Transfer news and rumours today: Emiliano Martinez and Nick Pope 'exits' as West Ham United close in on Alpha Toure

Ipswich Town person reportedly made a preliminary enquiry for Newcastle United goalkeeper Nick Pope up of their anticipated instrumentality to the Premier League.

Football Insider reports that the Magpies are wholly consenting to authorisation a summertime merchantability for the seasoned shot-stopper arsenic they program an extended antiaircraft overhaul.

The archetypal asking terms of astir £10 to £12m is said to beryllium a insignificant stumbling artifact for the Tractor Boys though negotiations should advancement smoothly implicit the coming weeks.

Newly appointed manager Gary O'Neil is incredibly hopeless to enlistee a highly experienced performer to anchor his backmost enactment this season.

Moving to Portman Road would correspond a sentimental vocation homecoming for the seasoned nonrecreational who actively supported the nine during his youth.

Meanwhile, the Tyneside hierarchy are already accelerating plans to unafraid promising Manchester City goalkeeper James Trafford arsenic a definitive semipermanent replacement.

The talented young imaginable is highly anxious to found himself arsenic an undisputed No. 1 aft a frustrating developmental spell successful Manchester owed to the signing of Gianluigi Donnarumma.

Villa 'line up' award-winning goalkeeper replacement

According to L'Equipe, via Birmingham Live, Aston Villa are reportedly preparing a important summertime connection to unafraid the services of Lens goalkeeper Robin Risser. 

The ambitious Midlands nine are entering the transportation marketplace to find a reliable semipermanent replacement for Emiliano Martinez. 

The experienced Argentina planetary is wide expected to implicit a high-profile determination to Italian heavyweights Juventus aft the World Cup.

Villa officials are said to recognize that filling the shoes of their decorated antiaircraft talisman volition beryllium an incredibly demanding recruitment challenge. 

Martinez antecedently played a captious relation successful helping the nine execute Champions League qualification and unafraid the Europa League trophy. 

However the shot-stopper is believed to person secured a verbal statement with the Serie A broadside to commencement a caller vocation chapter.

Consequently, Unai Emery has approved a determination for Risser aft tracking his awesome performances successful French shot past season. 

The highly-rated 21-year-old earned the Ligue 1 Goalkeeper of the Year grant aft keeping 11 cleanable sheets for Lens.

Midfielder 'rejects' Saudi determination to honour English promise

West Ham United reportedly stay profoundly keen connected securing Metz midfielder Alpha Toure up of the upcoming campaign.

The East London nine antecedently failed to implicit a woody for the 20-year-old starlet during the wintertime window.

Despite suffering a achy relegation to the Championship, Sport Witness reports that the Hammers person maintained beardown interaction with the player's representatives.

Newly promoted Saudi Pro League broadside Al-Diraiyah precocious reached a ceremonial €7m (£6m) statement with Metz.

However, the highly rated Senegalese younker planetary has perfectly nary plans to implicit a lucrative determination to the Middle East.

Toure has already fixed his connection to the Hammers and remains wholly determined to trial himself successful English shot adjacent term.

The antiaircraft midfielder made 32 appearances successful the French apical formation past season, but his existent employers were yet relegated to Ligue 2.

Nuno Espirito Santo is anxious to bolster his motor country and the nine has indicated a willingness to lucifer £6m asking price.

The promising midfielder intends to instrumentality to his determination unless a large nine from a apical European league participate the contention later.