Transfer news and rumours today: Matic to Ipswich, Ozcan to Villa, Alleyne to Dortmund

Former Manchester United and Chelsea midfielder Nemanja Matic could reportedly beryllium offered a way backmost to the Premier League by newly-promoted Ipswich Town.

The Tractor Boys are presently connected people to caput consecutive backmost down to the Championship arsenic they inhabit 18th spot successful the top-flight rankings, albeit lone adrift of 17th-placed Wolverhampton Wanderers connected extremity difference.

Kieran McKenna reinforced the Ipswich midfield implicit the summertime with the captures of Kalvin Phillips and Jens Cajuste connected indebtedness from Manchester City and Napoli respectively, but according to Sky Deutschland, the East Anglia outfit are present eyeing a daze determination for Matic.

The 36-year-old near England successful 2022 pursuing the expiry of his declaration with the Red Devils, since erstwhile helium has represented Roma, Rennes and astir precocious Lyon.

Matic lone has 18 months near to tally connected his woody with Les Gones, though, and the French outfit person been nether important unit to rise funds aft being provisionally relegated to Ligue 2.

Serie A trio Fiorentina, Como and Napoli are besides reported to person shown an involvement successful the erstwhile Serbia international, but helium supposedly has nary plans to permission the Groupama Stadium this month.

Aston Villa connected verge of teen signing?

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At the different extremity of the acquisition scale, 18-year-old Kasimpasa and Turkey defender Yasin Ozcan is seemingly connected the verge of making the mid-season power to Aston Villa.

The 2006-born centre-back has started each Turkish Super Lig lucifer for Kasimpasa this season, registering 1 assist, and helium earned his archetypal elder nationalist squad call-up successful June of past year.

Ozcan penned a semipermanent declaration hold with his existent nine until 2029 past summertime too, but according to A Spor - via Ajansspor - the youngster is acceptable to embark connected a caller escapade to Villa Park.

Villa volition allegedly wage Kasimpasa a interest of €8m (£6.7m) to bring Ozcan to the Premier League, and helium is acceptable to question to England adjacent week to acquisition his aesculapian and motion his contract.

The study adds that Unai Emery mightiness determine to integrate the centre-back into his squad consecutive away, oregon the Lions mightiness take to nonstop him backmost connected indebtedness to Kasimpasa for the remainder of the campaign.

Ozcan's imminent power to Villa comes astatine a clip wherever Diego Carlos is being heavy linked with an exit from the Lions, who could coincidentally merchantability him to different Turkish broadside successful Fenerbahce.

Borussia Dortmund 'make approach' for City defender

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From 1 teenage centre-back to another, Manchester City starlet Max Alleyne has supposedly been the taxable of an attack from Bundesliga giants Borussia Dortmund.

The 19-year-old has been connected the seat for Pep Guardiola's broadside successful the Premier League this season, but helium is inactive waiting to marque his elder debut for the Citizens and was not progressive successful Saturday's 8-0 FA Cup annihilation of Salford City.

The Premier League champions person been deed peculiarly hard by antiaircraft injuries this season, but alternatively than beforehand Alleyne, City are on the brink of sealing a £33.5m deal for Lens' Abdukodir Khusanov.

The Uzbekistan international's accomplishment would contiguous different roadblock successful Alleyne's way to the archetypal team, and according to Fabrizio Romano, Dortmund person present touched basal implicit a move.

Romano adds that unnamed Premier League teams are besides showing an involvement successful the Under-20 international, but Dortmund person stolen a march connected their English rivals by making archetypal contact.

Alleyne joined Man City's academy ranks from Southampton successful 2021 and was a portion of their triumphant Club World Cup squad successful the 2023-24 season.

Ander Herrera adjacent to sealing Boca Juniors move?

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We started with a erstwhile Man United midfielder, and we volition extremity with a erstwhile Man United midfielder, arsenic a abstracted update from Romano claims that Ander Herrera is adjacent to joining Boca Juniors.

The 35-year-old has represented La Liga powerhouses Athletic Bilbao since the commencement of the 2022-23 season, initially joining connected indebtedness from Paris Saint-Germain earlier his determination was made imperishable midway done the campaign.

However, Herrera has lone played 419 minutes of shot crossed 14 appearances this season, making conscionable 2 La Liga starts and missing his side's past 5 games with a muscular injury.

The Spaniard's declaration with the Basque broadside present lone has six months near to run, and talks betwixt Boca Juniors and Athletic are present said to person reached a 'very advanced' stage.

Herrera has reportedly ever dreamed of representing the Argentinian giants, and the seasoned volition question to South America to implicit his aesculapian with Boca Juniors adjacent week.

Herrera has won 12 large trophies during a palmy vocation successful European football, astir precocious helping Athletic assertion the Copa del Rey rubric past season.

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