Tottenham will listen to offers for midfielder Pape Matar Sarr before the deadline, according to transfer journalist Sacha Tavolieri.

Sarr, who was not involved in the opening day defeat to Brentford due to a hamstring injury, is the subject of interest from Galatasaray.

Tottenham have spent heavily on upgrading their midfield this summer with £180m spent on Sandro Tonali and Matheus Fernandes alone.

Ollie Watkins and Emi Martinez were absent from Aston Villa’s matchday squad named to face Brighton in their Premier League opener amid rumours of an imminent exit for both.

Villa frontman Watkins is wanted by Saudi Pro League club Al-Hilal, and his omission from the travelling squad to the south coast will only heighten speculation.

Goalkeeper Martinez has also been heavily linked with a departure from Villa Park, as he was last summer, but misses out on the squad due to a lack of match fitness following a recent return from his post-World Cup break.

Manager Unai Emery says he wants to keep Watkins but has already confirmed that bids have been made for the England international.”

Manchester City are just under an hour away from kicking off their 2026/27 Premier League campaign but they’re still in the transfer business.

And City fans have a reason to be optimistic as the club have agreed a deal with Lille for teenage midfielder Ayyoub Bouaddi.

Sky Sports News report that the fee is for €100m split as a €95m price with €5m in potential add ons.

City are also in the brink of selling Savinho to Spurs in a £75m move. Also rumoured with an exit is Omar Marmoush (Tottenham is the likely destination) but he has been included in Enzo Maresca’s squad for today’s clash with Bournemouth.

Omar Marmoush and Nico Gonzalez are part of the Manchester City squad to face Bournemouth this afternoon, but Tottenham target Savinho is absent.

Winger Savinho is set to join Spurs in a deal that could reach £85m, while Marmoush is also wanted by Tottenham in a separate deal.

Gonzalez, meanwhile, has been linked with a move to Newcastle United as the Magpies look to add a central midfielder.

Man City XI: Donnarumma, Khusanov, Dias, Guehi, Gvardiol, Anderson, Lewis, O'Reilly, Foden, Semenyo, Haaland

Subs: Rulli, Marmoush, Kovacic, Cherki, Nico, Grealish, Ait-Nouri, Reis, Nunes

Chelsea have ruled that Jamie Gittens will stay at the club this season after rejecting an approach from Roma to take the winger on loan, according to TalkSport.

Gittens was a £51m signing from Borussia Dortmund last summer but opportunities could be limited this season, with no European football under Xabi Alonso, and with Morgan Rogers, Cole Palmer and Pedro Neto all competing for places alongside Joao Pedro.

Liam Delap, Nicolas Jackson and Mykhailo Mudryk are among the attacking players that Chelsea will try and move on before the deadline, but Gittens, who scored one goal in 27 appearances last term, is set to and fight for his place.

Manchester City striker Erling Haaland has stunned Premier League fans by shaving off his iconic long hair before the new season.

The 26-year-old Norway star, whose flowing blond hair has become as central to his Viking image as his record-breaking scoring feats, unveiled a “military-style buzz-cut” before City’s opening game of the season against Bournemouth on Sunday.

“This beautiful long hair, time to let it go,” Haaland said on his YouTube channel. “I was thinking of doing it after the World Cup but I was so busy so I didn’t do it. The season starts now so it’s time to get a fresh start.”

Haaland revealed that he had previously received advice from Sweden forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic, another prolific long-haired striker, to follow the example of the Bible’s Samson. “He said: ‘never cut your hair because the strength is in the hair,’” Haaland said.

Haaland’s YouTube video included stunned reactions from his girlfriend Isabel Haugseng Johansen, as well as former manager Pep Guardiola, Oasis frontman and City fan Noel Gallagher, City team-mate Jack Grealish, and former PSG and Milan striker Ibrahimovic.

“You look about 10 years old,” Grealish replied. “What the f--- did you do?” Ibrahimovic said. “No way,” Guardiola laughed, before adding “you are lucky you have hair”.

