Today’s tittle-tattle will buy or sell any spares
Manchester City will be going for the quadruple this coming season, because what else is left to achieve? A quintuple, perhaps, if you count the Community Shield, and why not? With the latter in mind, they want to sign the Leipzig defender Josko Gvardiol in time for Sunday’s big showdown with Arsenal, a signing they intend to follow up quicksmart with the Crystal Palace prospect Michael Olise and Rennes winger Jérémy Doku. After that, the conquering of Mars and beyond.
Chelsea are in for Tyler Adams, one of the few Leeds success stories from last season. If they can’t get the 24-year-old USA midfielder, they’ll turn their attention to Edson Álvarez of Ajax and Mexico.
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