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Gossip: Manchester United and Liverpool 'target Turkish starlet', Reds 'want Keita early', Tottenham 'keen on Lookman'
Here’s an interesting statistic. In the past five seasons, only one Turkish player has appeared in the Premier League. Know who it is?
(*This is a five-second break for you to answer the Turkish trivia question without looking at the sentence below.*)
It’s Gokhan Tore – West Ham’s appalling loan wing flop who made five ineffective appearances for the Hammers last season and then got injured.
The glory days of Alpay, Tugay and Tuncay are over – England-based Turkish players have become a rarefied thing.
But interestingly, despite this fact, the country’s media has continued to link its players with moves to the Premier League on a weekly basis.
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Might today’s be the one who finally sparks a Turkish Premier League comeback?
Yusuf Yazici is a 20-year-old attacking midfielder who plies his trade at Super Lig side Trabzonspor, but according to Fanatik he could be on his way to one of England’s biggest clubs.
Citing the Turkish newspaper, the Mirror reports that Manchester United have joined Liverpool in monitoring the promising youngster, who broke into Trabzonspor’s first team last season. He would cost about £12.3m and is also wanted by Monaco. Let’s hope he’s better than Gokhan Tore.
Bad news for Carlton Cole
Liverpool are also trying to sign Naby Keita from RB Leipzig, says the Express. And yes, we know they have already signed Naby Keita from RB Leipzig, but the Reds are apparently trying to bring forward the purchase – currently pencilled in for next summer – to this January.
They would be willing to pay a premium to get the Guinean midfielder to Anfield six months early, although Leipzig are likely to reject the offer. Just when you thought that transfer saga was over…
Tottenham’s long-running search for a pacy winger (who isn’t Georges-Kévin N’Koudou) has led them to Everton’s Ademola Lookman, says the Mirror.
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The former Charlton starlet joined the Toffees instead of Spurs for £11m in January but has recently found first-team action hard to come by, which could prompt Mauricio Pochettino to revive his interest in the 19-year-old. Unless Georges-Kévin N’Koudou suddenly hits form between now and the New Year.
Elsewhere, former Borussia Dortmund manager Thomas Tuchel has held talks with Bayern Munich about replacing the sacked Carlo Ancelotti (Bild), West Ham youngster Reece Oxford’s loan spell at Borussia Monchengladbach is set to be cut short because the Germans are leaving him on the subs’ bench every week (ESPN) and Crystal Palace manager Roy Hodgson has dismissed media reports linking the Eagles with a swoop for clubless striker Carlton Cole (Croydon Advertiser). Just trying to put other teams off the scent, clearly.
