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Guehi deal will take City spending to close to half a billion, as case faces a wait of another year

Manchester City have agreed a deal in principle to sign Crystal Palace defender, and captain, Marc Guehi. Guehi had been garnering interest from other clubs such as Liverpool, Arsenal and Bayern Munich but Pep Guardiola’s side will win the race for the centre-back.

Oliver Glasner confirmed as much in a press conference on Friday where he also announced his decision to leave Palace at the end of the season. Some negotiations over Guehi’s move are still taking place with the Eagles wanting an asking price of £35-£40m for the defender despite him being out of contract at the end of the season.

Manchester United are looking to strengthen before the January transfer window closes. In midfield they have lined up Carlos Baleba, Marcos Llorente and Elliot Anderson as targets - Man City are also said to be interested in Anderson - while Nottingham Forest defender Murillo is being looked at to reinforce the defence. The club have alos rejected several offers for defender Harry Maguire whose contract is expiring.

Chelsea, meanwhile, have reportedly made a huge bid for Real Madrid’s Federico Valverde, and are also reportedly interested in Lucas Paqueta. Reports from Brazil say the West Ham midfielder prefers to return to his home country but a switch to another European club hasn’t been ruled out.

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Moyes insists he has club's backing in transfer market

Everton manager David Moyes has every confidence the club will back him in the transfer market if he can find the right players but admitted it would not be to the tune of £60m.

Moyes has consistently played down expectations in terms of January arrivals, especially with Senegal duo Iliman Ndiaye and Idrissa Gueye expected back next week after Sunday's Africa Cup of Nations final, and Jarrad Branthwaite and Seamus Coleman stepping up their rehabilitation.

But that does not mean there are not some funds available if he can find some options.

"All managers are hoping to get bigger numbers (for their budget) but I think the club has outlined that what we spent in the summer, that was the main part," said Moyes ahead of Sunday's trip to Aston Villa.

"It's not me saying it, the CEO is saying it as well: we don't expect to be doing too much business.

"But genuinely if I can get a couple of new players in the club will certainly back me, I have no doubt about that. Absolutely they will, they have been really good.

"Maybe they can't back me on a £60m or £70m signing but they will back me on what they think will be the right numbers if we think we can come up with the players required."

Moyes also said there was "zero truth" in reports the club had rejected a bid for Ndiaye.

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Ward-Prowse and Wilson should 'pursue their careers'

Nuno Espirito Santo has told West Ham outcasts James Ward-Prowse and Callum Wilson to "go and pursue their careers".

Former England midfielder Ward-Prowse has been frozen out by Nuno since he replaced Graham Potter as head coach in September.

Striker Wilson has not featured in Nuno's last two squads and is understood to be in the process of cancelling his contract amid links with Celtic and Everton.

"We are working on both ins and outs," said Nuno. "I feel that we need to rebalance our squad, so that means bringing more options to some positions, and finding solutions for the players who are not having so many minutes to go and pursue their careers.

"We are working very hard as a club to find the right players, in a very tricky transfer window. So, we have to make good decisions, and we cannot afford to make mistakes."

Mike Jones18 January 2026 01:00