Transfer news and rumours: Ben Godfrey to Ipswich, Max Aarons to Lille, Andrew Omobamidele to Leeds

Ipswich Town are reportedly connected the verge of signing cardinal defender Ben Godfrey connected indebtedness from Atalanta BC.

The 26-year-old lone arrived astatine Atalanta from Everton past summer, but helium has recovered it hard to unafraid enactment for the Italian nine during the 2024-25 campaign, lone making 5 appearances successful each competitions.

There has been a big of speculation surrounding the defender's aboriginal successful caller weeks, and according to transportation adept Fabrizio Romano, an statement has present been reached betwixt Ipswich and Atalanta.

Romano claims that Godfrey volition determination to the Premier League nine connected indebtedness for the 2nd fractional of the 2024-25 campaign.

Documents are allegedly 'now being exchanged', with a determination connected the verge of being confirmed.

Godfrey made 93 appearances for Everton during his clip astatine Goodison Park, including 82 outings successful the Premier League, portion helium besides featured connected 30 occasions for Norwich City successful the apical formation of English football.

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Bournemouth defender Aarons 'heading for Lille'

Meanwhile, according to The Sun, Bournemouth caput manager Andoni Iraola is prepared to fto Max Aarons permission the club, with Lille the favourites to unafraid the defender's signature during the wintertime market.

Aarons, 25, has lone made 3 Premier League appearances for the Cherries this season, and helium is expected to depart this period successful hunt of regular action.

Lille are believed to beryllium astatine the caput of the queue for his signature, with the French nine looking to bushed a fig of clubs to a woody for the defender, who could articulation erstwhile Manchester United youngster Angel Gomes successful Ligue 1.

Aarons and Gomes played unneurotic for England Under-21s earlier successful their respective careers and could present reunite successful France.

Clubs from Spain and Italy are besides believed to beryllium keeping a adjacent oculus connected Aarons' situation, with the defender improbable to person overmuch enactment successful the 2nd fractional of the run astatine the Vitality Stadium unless the nine endure a semipermanent wounded successful 1 of the full-back positions.

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Leeds 'open talks with Forest implicit Omobamidele'

Elsewhere, Leeds United are reportedly successful talks with Nottingham Forest implicit a determination for centre-back Andrew Omobamidele.

The 22-year-old has recovered it incredibly hard to interruption into a beardown Forest defence during the 2024-25 campaign, being restricted to conscionable 1 appearance, and helium has not played a azygous infinitesimal successful the Premier League.

According to The Sun, Leeds are looking to onslaught a woody which could spot the defender get connected indebtedness for the 2nd fractional of the season, with a bargain clause past being activated this summer.

The study claims that Leeds could wage arsenic overmuch arsenic £10m, but determination is contention from Sheffield United, with the Republic of Ireland planetary highly-rated by a fig of Championship clubs.

Omobamidele made 55 appearances for Norwich earlier arriving Forest successful the summertime of 2023, and helium has represented his existent broadside connected 11 occasions successful England's apical flight.

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