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All the latest transfer news, reports and gossip, plus your views Wirtz deal in final stages of completion Latest: Leverkusen to accelerate Quansah interest | Liverpool also interested in Guehi | Barcelona close in on Williams | Palace in talks with Sporting over Diomande Gossip: Chelsea in for Joao Pedro? | Madueke of interest to clubs including Arsenal? | No bids for Darwin Nunez yet? The done deals so far this summer ⁠Get Involved: Whats App on 03301231826 or text 81111 (UK only, standard message rates apply) Written by Ben Ramsdale, Lorraine Mc Kenna & Tyrese King. Former Newcastle United scout and Crystal Palace adviser Paul Montgomery, speaking to BBC Radio Newcastle, about the Magpies' pursuit of Palace and England centre-back Marc Guehi last summer: "Michael Olise had to go [from Palace] because he had a clause in his contract. I wish Newcastle had taken him - he is a special player. "Palace lost him and also Joachim Andersen, because of his age and the way the deal was to Fulham. The last thing they wanted to do was lose Guehi, who is a super professional. "Speaking to the chairman [Steve Parish], he didn't want him to leave and he said the fee was £70m because he didn't want it done. Newcastle were in for him, Liverpool looked at the fee and said it was too much, but Newcastle came back. "What I said to Steve was: 'You wanted £70m, but hang on to him as much as you can, because you'll still get £50m when he's got a year left [on his contract] at the end of the season. You'll lose £20m but you'll gain £130m because you'll stay in the league'. " Sami Mokbel BBC Sport Senior football correspondent Liverpool have an interest in Crystal Palace skipper Marc Guehi, who could be viewed as a replacement for Quansah. BBC Sport understands that the Anfield club's level of interest in England international Guehi this summer is linked to Palace's asking price for the defender. Last year, Palace rejected four offers from Newcastle with the final one reaching £65m. However, Guehi has just 12 months left on his deal meaning he can leave for nothing next summer. If a deal for Guehi can not be reached during this transfer window, Liverpool would be interested in landing the centre-back on a free next summer. #bbcfootball, via Whats App on 03301231826 or text 81111 (UK only, standard message rates apply) I don't know about best free transfers but Chelsea had 3 of their worst in one summer: Claudio Pizarro, Steve Sidwell and Tal Ben Haim. Rob This guy is mentioned in the next message. .. #bbcfootball, via Whats App on 03301231826 or text 81111 (UK only, standard message rates apply) Leeds have already got a free transfer in the shape of Lukas Nmecha from Wolfsburg, yes most of us have never heard of him but who had heard of Rutter and Rapninia before they signed? Could be the signing that keeps us up! Dan, Leeds fan Chelsea are over in the United States taking part in the Club World Cup but transfer chatter is never too far away from a manager's news conference. Blues boss Enzo Maresca was asked about Noni Madueke's future as he prepares his squad to take on Brazilian side Flamengo on Friday at 19: 00 BST. “Noni is our player, you can read a lot of speculation at the moment but we consider Noni our player for the coming season, " Maresca said. Lorraine Mc Kenna BBC Sport Journalist Excellent suggestion, Euan. And If you'd like to buy a goat and name it Teemu Pukki - as they don't come free - I've just had a look and the cheapest will set you back between £35-£50. #bbcfootball, via Whats App on 03301231826 or text 81111 (UK only, standard message rates apply) Can't look any further than Teemu Pukki to Norwich as the best free transfer of all time. Goats don't usually come for free. Euan in St Albans We travel back to January 2023 and Chelsea completed the signing of Noni Madueke from PSV Eindhoven in a move worth about £30. 7m. He joined on a seven-and-a-half-year contract (his deal is until 2030), with the option to extend for a further year. Madueke joined PSV from Tottenham aged 16 in June 2018. Just joining? Welcome! We've got plenty of transfer gossip and analysis to come, but there's already been loads of good stuff. Take a look below: If, and that's a big if, Noni Madueke was to make the switch from Chelsea to Arsenal, what would the Gunners be getting? The winger has made 67 appearances in the Premier League so far for the Blues, scoring 13 goals, with five assists to his name. Eight of those goals were with his left foot, three with his right, two with his head and one was a penalty. Bosh. Last season, he scored seven goals and registered four assists in 32 top-flight appearances. #bbcfootball, via Whats App on 03301231826 or text 81111 (UK only, standard message rates apply) Chelsea signing Michael