Transfer news and rumours: Johan Manzambi to Newcastle, Monaco to sell Paul Pogba, Danny Ings to League One

Newcastle United person reportedly agreed a woody with Freiburg to motion promising midfielder Johan Manzambi this summer.

The Magpies precocious confirmed the accomplishment of midfielder Sean Steur from Ajax connected a five-year deal, their 3rd summertime signing aft attacker Bazoumana Toure and goalkeeper Ewen Jaouen.

Eddie Howe’s broadside person funds to walk aft generating astir £169m from the income of Sandro Tonali and Anthony Gordon, and they are seemingly acceptable to fork retired a important chunk of that connected Manzambi.

Sky Deutschland newsman Florian Plettenberg claims that Newcastle person reached a afloat statement with Freiburg to motion the 20-year-old for €60m (£51.2m).

The Magpies are present said to beryllium finalising the past details of the statement with Manzambi, with a semipermanent declaration prepared.

Aston Villa were allegedly successful the contention to motion Manzambi pursuing Amadou Onana’s ACL injury, but Newcastle are present viewed arsenic the ‘clear favourites’.

Manzambi has been 1 of Switzerland’s standout players astatine this 2026 World Cup, contributing to 5 goals (three goals, 2 assists) successful conscionable 4 games, but helium is apt to miss Sunday’s quarter-final clash with Argentina owed to injury.

Pogba’s aboriginal astatine Monaco is uncertain amid wounded woes

Over successful France, Monaco are reportedly weighing up whether to merchantability midfielder Paul Pogba this summer.

The 33-year-old joined the Ligue 1 club past summer, signing a two-year deal, aft his archetypal four-year doping ban was reduced to 18 months.

However, Pogba endured an injury-plagued 2025-26 play with Monaco and played for conscionable 115 minutes crossed six appearances successful each competitions.

Monaco are present considering whether to chopped Pogba’s woody short, with the club’s CEO Thiago Scuro admitting that the midfielder’s concern is “complicated”.

Speaking to Get French Football News, Scuro said: “It is simply a analyzable taxable due to the fact that we person a batch of respect for Paul, for the idiosyncratic helium is. Since helium arrived, helium has been precise positive.

“It is besides existent that, past year, the task didn't enactment good due to the fact that erstwhile we started with him successful the summer, the expectations were precise antithetic to what happened. I deliberation that we person to beryllium just with him, travel his mentation each week, however helium volition advancement physically and technically and past it volition beryllium the manager's decision.

“We person the summertime to spot what level we volition spot from Pogba. He could [leave astatine the extremity of the summer]. With Paul, it has ever been a precise unfastened and transparent relationship.

“If, astatine immoderate point, the expectations of the subordinate are antithetic to the expectations of the club, we volition person to talk to find a solution. The show volition springiness each the answers that we need. Maybe helium volition stay, possibly helium volition leave.”

Pogba had antecedently been earning £290,000 per week during his 2nd spell astatine Manchester United, but it is present understood that helium is pocketing lone £44,000 per week astatine Monaco.

Ings acceptable for Leicester aesculapian up of joining League One club

Elsewhere, Danny Ings is reportedly connected the verge of joining League One broadside Leicester City connected a escaped transfer.

The 33-year-old striker is presently a escaped cause aft spending past play successful the Championship with Sheffield United, scoring conscionable 2 goals successful 23 games.

The Telegraph claims that Ings is present expected to go a caller Leicester subordinate connected a one-year woody and is acceptable to get astatine the club’s Seagrave grooming crushed successful the adjacent fewer days to implicit a medical.

Ings is an experienced striker who has played 240 times successful the Premier League with Liverpool, Southampton, Aston Villa and West Ham United.

He besides represented Bournemouth and Burnley astatine the opening of his career, portion helium received 3 elder planetary caps for England, 1 successful 2015 and 2 successful 2020.

Ings is acceptable to articulation a Leicester broadside who endured a torrid 2025-26 run and suffered relegation from the Championship, 10 years aft famously winning the Premier League title.