Haaland will unveil his new look when City face Bournemouth at the Etihad on Sunday afternoon. Haaland said he hoped he scores a header in the first game of the season and vowed to celebrate by rubbing his newly-shaved head.

Jean-Philippe Mateta has called in Fifa as he attempts to argue that his Crystal Palace contract is invalid, according to the BBC.

The striker, who started the 2-0 defeat at Everton on Saturday, has entered the final 12 months of his deal but is reportedly arguing that a 12-month extension, triggered by Palace in 2024, should be void.

It Fifa rule out Mateta’s side, it would make the striker a free agent this summer. The France international previously pushed to join AC Milan in January but the move fell through due to a knee issue.

Ismaila Sarr missed the defeat at Everton amid reports that Galatasaray are pushing to sign the winger before next week’s deadline.

New Palace boss Pierre Sage said: “He was injured, he has a pain in his groin and (we) took the decision yesterday to let him have treatment. He will be back on Monday with us. For the moment we don't want him to leave, he is under contract with us three years and he will be with us on Monday.”

Liverpool target Bradley Barcola has once again been left out of Paris Saint-Germain’s matchday squad. The French champions play Rennes away from home to begin their Ligue 1 defence but Barcola, or Ibrahima Mbaye, are not included. PSG have signed three attackers this summer in Ferran Torres, Mika Godts and Maghnes Akliouche and while they are also present in the 21-man squad, both Barcola and Mbaye miss out.

Meanwhile, Andoni Iraola said Cody Gakpo can offer a lot to Liverpool this season, both as a winger and as striker, amid reports that Tottenham will submit a bid for the Netherlands international.

"Cody is performing really well, has been training very well since first day, understanding everything we need,” Iraola said. “You can feel it straight away, he is smart, understands the game.

“He knows what we need from him in his preferred position as a left winger, but I have spoken to him about his minutes as a 9. He's done it before and he can help us there."

Tottenham manager Roberto De Zerbi said his new-look side are “not a team yet” as he named three players who are yet to return to full fitness after the summer.

Despite a transfer window of big spending, with the signing of Savinho set to take Tottenham past the £300m mark, Spurs were humbled 3-0 by Brentford in a dismal opening day defeat.

“For many reasons I think we are not a team yet”, De Zerbi said. We are not at the right point in physical condition “But no excuse. When you are building a new project I don’t want time, but we have to pass through these problems.

“I believe in my players, my club and myself. I think we are working well but we are late for the start of the Premier League. It’s a step we have to improve quickly. We could fight stronger than we did today and we lost too many duels. The target is to become a team. To find the spirit, the soul, is a process.”

De Zerbi handed debuts to five of Tottenham’s six summer recruits, but said “Marcos Senesi, Jan Paul van Hecke and Sandro Tonali are not in the best physical condition”.

De Zerbi added: “We knew that before the game. We have to improve on that and many other things, like organisation and pressing.

“We can improve quickly but first, we have to understand this game better. I know their physical condition and new players but we have to put something more. We had to fight more. Players know I have a lot of confidence in them and we hope to improve quickly.”

Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes lamented his side making the “same mistakes as we did last season in every away game” following their shock 2-0 defeat to newly promoted Hull to begin the new Premier League campaign.

There was plenty of optimism around United before kick off after Michael Carrick led them to third place in the Premier League last season but they were brought back to earth as first-half goals from Semi Ajayi and Nobel Mendy gave Hull a deserved win on their return to the top-flight.

"Same mistakes as we did last season, every away game we give too much of the ball to them,” Fernandes told TNT Sports. "In the first 20 minutes, the goalkeeper was the one with the most touches. We needed to press more, be more aggressive, and then again we need to work on set-plays and not concede these type of goals. Against these types of teams, they are waiting for that moment.”

Wayne Rooney, meanwhile, questioned why United were making the same mistakes in away fixtures.

“It’s a strange quote from Bruno,” Rooney said on Match of the Day. “I think for Manchester United now to build on what they did last season, since Michael went in they finished third in the Premier League and got Champions League football, to build on that you have to become a team who teams are scared of playing against.”