Transfer News and Updates
The transfer window has been buzzing with activity as clubs strengthen their squads for the new season. West Ham United had a £15 million verbal offer for N’Golo Kante rejected by Al Ittihad, who have no intention of selling the France international midfielder. Any proposal would need to be upwards of £25 million for consideration.
Manchester United is exploring a deal to sign youth striker Chido Obi-Martin from Arsenal. The 16-year-old visited United’s Carrington training facilities earlier this week. Arsenal made a fair offer to Obi-Martin, who will switch to a professional contract upon reaching his 17th birthday.
Crystal Palace is in initial talks with Marseille regarding winger Ismaila Sarr. The Senegal international joined Marseille from Watford last summer and scored four goals in his debut season.
Eintracht Frankfurt completed the loan signing of defender Rasmus Kristensen from Leeds United for the 2024-25 season. Kristensen spent last season on loan at Roma following Leeds’ relegation from the Premier League.
Southampton forward Alejandro Gomes Rodriguez left the club ahead of an expected move to Lyon. Lyon will pay £150,000 for the player, with £75,000 allocated per year he was at Southampton.
Burnley confirmed the signing of experienced goalkeeper Vaclav Hladky from Ipswich Town on a free transfer. Hladky played a key part in Ipswich’s Championship promotion and replaces outgoing Arijanet Muric.
Gaziantep is finalizing a deal for Brighton midfielder Kacper Kozlowski. Kozlowski is expected to sign a three-year deal running until 2027.
Liverpool centre-backs Rhys Williams and Billy Koumetio are considering their options and are expected to leave this summer.
Queens Park Rangers agreed on a deal to sign Slovenia international Zan Celar from Swiss side Lugano on a long-term deal. The initial fee is £1.7 million plus an additional £700,000 in add-ons.
Fulham offered around €25 million (£21.1m) for Brazilian midfielder Andre but Fluminense seeks a higher fee. Fulham needs a replacement for Joao Palhinha who joined Bayern Munich earlier this month.
AC Milan completed the signing of striker Alvaro Morata from Atletico Madrid on a four-year deal with an option for an additional year. Morata captained Spain to success at the European Championship and Nations League in recent years.
Bristol City agreed on a deal worth up to £3.5 million including add-ons, with QPR entitled to future sale profits.
Endrick will be formally presented as a Real Madrid player after his move from Palmeiras was announced last December.
Martin Terrier joins Bayer Leverkusen on a five-year contract, bolstering their attacking options.
Adam Armstrong signed a new three-year contract with Southampton after scoring twenty-four goals last term, winning the fans’ player award.
The Friedkin Group withdrew their takeover bid for Everton, citing concerns about the club’s debt, plunging Everton back into crisis.
Patrick Vieira parted ways with Strasbourg by mutual consent after signing a three-year contract last July. Strasbourg is owned by the Blue Co group, known best for owning Chelsea FC.
Former Liverpool goalkeeper Pepe Reina joined Como as a free agent after leaving Villarreal, signing a one-year deal contributing to the development project.
Aston Villa completed the signing of Philogene from Hull City on a five-year contract.
Ticketing Updates for the 2024/25 Season
Preparations are underway for the new season at Molineux and on the road. Ticketing updates include match-to-match ticket sales, prices, away tickets, and seasonal smartcards.
Home Ticket Information:
– Gary O’Neil’s second term begins next month.
– Supporters can purchase tickets for the first three home matches from Tuesday, July 23rd.
– All 19 Premier League fixtures are categorized into A, B, and C based on opposition.
– Category A Matches: Adult ticket prices range from £37 to £71. Majority of seats priced at £37 in Graham Hughes Stand or £56 in Stan Cullis Quadrant. Limited availability in Billy Wright and Steve Bull Stands.
– Category B Matches: Adult prices range from £35 to £60. Majority of seats priced at £35 in Graham Hughes Stand or £48.50 in Stan Cullis Quadrant. If visiting fans occupy Stan Cullis Quadrant, adult prices in Steve Bull lower stand are £53.50.
– Category C Matches: Adult tickets range from £26.50 to £40. Most seats priced at £26.50 in Graham Hughes Stand and £35 in Steve Bull lower stand.
Under-14 Category Ticket Prices:
– Prices remain unchanged across the stadium.
