The attacking midfielder impressed the Red Devils and the Villans by scoring the winner in his side’s 2-1 victory at the weekend.

Wednesday’s Ekstra Bladet states Manchester United, Aston Villa, VfL Wolfsburg, Real Betis, Marseille and PSV Eindhoven are all ‘queuing up’ for the 27-year-old.

The Denmark international has scored seven goals this season and has a deal lasting until 2026. His style of play and football intelligence has seen him attract interest from several clubs.

According to the newspaper, the Danish club valued their star at €10m in the last window, and will have to ‘adjust the price tag’ if the player has to fulfil his wish to move to a top league.

With Manchester United and Aston Villa among the clubs in the picture, Ekstra Bladet say Brøndby sporting director Carsten V. Jensen shouldn’t expect more than €6m for Vallys, even though he’s ‘one of the Superliga’s absolute best players.’

That’s because it’s not often for experienced players from the Danish league to be sold to a top league for a large sum.

Jensen’s desire is for Vallys to end his career at Brøndby but the report says that’s ‘unlikely to happen’.

Hyping up interest from big Premier League clubs, whilst talking down the price doesn’t make a great deal of sense. That could raise suspicion this is more an internal issue between Brøndby and the player.

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That’s according to journalist Suleyman Özturk, who believes the winger should also be a permanent fixture in the Netherlands squad under Ronald Koeman.

Summerville has started this season in superb form for Leeds with six goals and four assists in 11 games so far despite only featuring in 65% of the available minutes.

The season is looking likely to be a defining one for him if he continues on his current path, particularly as Leeds look to secure a quick return back to the Premier League.

Summerville might not be around long enough to help them achieve that, though, at least as far as Özturk is concerned.

“He is one of, if not the best player in the Championship,” he said.

“Clubs will come for him in January. Because they are looking for players who can make a difference. And he can. He is important with through passes, pulls two to three opponents with him and can play someone out.

“He reminds me a bit of Kaoru Mitoma. He really is a complete left winger. The Championship is a playground for him.”

In the meantime, Summerville will continue to shine for Leeds, with his performances so far meaning he has been involved in a goal every 136 minutes.

Those are the kind of numbers which would usually ensure a call up to the national side, but that is yet to happen for him with the Netherlands, where he has only featured for the youth sides.

Current Oranje boss Ronald Koeman is yet to give him his chance to impress, instead preferring to continue with the likes of Steven Bergwijn, Xavi Simons, Donyell Malen and Cody Gakpo, to name a few.

That’s wrong according to Özturk, who feels the Leeds star should be given his chance sooner rather than later.

“I think he is eligible for the Dutch team,” he added.

“You can bring him in in the last half hour, when the spaces become larger, and you have to force something against Italy or France. If Koeman takes football seriously, he will put him on the list.”

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That’s according to AS and journalist Carlos Forjanes, who say the Spanish side want to ‘assault’ the competition and potentially dominate next year’s edition.

The newspaper explains that this year’s ceremony has left the Spanish giants in ‘disbelief’ as, aside from Jude Bellingham winning an award, they were largely absent from proceedings.

They want to change that for next year and they will ‘once again evaluate their options’ to sign two of the players who could dominate it in future, Erling Haaland and Kylian Mbappé.

Haaland currently has a release clause in his contract, something which AS dramatically label and ‘escape mechanism’ but those in charge at the Etihad have been ‘actively working’ for weeks to renew it.

Their plan is to make him the highest paid player in the Premier League and link Haaland to the club for the forseeable future without a release clause.

That is ‘increasing the degree of difficulty’ for Madrid in their attempts to lure him to Spain but they’re not giving up, particularly after watching him win the Gerd Müller trophy for the best striker.

That, coupled with him placing second in the overall rankings is something they particularly appreciate.

They see him as the ideal man to fill the hole in their forward line left behind by Karim Benzema’s departure, something they never resolved in the summer, and something who can given them an ‘increasingly greater media accent’, which they value, particularly when it comes to a ‘colossal signing’.

They are increasingly keen to get him from Manchester City and potentially partner him with Bellingham, Mbappé and even Vinicius Junior to dominate the Ballon d’Or in the years to come.

