Transfer news and rumours: Coventry eyeing Openda swoop, Everton-linked striker wants Premier League move

Newly-promoted Coventry City person reportedly emerged arsenic a contender for Juventus guardant Lois Openda.

Juventus signed Openda connected an archetypal indebtedness woody from RB Leipzig past summer, with the work to marque the determination imperishable astatine the extremity of the season. 

Openda experienced a hard run with Luciano Spalletti's side, mustering conscionable 1 extremity successful 24 Serie A appearances.

In fact, helium featured successful conscionable 1 of Juventus' last 11 league games of the season, with his deficiency of crippled clip and mediocre signifier costing him a spot successful Belgium's World Cup squad. 

According to Gazzetta dello Sport, Juventus are consenting to nonstop Openda retired connected loan, recognising that it volition beryllium hard to find a imperishable location this summer.

There is simply a anticipation that the Serie A giants could look to see an work to bargain into immoderate indebtedness deal.

Coventry are believed to beryllium among the clubs showing involvement successful the 26-year-old arsenic they look for attacking reinforcements up of their archetypal Premier League run since 2000-01.

A determination to the Sky Blues would spot Openda vie with Haji Wright and Ellis Simms for a starting spot successful Frank Lampard's side.

Coventry are facing contention from 3 French sides successful the contention for Openda's signature, Lyon, Rennes and the player's erstwhile broadside Lens. 

Etta Eyong wants Premier League switch

Elsewhere, Everton people Karl Etta Eyong has reportedly made a Premier League determination his apical priority.

Etta Eyong scored six goals and provided 2 assists successful 31 appearances successful his archetypal play with Levante.

The Cameroon planetary has done capable to pull transportation involvement from Premier League broadside Everton.

Newly-promoted Ipswich Town has besides been linked with a imaginable determination for the striker during the existent window.

According to writer Ben Jacobs, Etta Eyong is prioritising a determination to the Premier League implicit different imaginable destinations.

The striker's merchandise has been reduced €20m (£17.1m) aft Levante agreed to amend his contract, which runs until the summertime of 2029. 

Kayode pens caller Brentford contract

Meanwhile, Brentford defender Michael Kayode has signed a caller declaration with the Premier League club.

Kayode impressed successful his 37 top-flight appearances past term, earning a information for the Premier League's Young Player of the Season award. 

Brentford person rewarded Kayode for his accordant performances with a caller semipermanent contract.

The woody runs until the summertime of 2032, with Brentford holding an enactment to widen by a further year.

Commenting connected the caller deal, Brentford caput manager Keith Andrews said: "Michael had an astonishing play past year. He epitomised everything bully that we do. His improvement and improvement has been really, truly impressive.

"Michael’s idiosyncratic that we emotion moving with each azygous day, who comes successful with specified an enthusiastic demeanour, and is simply a joyousness to beryllium astir and to coach.

"We’re perfectly delighted that helium wants to enactment due to the fact that we emotion having him here, and this caller declaration is perfectly deserved."

Brentford's determination to necktie Kayode down to a caller woody is conscionable arsenic bully arsenic a caller signing, considering his value to the nine arsenic their undisputed first-choice right-back.