– When accompanied by an adult, young supporters can get tickets starting from:
– Category A & B matches: £8.50
– Category C matches: £6.50
Ticket Release Schedule Update:
– Instead of releasing tickets one game at a time, groups of matches will be made available on the same date.
– Example: Tickets for opening three home games against Chelsea, Newcastle United, and Liverpool available to Member+ holders starting Tuesday, July 23rd; remaining members on Thursday, July 25th.
Groups of Matches Sale Dates:
– Late August
– Early October
– Mid-November
– Mid-January
Away Ticket Information:
– Sale process follows previous seasons:
– Sales open to gold away season ticket holders first,
– Followed by silver away season ticket holders,
– Then season ticket holders with specified loyalty point totals.
Loyalty Points System:
– Initially reflect totals from the previous season (2023/24) before switching to current season (2024/25) points during the season.
Season Ticket Smartcards:
– Supporters renewing the same seat at the same price category will continue using their existing smartcard.
– Those who changed their seat or price category and new season ticket holders will receive a new smartcard by post before August 16th.
Smartphone Entry Option:
– At a suitable point during the season, supporters will have an option to change their entry method from smartcard to smartphone entry.
Premier League Kits for the 2024/25 Season
New kits for the 2024/25 season are being released post-Euro 2024. Fashion in football is highly anticipated, with new kit releases generating excitement similar to new player signings. Initial rumors have given way to full shirt releases.
Arsenal:
– Home Kit:
– Manufactured by Adidas.
– Features red and white colors with navy blue accents and more white around the perimeter.
– The crest has been changed to just the cannon for a minimalist design.
– Away Kit:
– Created in conjunction with Labrum London, celebrating Arsenal’s connection to the African diaspora in London.
– Black base with green and red accents, featuring a bespoke hand-drawn graphic and minimalist cannon crest.
– Third Kit:
– Rumored aqua blue base with light purple and navy blue accents.
– Features the classic Adidas Trefoil logo instead of the newer Three Stripes insignia.
Aston Villa:
– Home Kit:
– Manufactured by Adidas following issues with previous brand Castore.
– Celebrates their 150th anniversary with minimal blue, dominated by claret, yellow Adidas logo, and stripes. Crest change after one season with a circular badge.
– Away & Third Kits: Little information available.
Bournemouth:
– Home Kit:
– Manufactured by Umbro, possibly featuring a centenary logo. A new Cherries badge was leaked but denied for use on kits.
Brentford:
– Home Kit:
– Made by Umbro; will be carried over from this season as part of their two-year cycle tradition. Possible centenary Umbro logo appearance unknown.
Brighton & Hove Albion:
– Home Kit:
– Manufactured by Nike; features classic design with subtle changes like thinner blue and white stripes interspersed with faded pinstripes. Blue cuffs and collar; fully white arms.
Chelsea:
– Home Kit:
– Manufactured by Nike; features customary blue base with light blue streaks in a wavy design. White on crest replaced by light blue bordered by orange detailing used for Nike Swoosh and sleeves.
– Away Kit:
– Neutral colorway “Guava Ice / Team Orange / Rush Blue” likely meaning white base with blue and orange accents. Crest color change from traditional white to bold design choice of blue replaced for orange.
– Third Kit:
– Rumored black base color scheme accented pink/yellow stripped-back lion badge may be employed.
Crystal Palace:
– Home Kit:
– Macron returns traditional red/blue stripes missing recent years eagle motifs incorporated within them modern twist.
– Away Kit:
– Familiar yellow simplified crest showing eagle sat football subtle eagle adorns entire front shirt lighter yellow base color red/blue sleeve cuffs mix traditional modern.
– Third Kit: Little known.
Everton:
– Home Kit:
– Manufactured by Castore ending partnership with Hummel. Subtle embossed patterns tribute expected final season at Goodison Park. Abstract representation of Everton’s first official crest possible decipher letters ‘EFC’ deconstructed print round-neck collar classy white/blue pinstripe.
– Away Kit:
– Expected to come in light lemon colorway with navy accents and gold piping around v-neck collar. Never used by Everton, interesting to see how Castore implements it.
– Third Kit:
– Expected dark grey/black base with yellow accents similar to previous seasons. Traditional crest replaced by tower crest geometric pattern features heavily throughout shirt.
Fulham:
– Home Kit:
– Manufactured by Adidas. Black collar includes white accent. Most striking element new shirt red detailing starting halfway down running towards seams. Not everyone’s tastes but certainly stands out this season.