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It was claimed that following his season on loan at Brighton & Hove Albion, Barcelona will be listening to offers for a permanent transfer, including from the Seagulls.

Now it’s time for Estadio Deportivo to share a story on the forward, this time pointing out an alternative destination for him.

The outlet writes that Fati’s entourage ‘would not see with bad eyes’ signing a ‘lucrative contract’ with clubs from Saudi Arabia.

Barcelona are not making any decisions for now, as they’d even consider using him in case he has an impressive season with Brighton.

Now with the player switching between La Liga and the Premier League, it’s interesting that Saudi football come up as a scenario, especially because he’s just 21.

Since joining Brighton, Fati has three goals and ten appearances, and is still fighting for a place in Roberto De Zerbi’s starting team.

Estadio Deportivo make it clear he’s set to have many options next summer, as even if he fails to impress at the Seagulls, there may be some good money waiting for him.

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The 27-year-old spent a year at Standard Liège’s academy before becoming part of Club Brugge’s youth system in 2013. He impressed for the latter and that helped him make his way into their first team a year later.

His displays for the Jupiler Pro League side convinced Watford to invest in his services in 2015.

Oularé finished his debut season with the Hornets with only three appearances as he was overlooked by their then manager, Quique Sánchez Flores.

Watford sent him out on loan to Zulte Waregem, Willem II, Royal Antwerp and Standard Liège for three years, before they sold him to the latter in 2019. The attacker has struggled with fitness and HLN points out that he has missed 701 days due to injuries.

When asked if he would have wanted to change anything from the past, he said: “I would tell my younger self to be patient. In the beginning of my career, things may have happened too quickly. It was also just difficult to stay calm. I played for the reserves of De Rode Duivels.

“I broke through at Club Brugge, the best team in Belgium. The press wrote pages full of all the clubs that were supposedly interested in me. It was about money, a lot of money. Then it’s not easy to make the right choice at that moment, at that age.”

According to HLN, the Belgian made only 13 starts for the first team before Watford paid €8m for his signature.

On his move to Watford, Oularé explained: “I should have been more patient. Stay one or two more years. But I’m not going to say that I regret my choice either. What if I had been given opportunities at Watford and had broken through in England?

“But in retrospect I would approach it differently. I would think more about the transfers I would make. About my entourage and people I surround myself with. I was young. I trusted people quickly, sometimes too quickly. Unfortunately, football is not a world in which you are allowed to do that.”

Oularé returned to Belgium when he joined second division side Lierse Kempenzonen in the last window.

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Operating mainly as an attacking midfielder, he’s scored five goals and registered five assists from 14 games this season.

The 26-year-old’s fine form has seen Tottenham take notice and they are closely following him. The report further adds they are ‘seriously considering’ making an offer to secure his services in January.

As it stands, Spurs are still in an active planning phase, to present a ‘tempting proposal’ that matches his performances on the pitch.

It’s claimed Ange Postecoglou’s side keeping tabs on the Spain international’s impressive displays shows their genuine interest in acquiring his signature.

Méndez has a contract lasting until 2028 and Fichajes.net state he could consider leaving La Real to try a new experience in the Premier League.

Even though the outlet has repeatedly insisted the north London club could make an offer for the player, they make no mention of the figure Tottenham are willing to table or the fee needed to convince the La Liga side to sell.

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In our piece, we pointed out that it wasn’t revealed who the Red Devils had been watching, and even mentioned a few names who may have impressed the emissaries.

It turns out that as newspaper A Bola now has a story about that scouting mission, they claim Manchester United’s target was Porto goalkeeper Diogo Costa.

The outlet writes that the Red Devils keep their old interest in the player, and could make a new move for him in the January transfer window.

It’s said the goalkeeping position is one of the ‘more deficient’ at Manchester United, and Costa is the main candidate for that. THe club are set to make new scouting trips to watch the Portuguese star and move for him either in January or next summer, while Porto demand €75m for his transfer.

Well, it’s always interesting when Portuguese reports reveal who the scouts from English clubs had been watching, but in this case, it’s hard to find any sense in what they claim.

