John Percy
@JPercyTelegraph
Midlands football reporter for the Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph.
Inside the #Wolves summer rebuild as Vitor Pereira targets new signings. Long read #wwfc 🐺 Arias medical in Paris today 🐺 Pubill £13m deal & Semedo exit 🐺 why Cunha sale isn’t a setback 🐺 Fosun strategy & recruitment 🐺 Pereira plans telegraph.co.uk/football/2025/…
#dcfc are close to signing Liverpool left-back Owen Beck on loan for the season. Deal agreed and Wales u21 international expected to undergo medical later this week. Beck was signed by John Eustace at Blackburn last year and was v keen to play under him again #lfc
Morgan Gibbs-White has not travelled with the #nffc squad to Portugal today - this is due to a private and personal matter completely unrelated to football. MGW is expected to join up with the team later this week.
Stoke City transfer news - Stoke have accepted a bid of around €4-5m from #Hoffenheim for midfielder Wouter Burger. Former Netherlands u21 international set to fly out for medical later today. Stoke working on 2/3 new signings #scfc
#nffc talks now open and ongoing with Bologna over a potential deal for winger Dan Ndoye. Forest also to advance their pursuit of Manchester City’s attacking midfielder James McAtee this week. McAtee has interest from other clubs in PL & Bundesliga
#Wolves are closing in on the signing of Fluminense winger Jhon Arias. Fee of around £15m has been agreed for the Colombia international. As per @SkySportsLyall, Wolves also consider midfielder André as not for sale this summer amid interest from Juventus #wwfc
#nffc are considering legal action over what they perceive as an illegal approach from Tottenham in their pursuit of Morgan Gibbs-White. Deal off as it stands but this one will clearly run and run. More to follow @TeleFootball #thfc
Excl - Morgan Gibbs-White will have a Tottenham Hotspur medical tomorrow. Spurs will trigger MGW £60m release clause at #NFFC 🔵⚪️ #THFC #spurs telegraph.co.uk/football/2025/…
Tottenham are ready to trigger a £60m release clause to sign Forest and England midfielder Morgan Gibbs-White. Talks accelerating between the two clubs #thfc #nffc telegraph.co.uk/football/2025/…
#lcfc are moving closer to appointing Martí Cifuentes as their new head coach. Leicester have now opened formal talks with #QPR over compensation. Cifuentes could be in place by this weekend telegraph.co.uk/football/2025/…
Former #QPR head coach Martí Cifuentes is emerging as a strong contender to take over at #lcfc. Admired by Leicester board for some time and has held talks. Cifuentes left QPR by mutual consent at the end of last season
#lcfc are moving closer to appointing a new head coach. Gary O'Neil and Chris Wilder are both on the shortlist after interviews last week in London with 'Top' & Rudkin. Other candidates have been spoken to and Leicester hope to appoint later this week
Nottingham Forest to target PSV winger Johan Bakayoko, as club ramp up search for attackers with Anthony Elanga poised to join Newcastle. Bakayoko has interest from other clubs but is a long-term Forest target #nffc telegraph.co.uk/football/2025/…
Anthony Elanga deal to #nufc agreed at £55m + around £5m in extras: a club record sale for #nffc for the 2nd time in 2 years. Forest reluctant to sell Elanga, who did not push to move, but overall package & profit (signed for £13.5m) regarded as too good to turn down . At least…
#lcfc are moving closer to appointing a new head coach. Gary O'Neil and Chris Wilder are both on the shortlist after interviews last week in London with 'Top' & Rudkin. Other candidates have been spoken to and Leicester hope to appoint later this week
#dcfc expect to complete the $8m (£5.8m) signing of Charlotte FC forward Patrick Agyemang early next week. Personal terms and fees all agreed, with medical to take place on Monday/Tuesday after USMNT Gold Cup Final v Mexico this weekend
#avfc have been fined €11m by Uefa (around £9.5m) for two separate breaches of spending rules. Villa under no pressure of a summer fire sale and intend to continue progressing and remain competitive under Unai Emery. Full story 👇🏻 telegraph.co.uk/football/2025/…
Excl: Hull City hit with transfer embargo by the EFL as fears grows over Championship club’s financial stability. Embargo imposed over late payment of around £1m to a Premier League club. Fair to say alarm bells are ringing #hcafc telegraph.co.uk/football/2025/…
Six Sheffield Wednesday players hand in notice over unpaid wages. PLUS money owed to other clubs revealed Story with @JPercyTelegraph 🔵⚪️🦉#SWFC telegraph.co.uk/football/2025/…
Exclusive: Aston Villa to avoid PSR breach as they close in on £55m women's team deal. Warehouse project also lined up for PSR boost and club commit to Uefa player cost cut. Story with @SamWallaceTel #AVFC telegraph.co.uk/football/2025/…
#avfc defender Kaine Kesler-Hayden is set to sign for Coventry City for a fee of around £3.5m. Medical later today. Kesler-Hayden was on loan at Preston last season and named player of the year #pusb