prowse, a £30m West Ham signing from Southampton in 2023, can assist them of their relegation combat. West Ham have additionally allowed the midfielders Andy Irving and Rodríguez to go away.

Traoré is known to have signed till June. Nuno, who labored with the winger at Wolves, is rebalancing his squad with a view to retaining the membership within the Premier League. Igor Julio’s mortgage from Brighton has been minimize brief, permitting West Ham to pursue non permanent strikes for the Tottenham goalkeeper Antonin Kinsky and the Chelsea defender Axel Disasi.