Manchester United have just spent over €50m on signing Andre Onana from Inter Milan, and despite the Cameroonian’s mistakes in his first months, his improvement has been clear, as he made many important saves in the derby against Manchester City, not to mention the penalty save against Copenhagen.

Even if Erik ten Hag was thinking of keeping Onana on the bench for a while, the Red Devils signed Altay Bayındır from Fenerbahce this summer.

So spending €75m on a new goalkeeper would be one of the strangest moves Manchester United could make. It’s well known they watch lots of games in the Portuguese league, and Costa may continue to impress there, but definitely not enough for an investment in the January window.

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That’s according to former Dutch winger Andy van der Meyde, who says it would be great for Ten Haag to return to former club Ajax and rebuild them instead.

Ten Hag currently finds the pressure increasing on himself after a dismal start to the season for Manchester United in the Premier League and the Champions League.

Sunday saw their latest disappointing defeat at the hands of fierce rivals Manchester City, who secured a comfortable 3-0 win at Old Trafford.

That was the latest to raise questions about Ten Hag and what he is doing at the club, with many debating what Manchester United want to be or how they plan to get there after two big summers of spending.

For many the belief is that despite Ten Hag making big major purchases, the club are no closer to being challengers than they were before his arrival, even if they did qualify for the Champions League last season.

Van der Meyde is not surprised by that, insisting it takes more than merely spending big sums to create a winning team.

“Let him come back to Ajax and rebuild a team. That would be great,” he said.

“Things can move so quickly in football. You cannot buy a team together. You have to forge a team.”

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That’s according to SportBILD journalist Raimund Hinko, who believes the midfielder cannot be allowed to leave Bayern at any point.

He writes a column to the player today amid growing reports that he could leave the Allianz Arena in the near future.

Reports in Germany have indicated that Musiala could be set to consider his future at Bayern as he is yet to play a starring role under Thomas Tuchel and wants assurances about his future sporting prospects.

Those reports have also indicated that there is no lack of interest in him, with Liverpool and Manchester City both thought to be big admirers.

It was initially Liverpool who were believed to be most keen but their interest reportedly sparked Manchester City into action, with Pep Guardiola believed to see Musiala as the ideal long-term replacement for Kevin de Bruyne.

Neither side have made any moves for him as yet but there was a growing belief that the Premier League rivals could battle it out for Musiala’s signature should he indicate he’s ready to leave Bayern.

Hinko, though, says that cannot be allowed to happen under any circumstances and urged the player to consider his future carefully.

“I am writing to you, dear Jamal, because of the current situation,” he said.

“Out of deep concern that you will be lost to Bayern because they would apparently give the shirt off their back to Real Madrid, Liverpool FC or Manchester City in order to lure you away from Munich. That must not happen under any circumstances.

“At first I assessed the latest news as a storm in a teacup. Because there are always journalists around the world who hear the grass grow.

“But now it went a bit too far for me when Didi Hamann dared to predict as a Sky pundit that you, dear Jamal, will leave Bayern. That they will let you go because there is a big market for you.

“You, dear Jamal, now have a market value of 110 million euros, with an upward limit. There would be good business to be had there. But you would, to use Manuel Neuer’s vocabulary, rip Bayern’s hearts out.

“There would be nothing wrong with Bayern buying Florian Wirtz. If you both played next to each other like you did recently in the national team. But the fans will be most happy if your contract is extended beyond 2026, ideally until 2030. To be honest, and hereby written: Me too.”

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With the Giallorossi still planning how to keep the Belgian forward, this was mentioned as a solution they could have to convince the Blues.

As the Italian media now brings a response to this rumour, Calcio Mercato comes up to say this story indeed makes sense.

The outlet writes ‘something could be moving in this direction’ because while Roma want to keep Lukaku, they believe Abraham is an ‘asset that can be sacrificed’.

What remains to be seen is whether Chelsea would like to have the English striker back at Stamford Bridge, although the story does say the Blues re after a centre-forward.

Roma’s valuation of Abraham is said to be of €52m. Since Lukaku has been reported to be worth less, maybe the London club would need to put some money on the table to make that operation possible.

Abraham is recovering from a knee injury and is expected to return in January. Since his departure from Chelsea, he has 36 goals and 12 assists in 107 appearances for the Italian club.

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