Transfer news and rumours today: Arne Engels to West Ham, Olwethu Makhanya to Rangers

West Ham United are reportedly funny successful signing Celtic midfielder Arne Engels this summer.

The Hammers are preparing for a run successful the Championship, with West Ham supposedly keen connected swooping for Sunderland attacking duo Simon Adingra and Wilson Isidor during the window.

The East Londoners person already waved goodbye to prima subordinate Crysencio Summerville but person managed to clasp the services of instrumentality favourite Jarrod Bowen, who has thrown his chances of an autumn England call-up successful the bin.

Alongside chap recently-relegated nine Wolverhampton Wanderers, Nuno Espirito Santo's broadside are 1 of the aboriginal favourites to unafraid automatic promotion from the Championship this season.

According to Sky Sports News, West Ham are aiming to bolster their midfield ranks up of the 2026-27 season, hoping to retrieve from the £85m merchantability of Mateus Fernandes to Tottenham Hotspur.

The study claims that the Hammers are successful talks implicit the signing of Celtic enforcer Engels, who netted 5 goals and provided 3 assists successful 30 Scottish Premiership matches past run for the home champions.

It is understood that Premier League outfit Nottingham Forest stay funny successful the Belgian aft they saw an authoritative bid for the 22-year-old rejected connected the last time of the wintertime transportation window.

Martin O'Neill's broadside are reportedly holding retired for astatine slightest £25m for the services of Engels, who past featured for Celtic successful a pre-season affable gully against Italian giants AC Milan successful Glasgow, Scotland.

Rangers motion South Africa planetary Makhanya

Focusing connected the different broadside of the Glaswegian divide, Rangers are looking to equine a rubric propulsion this play aft Hearts - and yet fierce rivals Celtic - claimed the plaudits during the 2025-26 term.

Derek McInnes is the caller look successful the dugout astatine Ibrox and has been joined by 8 summertime signings astatine the club, the latest coming successful the signifier of Olwethu Makhanya from MLS outfit Philadelphia Union.

The 22-year-old has joined the Gers connected a imperishable woody for an undisclosed interest aft a summertime of World Cup memories successful North America, making the 26-man squad of Group A broadside South Africa.

Unfortunately, the centre-back failed to marque an quality crossed Bafana Bafana's 4 matches astatine the tournament, however, the acquisition of a large planetary contention volition payment the subordinate massively.

As per BBC Sport, Makhanya has signed a four-year woody astatine Ibrox with the enactment of a further 12 months, meaning that helium could beryllium contracted to the Rangers origin until the summertime of 2031.

Speaking aft his transportation to the Scottish giants was confirmed, the defender said: "I cannot adjacent explicate however I americium feeling close now, it is honestly a large honour and a immense blessing for maine to articulation specified a large nine with truthful overmuch history.

"I cannot hold to get started. For me, it has ever been a imagination to play shot successful Europe, ever since I was a kid, truthful to beryllium present is simply a imagination travel true."

Ex-Liverpool brag Slot turns down Saudi Pro League move?

Finally, it appears that erstwhile Liverpool brag Arne Slot has his sights acceptable higher than a determination to the Saudi Pro League, with the 47-year-old turning down Al-Ahli, according to a portion by the Daily Mail.

The Dutchman near the Reds successful May aft masterminding an almighty drop-off from 2025's Premier League triumph, with the Anfield nine ending up successful 5th spot past term, losing 20 games crossed each competitions.

It is believed that Saudi broadside Al-Ahli had made Slot their apical managerial people to regenerate outgoing Matthias Jaissle, who is expected to instrumentality implicit astatine Newcastle United pursuing Eddie Howe's departure.

Slot is said to beryllium waiting it retired for a apical European gig, though determination was speculation that helium could nexus up with the Netherlands aft they dismissed Ronald Koeman astatine the extremity of their World Cup campaign.

The 47-year-old has reportedly decided to support his eggs successful the club-football handbasket for present but is flattered by the admiration from Oranje arsenic they look to instrumentality to their glory days connected the planetary scene.