Transfer news and rumours: Ipswich Town 'want' Strasbourg star, Coventry City 'in talks' over reunion

Ipswich Town are reportedly keen to unafraid a woody for Strasbourg playmaker Julio Enciso, idiosyncratic who the Tractor Boys and Gary O'Neil cognize well.

The East Anglian outfit person been proactive successful the transportation marketplace of late, acquiring 5 caller signings since July 21 successful an effort to bolster their efforts to stay successful the Premier League successful the agelong term.

However, contempt astir £85m being spent successful the summertime window, O'Neil is anxious to marque further additions to his squad.

According to Sky Sports News, determination is an involvement successful bringing Enciso to Portman Road for the 2nd clip successful his career.

Enciso contributed 2 goals and 3 assists during a 13-game indebtedness stint successful 2024-25, earlier spending the past run astatine O'Neil's erstwhile nine Strasbourg.

Twelve goals and 9 assists came from 42 outings for the French club, and O'Neil is anxious to person the Paraguay planetary successful his squad for 2026-27.

Any woody would request to transcend the £16m that Strasbourg paid for the 22-year-old successful September.

Coventry 'interested' successful Hamer reunion

Meanwhile, chap newly-promoted broadside Coventry City person reportedly identified Sheffield United midfielder Gustavo Hamer arsenic a transportation target.

Hamer is regarded arsenic 1 of Coventry's champion players successful caller memory, contributing 19 goals and 24 assists from 132 appearances betwixt 2020 and 2023.

However, helium made the determination to power to Bramall Lane successful 2023, failing to support Sheffield United successful the Premier League and promotion backmost to the apical formation crossed the past 2 campaigns.

According to Sky Sports News, Coventry are funny successful taking vantage of the Dutchman having 1 twelvemonth near connected his contract.

The Sky Blues are already said to beryllium successful talks with the 29-year-old, who is seemingly unfastened to a instrumentality to the CBS Arena.

Although nary transportation interest is mentioned, Sheffield United volition not privation to hazard losing a subordinate who they signed for £15m connected a escaped transportation successful 2027.

De Zerbi speaks connected Romero Spurs future

Roberto De Zerbi has confirmed that Cristian Romero volition apt permission Tottenham Hotspur during the summertime transportation window.

The Argentina planetary is presently enjoying a interruption aft helping his federation scope the World Cup final.

Spurs are already 3 games into their pre-season schedule, and caller centre-backs specified arsenic Jan Paul van Hecke and Marcos Senesi person been signed.

Speaking to football.london, De Zerbi acknowledged that helium had held discussions with Romero and was prepared to "respect" his wishes.

He said: "At the opening of my time, successful April, I had, I don't know, 1 cardinal idiosyncratic meetings, and [the players] told maine what was their idea. I said: 'Yes, assistance maine to enactment up, and past I assistance you to leave'. If you don't assistance maine to enactment up, you enactment underwater with me!

"But Romero with maine was unbelievable. Top. In his behaviour, his respect, helium suffered erstwhile helium did not play the past game. It is not existent that helium wanted to permission for Argentina to hole for their World Cup. It's not true.

"After the semi-final [against England] we substance a message, but I ne'er called him to person him to stay. I respected what helium told me. Like for Vicario, similar for each player."

"Romero arsenic a subordinate is 1 of the champion centre-backs successful the world, but astatine the extremity I said I privation to respect the volition of the players."

Teams from Serie A and La Liga person been credited arsenic admirers of the player.