Ballack has to rank as a fantastic free transfer signing in 2006 from Bayern Munich and slotting into a midfield with Lampard and Essien. Anon Over to Chelsea now and winger Noni Madueke is hot property this summer, as according to the Telegraph, , external Arsenal are among a host of clubs montitoring the 23-year-old winger. The England international was a regular for the Blues last season and with the Gunners needing to strengthen their attacking options, Madueke has piqued the interest of boss Mikel Arteta. While Madueke isn't openly for sale, Chelsea would be willing to sell if a good offer came in. Whats App on 03301231826 or text 81111 (UK only, standard message rates apply) Joel Matip. What a guy. We've been talking about the best free transfers this morning - keep your brilliant suggestions coming in - but I was just thinking, is there a footballing equavilant of a yellow 'whoopsie' sticker, you know like you get in the supermarket? So money did exchange hands, but the player was plucked from the reduced aisle, and then went on to have a decent run with their new club. Get involved via the usual channels Whats App on 03301231826 or text 81111 (UK only, standard message rates apply). We're up cricket on the texts, so do us proud. #bbcfootball, via Whats App on 03301231826 or text 81111 (UK only, standard message rates apply) May go under the radar, but Joel Matip has to be up there for one of the best free signings. The guy came in and transformed our defence alongside VVD and won the lot, a legend of the game for sure. #bbcfootball Sammy It's funny how VVD cost £75 million, but Joël Matip coming in on a free is the opposite spectrum! Together they were unstoppable. Sai It’s a bit of a random one, but Joel Matip to Liverpool is my favourite. `He played for many years and was reliable whenever he played. Honourable mention to Mbappe to Madrid, but he’s only had one season, and he will get many more. Jack Liverpool Quansah has been linked with a move to Leverkusen, so let's take a look at the 22-year-old's 2024-25 season. Quansah made 25 appearances in all competitions during Liverpool's title-winning season, 13 of them coming in the Premier League, where he played a total of 487 minutes. He also picked up three yellow cards. Under Jurgen Klopp in the previous season, Quansah played 34 games and was included in former England manager Gareth Southgate's training squad before Euro 2024 but did not make the final selection. Lorraine Mc Kenna BBC Sport Journalist Graham, Ben - get a room. Thanks, mate. Enjoy that vitamin D. For those of us who are vampires, we'll crack on indoors and continue with the tranfers chat. Don't worry, Ben will return for all you fans, which I'll name 'Rammers'. I'm fresh out of Partridge for the minute, so we'll stick with Quansah for now. .. Ben Ramsdale BBC Sport Ahhh man, thanks Dad. I mean Graham, thanks Graham! ! On that note, I'm off to get some air if I can fit my head through the office door after that lovely comment. I'll leave you in the capable hands of Lorraine who I've instructed to bring more of the Partridge references for her stint today. #bbcfootball, via Whats App on 03301231826 or text 81111 (UK only, standard message rates apply) #bbcfootball Best free transfer - Ben Ramsdale to the BBC Graham Liverpool BBC Sport columnist Nedum Onuoha speaking about Jarell Quansah's future back in October: Every club is different and every group of players is different, but Jarell Quansah has got some really good people ahead of him at Liverpool who have been very successful. When you are looking at the likes of Virgil van Dijk and Ibrahima Konate, it can be an aim and it is important to learn from them, but not in a way whereby you adopt yourself as just being a student. You are a peer and you will play alongside both of them, but you can try to really see what they do and think how you can add certain things to your game to make yourself as good as they are at the ages they are at now. It is more than possible for him do that because Liverpool seems like it is a positive environment for players to learn. As a young player, you are good - but you are not the finished product. Anyone who believes they are will struggle because the league is constantly evolving and there are challenges you face on a week-to-week basis. It is a winning mentality at Liverpool and that is a challenge you have to face. You cannot be the weak link in a team trying to dominate. Quansah is starting from a younger age than Van Dijk did at Liverpool, so there is no reason to say he could not be the next Van Dijk. If things go his way then there is potential for him being as important to Liverpool in the long term as the Dutchman is, so why not aspire to be the captain of Liverpool? Copyright © 2025 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.