– Away & Third Kits: Little known.
Ipswich Town:
– Home Kit:
– Manufactured by Umbro. Features white pinstripes atop traditional blue base. Umbro centenary logo also used. Ipswich crest has white border around club makes return to Premier League.
– Away Kit:
– Maroon comes with maroon blue trim. Subtle graphic print highlight packed Portman Road celebrate club back to Premier League. Crest and Umbro logo both made gold looks fantastic top dark red base.
– Third Kit: Little known.
Leicester City:
– Home Kit:
– Manufactured by Adidas. Three stripes opting to incorporate classic template. Foxes new season clean shirt sees new sponsor lovely gold trim collar too.
– Away & Third Kits: Little known.
Liverpool:
– Home Kit:
– Dropped ahead of Jurgen Klopp‘s final match in charge. Yes, drip fit kings yellow just works at Anfield when it comes to shirts. These pinstripes looking little like initials ‘YNWA’ lovely get-up.
– Away & Third Kits: Following leak This Is Anfield. Away going dark grey teal accents. Third appears to be white base pattern Nike using rotated Swoosh icon top.
Manchester City:
– Home Kit:
– Puma home dropped before end of season. Like Arsenal chose end campaign kit worn rest first real glimpses players during celebrations following City’s fourth title row. Dialing code collar cuffs standout feature. Puma dulling down blue already worn fans Cup final too.
– Away Kit:
– Rumored to take fluorescent yellow striped shirt over years ago. Raheem Sterling previously wore FourFourTwo cover.
– Third Kit:
– Rumored dark red color.
Manchester United:
– Home Kit:
– Manufactured by Adidas. After three seasons Team Viewer front-of-shirt sponsor. Manchester United wave goodbye welcome Snapdragon kits herald new era under leadership Sir Jim Ratcliffe. Team Viewer took over Chevrolet initially signed deal stay front shirt until financial implications however meant pulled out deal allowing Snapdragon take place.
– Away Kit:
– Rumored dark shade recalling classic United tops past had this color scheme.
– Third Kit:
– Rumored to have white reports classic Adidas Trefoil logo making return elite clubs’ next term could first Manchester United jersey iconic Adidas logo since early.
Newcastle United:
– Home Kit:
– Manufactured by Adidas following announcement multi-year partnership German manufacturer. Newcastle wore shirts much club makes return manufacturer bang stripes thicker collar looks great classic design.
– Away Kit:
– Rumored to consist hoops maroon navy colors just like classic introduced Toon.
– Third Kit:
– Expected to draw colors EQT logo black green incorporated jersey make sense considering firmly fit into Newcastle had elements green change strips since Saudi takeover. Expected look similar away wore Newcastle revert back one used beginning black collar other detailing throughout creates modernized redesign classic.
Nottingham Forest:
– Home Kit:
– Manufactured by Adidas. Two stars overlapping commemorate twice winning European Cup over years ago. Looks clean modern slight color change makes lot more interesting than plain boring one worn City Ground last.
Southampton:
– Home Kit:
– Puma home first time partnered club doing so. Saints returned traditional thick red white stripes sleeves camouflage pattern represent city’s naval history where ships incorporated similar designs order evade enemies.
– Away Kit:
– Made next following deal struck before end last term. Hummel previously manufactured Saints’ shirts. German brand signed four-year deal ever worked Hampshire fizzy yellow looks fantastic too subtle pattern helping ensure doesn’t become much eyesore.
– Third Kit: Little known.
Tottenham Hotspur:
– Home Kit:
– Absolute triumph modeled Gavin Stacey star Matt Horne big different-colored sleeves don’t say A-word brings some navy back this cuffs look magnificent easily best effort north London signing Lilywhites.
– Away Kit:
– Softer lighter color looks similar one wore centralised crest navy throughout Spurs next rumored light green dark green accents expected Swoosh rotation could present while rumored traditional shield included background more modern cockerel motif.
West Ham United:
– Home Kit:
– Featuring centenary Umbro logo new shirt has classic ringer collar cuffs light detailing throughout sublime shame about sleeve sponsor.
– Away & Third Kits: Little known.
Wolverhampton Wanderers:
– Home Kit:
– Sudu Wolves home brand replaces Castore first isn’t bad centralised Wolves putting club forefront thinking.
– Away & Third Kits: Little known.
