Transfer news and rumours today: Crystal Palace’s Maxence Lacroix 'replacement', Arsenal sign teenager, Sunderland exit

Crystal Palace person had a €25m (£21.42m) bid rejected by Augsburg for centre-back Chrislain Matsima, the latest study has claimed.

The Eagles were held to a goalless stalemate by Famalicao connected Tuesday successful their latest friendly, with brag Pierre Sage engaged preparing for his archetypal play successful the Premier League.

However, the Frenchman's squad could beryllium notably weaker than the 1 his predecessor Oliver Glasner utilized fixed Maxence Lacroix appears likely to determination to Chelsea.

Palace volition person to regenerate the centre-back, and they person shown credible involvement successful Augsburg's Chrislain Matsima.

Transfer adept Florian Plettenberg has unluckily reported that the Bundesliga nine person turned down a ceremonial bid for the 24-year-old, and Palace are not yet adjacent to agreeing connected a valuation.

Arsenal transportation news: Mikel Arteta signs teenage midfield talent

Arsenal are connected the verge of signing teenager Axel Donczew from Cardiff City aft the 16-year-old completed a medical, the newest study has revealed.

The Gunners volition play Girona connected August 1 successful pre-season, but Christos Tzolis is the lone newcomer with ambitions of first-team enactment apt to feature.

Mikel Arteta's broadside person struggled to implicit blockbuster moves this summer, though they person besides failed to implicit cheaper deals.

Teenager Jeremy Monga opted to articulation Manchester City earlier this period contempt important involvement from the Gunners, and that came arsenic a stroke to Arsenal's hopes of gathering a young halfway for the future.

Journalist Fabrizio Romano has confirmed that Cardiff midfielder Axel Donczew has already completed a aesculapian with the Gunners, and the 16-year-old is acceptable to imminently articulation the Londoners.

Sunderland transportation news: Winger exit to Roma?

Sunderland attacker Simon Adingra is reported to beryllium connected Roma's shortlist arsenic an affordable enactment this summer.

The Black Cats were beaten 4-2 by Liverpool successful a pre-season affable connected Saturday, but determination were a fig of positives for manager Regis Le Bris to instrumentality distant from that defeat.

His broadside looked threatening successful the last third, thing they struggled with astatine times past word fixed they ended 2025-26 arsenic the lowest scorers successful the apical 14 of the Premier League (42).

Additional attackers would beryllium a invited boost to the caput coach, though helium whitethorn request to marque country successful his squad first.

Italian outlet LaRoma24 study that Roma are funny successful Sunderland winger Adingra, who lone played 658 minutes successful the league past season.