Madridistas All Over Copa And Euros Collide While Colombians Dominate - The Other Teams Thread

Naybet, Luque, Tristan, Valeron. They had a top team.

 

🚨 EXCL: Aston Villa in process of finalising move to sign Johan Manzambi from Freiburg. Newcastle United had agreement with #SCF but #NUFC lacked player approval. 20yo Swiss midfielder wants #AVFC & deal now accelerating towards conclusion @TheAthleticFC https://t.co/UTfbtXcSaH

— David Ornstein (@David_Ornstein) July 12, 2026

 

🚨🇮🇹 BREAKING: Paolo Maldini signs in as new Italian National Team technical director, here we go!

Agreement done and confirmed for Maldini to lead new Italy project with Giovanni Malagò as FIGC president. 🫱🏻‍🫲🏼 pic.twitter.com/EnCZxLhqVs

— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) July 11, 2026

 

Newcastle having a car crash of a summer so far

 

🚨 Youri Tielemans move from Aston Villa to Manchester United through £35m release clause in midfielder’s contract. #AVFC had no wish to sell + offered new deal but left with little choice due to mechanism & #MUFC set to proceed on transfer @TheAthleticFC https://t.co/KbWwD1jxov

— David Ornstein (@David_Ornstein) July 13, 2026

#avfc news - Youri Tielemans has a release clause of £35m and a transfer to Manchester United is regarded as very likely. Villa are in the final stages of signing Freiburg midfielder Johan Manzambi in a club record deal. More to follow @TeleFootball #mufc

— John Percy (@JPercyTelegraph) July 13, 2026

 

Barcelona are open to selling Ferran Torres this summer because extending his contract would force them to make a payment of around €8million (£6.8m; $9.1m) to Manchester City.

Torres’ deal at the Camp Nou expires in June 2027, and no renewal has been agreed.

The 26-year-old… pic.twitter.com/sXlDGWzq2c

— The Athletic | Football (@TheAthleticFC) July 13, 2026

PSG are interested in signing Lucas Digne, as @TomCollomosse called.

Digne has a release clause of under £10m in his contract making an exit this summer likely.🇫🇷 pic.twitter.com/H39wWSlm2z

— Ben Jacobs (@JacobsBen) July 13, 2026

 

🚨 BREAKING: Chelsea are about to submit an offer of around £21.3m for Chavarria. The player is a request from Xabi Alonso. (@MatteMoretto) https://t.co/54ccsbSZMR

— Pys (@CFCPys) July 13, 2026

🗣️ Andoni Iraola on why he asked for a two-year contract. "Coaching contracts don't matter a lot. I don't want to be in a place because I have a contract...

"I signed for two years, but it's basically year-to-year when you are a coach.

"I hope I'm going to stay here two years,… pic.twitter.com/EsjLt0Nd4P

— Ben Jacobs (@JacobsBen) July 13, 2026

 

In the EPL, agreed

 

Great club, but remembering our record at their cursed ass ground I hope they go straight back down to Segunda

 

Had no idea that he has a 35 million release clause. Would have liked him for that money. One of the few classic midfield playmakers left with bags of experience. The type of profile we're missing, could have been useful for our midfield.

 

good signing

 

🚨🟡🔵 BREAKING: Mason Greenwood to Fenerbahçe, HERE WE GO! Deal done for the English winger to join Fener.

€40m plus €2m add-ons to Olympique Marseille; Man United get over 10m with sell-on clause.

Salary around €10m net per year on deal until June 2030 at Fener. 💥🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 pic.twitter.com/bQvhQupk7m

— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) July 13, 2026

🚨🔴🔵 Lucas Digne to Paris Saint-Germain, here we go! Verbal agreement done with the French left back.

PSG already informed Aston Villa: they will pay the release clause after the World Cup, fee under €10m. 🇫🇷

Digne accepted role as Nuno Mendes’ backup at PSG. 🫱🏻‍🫲🏼 pic.twitter.com/m5QsBnPzNr

— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) July 13, 2026

🚨⚪️⚫️ BREAKING: Leandro Trossard to Besiktas, here we go! Deal approved right now by Belgian winger.

Arsenal receive €18m plus €2m add-ons as #AFC already accepted terms last week.

Trossard will be in Istanbul tomorrow night for medical and contract signing. 🦅 pic.twitter.com/sEOe0XeRbv

— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) July 13, 2026

 

🚨 𝗡𝗘𝗪: Hansi Flick is reshaping Barcelona's coaching staff ahead of the 2026-27 season while keeping his core leadership team intact.

· The main addition is German fitness coach Benjamin Kugel, a trusted Flick associate, who replaces Julio Tous, the previous fitness coach.… pic.twitter.com/2LfizZwyoH

— The Touchline | 𝐓 (@TouchlineX) July 13, 2026

 

A Money Ball type of strategy, which seems like Flick's approach. Gordo is going to cause a lot of La Liga teams trouble next year. Adeyemi, I'm not so convinced aboutm although he did run rings around our players in the CL final.

 

€100m is just crazy.

🚨 Man City pushing hard for Ayyoub Bouaddi from Lille. High among 18yo’s suitors (#PSG not in contention) & while others favour season on loan at #LOSC, #MCFC would integrate now. Price ~€100m + Morocco int’l expected to make decision soon @TheAthleticFC https://t.co/W4oq8mi9RD

— David Ornstein (@David_Ornstein) July 14, 2026

 

Not ready to make an impact as a starter at that level imo. If Rodri can stay healthy, Bouaddi will be a bench option for next 3 years. City's transfer business in last 3 years has been similar to that of Chelsea and now they have got ex Chesea coach replacing Pep as well.

 

Fully agree. I also wasn't aware of his low release clause. Always rated him highly and was very surprised he wasn't picked up by a top club after his time at Leicester. Great player and an exceptional signing for Man Utd.

 

Villa signed him on a free transfer as well. He's been available as a market opportunity signing for years.

 

Thats the right way to build a team, not like we do by collecting superstars and then fitting them like square pegs in round holes. I dont know if part of the reason why we do it like that is because we just dont want to admit theyre right and we just want to do the opposite of them.